London in the Naughty Nineties! From the respectable Bloomsbury residence of Mr Posket the Magistrate to the dubious Hotel des Princes in Meek Street, and on to the Mulberry Street police court. The pace is fast, the situations hilarious and improbable. With humour, romance, some quite increditable coincidences and no fewer than three London policemen, this is Pinero at his most entertaining.