A grain ship grain is raided by starving villagers, and Georgeproves merciless as the new magistrate, and arranges a harshpunishment for the desperate peasants while throwing a lavishChristmas party to impress the local gentry. Caroline hearsnews that the Admiralty has arranged for the release of theBritish officers, but Ross is not convinced. Demelza givesbirth to a daughter, and warns Morwenna against a relationshipwith Drake. Ross discovers the means to both help Dwight andcombat Cornwall's famine.
