Marsham thinks injured Wilf has a broken neck and Lady Peters arranges for Sir Herbert to Xray him. Sir Herbert embarrasses Eleanor and uses Wilf to teach his students, resulting in serious Xray burns. Lady Peters tries to have the Thrift work with Sir Herbert's East London Hospital, but Eleanor realizes Sir Herbert wants to take it over. Lady Peters collapses with what Sir Herbert diagnoses as spastic colon but Eleanor and Dr. Bramwell are convinced she has appendicitis.
—mama.sylvia