Among the flower bulbs which Julia and Johnny plant is a special one: the blue daffodil bulb which Joost gave her. Having received it from him as a gift, Julia finds herself unable to sell it. She plants it instead, and it blooms into a rare flower-blue, striped with yellow. It is soon after the bulb blooms that they have a surprise visit from Joost. He has traveled to England to attend a flower show in London and makes his way out to the farm to assure himself that Julia is doing well. He is shocked when she shows him the daffodil bloom, as he assumed she would have sold it for the money she needed. He is also, as a floral expert, moved by the beauty of the flower, and insists that she must exhibit it at the flower show. Julia tells him that she couldn't possibly go to London, so he takes it with him to exhibit for her. Joost tells her that each flower exhibited must have a name, and insists that she pick one, so she names it "The Good Comrade" after the three men in her life whom she regards as trusted friends- Joost, Johnny Gillat, and Rawson-Clew. She also makes Joost promise that he will exhibit the flower under the name she is now going by- Snooks- rather than Polkington.
One stormy morning when Julia has gone to the village, he tricks Johnny and sneaks out of the house. He manages to make his way to his hiding spot, but the strain of traveling over the rough terrain- hurriedly, so that Johnny won't see him- and through the high winds and storm, causes Capt. Polkington to have a heart attack. He collapses in his hiding place, clutching his treasured bottle of whiskey. When Johnny realizes that the Captain was missing, he immediately starts searching for him. When Julia comes home in the afternoon it is to find Johnny, soaked to the skin and in a panic, unable to find her father. She immediately joins him in searching, but her father chose his hiding spot well, and they don't find him. As night falls and the darkness of the storm gets even darker, Julia sends Johnny home to get dry, and continues searching herself with a lantern. It is then that she finds her father; he is dead.
The day after the funeral when everyone has gone home, Julia is unsure what she's going to do now. While Johnny is gone to the village, she hears a car pulling into the yard. She opens the door to see Rawson-Clew; he immediately demands to know why she let the debt weigh on her for two years... considering the matter settled, he had dismissed it from his mind long before. Julia admits that she had been shamed by her father's behaviour, and was determined to prove that her family could be honorable too, but that now it was too late. At this, Rawson-Clew realizes that her father has died. He tells her that, whatever Capt. Polkington was or was not, it does not change who she is; he has always considered her to be just as honourable as himself- more so, in fact. While realizing that this is an inappropriate time to renew his offer of marriage, Rawson-Clew does so anyway and Julia accepts. By the time Johnny arrives home, it is all settled.
Julia and Rawson-Clew marry quietly, and Julia hires a housekeeper for the farm to take care of Johnny. He lives happily, puttering about in the garden and teaching Sunday School. Rawson-Clew and Julia travel as much as his work allows, R-C finding her as interesting and delightful a companion as he had once imagined. They eventually return to visit the Van Heigens in Holland, and Rawson-Clew attempts to buy back The Good Companion as a present for Julia. Mijnheer Van Heigen refuses to sell, and Julia tells Rawson-Clew that, though she appreciates the thought, she doesn't really want it back. Rawson-Clew tells her that if she doesn't, neither does he- after all, he has the real Good Companion.