 Laura, trying to put her heartache over Almonzo aside, travels to Sleepy Eye to find a suitable building for the School for the Blind, but sees a saloon girl coming onto her one-time fiancé and assumes the worst. Almozo gets wind of Laura s efforts to reopen the school and works to the point of exhaustion to raise the money to rent the building from its cantankerous owner, Houston. Laura learns that Almonzo is very ill and rushes to be at his side. In the end, Almonzo is able to raise enough money to allow Adam and Mary to rent the building as the new School for the Blind. Charles  impression about Almonzo being a "fine young man" is also confirmed, and he softens his stance on when the wedding can take place. Meanwhile, Nellie quickly finds she is very talented and a hard worker in the hospitality industry, something which amazes the Ingalls. However, she has a major problem expressing her growing romantic interest in Percival. When Percy announces that he is leaving, all Nellie can do is cry. Nels tells her that she must say something to Percy or risk losing him forever. Nellie takes the advice and rushes out to propose to Percy ... which is exactly what he hoped to hear. The two are married, and everyone wishes the couple well.