Bertie lurks near his uncle's library waiting for an opportunity to filch the book. Sir
Willoughby leaves the manuscript on a hall table for his butler, Oakshott, to take to the
post office the next morning. Bertie snatches the book up and returns to his room. He
arrives to find Edwin snooping about his things under the pretense of "tidying up." Bertie
attempts to hide the book behind his back. Edwin informs him that one of his recent
"acts of kindness" was to polish Bertie's shoes. Bertie sends the boy off to trim some
cigars and immediately locks the manuscript in a drawer.