Neifile and Panfilo open up to each other. Tindaro bonds with Stratilia’s son. Licisca and Filomena encounter a group of mercenaries.
Filomena’s arrival threatens Licisca’s plan. Pampinea grows desperate to find Leonardo while Neifile awaits divine intervention.
As pestilence spreads through Florence, a group of self-centered nobles with secrets and hidden agendas flees to the countryside.
The nobles and servants devise a plan to take back the villa from Ruggiero. While in exile, Licisca and Filomena try to reconcile their differences.
