[1] The action is mostly set at Rudge Hall, home to miser Lester Carmody, and at Healthward Ho, a health farm run by "Chimp" Twist, along with his cohorts "Soapy" and "Dolly" Molloy, who all previously appeared in Sam the Sudden (1925), and returned in Money in the Bank (1946).

In any case, the Colonel would not hear of their marrying because he is at daggers-drawn with Lester due to an incident involving an explosion.

Hugo travels over there with the aim of touching his uncle for £500 to start a nightclub with his friend Ronnie Fish.

They all go out to a nightclub, The Mustard Spoon, where they are joined by Ronnie and by Soapy and Dolly Molloy, whom Hugo has just met at a boxing match.

Lester initially attempts to steal the heirlooms himself, with disastrous results, so they rope in Chimp.

In order to get rid of Hugo, and stop him foiling their scheme again, Lester gives him and Ronnie £500 to start their nightclub (we learn in Summer Lightning that the venture is a failure).

In the meantime, Pat, thinking that John has run off with Dolly, has accepted Hugo's proposal of marriage.

When she learns of John's heroism she realises the error of her ways and sweetness and light reign.