Bramwell

As temperatures and passions rise, the Thrift copes with exhausted casualties.

When the beautiful and wealthy Alice Costigan invites Robert to her country estate, he feels confident of romance. But when Alice's nephew falls sick and she turns to Dr. Aubrey Savier for help, Robert begins to doubt his chances.

Alice Costigan invites Robert to her country estate, he feels confident of romance.

Joe Marsham decides to accept the much better-paid position in Edinburgh.

Eleanor has fled to the country so Robert finds himself temporarily in charge of the Thrift. At Alice Costigan's suggestion, and against the advice of Dr. Marsham, he hires young trainee Charlotte Adler. Nurse Carr is finding it increasingly difficult to cope with her uncontrollable mother, and reverts to drugging her and tying her up in the cellar.

Eleanor retreats to the country to recover from the emotional blow dealt to her by Dr. O'Neill. She is hosted by old friends from medical school days, the Kilshaws, whose outwardly blissful existence appears to be concealing a disturbing secret.

Eleanor Bramwell is nursing her broken heart in the country with her old friend, Isobel.

The apparently miraculous recovery of a hopeless goiter case causes Dr. Marsham to reconsider some of his fundamental convictions. Meanwhile, Robert is happily settling into his new Harley Street surgery and has brought Kate in to help keep order.

When Dr. Finn O'Neill returns once again to London, he is famed for his pioneering work with immunization. Robert, who has never liked Dr. O'Neill, suspects that Emmaline O'Neill's mysterious and increasingly serious illness may be the result of some experiment being carried out by the ambitious O'Neill to further his own career.

There is joy in the air as Robert Bramwell and Alice Costigan prepare for their wedding. Unfortunately for Eleanor, her father's impending move to Alice's sumptuous Kew residence means that he will be withdrawing his support of the Thrift.