Teddy arrives home to pay his family a visit with his wife Ruth who settles into the household as if into a well-known niche. Teddy's brothe's and his father all take it for granted that she is anyone's for the asking - and she is. It is then'suggested that they should set her up in trade in a little flat in Soho. Calmly Ruth lists the conditions she requires before accepting barely batting an eyelid as Teddy returns to America.