Eddie furiously yelled at his wife, Fiona, for not telling him about the contents of his grandmother’s will. Fiona rose to leave, but Eddie grabbed her, admonishing her for ruining his life and those of their children. The servants listened from downstairs, shaking their heads at Eddie’s foolish ranting. Suddenly, they heard something hit the floor and wondered if Eddie had hit Fiona. Despite Ah Ling’s warning to stay out of it, the maid Jiayi rushed up to check on Fiona, whom she liked and would not quietly allow to be hurt. Jiayi arrived outside of Fiona and Eddie’s door. She opened it to find Eddie “lying on the floor in a fetal position, his head in Fiona’s lap” while she stroked his head (272).

In the dining room, the Youngs gathered for dinner. The servants, expecting the dinner to be a contentious one, had prepared each of the siblings’ favorite meals. They discussed what to do with Tyersall Park. They concluded that they would sell it. Just then, two Gurkha guards entered the room. They wheeled in “a large flatbed dolly” holding boxes of treats from Ladurée in Paris. The card affixed to the croquembouche was from Bright Star Properties, which expressed its wish to purchase Tyersall Park for nearly 2 billion.