When Elizabeth-Jane sees Henchard, she tells him off. She says she can't forgive him for having lied to her about who her real father was and for lying to Captain Newson to keep them apart. Henchard leaves in despair, forgetting the bird. When the housekeeper finds the bird several days later, it's dead. Elizabeth-Jane feels sorry for rejecting her stepfather and sets out to find him, but it's too late – she arrives just after Henchard dies.