Jeeves in the Offing, chapter 3, the lake, next afternoon
Bobbie, fishing at the lake, explains that she announced her engagement to Bertie so that her mother, relieved to escape him, will welcome Kipper Herring, whom she loves.
The text is on its way.
Aside, last Christmas Bobbie met Kipper at a Swiss hotel and fell for him while untangling him on the beginners' ski slope.
Aside, years before Bobbie was convulsed with mirth when Bertie trod on a rake in the garden at Skeldings.
Aside, in Bertie's childhood and since Aunt Dahlia used to clump Bertie on the head and has since urged him to drown himself in the kitchen-garden pond.
Present: Bertie Wooster, Bobbie Wickham
Mentioned: Aunt Dahlia, Bonzo, Jeeves, Kipper Herring, Lady Wickham, the engagement notice in The Times✦︎, the hotel in Switzerland, Lady Wickham's telegrams✦︎, Malvern House, Skeldings