Having persuaded Miss Dredger to invite Miss George to stay at her home, Mr Pye has plans for Miss George when he arranges a picnic on the beach for the residents to showcase the power of faith. But his plans are thrown off course when Tanty spots something in the water when in a tryst with a lover in the caves nearby. Later Mr Pye meets a naked Tanty walking back from a swim, but when he offers his shirt to cover her she notices two marks on his back. When he examines them the next morning he discovers that he beginning to grow wings, but his attempts to try and remove them end up backfiring badly.