 Maria is furious at him at first, but they soon reconcile.Cornelis overhears their loud quarreling and the reveal of the conspiracy between Maria, Sophia, and Jan. Cornelis makes his peace with the truth, and departs for the Indies, where he finds love and makes a family, but only after first leaving the house to Maria, Willem, and the baby girl that he loved as his own.Eight years later, the abbess of St. Ursula visits Jan and views his artwork of Sophia.