A distressed Vanessa looks for comfort from Sir Malcolm, who takes her to a underground care facility for people suffering from cholera. Dr. Frankenstein begins his work with Brona. A Scotland Yard inspector tracks down the sole survivor of the Mariner's Inn Massacre. Evelyn begins her manipulation of Sir Malcolm. Dorian Gray meets Angelique, a mysterious woman. Ferdinand Lyle reveals the secrets of the Verbis Diablo. Hecate Poole murders a family and takes their infant. Ferdinand is revealed to be being blackmailed by Evelyn and her coven into spying on the group, before Hecate returns with a bag containing the lifeless body of the infant. Evelyn takes the bag in a chamber room filled with voodoo dolls. She removes the infant's heart and sews it into a doll identical to Vanessa.
Tropes:
- "Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word: Lyle will be Evelyn's double agent, and she won't tell the British Museum about those nasty photos of Lyle with another man.
- Blatant Lies: Lyle introducing Ethan as his brother.
- Creepy Doll: Evelyn's collection.
- Death of a Child: Hecate murders a baby so her mother can use the heart for a ritual.
- Important Haircut: Brona has her hair cut and dyed blond by Victor.
- I Take Offense to That Last One:Evelyn Poole: I just can't imagine what the Museum Governors would make of them. Or the gentlemen of the press. Well, I can imagine, actually. First, you'd lose your job. Then your position in society. And your wife's money. Then you'd just be a sad old sodomite in too much rouge and a flamboyant wig.
Ferdinand Lyle: I'll have you know my hair is completely real. - Love Triangle: Between Victor, Lily and John Clare.
- Would Hurt a Child: As stated above, Hecate kills an infant for her mother to remove its heart.
