Two local youths, brothers Terry and Frank Morgan, break into a local wealthy mansion but are co-opted into an apparent pacifist sabotage ring led by Spaniard Jose de Perez. Meanwhile,
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Two local youths, brothers Terry and Frank Morgan, break into a local wealthy mansion but are co-opted into an apparent pacifist sabotage ring led by Spaniard Jose de Perez. Meanwhile, Milner is asked to infiltrate and investigate a gambling ring as Foyle is confronted by the new straight-laced Assistant Commissioner Henry Parkins. In addition, Foyle's goddaughter Lydia Nicholson and her traumatised young son James come from London to stay unexpectedly. As he struggles to readjust to sharing his house, things become difficult as Lydia suddenly goes missing, and is later found alive after a suicide attempt. Meanwhile, a local reports hearing a shot fired near a secret admiralty research centre. Upon investigation, the body of Michael Richards, a local teacher with gambling debts, is found half-buried in the woods near where his wife Evelyn works. The leader of the facility, an old professor acquaintance of Foyle, is initially unable to provide any assistance, but seems surprised when Foyle asserts that Richards was lured there by his wife and killed by her Danish lover Hans Lindemann. However, when Foyle is again prevented from bringing the culprits to justice due to national concerns, he immediately tenders his resignation in protest.
