Billy comes home for a visit, bringing mini pineapples and a snake. The snake leads Dadda to meet a Miss Bird — she is a teacher and asks Dadda to give a talk about the snake. He does and starts accompanying Miss Bird and her classes on their excursions. They start dating and Dadda invites her to tea to meet his children. They are horrified that their father could date anyone else and discover that Billy has a new job - waiter in a gentleman's club. The girls insist that he end it. Iris reveals that she wants to be a nun. Father Melia initially supports her but later changes his mind and refuses to explain. May starts dating Frank Gadney and Ruby starts dating Joseph. May is happy with Frank until she sees Richard Brazendale. He visits before sailing to New York. After feeling the baby kick, he asks her to love their child and May realises that she can't hide her pregnancy any longer. Dadda is horrified at the news and walks out but returns later, drunk. Angry that his daughters insisted he end things with Miss Bird and then reveal that May is heavily pregnant, he beats them. He packs his belongings and walks out, unchallenged. Frank, bathing May's wounds, asks her to marry him but she refuses, telling him she is in love with the baby's father.