With a Vengeance

The empty train is silent as Anna returns to the first-class lounge, with everyone else confined to their cabins. She considers the poison, which she assumes is a cleaning product based on its scent. Judd’s murderer must have grabbed the poison while everyone else was trying to stop the train, and their motivation to kill Judd was to stop him from implicating more people after he confessed to his own involvement in the plot. When Anna passes into the dining car, she finds Dante searching for food.

Dante makes a sandwich while he and Anna discuss the past. Dante and Anna fell in love after they met at the Matheson Christmas party. Dante pursued Anna at every society event before they began meeting in secret. Their relationship culminated in an intimate encounter, but afterward, Dante stopped contacting her. Anna was heartbroken, especially as her family’s destruction unfolded around her. She asks Dante why he pursued her and then stopped calling. He says that he pursued her because she is an amazing woman, but he stopped seeing her because his father commanded it. Dante didn’t know about his father’s plot, but he obeyed. He apologizes to Anna and hopes that she can forgive him.