 Vernon Scripps has become a more or less permanent chauffeur for the unpopular business man Jim Pinder. Pinder even hires Vernon to haul a boat on a trailer for him. The lorries from Pinder s quarry are a nuisance to a lot of villagers in Aidensfield, but many of them also depend on the quarry to make a living. Things heat up when one of the lorries has breaking trouble and almost hits some school children and protesters block the access to the quarry. Somebody has vandalized Lily Barton s boundary wall and two dozen sheep are missing. She is also ill and PC Crane asks Dr. Merrick to have a look at her. But the old lady does not want a doctor thank you very much. And she does not want to move to a home either.