In a jump-forward to November 1956, Susan remains frustrated with her life despite that she is married and now living in a smart house in the West End. Susan's unstable mental state becomes apparent to everyone, including Alice, when Susan is moody and is insulting to Raymond and their friends during a party attended by Sir Leonard Darwin (John Gielgud), this prompts Darwin to needlessly humiliate Mme Aung (Pik-Sen Lim) and then walk out of the party. Raymond then announces to everyone that Darwin is going to resign from his position due to Great Britain's disastrous involvement in the Suez Crisis.