Alone in the garden, Katrina receives a straightforward declaration of love from Clarence. Despite her anxieties about their difference in social status, she dedicates herself to intense training in dance and etiquette in preparation for the ball, striving to become a woman worthy of his side. Then, she receives news that her removal from the Sashaval family has finally been officially decided. Finally freed from the shackles of the past and now a free woman, Katrina expresses her gratitude to Clarence for saving her.