William is not well and when Barbara's father Donald writes to say that he's staying not far up the coast at a boarding-house run by Dolly Partridge , an old friend from India, Barbara decides that a few days by the sea would do them all good.

Still in a state of some shock Barbara has decided to explore Mr Phipps's offer of a job with his cousins in Yorkshire. All she knows about them when she sets out is their name ...

With the Boxing Day meet coming up Sophia makes a dramatic discovery and Henry announces that he doesn't like hunting ...