Losing control of the mine as George buys a controlling share, Ross sets his mind to reviving his father's abandoned mine by searching for copper, and finally makes up with Francis, who decides to invest his last savings, and is persuaded to consider reconciliation with Verity and her husband. Desperately in debt, Ross and Demelza sell belongings, and he accepts an offer from a smuggling ring, while she nearly loses their unborn boy by fishing sardines alone. Ross inspires Dwight to treat a 'mysterious' malnourished villagers' epidemic as scurvy. Impertinently flirtatious patient Caroline supplies Dwight with oranges for the villagers, disregarding her MP fiancee Unwin.
—KGF Vissers