Service with a Smile

The morning sun shone benignly on Blandings Castle. Beach, the butler, was in his pantry reading Agatha Christie; the Duke of Dunstable was spelling his way through The Times; Lady Constance was in her boudoir writing a letter; and Lord Emsworth was making his way to the headquarters of the Empress of Blandings, three times silver medalist in the Fat Bigs Class at the Shropshire Agricultural Show.On this unsuspecting community descended Frederick, 5th Earl of Ickenham. Accompanied by his young friend, Bill Bailey, he set about straightening the wayward path of love, dispatching unwanted guests from Blandings Castle, and gracefully restoring to his host the wonder pig that evil men had sought to steal.With an introduction by D.R. Bensen.