As the new villagers settle in, life in Capelburgh begins to return to normal after the upsets of the Black Death. Work begins on a new keep for the castle and the influx of workmen creates its own strains and tensions. Meanwhile an Abyssinian maid enters George's life and he is called upon to solve the problem of a girl who doesn't want a baby, a man who doesn't want a wife, and a girl who does want lots of money. Into all this comes a visitor from the future who leaves vastly richer than when he came.