Margaret is still in hospital recovering from her back injury. Michael calls at the Ashton's after visiting her and is invited to stay for the night. Freda is disturbed by her feelings for Michael. David is confident about getting his commission which upsets Sheila. Edwin is visited by two intelligence officers who are checking on the possibility of John being alive. Robert Ashton leaves New York by convoy for England, but his ship is torpedoed and both Robert and his pal, Peter both die slowly in the lifeboat having swallowed too much oil.moreless