Vanessa and Sir Malcolm attend the party at Ferdinand Lyle’s home in the hopes of learning more about the the Egyptian hieroglyphs found on the dead creature. Vanessa meets the ever young Dorian Gray. Vanessa also participates in a séance where she proves to the spirit world’s conduit. Meanwhile, Ethan Chandler makes the acquaintance of a prostitute, Bona Croft. She in turn has a session with young Gray. Elsewhere, Victor Frankenstein is amazed at how quickly his creation, who he has named Proteus, can learn. It all comes to a surprising end however.