Mr. Pye arrives and gradually charms his landlady into becoming an ally. Together they plan a beach barbecue that is also to involve the cantankerous Miss George - in a totally unexpected way.
The beach barbecue is a disaster, Mr. Pye sprouts a magnificent pair of embarrassing white wings, and, in his desperation, sets about doing bad, thus causing a dramatic and untimely death.
Mr. Pye's only wish is to get rid of his wings, but the result of his efforts is a most bizarre and even more alarming manifestation.
The wings went but the horns came, and desperation has set in. Narrowly escaping a lynching by the infuriated islanders, Mr. Pye makes his final escape.