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Do butlers rob banks? asks one of the characters in the book. By the time we get the answer, however, a lot of water has flowed down the garden tap of the wildly romantic Papsajt Villa, and many people have turned up at the patina of the Bond Bank House. The latter have largely the same goal: to save the company from shameful bankruptcy with a well-timed bank robbery. It is true that among the visitors there are genuine bank robbers, and even a whole gang of robbers, but it would be improper to reveal more about all of this. The brilliant Horace Appleby, the unwavering Miss Ada Cootes, the unlucky young bank manager, Mike Bond, and his love, the resourceful Jill, reach a happy ending that is somewhat different from the usual in the course of a number of hair-raising, breathtaking, blood-curdling - and of course, wildly entertaining - adventures.