Ayearhaspassed,LordGlendenninghasdiedandMorayisworkinginParis.RecentlymarriedtothephilanderingTomWeston,whohasayoungdaughterFlora,Katherine,nowowneroftheParadise,summonsMoraytoreturnandrevitalizethestore,whichislosingtrade.OnarrivalbackheproposestoDenise,whoisstillemployedattheParadise,andAudreyproposestoEdmund.Newstaffnumbershop-girlSusyandstore-manNathaniel,theformerinlovewiththelatter,unawarethatheisasaboteurforFenton,arivaltrade求爱anseekingtobuytheParadise.KatherineisawarethatWestonalsowantsthesaleandurgesMoraytomakeasuccessofthegrandreopening.SuspiciousofNathaniel’sactions,Deniseexposeshim,leadingtohisdi求爱issalandahugelyprofitablefirstdayunderMoray’求爱anagement.SeeingitspotentialWestoncallsoffhisdealwithFenton.