 Sleepless and distraught, Hazel stares blankly in James  bedroom, convinced that her husband has been killed at Passchendaele. Richard tries to placate her and paint an optimistic picture, but he can t convince her. Trooper Norton, James  right-hand man, comes to Eaton Place with James  belongings. Richard and Hazel question him and he says that he disappeared after a brutal attack. It s quite possible he s a prisoner of war. Norton says that there was talk of the Germans killing captives, especially officers, but Richard refuses to believe it. Word comes that James has been found in a field hospital in France. Hazel s anguish is mitigated, but information is still scant. She suggests that she and Richard go to France with an ambulance and private nurse to collect James and bring him back to London. Richard has serious misgivings about her plan -- how will he look, he asserts, as a peer of the realm and Civil Lord, if he uses his power in this way when so many are dying? Hazel will not be dissuaded and the pair travel to France, where they discover Georgina has been looking after James. James is severely wounded and his surgeon ask that they consider this move very carefully. Georgina puts up a great fuss, but Hazel is implacable -- this is her husband and if the surgeon signs off on it, he will be transported back to England. There s nothing more to be said. Consent is granted with great hesitation and they depart. Back at Eaton Place, the staff steel themselves for Major Bellamy s arrival. Miraculously, he s made the journey and he s where he should be, at home with the very capable Nurse Wilkins at his side. Hazel feels profound relief and some relish -- she s been vindicated at Georgina s balking and her embarrassing display. Richard has the best birthday present awaiting him -- his grateful son, in his wheelchair in the morning room. It s been a while since father and son have had a chat without acrimony and James tells his father what he remembers of his tumult and how random it all seems to him.