Amelia Sedley makes the difficult decision to yield her son, George Osbourne III, to George Osbourne, Senior. We see the re-incarnation of George in this son, as the mother, Amelia, continues her blind love for George.
George Osbourne, Senior, begins to spoil this George as he did the first. Illusions replace reality as character after character view themselves in the mirror of their own vanity.
This is a very affecting scene. Brilliantly enacted from Thackeray.
Meanwhile, Rebecca ensnares Lord Steyne, while Rawdon Jr. learns to distrust Lord Steyne and perceive his mother's detached love.