Mrs. Webb and Mrs. Gibbs walk home from choir practice in the company of Mrs. Soames, the town gossip. They talk uneasily about how shameful it is that choir director Simon Stimson is always drunk; they then go their separate ways. Doc Gibbs greets Mrs. Gibbs, berates her gently for staying out to gossip, and then at his wife's invitation goes out with her to smell the flowers in her garden. They talk about Simon Stimson, with Doc Gibbs saying there's nothing anyone can do but leave the poor man alone with his many troubles. Mrs. Gibbs then tells Doc Gibbs she's worried about how hard the Doc is working. Doc Gibbs tells her there is no point her trying to tell him to take a rest because he will not.....
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