With her mother in hospital and her father mysteriously away, Elisabeth is sent to an unknown uncle and aunt in Belfast. The play deals with the conflict aroused in the child's conscience when she is placed in unfamiliar surroundings.
Alastair Moncrieff designs a banknote counter and he takes it to Olagem Ltd. Director John Lock realises that the counter can make a fortune, and determines that the fortune shall go to Olagem.
A publisher insinuates himself into the mouldering mansion of the centenarian lover of a renowned but long-dead poet in order to find his lost love letter.
Karen Holt's bad driving leads to the death of a young girl. Her husband hides the body but Insp. Davies asks about a missing girl, Judy Grant who was also Howard's mistress. The pair decide to keep it secret but then get a blackmail note.
The ghost of Sir Simon De Canterville has terrified visitors to his family home for centuries - but when a family of Americans rent the place, he's the one who's terrified.