(1) The final act of All’s Well That Ends Well opens with a scene of Helen, Diana, and Diana’s widowed mother arriving at the French court. Helen asks a gentleman to give her letter to the King, but the gentleman tells her that the King is not there, but headed to Rossilion. He, too, is heading that way, so Helen gives the letter to the gentleman to keep safe and give to the King. Parrolles, abandoned by his former friends, arrives in Rossilion and meets Lafew. He begs, and convinces, Lafew to take him in for work. In Rossilion, the King and Lafew discuss the death of Helen and the recently planned marriage of Bertram and Lafew’s daughter. Bertram arrives, and after a short conversation, the King forgives him for his wrongdoing and tells him of the marriage plans. Lafew and the King then notice Bertram’s ring, which previously belonged to Helen. Bertram tries to deny that it was ever hers, but the King claims he gave it to her when she cured him. Bertram continues to deny it, and the Countess chips in to say that she saw Helen wearing it. Bertram claims that the ring was thrown to him out of a window, but the King continues, insisting it was his, then Helen’s. The King sends Bertram away and a gentleman enters with a letter for the King.