Another air raid occurs, but with heartbreaking consequences for Harry – Foxglove Cottage is destroyed, leaving him devastated. Heading up to Shackleton Farm to find shelter, Harry, Effy, Sid, Stefan and Trigger are met with an eerie silence, but find that the Shackletons are hiding in their own Anderson shelter beneath a trap door in the barn. Stefan realises he has forgotten his gas mask, but manages to slip out of the shelter unnoticed following a heated argument between the Shackletons. A raging thunderstorm circles overhead and Stefan runs into some trouble after falling down a mine shaft, but luckily, a friend is there to comfort him. Eventually the two are rescued, but the drama becomes too much for Effy who goes into labour.