During the visit Mainwaring repeatedly puts off telling Godfrey, and finally tries to shift the responsibility and make Wilson tell him, a job which Wilson shirks. The three of them depart the cottage with Godfrey seemingly none the wiser about his home's impending fate.
Throughout their visit, Mainwaring consistently delays telling Godfrey about the situation, and eventually tries to assign the task to Wilson, who refuses to carry it out. They leave the cottage without Godfrey being informed of his home's imminent demise.