Synopsis

A summons from Aunt Agatha draws Bertie to Westcombe-on-Sea, postponing his planned holiday in the south of France. There, he encounters a young woman named Aline Hemmingway, whom his aunt intends he should marry. Aline and her brother offer pearls as collateral for a loan of one hundred pounds from Bertie. However, when both the Hemmingways' pearls and those belonging to Aunt Agatha vanish, complications ensue. Simultaneously, Bertie crosses paths with Biffy Biffen, who has suffered the extr