Zuleica forbids Tenório from harming Maria. Marcelo is shaken to discover that he is not Tenório's son. Irma warns Mariana that she won't let anyone touch her son. Marcelo confronts Zuleica. José Leôncio learns through an article published in the newspaper that José Lucas will become a career politician. Muda and Alcides look for Juma to address a common interest to the three.