Cissie and Topsy are at an outdoor Sunday School, listening to Sister Eileen tell the story of King Herod from the Bible. David enters, Billy following with his whip. When David tells him he’s going swimming instead of staying in Sunday school, Billy hits him across the legs with the whip. Cissie picks up a rock and prepares to throw it at Billy, but Sister Eileen stops them. Then she tells David that he has to be at Sunday school from now on. The lesson continues, then Sister Eileen tells them that they are going to learn a hymn, which they will sing to Mr. Neville on Australia Day. 

Back at the Moore settlement, Mr. Neal is reading a paper in his office. Mary is waiting outside. She is very pregnant at this point. Billy is beside her. The Matron enters and tells Mr. Neal that Mary is waiting to see him. Knowing her husband’s desire for the girl, she reminds him that she is pregnant and very ill. The implication is that she is not in a state for his physical attention, lest it do her harm. When Mary enters, Mr. Neal tells her that she will be assigned light tasks and will stay in the nurses’ quarters.