It is summer once again, and Mrs Andersen and the girls are opening the hotel for a new season. The year is 1930 and the World War is lurking outside the country borders. But quite different matters preoccupy the guests. Merchant Madsen is fighting to recover his position after going bankrupt last year. Mrs Aurland is afraid her husband will discover the truth - that he isn't the father of their newborn son. Amanda is back in her marriage with Count Ditmar but she is still dreaming of Max. And the royal actor Mr Weyse, arrives in the company of a young student actress, who turns out to be a girl with many different talents.