Pavlos apologizes to Maria. Mimis and Xanthippi berate Vivian when they find out that she is firing workers from the factory. An offended Vivian abandons Kimon. Elisavet gets a nervous breakdown, after her husband's latest antics. The house is finally sold, and Nikiforos uses his share to buy a boat. He plans to sail to a remote island but his friends try to stop him, by telling him the staggering news about his daughter.
—Capamaroux