two new arrivals in town take rooms at the pub: bromley (john horsley), a former navy colleague of duncan, and helen (dianne foster), an artist's model and former girlfriend of duncan who has come in response to his request for a model to pose for his latest painting. helen unsuccessfully attempts to rekindle the romance between herself and duncan, who is not interested in her and is pursuing jane. bromley is supposedly on holiday, but in reality is a customs inspector tasked with secretly investigating duncan's smuggling activities.