In fact they're not bookies at all, but the impoverished Bill Belfry, Ninth Earl of Rowcester, and his temporary butler, Jeeves. Bertie Wooster has gone away to a special school teaching the aristocracy to fend for itslef 'in case the social revolution sets in with even greater severity'. But Jeeves will prove just as resourceful without his young master, and brilliant brainwork may yet square the impossible circle for all concerned.