No decent man may cancel, or even refuse, an engagement to a girl. Blandings Castle is traditionally infested with impostors. Men and girls in love think only of marriage. Rose gardens turn a girl's thoughts to romance. A bedroom scene is either when you discover that someone has made you an apple-pie bed, or when one or more people come and search your room for policemen's helmets or miscreants hiding under your bed.
All married couples have separate bedrooms.
It is every young man's duty to steal policemen's helmets. Time Midsummer Mischief is split into four time periods, each about an hour of real time, leading up to the annual Shropshire Midsummer Fete. The game starts on Wednesday, then continues into Thursday, Friday and finally Saturday, the day of the fete. Days drift lazily into one another - but the passage of time will be marked by the delightful selections of food and drink periodically served by the staff. Midsummer Mischief finishes after the Fete.