Gloria has decided she wants to stay in Willow Creek Falls but doesn’t have a way to support herself. She’s looking in the mirror patting her hair. Gloria plans to find a man to marry her. Last night she made a list of all the windows and unmarried men. "You're my first stop. I can be a better wife than that crazy Mary Catherine." The stagecoach coming in caught her attention. Gloria looks at two men she has never seen before stepping out of it. "Why is that nosey woman back? I was hoping I wouldn't be staying at her boarding house when she returned. Might as well get this over with."
Downstairs in the parlor, Valene is making a quilt for their unborn child and Lars is reading the newspaper. Valene reminds him to send a telegram to Kitty and Reed asking when they will come home because s
