
To save his sister, Stella, Gideon follows the arrangement of Third Uncle Ford and agrees to spend the night with the drowned daughter, Cecilia Wallace, to appease her 'vengeful energy' and obtain the Precious Jade. The truth is revealed—it was a benevolent deception by Stella and Ford to cure Gideon's gynophobia and bring him and Cecilia together. In the end, the two find their happily ever after.