Percy is found guilty and is sentenced to hang. Henry Knockall decides to go door knocking to raise a petition against the sentence and ropes Mr Josser into helping him, but the later march in the street proves fatal for someone. Percy finds himself haunted by nightmares of Edith Watson, while Mrs Josser is distraught when son Ted is called up into the army. But Doris' offer to move in with Ted's wife Cynthia while he is away ends up angering her mother, as does her announcement that she and Bill are not to have a church wedding. Meanwhile Mr Squales continues to pursue his wealthy benefactor Mrs Jan Byl in seances, but Mrs Vizzard is becoming increasingly suspicious of his activities.