It is summer once again, and Mrs Andersen and the girls are opening the hotel for a new season. The year is 1930 and the World War is lurking outside the country borders. But quite different matters preoccupy the guests. Merchant Madsen is fighting to recover his position after going bankrupt last year. Mrs Aurland is afraid her husband will discover the truth - that he isn't the father of their newborn son. Amanda is back in her marriage with Count Ditmar but she is still dreaming of Max. And the royal actor Mr Weyse, arrives in the company of a young student actress, who turns out to be a girl with many different talents.

Merchant Madsen has pawned his wife's jewellery in order to gain the capital he needs for his new construction project. This steers the marriage into troubled waters and Mrs Madsen is very upset. But she receives an unexpected helping hand when the mysterious lawyer Kvist moves into the hotel. Amanda has moved in with Max in his summer cottage at the beach, but she fears that Ditmar will act on his threat to cut off the financial support he is providing her parents. Mr Weyse is doing his best to protect young Miss Kitty from Mr Frigh's approaches but he must face the fact that she has a mind of her own. Morten's old childhood home is suddenly sold, which finally gives Mrs Andersen and Fie a reason to contact him.