 While Lady Marjorie is preparing for her trip to America, a bored and restless James takes an interest in Richard s comely secretary, Miss Forrest. When Miss Forrest volunteers to work on a Saturday afternoon and James invites her to luncheon in the Upstairs dining room, in the absence of his parents, Hudson is thunderstruck. At Hudson s protestations, James demands Hudson serve his father s best claret to a  hired typist.  Hudson is outraged and resigns, in a fit of pique, but cool heads prevail and all is settled before Lady Marjorie leaves on her fateful journey.