A lively one-act farce staged in a small London hotel centers on a bungling substitute interpreter who cannot speak the required languages, an eloping French-speaking couple trying to conceal their identities, and the hotel's staff and patrons who become entangled in a series of comic misunderstandings. Rapid entrances, mistaken identities, and playful commentary on language barriers and social pretensions drive the action, mixing broad situational comedy with a light, satirical look at cross-cultural manners and the gap between appearances and reality.