In this episode, Marlowe navigates the seedy underbelly of the city, involving themes of Main Street, a burlesque house, Skid Row, wine, women, and murder, as he searches for an heir to $5000.

In this episode, Nero Wolfe and his assistant Archie Goodwin are called to solve a series of murders. A wealthy benefactor of a charity, who poses as Santa every year, is worried about his safety after the murder of several sidewalk Santas and seeks Wolfe's help.