Plot

Jenny gives birth to Greg's baby, but there are complications. Paul offers to help by setting out to fetch medical supplies and surgical equipment, but with diseases still out there, is he taking too much of a risk?

Jenny has had a baby boy, whom she is naming David. However, she falls ill. Ruth examines her and makes a list of needed medical supplies. Paul agrees to go to the nearest big-city hospital (in Birmingham) to collect it. He returns with the items but is feeling feverish. Ruth isolates him and realises he has contracted the bubonic plague. To prevent the disease from spreading through the community she gives him a lethal injection and burns down the barn he was held in. Jenny, whose health has improved, decides to rename her baby Paul.—GusF