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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. BOOKS BY THE SAME AUTHOR THE HEART OF A GOOF CARRY ON, JEEVES UKRIDGE THE INIMITABLE JEEVES THE GIRL ON THE BOAT JILL THE RECKLESS A DAMSEL IN DISTRESS LOVE AMONG THE CHICKENS A GENTLEMAN OF LEISURE INDISCRETIONS OF ARCHIE PICCADILLY JIM ADVENTURES OF SALLY THE CLICKING OF CUTHBERT THE COMING OF BILL 7s. 6d. net 3s. 6d. net 3s. 6d. net 2s. 6d. net 2s. 6d. net 2s. 6d. net 2s. 6d. net 2s. 6d. net 2s. 6d. net 2s. 6d. net 2s. 6d. net 2s. 6d. net 2s. 6d. net 2s. 6d. net