AFTER SUSANNA'S FUNERAL...
...TIME FLOWED MERCILESSLY ON.
HOW CAN THE WORLD BE THE SAME WITHOUT SUSANNA LIBERTY IN IT?
DESPITE OLIVIA'S DISBELIEF...
...THE WORLD DOESN'T STOP OVER SOMETHING AS SMALL AS SOMEONE'S DEATH.
FROM THE CENTRAL LIBRARY? WHAT COULD IT BE?
“THEREFORE, WE REGRET TO INFORM YOU...”
“...THAT YOUR EMPLOYMENT IS BEING TERMINATED.”
THE REASON FOR YOUR DISMISSAL IS ALREADY WRITTEN RIGHT THERE.
DUE TO FINANCIAL REASONS, WE ARE DOWNSIZING THE STAFF.
STILL, YOU CAN'T JUST FIRE SOMEONE OVERNIGHT!
LOOK, MISS.
DID YOU WANT A YEAR'S ADVANCE NOTICE?
THERE'S NOTHING IN YOUR EMPLOYMENT CONTRACT SAYING WE NEED TO ALERT YOU AHEAD OF TIME.
HOW CAN I FAIL EVERY TIME I TRY TO GET A JOB...
...ONLY TO GET FIRED SO RIDICULOUSLY FROM THE ONE I FINALLY GET?
IS THIS HOW SOCIETY IS?
IS IT JUST BECAUSE I'M A COMMONER AND A WOMAN?
IF I WEREN'T A COMMONER, WOULD THINGS HAVE BEEN DIFFERENT?
FIRST...
I JUST NEED TO GO HOME.
AFTER A BIT OF REST--
OLIVIA?
ANSEN.
OLIVIA...
YOU DON'T LOOK WELL. IS SOMETHING THE MATTER?
NO. YOU MUST HAVE BUSINESS AT THE LIBRARY. BE ON YOUR WAY.
IF YOU'LL EXCUSE ME.
OLIVIA.
DO YOU STILL FEEL THE SAME WAY AS WHEN WE LAST MET?
I NEED YOU.
YOU MEAN YOU NEED OLIVER.
WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE?
OLIVIA. INSTEAD OF BEING SO HARSH ON YOU...
...I ALSO THOUGHT ABOUT A WAY THAT MIGHT SATISFY YOU AS WELL.
...NO, I CAN'T MARRY A COMMONER.
POLDER IS STILL RULED BY THE FORMER NOBLE FAMILIES OF NOPHOK.
POOR OLIVIA.
JUST SEE HOW MUCH LONGER YOU CAN BEAR THE COLD OF WINTER. ONE DAY...
...YOU'LL SEE THAT WHAT I AM OFFERING YOU IS SPRING.
I'M NOT THE ONE IN A HURRY.
YOU ARE.
HEROD, POLO CLUB
MATT SEYMOUR (ISABEL'S OLDER BROTHER)
ISABEL SEYMOUR
SINCE HER DEBUT LAST SEASON, ISABEL SEYMOUR, THE RISING STAR OF HIGH SOCIETY...
...REJECTED ALL LOVE LETTERS AND MEETING REQUESTS AND INSTEAD BEGAN ATTENDING THE POLO CLUB.
SINCE THE POLO CLUB HAD LONG BEEN A PLACE FOR MEN...
...PEOPLE WERE TAKEN ABACK BY ISABEL'S APPEARANCE THERE.
HOWEVER, ONCE THE RUMORS SPREAD, OTHER YOUNG LADIES BEGAN ATTENDING WITH THEIR MALE FAMILY MEMBERS.
AS A RESULT, POLO CLUB GATHERINGS CAUGHT ON AS A NEW TREND OVER THE PAST YEAR.
LADY SEYMOUR!
OH, IT'S BEEN A WHILE, HASN'T IT?
HE'S NOT HERE YET.
MY, JUST WHO DO YOU THINK I'M WAITING FOR?
DON'T PLAY COY! WORD IS OUT THAT THE PRINCE HAS FALLEN IN LOVE!
EVERYONE KNOWS!
I WONDER WHEN HE'LL COME.
NOAH ASTRID IS HERE.
IT'S AN HONOR TO SEE YOU AGAIN...
...YOUR HIGHNESS.
After Susanna Liberty's funeral, Olivia is dismissed overnight from her job at the Central Library on grounds of financial downsizing. She feels ostracized for being an ordinary person and a woman. On her way home she encounters Ansen; Ansen tells her he needs her but implies he cannot propose marriage. The scene then shifts to the Herod Polo Club; Isabel Seymour's arrival at the club has started a trend in high society, and while everyone awaits Prince Noah Astrid, Noah appears.
