It is May 1923, and by chance James meets Diana Newbury at a club in London. However, minutes after they meet the Police raid the club, and James and Diana escape through a side room. Outside, they kiss passionately. Diana then asks James to stay with her in a cottage in Sandwich that she had been given to use for a week by Major and Mrs Cochrane-Danby. James agrees, and Edward accompanies him as his valet. Diana Newbury brings her lady's maid Miss Violet Marshall, who flirts with a non-responsive Edward.