Ralph pursues Mrs Plumleigh-Bruce with a vengeance but she lets it be known his financial embarrassment could be an impediment to romance. He reassures her the investment is in safe hands, but Stimpson begins to have doubts about the young scoundrel.

Gorse soon spends Joan Plumleigh-Bruce's cash and takes a job selling cars in Brighton - but it is not long before the implacable Donald Stimpson tracks him down and demands recompense from his employer

Now married to car dealer Harold Bennet's daughter Pamela, Gorse begins drinking heavily to alleviate the sheer tedium of domestic life - and devises an audacious insurance fraud to boost his finances. Unfortunately, the plan ends in tragedy.