Peter Donaldson

Emily and Ilse are growing up and starting to ask questions about the facts of life. Dr. Burnley agrees to give some information on the topic, which ends up creating a scandal in town.

Ilse wants to learn about her dead mother, but her father adamantly refuses to discuss it. Emily, who felt only love from her own father, hurts for her friend. While visiting her zany great aunts, Emily has a vision of Ilse's mother, Beatrice.

Tragedy strikes New Moon as Aunt Elizabeth is lost at sea. Adding to Emily, Laura and Jimmy's worries is the fact that Elizabeth has borrowed heavily from the family's Scottish relatives to finance New Moon.

Emily finds an unfinished, "disappointed" house half buried in the sand and takes refuge there after an embarrassing incident with her nasty teacher. Suddenly, time rolls back and she envisions a tragic event that broke up two lovers.