 However, when the baby is revealed to have a defective heart and dies soon after his birth, a heartbroken and embittered Nicholas completely shuts himself from Miranda while becoming a drug addict.Peggy O'Malley, a loyal maid Miranda hired, fears for Miranda's life and turns to Turner for help.Turner arrives as Nicholas suffers a breakdown from hearing Azilde's harpsichord being played, having deduced that Nicholas poisoned Johanna with an Oleander-based poison sprinkled in her food.