First broadcast 24th September 1977.

Louisa visits Lord and Lady Haslemere in Yorkshire and finds a bleak and desperately unhappy household.

Gemma Jones ... Louisa Trotter
Christopher Cazenove ... Charles Haslemere
Joanna David ... Margaret Haslemere
Iain Cuthbertson ... Vicar
Liz Smith ... Nanny
Philippa Shackleton ... Lottie
Brenda Cowling ... Elsie Richards
John Scott Martin ... Will Richards
Elizabeth Benson ... Cook
Harold Reese ... Pickering