It is a time of stress at Market Snodsbury as Bertie must protect himself from the affections of Madeleine Bassett. Bertie always tries to look on the bright side - only this time there doesn't seem to be one. If only Jeeves could come to the rescue.
George Uffenham, the eccentric sixth Viscount of Uffenham, has sold most of his family fortune to buy jewelry he then hides in a secret place. Victim of a car accident, he loses his memory and can no longer remember where he hid the jewels. This forces him to leave the family pile and to return there, posing as a butler, to search for the lost gems.