In the 1920s, two English adventurers in the south of France come to the aid of a damsel in distress.
Rumpole must defend a Member of Parliament accused of rape.
Rumpole defends Mrs Thripp in a divorce action. Mrs Rumpole believes her husband has also taken a mistress.
Rumpole is on the defence of a safecracker who may have been set up by Inspector Dirty Dickerson.
Rumpole, despite his battered appearance, has been called to the Old Bailey to defend a murderer.
A young woman marries a wealthy older man obsessed by his late first wife.