Cornwall sends Goneril and Edmund to tell Albany of the French landing. Gloucester is brought in, bound, and questioned, and he admits sending Lear to Dover. Cornwall puts out one of his eyes. A servant fights to stop him and wounds Cornwall before Regan kills the servant. Cornwall puts out Gloucester's other eye, and Regan tells him that it was Edmund who betrayed him. Realizing that Edgar was wronged, Gloucester is thrust out of doors to find his way to Dover.