 When some work is required on the hotel lobby, Basil goes for the cheapest quote - an Irish builder by the name of O Reilly - the moment his wife is out of the way. O Reilly and his workers make a mess of the job, fitting doors where they shouldn t be and putting in walls where there were supposed to be doors. As a result, Sybil is forced to call in a proper builder, only to suffer embarrassment when O Reilly returns to fix the mess he made. However, she soon realizes that thanks to the work of O Reilly and his men, the hotel is no longer structurally sound.