Having pronounced elder brother Johnny dead after he disappeared eight years earlier Charles refuses to acknowledge him though Isabella's attempt at reconciliation broadcasts their kinship to the navvies, who consequently feel hostile towards Johnny. With Johnny refusing to bankroll him Charles turns to Methodist minister Jonas Sorsby for financial aid but Sorsby will only help if Charles closes Jericho's tavern and brothel. The spineless Charles is about to pander to him when Annie, now running a successful canteen and backed by Isabella, Ralph and Johnny, exposes Sorsby's son as a whore-monger who attacked Mabel in Lace Polly's brothel, thus ensuring that any deal is definitely off.
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