The story opens with a message from an old gay bachelor. He's been working late, and his secretary says he's done with the day's work and will be home in the evening for dinner. The message says that the mother of the bachelor's daughter is coming home for dinner, and that she's going to drag him home to promote the daughter's law practice. The bachelor is bummed, but he doesn't want to be late, so he asks the messenger if he can pick up his dirty suit. The messenger says he can, but the suit is dirty, so the man has to come pick it up himself. The man is bummed because he'd rather have the dirty suit than have it delivered to his house. He tells the messenger to give him his clothes, and the messenger gives him the clothes that he lent him last time. The guy is bummed that he can't give his clothes to the messenger because he has to go home