They Knew Mr Knight Part III

As the children grow up, Celia continues to be uneasy about Wright. She finds that Thomas spends less time at home with his family and more time in the masculine world of business, playing golf with Mr Wright and discussing making money with him. Edward, his younger brother, keeps on losing jobs and infuriates Thomas, and the final straw happens when Freda finds him working at a charity ball as a cloakroom attendant. She is horribly embarrassed and Thomas tells Edward off. He washes his hands of his brother, and Edward, depressed goes to the pub as he often does. He is friendly with the landlady's daughter Carrie and she looks up to him as a gentleman. They become closer and he asks her to marry him. He knows his family will look down on him even more for marrying a pub keeper's daughter and maybe working in the pub himself, but he has reached a point of not caring. Meanwhile, Douglas is leaving school and gets into college, but he decides to study Science instead of engineering...He doesnt tell his parents. Douglas then has a nasty shock when he becomes infatuated with one of the young women who visit Mr Knight's house. She is a model and very beautiful and Douglas is smitten. Then he finds out that she is not an innocent young woman, but she's been Wright's mistress for some time, because he has money. Douglas is disgusted and devotes himself to his studies. Freda continues to be friendly with Mrs Knight and to go to her parties and go around with the aimless but good natured Coggy.