Jeeves in the Offing, chapters 1–2, Bertie's flat, morning
Over breakfast with Kipper Herring, Bertie takes a phone call from Aunt Dahlia inviting him to Brinkley, and learns to his horror that Bobbie Wickham and Aubrey Upjohn are among the guests.
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Aside, years before, at school Bertie and Kipper were at Malvern House together and were caned side by side in Aubrey Upjohn's study.
Aside, some time before At Skeldings, egged on by Bobbie Wickham, Bertie punctured Sir Roderick Glossop's hot-water bottle, meaning it for Tuppy, who had changed rooms.
Aside, some time before Bertie reflects on Bobbie Wickham's explosive nature, her refusal of him, and Jeeves's warning that she lacked seriousness.
Aside, some time before Kipper once consoled Bertie that at least they would never see Aubrey Upjohn again.
Aside, years before Sir Roderick Glossop once found twenty-three cats, put there by Claude and Eustace, in Bertie's bedroom.
Aside, at school Kipper and Bertie recall the sausages, boiled mutton and margarine of Malvern House.
Aside, recently Kipper explains how he came to review Upjohn's book and gave it six hundred unsigned words of abuse.
Present: Bertie Wooster, Jeeves, Kipper Herring
Mentioned: Anatole, Aubrey Upjohn, Aunt Dahlia, Bobbie Wickham, Claude, Eustace, Homer Cream, Jack Dempsey, Jane Mills, Juvenal, Lady Wickham, Mrs Cream, Palmer the poisoner, the Peri, Phyllis Mills, Seppings, Sir Cuthbert Wickham, Sir Roderick Glossop, Tuppy Glossop, Uncle Tom, Wilbert Cream, Ye Ed, Brinkley Court, the cats♞︎, the darning needle✦︎, the headmaster's study, Herne Bay, the hot-water bottle✦︎, Kipper's review✦︎, Malvern House, Market Snodsbury Grammar School, Mrs Cream's mystery stories✦︎, Skeldings, the Thursday Review✦︎, Uncle Tom's deal with Cream✦︎, Upjohn's book✦︎, Upjohn's speech✦︎