Mr Cook has found a letter addressed to him by his daughter Vanessa saying that she will elope with the man she loves and, assuming this concerns Bertie, demands on a high note to know her whereabouts. When Bertie shows him Orlo's letter his manner shifts and he apologizes to Bertie for his misconception. But then the cat lets itself be heard and mr Cook, seconded by Major Plank who suddenly recognizes Bertie as being Alpine Joe whom he has met in an earlier encounter, picks it up to take it back to his house and asks Plank to go to the police to have Bertie arrested for stealing it. After they have left, leaving Bertie tied up and gagged, Jeeves comes in and unties him, when Plank returns and, seeing Jeeves, addresses him as Inspector Witherspoon, remembering him from a previous encounter. Jeeves however denies to be known by that name and tells him that he as his solicitor knows that Bertie as a man of ample means cannot possibly be the Alpine Joe who swindles people out of a few pounds, and that Major Plank must suffer from delusions, probably brought on by his years in dark Africa. Moreover the cat turns out to be owned by Jeeves' aunt he just paid a visit to. This is too much for Plank, who speedily flees from the cottage, while Bertie and Jeeves make their way to mr Cook to clear things up cat- and moneywisewise by returning the animal to the stable, make him pay Jeeves' aunt for the lease of it and have him free Orlo's inheritance. Thereafter Bertie and Jeeves make their way to New York for a well-earned rest.