Mark finds he must fight Lord Pirrie's deputy for a crucial quality issue, as the company policy is not tot pay for a more expensive method of riveting then competing shipyards. The intricacies of social life, invited in high society and sneaking back to his low-born catholic family roots, keep confusing Mark, despite charming interest from bored women. Social unrest culminates, challenging his lordship and the union leaders to work out a compromise, or the Titanic and many livelihoods are doomed.
—KGF Vissers