Albert Perkins is blessed with a loving wife, Muriel and cursed with a fearsome mother-in-law, Boadicea.  When his friend Hilary Armitage writes to him reminiscing about the good times they used to have, Boadicea reads the letter and determines to remove her daughter instantly from the clutches of this evil sex-fiend.  Albert has a hard time explaining that the letter is perfectly innocent.  Further disasters are in store when Hilary, anxious to make amends for the trouble, tries to help Albert.