'The Metropolitan Touch' is found in the novel 'The Inimitable Jeeves', which is one of my favourite Jeeves and Wooster collections. It consists of a number of short stories which are all connected- most dealing with Bingo's fickle and feckless search for true love. It contains a couple of my favourites: 'Comrade Bingo' and 'The Great Sermon Handicap'.
In 'The Metropolitan Touch', Bingo has been forced by his dismal financial status to return to tutoring Lord Wickhammersley's son at Twing Hall. While there, as he rapturously imparts to Bertie in a series of telegrams, he falls in love with Mary Burgess, the niece of Reverend Heppenstall. She, however, seems very much taken with Heppenstall's new curate, the eminently worthy Rev. Wingham. Jeeves advises Bingo to do good works in the community to impress the girl- like reading to the sick. Bingo obeys, which succeeds in winning Miss Burgess' admiration.
Then, to Bingo's gratification, Wingham comes down with the mumps, and Bingo formulates a plan to replace him in Miss Burgess' affections. He volunteers to take over the Village School's Christmas program. Bertie and Jeeves find this news rather disquieting, as Bingo's schemes tend to end in abject failure. They are further alarmed to find that Rupert Steggles, their "bete noir" from 'The Great Sermon Handicap' is staying at Twing Hall, studying for his exams with Rev. Heppenstall. They discover that he's running a betting pool on whether Bingo or Wingham will win Mary Burgess' heart, and has wagered heavily himself in favour of Wingham.