glossop appears, and bertie tells him that biffy has had a fit. glossop forbids the marriage between biffy and honoria, and leaves. the police will hold biffy for the night. bertie returns to his car to find jeeves, who admits he knew mabel would be at the palace. jeeves had been unhelpful at first because he believed that biffy had abandoned mabel. when bertie told him the facts, jeeves realized his mistake and directed biffy to mabel. bertie is grateful, and asks jeeves how he knew mabel in the first place. jeeves surprises bertie by replying that she is jeeves's niece.