 Mrs. Bridges has taken a shine to Albert Lyons, purveyor of fish and poultry to the Bellamy household. She invites him to downstairs luncheon and becomes increasingly smitten with him. Upstairs, Hazel tells Richard that she plans to leave James and hopes  to seek refuge with her typewriting machine somewhere.  The servants plan an excursion to Hearne Bay during a Bank Holiday and Mrs. Bridges is dismayed by her chance encounter with a drunken Mr. Lyons. With the invasion of Belgium, England is irrevocably involved in the European conflict, Captain James leaves Hazel and Richard to report for duty and Richard tells Hazel that she is needed now more than ever at Eaton Place. That pleasant order of life the Richard has known and loved, the world of the late Lady Marjorie has starkly come to an end forever.