Damião tells Eliana that he will stay with Ritinha. José Inocêncio accuses Egídio of having killed Venâncio. Dona Patroa asks her husband to let Tião and his family leave. Mariana insinuates to Teca that the child the young woman is expecting may not be Venâncio's. Tião arrives home injured and tells Joana that Egídio's foremen broke his chicken's egg.
