 Garrick is invited to a dinner party at Ingot's house, where he is stunned and horrified to realise that Ada is the very girl he had been admiring from afar, but because of his promise, he goes through with his plan.He spends the evening antagonizing the other guests and pretending to be a drunk and a gambler.When he leaves, Ada is crushed, but she agrees to go through with the marriage her father intends for her.