After warding off a Chinaware attack by Boko caused by being mistaken for boy scout Edwin Craye Boko tells Bertie about a lunch he has had with Lord Percy where he tried to convince him of his lighter side by using a trick spider in the salt sprinkler, and patently failed. While Boko is busy composing a letter of apology to him Bertie contnues on his way to Wee Nooke, the cottage next to Boko's, when he is halted by Stilton Cheesewright, uniformed as a policeman.