Three Men and a Maid, by PG Wodehouse
The Book This British comedy follows the lives of Sam Marlowe, his cousin Eustace Hignett, Eustace's ex-fiancée Wilhemennia "Billie" Bennet, and Billie's father's choice for her Bream Mortimer. All four of them cross the Atlantic Ocean in the same steamship. Eustace stays below, too seasick to interact with Bream, Billie, Bille's friend Jean, and Sam. Which works out fine. Same and Billie meet when her dog, a Pekingese bites Sam. Once Sam gets her name, he is shocked to find out she is Eustace's ex-fiancée. After a series of misunderstandings, Sam and Billie get engaged on the boat. All comes out, and Billie changes her mind when Eustace is persuaded to play the piano for Sam's act on the boat's amatuer show. It goes badly. Billie breaks up with Sam, Eustace gets sick drawing the interest of Jean, but he feels too badly to do anything about it. Bream thinks Billie will finally give up chasing after new guys and settle down with him, and...
