An exhausting night of dancing and dousing fires ends with a carefully planned surprise by Sally and Flurry.
Yeates, Sally, Philippa and Flurry scheme to race Lady Knox's horse without her knowledge.
Yeates and his cousin Basil fear their careers are ruined when they are caught in a police raid at the Brickleys.'
An old friend's offer of a resident magistrate position in a more civilized location tempts Yeates.
Babs' cousin Andrew turns Yeates' house inside out with attempts to structurally improve the chimneys and well.