 Two of the Timsons are apprehended in a robbery and accused of assaulting a victim with a gun although none of this family of petty thieves has ever been known to carry a weapon. Portia defends one of the cousins and Rumpole the other before the notoriously difficult Judge Bullington. After Rumpole s client, Dennis Timson, introduces Rumpole to an exotic horse racing wager called a "four horse accumulator," the barrister has visions of retiring to the Seychelles Islands if his long shot pays off. He decides to use the opportunity to tell the stuffy judge exactly what he thinks of him.