 When Ferdinand rejects her love, she tries to force him into marriage by all available means, knowing that she cannot win over his heart.Lady Milford fears possible humiliation and is not willed to revoke the publicly announced connection.Threatening and making promises, she tries to make Luise give up Ferdinand, but her pretentious mask shatters; struck by Luise's higher virtues, she quits her affair with the Prince and leaves the country.