Colin and Dave see an old woman sitting in a sand pit on the golf course. Reverend Sogood has hired Miss Letitia Bendybones to clean and tidy the church, house and museum. The diaries reveal more about the three guardians, who escaped the burnings. The garden is full of new flowers around the statue, and Jimmy tries to explain to the others what is happening. Miss Bendybones asks Nan to write a letter, gives her some money to add to it, and addresses it to the clothes store.

More people are contributing old stuff from their attics and cellars to the museum. A young girl comes to Mrs. Firkettle's house, looking for Mrs. Ems. The children hear something lovely coming from the church and they encounter the three guardians there. One of them, Edie, visits her great-great-aunt, Mrs. Possett. In the woods, Mrs. Firkettle meets the young girl again, who says her name is Marg'ret but that some people call her Daisy.

It is Mid-Summers Eve, the village festive. Everyone has come to the festival to dance and play. It is time to say goodbye.