Soames' daughter by Annette and Jolyon's son by Irene meet again June's art gallery and begin a romance.

Fleur's and Jon's relationship continues to worry their parents so Irene takes Jon to Paris whilst Soames throws a party for his daughter, encouraging Michael Mont to pursue her, which she resents. At the party Fleur sees Annette kissing Profond but keeps it to herself. Dartie is killed in a road accident, having hinted to Soames about his wife's infidelity. At the funeral Fleur accuses Profond, who tells her that secrets run in the family and that Irene and Soames were once unhappily married, a fact she never knew. She tells Jon and they realise this is why their ...

Fleur and Jon meet secretly and agree they will elope to Scotland where they can marry without parental permission. Jolyon comes to see Fleur, telling her of his weak heart and asking her to renounce Jon, whom he needs to be with him. Despite assurances to Jolyon, she does not tell Jon. Having received a letter exposing Annette's affair with Profond, Soames is pleased when Profond says he intends to leave England but at a cricket match between Eton and Harrow schools, Soames notes that his wife is in Profond's arms again. Michael Mont is at the match, having had ...

Annette goes to France and whilst Soames persuades her to return they will lead separate lives. Fleur prevails upon Soames to get Irene to look favourably upon her union with Jon but Jon himself is now having second thoughts in view of the revelations he has been told. An angry Fleur accuses Irene of keeping Jon to herself when "he is mine" and Jon begins to see that, like her father, Fleur is keen to see a spouse as a possession. On the rebound Fleur gets engaged to Michael and resists Jon's efforts to dissuade her. On the wedding day she is reconciled with Soames ...