When an old friend arrives in town, Margaret’s hopes for a move to Soho rest on whether she can tempt him to invest. But Nathaniel Lennox seems interested in a lot more than Margaret’s business plans. With her days as a harlot long behind her, just how far will Margaret be willing to go? Nancy’s discovery of the once famous courtesan Mary Cooper offers Margaret a glorious opportunity to destroy Lydia Quigley’s reputation but hitting back against Lydia is a dangerous manoeuvre.