In this first full novel in P.G. Wodehouse's classic Jeeves & Wooster series, Bertie disappears to the country as a guest of his chum Chuffy, only to find his peace shattered by the arrival of his ex-fiancée Pauline Stoker, her formidable father, and the eminent loony-doctor Sir Roderick Glossop. When Chuffy falls hard for Pauline and Bertie seems to be caught in flagrante, a situation boils up which only that supreme butler Jeeves—whether employed or not—can simmer down.