Laura is being wooed by an Italian, Count Montefiore, which leads Howard to jealousy. He engages an enquiry agent to check up on the Count and see if he's really who he claims to be. But the investigator mistakenly checks Howard out, rather than the Count.

Mary has left Trevor and the house is a mess. Trevor engages a cleaning woman, but Howard thinks she's Trevor's girlfriend and scares her into leaving.

Howard starts the HB Matrimonial Agency, but the first (and only) two clients are dissatisfied with his bumbling efforts and demand their money back.