 Later , they enter into a disagreement over his illegitimate son ; Dain despises the eight @-@ year @-@ old boy 's calculating mother and wants nothing to do with them , while Jessica sympathetically wants to rescue the boy from his poor living conditions . The boy , Dominick , is becoming ill @-@ behaved and reminds Dain self @-@ <unk> of himself at his age . Eventually , with Jessica 's prodding , Dain is persuaded to rescue the neglected boy from his mother 's clutches . While doing so , the Marquess comes to terms with his mother 's abandonment and realizes that Dominick is just as scared and lonely as he was as a boy . Dominick is invited to live at the <unk> estate , while the boy 's mother , to her pleasure , is given a large stipend and told to find her fortune in Paris . 
