The war with France means that there is a shortage of grain, and Hornbeam has used the opportunity to make money. After buying all the grain he could, he then sold it to a merchant in Combe. Sal and Joanie witness the auction, and they and some women become enraged. A group of women, led by Joanie, march to the river, and they face the men loading the sacks of grain. Hornbeam orders Will Riddick to send the militia to the river, and the soldiers pretend that ther guns are stuck. Sal ends up hurt by a stone and Joanie arrested.
When Sal comes round, she finds Jarge hovering over her, upset and crying. It is then that she realises that this man is important to him. From this day on, they become a couple and he eventually asks her to marry him, and she accepts his proposal.
Joanie has to stand trial, and the jury decides that she has to go to the assizes, another type of justice court. Jarge and Joanie are worried because if she is found guilty of riot, she may face a death sentence.
Amos is still in love with Jane even though the girl is now engaged to Viscount Northwood. Elsie is very disappointed, especially when he tells her that if Jane marries Northwood, he thinks that Northwood may die in the war, and then Jane will choose him. Elsie realises that her love for Amos is a lost cause, so when the bishop's aide Keneln asks her to marry him she accepts even though she doesn't love him.
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