At the surgery she confesses she drinks twenty cups of tea a day through worry that her husband is having an affair. He proceeds to investigate the reason behind this excessive tea-drinking. She asks the doctor's advice and says she is considering a divorce. The doctor hands her a cigarette and tells her to tackle the problem in a different way, and the couple stay together. The wife's mother then falls ill and the doctor sees her and tells her she has one year left to live. The doctor and the elderly lady become good friends and he often drops in for a cup of tea, always taking milk from the lady's silver milk jug. The elderly lady dies but leaves the doctor her jug. Back in the living room, the father stresses to John the importance of getting to know the patients. The telephone rings and the father is called out to see a patient and asks his son to come along.