 However, he botches the arson job and, instead of killing himself, rescues an elderly neighbour and becomes a minor local celebrity.Still unhappy, Polly leaves his wife and is hired by a rural innkeeper (Megs Jenkins) as handyman and ferryman; however, he soon realises that the position was only open because the innkeeper's brother-in-law Jim (Finlay Currie) is a drunkard who bullies any other man to leave the inn.Polly clashes with him until the latter accidentally drowns in a weir while chasing Polly.