Sara confronts Theo about failing to return to the Dakota when his wife was ill. He says work delayed him. At the doctor’s recommendation, Minnie moves upstate again for her health, and the children are without their nanny, who returns in two days. Theo asks Sara to help the maids care for them until then. He hands her an envelope, which directs her to a particular address; there, she learns he bought her a new sewing machine. After Miss Honeycutt’s return, Sara continues to check on the children, hoping to show Theo what a good mother she’d be.

Theo plans to take the children and Sara to see the Statue of Liberty as it is carried into the harbor by boat. Sara made a sailor suit for Christopher and matching accessories for the others, and the children wear their new things. However, Sara observes a disturbing interaction between Theo and Luther. When the girls jump from the carriage, Luther follows them, but when Theo reaches for him, Luther recoils. Theo grabs the boy’s arm, hard, and demands that he act like a gentleman. Afterward, a photographer takes a picture of Sara and the children and promises to send it to them.