Once Henrick is punished for rejecting her

Once Henrick is punished for rejecting her, Miranda is cured of her passion and resumes her routine life of making new conquests with all gaiety and giving the world a thousand suspicions of her prostitution and lewdness. Prince Tarquin appears in town to become Miranda’s next prey. She sets her ambitious eyes upon him and he in turn is wholly enchanted and bewitched by her. Miranda is far more interested in his position and wealth than in him, but she stops her sexual adventures once she is married. She lives with opulence and extravagance and runs through her fortune. This is when she invites Alcidiana to move in with her so that she can pilfer from her sister’s fortune. Miranda decides to murder Alcidiana because Alcidiana was sensible enough to perceive her sister’s real motive and leaves the house.Van Brune suffers from an unrequited passion for Miranda. She skillfully enflames the boy to the point of madness and talks him into performing the murder for her. The reward is what he desires. She tactfully promises Van Brune sex in exchange for murder, but she never really means to pay up. He is so dazed and dazzled that he agrees without hesitation.
After the job fizzles out, Miranda sets to work again with all her histrionic powers:8