It's Friday night, and we're at the little white cottage, where we find Alan writing another letter to Betty. It's the fifth letter that he's written today, because he's been missing her desperately since she went away. They've never been separated before, and Alan feels like the sun has gone out of his life. But he needs to perk himself up, as Betty has convinced her father to go to Alan's house for dinner - and Alan's hoping to make a good impression so that he will be able to marry his sweetheart...