Peggy Douglas and Aunt Mary have driven into Wakefield this morning to do some errands. As they drove along, they had one of the intimate talks they had on these occasions - a talk which this time had left Peggy feeling rather uneasy. Peggy had believed the Nick had postponed their marriage because he was afraid she might still be emotionally concerned with Bill Mead - but Aunt Mary felt that Nick was in love with Peggy and therefore unable to carry on with the plan the two young people had made originally - to marry on a friendly comradely basis...