In April, the louche boarder guests and Spiros' and Louisa's growing closeness drawing negative attention from conservative locals who won't even serve Louisa any more. Theo coaches the family's initial efforts to repair community relations, after inviting neighbors backfires as they hear Louisa fulminate over the endless Orthodox service, teaching them how to display their respect for the Greek culture by attending the local Panegyric festival and performing a traditional dance. There depressed Gerry is overcoming jealousy, having diverted his concerns from his zoo towards Galini, whose attention is captured by a Greek knave friend and his new motorbike, which Gerry disastrously tries out. Leslie intervenes in Spiros' and Louisa's prospects by inspiring Basil to be company to Dimitra, which he soon regrets as it works too well and Basil won't dump he. In Dorset, Margo uplifts the spirits of her sullen pupil, Maud, via some cinema trips, new to both and romantically inspiring. The disturbing news of Italy invading nearby Albania delivered by a newsreel compels her to return to Corfu. In Paris, Larry is entertained by the postal ruminations of his family.
—KGF Vissers