Jack Barbour, summer bachelor, driving leisurely homeward at 8:15 on a pleasant July evening, goes past the gates of Seacliff, and on impulse - the free man that he is - decides to stop at the home of his sister, Hazel, at the vast, towering concrete mansion on Seacliff Drive. This week, there were twenty seven real estate agents looking at the house, and it has been listed in multiple places - but there still hasn't been any interest. Betty has been trying to get hold of Jack since five o'clock from the sky ranch - she needs him to come up to the sky ranch this weekend to be a disciplinarian to their teenage girls...