Freddie Threepwood's old pal blister is all set to marry his precious dream rabbit Prudence, a young cousin of Freddie's. But just before the wedding Prudence is shipped off to Blandings' by her disapproving mother. Freddie, Blister and their friend Tipton Plimsoll follow. To effect reconciliation with Prudence Blister, who has the soul if not the skill of an artist, poses as a painter of pigs, commissioned by Lord Emsworth to do a portrait of his beloved Empress. Tipton, meanwhile, has fallen in love with Veronica, another cousin of Freddie's. Needless to say, affairs of the heart never run smoothly at Blanding.