Farmer Finch hires some trekkers, families displaced by the bombing, as cheap labor, but when there is a break-in at the manor house, Lady Hoxley orders Finch to get rid of them all. The Hoxleys hold a swanky party, but after clashing with Nancy over a visit to her husband John, Joyce tells Lady Hoxley about the affair. Billy finally proposes to Bea, but she goes into labor before she can answer.