The Magnolia Palace

Veronica wants to tell Joshua about the diamond in her pocket, but she resists. He shows her the sculpture above the mansion’s door and tells her about Angelica. No one knows what became of her—Joshua reports that she disappeared after she became involved in a murder but that she had posed for sculptures that are still all over the city. Joshua then talks about Mr. Frick’s darker history that has been glossed over by the art world. He was known as a union-buster and was responsible for the incidents surrounding the Homestead Steel Strike when he hired 300 Pinkerton officers to attack the strikers, resulting in a riot. During the strike, worker Alexander Berkman broke into Frick’s office and shot and stabbed him to support the workers’ cause. Frick survived.

Frick also bears responsibility, along with his fellow South Fork Fishing and Hunting Club members, for the Johnstown Flood in 1889. As a result of the club’s neglect of a dam north of Johnstown, the town was flooded, and over 2,200 people died.

After they eat, Joshua says Veronica can sleep in Mrs. Frick’s bedroom while he stays downstairs. Veronica, however, is not ready to be alone. She tells Joshua about her twin, Polly, and how losing the modeling job will affect her plans.