A mystery critic, 'Humilitas', has picked up a prize tearing into Dorothy's work in The Telegraph. She's definitely not at all bothered by it, and delighted to be attending a local literary circle meeting later the same day!

It is Dorothy's birthday, and she decides that she wants a picnic in the beautiful English countryside. Much to Robert's dismay, she soon invites two loud American friends, and things immediately start going awry...

Dorothy invites two MP friends to the house to discuss an idea she's had. With one of them Conservative and one a socialist, there's bound to be tension - but from and towards whom?