As the end of the party approaches old quarrels rise to surface and the chaperones fall out in spectacular style by throwing the fine china at each other.
Ever since the arrival of Mr Carrington, Mr Everett and Miss Hopkins have avoided each other. Miss Hopkins breaks with protocol and speaks to Mr Everett alone on the lawn and each lays bare their heart. Meanwhile, Captain Glover has secured his prize for the capture of an enemy vessel and now has a fortune of £50,000, nearly £2,000,000 in modern money, and the prospect of a baronetcy, meaning that he will now be called Sir Jeremy.
Will Sir Jeremy succeed with Miss Braund where Captain Glover had failed? To escape the Regency hot house, and the blistering summer heat, the ladies walk to the edge of the estate and bathe, a popular pastime in Regency spa towns, but never naked!
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