Butterfield ushers in Major Plank, who in talking to Pinker finds out that the latter played rugby as prop forward, which is just the man he wants for his football team, and upon hearing that Pinker is also a curate offers him the vicarage of Hockley-cum-Meston, the current vicar retiring because of old age. Sir Watkyn comes in to greet Plank and tells about Madeline wanting to marry a mr. Wooster against his will, to which Plank reacts with a thorough disavowment of marriage in general. Sir Watkyn leaves, followed by Plank, giving Bertie the opportunity to surface from behind the sofa, when Jeeves appears carrying a tray upon which an appetizer.