Gail returns to work to find that Alma has cut down on the quantity of food and put the prices up. Gail thinks it's ridiculous to charge 40p for a cup of tea. Don suggests Ivy gives p her job to look after the children but she likes work too much, but it is Audrey who is annoyed when she finds out that Ivy offered Gail financial help. Stella asks Alec why he's saying Bet and Paul are having an affair. She tells him Bet's too old for Paul, but when Alec tells her he found them together in the pub after midnight, Stella refuses to leave before she has seen Bet.