 Alfred, the footman who went abroad to work for a German baron, appears at the back door of 165 Eaton Place. Rose discovers him and he tells her that, after a broken engagement, he returned to England and has no place to stay. Rose conceals him from Hudson, but the staff soon catch on and Hudson notifies Richard. His timing is impeccable, because a detective has come to ask Richard about his former employee. Alfred senses that the walls are closing in on him and grabs Edward, whom he holds at knife point, while resisting arrest for the murder of a Lithuanian gentleman.