Annie brings in a newspaper reporting that Queen Victoria is dying. Scene 6: Sunday 27 January 1901. Kensington Gardens This scene is all in mime. Robert and Jane are walking in Kensington Gardens with their children when they meet Margaret and Edith Harris. Everyone is in black, solemn and silent, following the Queen's death. Scene 7: Saturday 2 February 1901. The Marryots' drawing-room On the balcony, Jane, Margaret, their children and the servants are watching Queen Victoria's funeral procession. Robert, who has won the Victoria Cross is walking in the procession, and Jane has some difficulty in making her boys suppress their excitement and pay due respect as the coffin passes. As the lights fade, Joe comments, "She must have been a very little lady ". Scene 8: Thursday 14 May 1903. The grand staircase of a London house Jane and Robert are attending a grand ball given by the Duchess of Churt. The Major-domo announces, "Sir Robert and Lady Marryot". Part II Scene I: Saturday 16 June 1906. The bar parlour of a London public house Jane has brought her son Edward, now eighteen, to see Ellen in the flat above the public house. They have just finished tea, together with Flo and George, relations of the Bridges. Seven-year-old Fanny has been dancing to entertain them. Bridges enters, clearly drunk. Jane, dismayed, makes a tactful departure. Bridges starts to bully Fanny and is ejected from the room by George and Flo. Scene 2: Saturday 16 June 1906. A London street (exterior of the public house) After emerging from the pub, Bridges carries on up the road. He is knocked down and killed by a car. Scene 3: Wednesday 10 March 1909. The private room of a London restaurant Edward Marryot is holding his twenty-first birthday party, with many smart young guests. Rose, an actress from the old Mirabelle production, proposes his health and sings the big waltz number from the show. Scene 4: Monday 25 July 1910. The beach of a popular seaside resort A concert party of six "Uncles" is performing in a bandstand. Ellen and her family are there and Fanny wins a prize for a song and dance competition. They unexpectedly meet Margaret, Jane and Joe. Ellen tells them that she has kept on the pub since her husband's death and that Fanny is now at a dancing-school and determined to go on the stage. Scene