- Alf Arliss gets his first proper wage and can afford to rent his own cottage so he throws a house-warming party. But the Timmins' enjoyment is short-lived when Edmund announces he is leaving school to work in the fields, despite an excellent exam result. He argues with his parents and moves in with the Turrills, whilst the Arliss children accuse the Timmins family of snobbery because Emma wants better than labouring work for her boy. Dorcas, noting Minnie's maternal instincts, suggests she would make a good mother so, when Minnie finds a baby on her doorstep, she decides to 'practise' by caring for her in secret. The baby turns out to be the newly-born sister of Alf, whose mother is back in prison. Dorcas locks horns with Robert when she suggests he should hear out Edmund's viewpoint—don @ minifie-1
- Alf Arless gets a raise and decides to clean up and move into the family home. They've been living with Queenie and Twister Turrill since their mother was put in jail and Queenie for one is going to miss them. A song he sings at the house-warming party begins to have a strange effect on all who are there. Edmund Timmins, meanwhile, tells his parents that he's failed his exams, dashing his mother's hopes that he would get a job other than as a farm laborer. In fact, he scored very well but wants to make his own life decisions. Dorcas decides that the best thing she can do for Minnie is to make sure she has the skills to be a wife and a mother and so goes around arranging for her to receive lessons in sewing and cooking.—garykmcd
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