They Knew Mr Knight Part V

While Thomas is awaiting trial, Douglas goes back to college and says he will try to help his mother financially until his father is out of jail. Ruth gets a job as a secretary and goes on writing a novel in her spare time. Then they learn that Mr Knight has been arrested for fraud.. and shortly after being bailed he goes to his office and shoots himself. Their incubus is gone, albeit without standing trial. Celia and Ruth go back to their old home in the town, and she takes in a lodger to provide a little more money. Then Thomas is tried and gets a one year sentence. Mrs Knight has very little money and is lost without her husband - she never understood his business...However Thomas' sister, Isabel, who has been friendly with her, suggests that she and Mrs Knight sell up her valuables and set up a tea shop in Brighton. Celia feels sorry for Mrs Knight who is not a bad woman, and throws herself into managing her life while waiting for Thomas to get out of jail. She keeps house and Ruth helps, and they are pleased when Ruth's novel is accepted... Just before Thomas' release from prison, Celia has a religious experience, where she realises that material things dont matter, and that she will survive. Thomas is released and they go to the nearby Cathedral... and vow to support and love each other....