Indian Dr. Deepak Rall visits Dr. Bolton. He has practiced in Kenya and wants to hear about his prospects in the area. Dr. Rall is obviously a highly qualified doctor, but not everybody in the village likes his dark skin. Claude Greengrass has had another bright idea. Old Mr. Greaves has bought himself a guest house after having driven a mobile shop for years and Greengrass figures there must be a gold mine in mobile shops just waiting for him. He may be right, because especially tinned, Polish steak is a big hit although nobody can read the Polish labels.

Vernon Scripps has really made a killing on the paintings he bought from Steve Crane's mother. He kept one of them though. The one called "Tower Bridge". He organizes an auction for the benefit of Sir Nigel Fethersone's charity foundation and is "persuaded" by Oscar Blaketon to donate the "Tower Bridge" painting himself. But somebody steals the painting and he gets David to make a duplicate. Jenny surprises an intruder at Sergeant Merton's house. He does not hurt her, but only looks firmly at her and walks calmly away. The intruder is Eddie Harvey and he wants the sergeant to tell him the name of the man who grassed on him and an accomplice on a bank robbery. If Merton does not yield Harvey will kill Jenny.

Important things are about to happen in Aidensfield. The annual cricket match against Scarsdale is coming up, and if Scarsdale wins again this year the trophy is theirs for keeps. Oscar Blaketon is the head of the Aidensfield team, but turmoil is raging the village and he must leave many of his best players out of account. And he has excluded the women beforehand, because their job is to see to the food and the tea. The police have problems of another kind. They have been tipped off about a raid on an armoured transport. They catch one of the raiders, Dave Dooley, but his brother Ray and Ray's girlfriend Connie get away with the loot. Ray is not the kind of guy who lets his brother rot in prison and they kidnap PC Walker and threaten to kill him if Dave is not released.