Ascânio arrives in Santana do Agreste. Amintas, Osnar and Timóteo tell him what happened to Tieta: how she initiated in love, the spanking she took from her father and how she left.

Ascânio decides to stay in Santana do Agreste and takes Helena with him. A year goes by. Timóteo uses Tieta's check to pay off his debt at the bank, but Perpétua finds out.