Crosbie Wells awakes from his drug induced stupor to find that his locker key is missing. He suspects that the gold in the locker has been stolen and in a rage retrieves the key from Lydia, only to find that the bag of gold is a lot lighter than it should be. Later on he has a violent confrontation with his wife's lover and former convict Francis Carver, both of whom he believes has stolen his gold. Anna Wetherell is taken to Hokitika by a goldfields magnate Dick Mannering where she begins her descent into drugs and prostitution.
—EdinaJambo