This section shows that Mr. Bray’s dream from the night before was prophetic, as it predicted the fall he took from the chair (represented by the great height in the dream) to his death on the floor, (represented by the coffin in the dream). Mr. Bray’s death frees Madeline from going through with the wedding because she was only marrying Arthur to try and get her father out of debt. Now that Mr. Bray is dead, there is no debt to pay, so Madeline doesn’t have to sacrifice herself any longer to try and help her father. Even though Madeline won’t marry Arthur, Nicholas makes it clear that his conflict with Ralph, and now Arthur, is far from over, as he intends to bring their fraud to light.