Bill and his new friend Jo find a group of other sighted people, some of whom plan to form a new community in the country, but no one takes seriously Bill's warning that the triffids are a serious threat.
Escaping the mob Jo and Bill obtain triffid guns from the farm and have dinner in a show flat,planning to leave for the country next day. After seeing people's spokesman Jack Coker unsuccessfully try and rally the Army to help the blind,they join a group of organized survivors about to leave London next day. However Bill wakes in the night to find that he has been tied up.—don @ minifie-1