Alice temps as the Rovers' cleaner while Hilda is ill with flu. Annie is surprised to hear from her that Effie has gone to live with her niece without saying goodbye to anyone. Elsie remains worried about the mysterious man. Len tries to play it down, annoying her. Val pushes her into getting Len to put a bolt on the door but Elsie rejects his suggestion that he stays in No.11 with her. Albert gets annoyed as Alice moves her own pieces of furniture into No.1.