patients. His humiliation is highlighted by obliging for a fee a prostitute who simply wants him to pierce her ears. Andrew confides in David Hope that he is very worried about their financial situation. It is clear that Christine is unhappy in London, and when Andrew suggests that they consider adoption Christine responds that she could never bear to raise a child in a London such is her distaste for the city. Andrew's spirits are lifted by the arrival of a letter from Robert Stillman, an American expert on lung diseases with a successful clinic in Portland, Oregon, who is writing to praise Andrew's research into silicosis. Stillman is a physicist but not a qualified medical doctor, yet is very highly regarded in America. Andrew meets Freddie Hamson in a pub and asks for his help in making better contacts to boost his finances. Freddie invites them to dine at his home, to Christine's annoyance since she doesn't like Freddie. Among the other dinner guests are Charles Ivory, a surgeon, and Freddie jovially explains that he sends patients to Ivory for operations and they both extract a fee as a gimmick to extract as much money as possible from their prosperous patients. They laugh at Andrew's reference to medical journals declaring that they don't bother to read medical journals or to keep up to date with medical and scientific matters. On returning home Christine says that she hated the evening and their fellow diners' focus on money. They argue and sleep in separate bedrooms. Andrew is resentful that he is better qualified than any of the other men at the dinner, and he asserts his determination to make a lot of money. Episode 7: Miss Martha Cramb, who is not a regular patient of Andrew's, attends his practice one day in desperation, seeking treatment for a rash on her hands. She informs him that she has seen many other doctors who prescribed various medicines and ointments but to no effect. Andrew informs her that the solution is simply one of adopting a special diet. This advice is successful and Miss Cramb promises to recommend him to the other girls who work with her at a very fashionable upper class London dress shop. As a result, Andrew sees several more prosperous patients. One day Miss Cramb calls him to an emergency at the store – Toppy Le Roy (daughter of the