Mary, who views it as her duty to make a good marriage as the eldest daughter, is excited when the wealthy Evelyn Napier arrives for a visit. However, it's his companion, the Turkish diplomat Kemal Pamuk, to whom she's immediately attracted. He feels the same and shows up in her bedroom late at night – something completely unheard of in a world where ladies were expected to stay chaste before marriage. Mary and Kemal spend the night together, but Kemal then dies in Mary's bed in the middle of the night. Word of Mary's indiscretion getting out would be disastrous for her marriage prospects, so Mary asks her mother Cora to help her move Kemal's body back to his bedroom. A maid named Daisy sees this happen and later tells O'Brien, who tells Mary's sister Edith. Edith, resenting the attention Mary gets as firstborn, tells the Turkish ambassador what really happened.
