not eating his fat. The shirt-sleeved man comes and is surprised to see Archibald again. Archibald had travelled in a circle and come to the same pub. Crashing resounds through the room and Archibald escapes again. Around three in the morning in Mayfair, Archibald imitates a hen beneath Aurelia's window. This irritates the neighbours and a constable grabs Archibald's shoulder. Archibald punches the policeman and repeats his imitation to get Aurelia's attention. She notices him and is delighted. The policeman grabs him again and assures him he will get fourteen days without the option of a fine. Aurelia promises she will be waiting for Archibald when he comes out. "The Code of the Mulliners" US: Cosmopolitan, February 1935 UK: Strand, April 1935 Plot A discussion about a breach of promise case leads to Mr Mulliner talking about the code of the Mulliners, which states that en engagement cannot be broken off by the male contracting party. He tells the following story about his nephew Archibald. Archibald Mulliner is happily engaged to Aurelia Cammarleigh. However, her manner becomes cold. Archibald's mother, Lady Wilhelmina Mulliner, is friends with Aurelia, so Archibald goes to ask her about it. He is about to approach Lady Mulliner when he sees her stick her tongue out and repeat "QX" over and over again. Archibald believes Aurelia must have seen his mother having one of these spells and thought she was loony. Archibald feels he cannot marry Aurelia if there is insanity in his family. The code of the Mulliners prevents him from breaking their engagement himself. He plans to make Aurelia want to break their engagement by insulting her father, Sir Rackstraw Cammarleigh, to whom Archibald has always been deferential. Archibald has dinner with Aurelia and her parents. Sir Rackstraw, who often tells the same stories, begins telling one and asks Archibald casually to stop him if he's told it before. He is surprised when Archibald does stop him, saying that he has heard the story six times and that it is a rotten story. Lady Cammerleigh thanks Archibald, since she has put up with her husband's stories for a long time but not been brave enough to say anything. Aurelia and the butler Bagshot feel the same way and thank Archibald. Sir Rackstraw realizes he has become a bore, and also thanks Archibald. Aurelia was cold before because Archibald was so meek towards her father.