They are delighted when MacDonagh's new furniture is delivered. Dora suggests they claim to be his nieces, and Rosie and Mabel agree. A few minutes later, he succumbs and falls off a cliff into the sea. They find three run-down, seemingly abandoned cottages, but are soon disappointed when MacDonagh arrives and informs them that he has purchased them for his retirement.
They end up on an Irish island, Inishfada. Not wanting to return with them to Murmansk, the ladies insist on being put ashore at the earliest opportunity. They are picked up by a Russian freighter, though none of the crew speak English. They hide on a motorboat when they spot some policemen, but accidentally start the engine and reach the open sea before they run out of petrol.
Mrs Wilmot, Miss Baker and Miss Fife run away from the Sunset Home when they are notified that they will be split up, with two of them being sent off to different cities.
