Elliot Dryden is quite an eccentric and at times he needs to be protected from himself. Colette Renoir is his excellent French cook whom his wife Edna Dryden has become quite jealous of. When she dismisses Colette, Mr Dryden locks himself in his room and refuses to come out, After 5 days Mrs Dryden, concerned for her husbands welfare, calls Henry Simon to search for Colette.