- Chatsworth asks Herbert T. Gillis to come to Osborn Manor and mold him from being a namby-pamby weakling into a a manly man among men, but Mumsy and Trembley conspire to quash Chatsworth's conversion.
- Chatsworth tries to buy friendship with money, which doesn't seem to be working. As such, the old adage applies in Chatsworth case: money can't buy happiness, Chatsworth who is anything but happy, especially as his mother still treats him like a helpless boy. Chatsworth admits that Dobie is well liked. So Chatsworth decides to use what he believes made Dobie the likable chap that he is: Herbert. Chatsworth believes that rough, tough and mean Herbert is the type of man who can turn him into a real man. In Chatsworth's words, he wants to "rent" (in layman terms, hire) Herbert for the job. He wants the entire Gillis family to move into Osborne Manor for the duration - at a time when Mrs. Osborne will be away on a hunting trip in India - so that he can have Herbert's undivided attention in the matter. In turning Chatsworth into a man, Herbert wants to impress on him the virtues of hard work and the plain simple life. Mrs. Osborne is skeptical about this experiment, which she feels is against everything in that she believes. As such, she decides to hide out in the manor to watch the proceedings and implement an experiment of her own: see if the Gillises will fall prey to the luxuries available to them in Osborne Manor.—Huggo
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