Clare has been working away from home for a while and so Sarah starts to think about letting out her room. Eleanor has some definite ideas about what calibre of tenant they should be looking for.
Eleanor has been accusing her family of plotting to send her to a retirement home for years. So she decides to explore the delights of 'The Sycamores'...
Sarah suspects her mother of reading her mail and answering the phone in her part of the house while she's out, but it takes Russell to come up with a way of finding out...
Eleanor is left in charge of the bookshop when Russell and Sarah go off for a special lunch. She initiates an efficiency drive, which goes badly wrong.
It's a fight to the finish when Sarah, who wants the hall redecorated in time for her birthday party, and Eleanor, who wants a new dress for the occasion, battle it out when there is only enough for one or the other.