Short Stories
13 - The Great Sermon Handicap
Claude and Eustace Wooster have set up a bookie business betting on the duration of preachers' sermons. The long winded Rev. Heppenstall, their and Bertie's favourite, lets his sermon pass at the last moment in favour of the young Rev. James Bates, in love with Cynthia Heppenstall, who stands to receive a sizable promotion by taking over. The bets fall through, but Bates can now marry his Cynthia.