All Wodehouse stories are convoluted. Well this one has more knots than can be found in a seaman's repertoire.
Sam has bet that Tipton would marry Veronica, Galahad's niece.
Tipton is rich.
Veronica and, more importantly Veronica's mom, Lady Wedge, love money.
Tipton and Veronica are made for each other, having brains that would fit in an aspirin bottle.
Sam loves Sandy. Sam needs money to spruce up his barrack of a house so he can sell it to some rich man.
Sandy thought she loved Sam till he refused to listen to her. Sandy knows Tipton's for the butterfly he is; losing his heart every Sunday, to a different girl. So she wants Sam to take up the syndicate's offer to buy Sam out rather than go for broke.
Veronica's cousin is the pint sized Wilfred Alsop with a gallon sized heart that beats for
Monica Simmons
Although Monica looks like an All England wrestler, it is she who takes care of Empress of Blandings, Lord Emsworth prize winning pig.
Wilfred is scared to tell Monica he loves her.
Lord Emsworth after putting 2 and 2 together and coming up with the answer 22 believes that Tipton has lost all money and informs his sister Lady Wedge who promptly convinces her pea-brained daughter to break off the engagement via mail. She quickly realizes how unreliable Lord Emsworth is as a source of information and is now worried about losing all that money.
Only Gally can put all these sundered hearts together
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