

Five years later, as Madame Svengali the singer, she has become the toast of Europe with the help of his powers.

When Billee discovers Trilby posing nude for a group of artists, they quarrel, and Svengali convinces her to fake a suicide and leave Paris with him. One day under the pretext of curing her headache, Svengali hypnotises her and thereafter is able to control her by the power of his thoughts. Svengali is enchanted by her, but she falls in love with the handsome, young Billee. On leaving they meet a lovely young milkmaid and artist's model, Trilby O'Ferrall. Untouched by her death, Svengali and his flatmate Gecko visit the studio of English artists, The Laird, Taffy, and Billee, in search of a meal. A short time later her body is found in the Seine.

When attractive but untalented Honori confesses to her sinister singing teacher Svengali that she has left her husband but refused his offer of money, he fixes her with an intense stare that drives her screaming from the room.
