After promising an unloved dressing table to the Vicar's Scout group, Dorothy is alarmed to discover it's actually an antique worth at least £300, and they merely intend it for firewood! Soon the Vicar, Priest and Baptist Minister are knocking at the door.

A salesman calls at the McNab residence hoping to offload a set of encyclopaedia volumes. It quickly becomes apparent that he has the most peculiar manner of any salesman either Dorothy or Robert have ever encountered!

Doroth's accountant, a Mr. Campbell, pays his yearly visit. It's invariably a stressful occasion for all concerned, but this time she and Robert are adamant that the books are in order. It's just at that point that some distant Scottish relatives arrive uninvited...