Vera is enjoying life in her flat,taking dance lessons from her African neighbour,Sara of the Astarte tribe. Irene is less over-joyed as she is still house-keeping for the girls in Australia and,whilst pleased that Lesley is pregnant,finds Brian,the putative father and Lesley's boss with whom she has been having an affair,heavy going. All in all she is in agreement with Vera that she should return to England. Vera discovers that St. Jiohn is not as well off as she had hoped but he still turns up in Australia to see his son.