The story returns to the moment of the knock on the door in 1941. Saffy lets in Juniper, who is soaking wet, and can't remember how she got from the bus to the house. Thomas still has not arrived. When Saffy removes Juniper's coat, she is covered in blood and has to be sedated to keep her calm. Percy attempts to find and conceal the evidence of whatever Juniper has done along the road outside, while Saffy waits in the parlour. She takes one of the pills to calm her nerves, and has her childhood nightmare. Meanwhile, Thomas, who has been delayed by the weather and wartime transport, has finally arrived. With Percy out, there is no one to come to the door. He notices a window shutter has come loose in the room above, where Saffy is sleeping. He's eager to make a good impression, and climbs up to the window to attempt to fix it. Saffy, only experiencing her nightmare, thinks he is the Mud Man and strikes him with a wrench. Percy arrives back at the house to find him dead in the moat, and buries him in the pet cemetery on the grounds. Juniper watches Percy burying the body, and begins her descent into madness believing that she killed her fiancé.
