The villagers provide their opinions on the new deep freeze in the village store. The gossip also spreads around the village of Ruth's return. Annie's suspicious of her reasons for being back. Reverend Ruskin's impressed with Frank's final design for the war memorial. Sam brings Alison some parsnips to sample for sale in the shop as an excuse to inspect the bell. He gets a whack in the arm as Reverend Ruskin opens the door on him. Ruth admits to Janie that she struggled to make any friends in Leeds. She reflects that she's only ever had one friend in Beckindale, Jack, and now he's gone. Reverend Ruskin escorts Sam back to the farmhouse. He asks Annie to stop and have a word with Ruth if she sees her as she looks like she could do with friendly words. Annie isn't keen. After he leaves, Sam