Out in the park in the twilight hours Bertie does his best to get Madeline in a romantic mood and reaps more success than he bargains for because she starts believing that he is the one who is in love with her. Luckily she refuses what she sees as a proposal on the grounds that she is in love with somebody else. She tells him of the occasion that a man removed a thorn from her dog's paw the other day, and that he is the man of her dreams. At this point Bertie takes his leave and draws her attention to Gussie approacing them. Contented with his plan coming together Bertie makes his way to the smoking room.