Stalking Jack the Ripper

At Uncle Jonathan’s house, Audrey retrieves one of Smith’s old dresses, which she intends to wear as a disguise in the East End. Thomas rummages through a cupboard for clothes to dress as a man from the East End; Audrey is resentful, saying that she doesn’t need an escort; if Jack the Ripper is her father, he would not hurt her. Thomas points out that they have not proven this theory.

Thomas leaps across the room, holding a candle to Audrey’s throat, and Audrey freezes; Thomas kisses Audrey on the cheek and tells her that she should not freeze if Jack the Ripper comes at her with a knife.

When they arrive in the East End, Audrey feels emotional; she sees the sex workers and contemplates the difficulties faced by women who do not have a family to support them. Suddenly, a man with a knife accosts Thomas; a body at the cemetery Thomas had thought was unclaimed had actually been this man’s wife, and he had not given his permission for Thomas to operate on her. Audrey stomps on the man’s foot, and Thomas and Audrey manage to escape. Afterward, they kiss passionately. Thomas assures Audrey that he had permission to operate on all the bodies he has taken from the cemetery.