Es kommt heraus, daß Jimmy in Wahrheit Jamie ist. Mr. Pendleton ergreift das Wort und macht Mrs. Carew ein wenig nervös einen Heiratsantrag, den sie auch annimmt. Zusammen unternehmen sie allesamt einen Ausflug zu Tante Pollys Hütte, um dort ein großes Picknick zu machen.
The data of Jimmy's true identity as Jaime Kent secure with the Wetherby sisters along with both Harrington-ke and Pendleton-ke, all that remains is to shift the attention away from the subterfuge at hand -- a stewardship John Pendleton takes upon himself via an avenue that takes Ruth by storm -- before Della realizes the necessity of her home commute to Boston; while Timothy and the kids see off Della at the train station, Polly finishes explaining Ruth the prologue of the subterfuge along with her rationale for it before John interjects that his matrimonial entreaty is more than a bid to obfuscate the subterfuge. Confident that Ruth's damage control has made it clear that she is not going to discard James in spite of having located her nephew, Polly signals an interest in refurbishing a log cabin where John has spent time with Thomas and Pollyanna's parents into a place for the kids to play; while the renovation gets underway, Durgin makes a surprise entreaty of coitus that catches poor Tom with his overalls unfastened!!! As if to support Tom's elation at Pollyanna having arrived at Harrington-ke, the campfire roars happily as Ruth affirms that she has finally realized that the dexterous family government she practices with James starting with the restoration of his power train will make her nephew proud of her prior to everybody affirming her gratitude for Pollyanna's efforts; upon learning that James's days of negative independent locomotion are behind him and that her aunt loves her to pieces, Pollyanna and Jimmy have a snowy play date outside in which they fall for each other while in pursuit of a snow hare.
