Lovely Sara

Not only Sara suffers from not being allowed to speak to her friends anymore; Little Lottie is also struggling with the new situation and decides to visit Sara secretly in her attic.

Ermengarde is horrified to learn that Sara has befriended a family of rats; she gains confidence and wants to get the animals something to eat, but when she tries to steal leftover bread, Lavinia catches her.

In the boarding school, the May Day festival is celebrated according to traditional custom; while the girls are having fun, Sara is forced to do hard work.

Sara doesn't want to give up hope that her father is still alive, but all letters to him return unread; Barrow is of no help either, so she decides to go to the authorities in India herself.

Miss Minchin is expecting a visitor; Lavinia's parents show up and in order to humiliate Sara even further, Lavinia wants Sara to be her parents' private maid.

The Headmistress berates Molly and James for not breaking Sarah's spirit; Sarah is told that she and Becky must eat the sprouted potatoes.