- Jim asks Carol what's going on, and she says that's what she'd like to know.
- Jim has no clue what she's talking about.
- Then she starts complaining about how Bertrand has been treating her, and Jim suddenly knows exactly what she means.
- She plans on telling him about the affair she's been having with Bertrand.
- Carol starts ranting about how Bertrand thinks she'll come running back to him whenever he asks.
- She starts telling Jim about all of Bertrand's insecurities, which Jim could have spotted in five seconds.
- But he's still happy to know that someone else thinks Bertrand is a big phony, too.
- Carol finally comes out and says the she knows Jim's interested in Christine.
- Jim's taken aback, but he can't deny it for long.
- Carol asks what he plans on doing about his attraction to Christine, and he says he has no clue what he can do.
- Carol tut-tuts him for being such a wimp, and advises him to stay away from Margaret.
- Margaret will smother him if he's not careful.
- She goes on to explain how Bertrand was originally supposed to bring her to the dance instead of Christine.
- Finally, the two of them decide to go find a more private place. Jim asks her why she ever found Bertrand attractive to begin with.
- She says that his determination is attractive, which just makes Jim feel bad for being such an unmotivated loser.
- During this talk, Jim sort of asks if Carol thinks Bertrand and Christine have ever had sex.
- Carol says she would bet against it, which makes Jim feel better.
- Jim's next logical question is: how has she kept up her affair with Bertrand without her husband Cecil finding out?
- Carol looks insulted, and says that she'd never do anything behind her husband's back. In other words, Cecil knows everything and is fine with it.
- That brings the conversation back to what Jim plans on doing about Christine.
- Carol tells him not to worry about Margaret, then laughs at him when he says that Christine is out of his league.
- Carol suddenly cuts him off and says he's talking as if he's in love with Christine.
- For some reason, Jim hears this remark as a compliment, as though Carol's telling him he's mature enough to love someone.
- They decide to go back to the bar. Carol tells Jim that it's his moral duty to get Christine away from a guy like Bertrand.
- Jim sees his housemate Alfred Beesley hanging out in a distant corner of the Ball.
- Beesley isn't all that smooth with women, so Jim and Carol come over to keep him company. Carol eventually leaves them alone.
- After a few minutes, Jim is terrified to realize that he's forming a plan and has every intention of carrying it out.
- He walks over to Christine. Out of nowhere, he tells her that he's going to grab a cab back to the Welches' and that he wants her to come with him. Alone.
- As you might expect, her initial reaction is "Wha? No way!" But Jim's a persistent (not to mention highly intoxicated) guy, and he keeps pressing her.
- Finally, he leaves and says he'll be waiting for her.
- Christine never says whether she'll come or not, which makes for pretty great drama, dontcha think?