Marlene and Mrs. Cakeworthy are intrigued to hear that Laurence, a French exchange student, is coming to the farm and expect it to be a handsome young boy. In fact she is a pretty girl, which is all too much for Marlene. Tyler proposes to Beth and gives her a ring but it's a tatty old thing that Marlene got in the sixties and Beth is not at all pleased.—don @ minifie-1