When Mortimer Bayliss suggested that a bunch of American millionaires create a fund to go to the last of their sons to marry, he might not have expected to see the outcome thirty years later. He certainly could not have predicted the involvement of ex-butler Augustus Keggs, the impoverished Lord Uffenham and his beautiful niece, or Percy Pilbeam, whom no-one would call beautiful.
| UK: | 1957 Herbert Jenkins |
| 1992 Vintage (used here) | |
| US: | 1957 Simon & Schuster as The Butler Did It |
Published in two parts on 31 August and 14 September 1956 in Collier's (US) weekly magazine as Something Fishy, probably heavily abridged.
Also published in John Bull (UK) weekly magazine from 29 September 1956.
By the way, Lord Uffenham is making a welcome return visit, having first appeared in Money in the Bank. Warning - this book gives away important parts of the earlier story's plot.