A woman arrives at the club and tries to kill Yancy. Afterward she explains that Yancy bilked her father out of his fortune and proposed marriage to her before disappearing... and Yancy has no idea who she is.

A pirate, Coco LaSalle, steals a necklace belonging to Empress Carlotta and agrees to return it to Yancy... if he accompanies her to a Mardi Gras ball.