Chapter I: Front Matter

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WHAT THIS STORY IS ABOUT

Freddie Threepwood and his uncle are in difficulties. Freddie wants a thousand pounds to start a bookmaker’s business and to marry Eve, while his uncle wants to raise three thousand pounds, unbeknown to his wife, to help a runaway daughter. Freddie persuades his uncle to steal his wife’s necklace and sees Psmith’s advertisement in a daily paper.

Freddie enlists the services of Psmith to steal the necklace. There are plots and counterplots. Psmith is not successful in stealing the necklace but succeeds in stealing the affections of Eve.

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CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

I DARK PLOTTINGS AT BLANDINGS CASTLE 7

II ENTER PSMITH 38

III EVE BORROWS AN UMBRELLA 59

IV PAINFUL SCENE AT THE DRONES CLUB 66

V PSMITH APPLIES FOR EMPLOYMENT 70

VI LORD EMSWORTH MEETS A POET 80

VII BAXTER SUSPECTS 112

VIII CONFIDENCES ON THE LAKE 135

IX PSMITH ENGAGES A VALET 167

X SENSATIONAL OCCURRENCE AT A POETRY READING 206

XI ALMOST ENTIRELY ABOUT FLOWER-POTS 239

XII MORE ON THE FLOWER-POT THEME 270

XIII PSMITH RECEIVES GUESTS 282

XIV PSMITH ACCEPTS EMPLOYMENT 313

TO MY DAUGHTER LEONORA,
QUEEN OF HER SPECIES.

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