Ayearhaspassed,LordGlendenninghasdiedandMorayisworkinginParis.RecentlymarriedtothephilanderingTomWeston,whohasayoungdaughterFlora,Katherine,nowowneroftheParadise,summonsMoraytoreturnandrevitalizethestore,whichislosingtrade.OnarrivalbackheproposestoDenise,whoisstillemployedattheParadise,andAudreyproposestoEdmund.Newstaffnumbershop-girlSusyandstore-manNathaniel,theformerinlovewiththelatter,unawarethatheisasaboteurforFenton,arivaltradesmanseekingtobuytheParadise.KatherineisawarethatWestonalsowantsthesaleandurgesMoraytomakeasuccessofthegrandreopening.SuspiciousofNathaniel'sactions,Deniseexposeshim,leadingtohisdismissalandahugelyprofitablefirstdayunderMoray'smanagement.SeeingitspotentialWestoncallsoffhisdealwithFenton.