Shirley and Frank return from their honeymoon to face the daunting task of living together. Their first confrontation is over the placement of the urn which, unbeknownst to Shirley, contains the ashes of Frank's first wife. Katrina Saunders is hospitalised for a simple foot infection but while she's in hospital, Terence discovers that her condition is much more serious when he diagnoses her with leprosy. Molly hopes to rally the district's women farmers to achieve a greater voice for themselves, hoping to bring them out from under the "iron heal of male despotism." A baby is found abandoned at the hospital. The young mother is later identified when she comes into the clinic, but she refuses to acknowledge that she has given birth. Frank solves his dilemma by mixing Alma's ashes with the roses he transplants into Shirley's backyard.