 She confides a deep secret to Tolstoy, promises to marry him, and together they spend a passionate night of love.But later he overhears Jane denying her interest in him to the General, in order to win the general's favour and be granted an audience with the Grand Duke.Distraught, Tolstoy attacks the General who arrests his young rival on false charges and banishes him to Siberia to seven years of hard labor and a further five years of exile.