Iris, May and Ruby are unhappy with Dadda's behaviour and discuss it while at confession. They agree to put their foot down about it, leading Dadda to put the rabbits in the backyard up for sale. Iris starts dating the man who buys them, Domingo Hennessy, and after a brief courtship, he proposes marriage and Iris accepts. Neither Dadda or Ruby are happy about this - both hating change - but come round to the idea. Domingo tells them that he was in the army during the war but was invalided out. Domingo reveals the full extent of his injuries to Iris on their wedding night. She is angry to discover that the future she hoped for - a home and family of her own - is impossible. Unable to stand the sight of Domingo, she goes home and is assured by Father Melia that she won't have to return or get a divorce.