Mister Drake , would-be hermit; Angie, free spirit; Ansell, ailing detective; Tommy, reformed pyromaniac; and Maurice, round-the-world ball-walker; are settling in quite nicely at the cottage at Scar's Edge. Then Angie starts to find flowers - Drake and Ansell hear about Harold - Mrs Kelly arrives dressed in black - and the peace is shattered once more.

Maurice makes a friend and Ansell does a mean military two-step.