 The two exchange wits ; Jessica requests that Dain send her brother back to England in exchange for a valuable religious icon she will sell him , while Dain wants the icon or else he will destroy her reputation and ruin her brother . They reach an impasse , and while her reputation remains intact , Dain spends the week personally overseeing Bertie 's disintegration from excessive drinking and gambling . Jessica angrily confronts him and the two unexpectedly kiss . Later , at a party they almost consummate their relationship before being discovered by other party @-@ goers . Dain coldly departs , assuming Jessica invited the others to force him to honorably marry her , leaving her angry that he would leave her reputation in tatters so casually . 
