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Nightingale immediately walks off with a woman at the masquerade, and encourages Tom to do the same. Tom searches the place for Sophia, but neither sees nor hears a sign of her. A Lady in a Domino mask suddenly slaps him on his shoulder and leads him to a separate room. She tells him he should end the affair with Sophia. Tom maintains that his love is a selfless one—he wants only the best for Sophia. This adds to the Domino lady's affection for him. Jones's gallantry emerges as he realizes that he needs to win this woman's favor in order to get to Sophia. An old lady interrupts their conversation and begins to follow them around the room. Nightingale saves Tom by deflecting her. Jones offers to chaperone the Domino lady home. She says that she has to visit a friend, and that she hopes he will not follow her—which puts that very idea in his head. He follows the lady into a house and, since her friend is nowhere to be seen, she asks Jones what people would think of the two of them being alone in a house at that time of the night. Then she unmasks herself—it is Lady Bellaston. She will contrive an interview with Sophia for him if he promises then to quit all thoughts of her.