Miss Orrick informs the class that the end-of-term exams are close. Pixie is determined to top the class while Molly is aware that if she fails she'll have to repeat the year — at great expense to her parents. However, neither Pixie nor school swat Lucy have the time or desire to give Molly additional tutoring. Instead, she is advised to contact Cyril, the mastermind of the boys highschool. When Cyril begins to pay too much attention to Molly, she and Pixie decide to play matchmaker with a more suitable girl.

While the rest of the family is delighted with the end-of-term festivities at the tableau-vivant and the start of the holidays, grandma is annoyed by her constant struggles with the children and Aunt Vera's lack of independence. To show their appreciation, the girls decide to clean up the house. Aunt Vera announces she has decided to remarry. Pixie and Molly are concerned that she is marrying for all the wrong reasons and set out to stop M. Chevrier's proposal lest Anne and Jimmy be forced to move to France.