As Bertie, returning from Market Snodsbury, goes to Aunt Dahlia's room he finds Bobbie there, who has just received an envelope handed to her by Jeeves. Asked to explain she tells Bertie that Jeeves has pinched Upjohn's written speech while packing his things. The speech Upjohn is to deliver at the Market Snodsbury Grammar School the next day is vital for him to win the upcoming by-election. When Upjohn telephones to inquire about the speech Bobbie takes over and persuades him to drop the libel suit in return for the speech, to which he agrees. Then Adela Cream comes in.