 The officers neglect the society girls and focus on the Gaiety girls, while the judge, who married his housemaid, and the chaplain both amuse themselves at the party in a most unprofessional manner, the judge telling stories of ladies who have appeared before him in court, and the clergyman dancing in an inappropriate manner.The society ladies are chaperoned by a Lady Virginia Forest, who is worried that the judge will not remember her case.One of the Gaiety girls, Alma Somerset, is falsely accused of theft.