monica departs to find her father, sir christopher strong (colin clive), a member of parliament, who she knows has always been faithful to her mother. harry goes to follow her and has a motorbike crash where he is helped by lady cynthia darrington (katharine hepburn), a pilot, who he discovers is over 20 and has never had a love affair. at the party cynthia and christopher are introduced and cynthia and monica become friends.