one night, bertie comes home and sees that motty is not there. also, none of motty's books have been touched. there is a thud on the door, and jeeves answers it. motty is lying on the mat outside, moaning and drunk. bertie and jeeves carry him to bed. in the morning, motty, having drunk one of jeeves's special hangover cures, is cheerful. he intends to make the most of his time in new york. he goes out partying. bertie tries to chaperone once but cannot keep up with motty. bertie is concerned that lady malvern and aunt agatha will blame him. then motty starts bringing noisy friends to bertie's flat. bertie is bitten by rollo, a bull-terrier that motty won in a raffle. irritated, bertie leaves to stay with his friend rocky todd in the country. however, bertie is bored there and returns in a week.