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Playwright George Barnert Callender falls off a pier while staring at swimmer Mary Vaughan, who pulls him from the ocean. To secure an introduction, George pretends he cannot swim so Mary will give him daily swimming lessons. The farce deepens when his unruly theatrical troupe, led by actor Arthur Mifflin, arrives to rehearse his play.
DEEP WATERS → WHEN DOCTORS DISAGREE
A former tramp named Roach recounts how his sharp-tongued partner, Gentleman Bailey, tried to preserve their free lodging with quiet Jerry Moore. When Jerry fell for Jane Tuxton, Bailey advised Jerry to act rudely toward her family, theorizing that spirited women despise dutiful suitors. The misguided psychological strategy backfires, demonstrating how calculated romance advice destroys simple affections.
ROUGH-HEW THEM HOW WE WILL → THE MAN WHO DISLIKED CATS
French secretary Jean Priaulx attempts to eliminate his rival Captain Bassett by stealing Marion Henderson's feline present, Alexander, and mailing it in a hat-box to be destroyed. The plan collapses when the box retains Jean's home address, exposing his malice and driving Marion straight into Bassett's arms. Reduced to assisting a scholar, Jean spends his days researching ancient Egyptian felines, punished by the very creature he sought to destroy.
RUTH IN EXILE → ARCHIBALD'S BENEFIT
Golf fanatic Archibald Mealing chooses winning a championship over a scheduled meeting with Margaret Milsom, concocting a fake taxicab accident to excuse his lateness. When her brother exposes the lie, Archibald admits his pretense of loving poetry was a sham, only to discover Margaret secretly shares his disdain for high-brow literature and plays golf herself. Meanwhile, employer Robert Ferguson finds himself trapped overnight by a sanctimonious former office boy whose insufferable virtue forces desperate evasions.
THE MAN, THE MAID, AND THE MIASMA → THE GOOD ANGEL
Bank clerk Owen Bentley seeks permission to marry Audrey Sheppherd, but her father rejects his meager earnings and lack of prospects. While vacationing in Shropshire, Owen endures the eccentricities of a secluded writer named Prosser, who hurls a loaf of bread at him for playing the piano. An old village woman foretells sudden riches through card-reading, setting a course where artistic misunderstandings and chance events reopen pathways to financial independence.
POTS O'MONEY → THREE FROM DUNSTERVILLE
Mary leaves Dunsterville to work as a secretary for dynamic broker Joe Rendal in New York, navigating high-stress market days with newfound respect for her boss. Her childhood friend Eddy manages to cultivate her affection under the guise of nostalgia, only to pressure her into leaking confidential company letters. The betrayal opens Mary's eyes to Eddy's manipulative nature, forcing her to reevaluate Joe's unpretentious but deep commitment.
THE TUPPENNY MILLIONAIRE → AHEAD OF SCHEDULE
Rollo Finch attempts to outpace his uncle's impending proposal by showering an actress with gifts and invitations, only to be left waiting alone in a hotel lobby. Returning to his flat, he discovers his valet Wilson has already married the woman, leveraging an old engagement from their hometown of Market Bumpstead. Alongside this suburban defeat stands Sir Agravaine, a physically frail knight who relies on intellect in an Arthurian world that values brute force above all else.
SIR AGRAVAINE A TALE OF KING ARTHUR'S ROUND TABLE → THE…
English bank clerk Rutherford Maxwell spends stifling summer nights in a dilapidated New York boarding house writing fiction to escape financial drudgery. His solitary routine breaks when chorus girl Peggy Norton steps into his room to retrieve an eccentric roommate seeking cigarettes. Their late-night conversations foster a gentle friendship grounded in mutual respect for Rutherford's engagement back home, proving that warmth can bloom in the isolation of a giant city.
IN ALCALA → 6
Humorous tales of romantic entanglements, theatrical blunders, and unexpected fortunes in early twentieth-century England and New York.