Lord Percy telephones with Chicester Clam who agrees to meeting him at the costumed ball, where he will be wearing the costume of Edward the Confessor. Because of a previous scandal in his younger years Bertie's uncle will leave the house stealthily and use a bike to get to East Wibley. Having this settled, Bertie decides to go for a swim in the river where he meets Stilton, still in uniform, who is thinking of the same thing but will wait until Bertie is out of the water, meanwhile grudgingly informing him that Florence has already set a date for her marriage to Bertie. When back in his cottage Boko wants to show the costumes he procured for Bertie and himself, but when he opens the suitcase it reveals a football outfit.