Jeeves in the Offing, chapters 8–10, the lawn, late afternoon, two hours later
Bertie dozes off over Mrs. Cream's novel, wakes and telephones his overdue wire inviting Kipper Herring, and then sees Kipper arriving in his car.
The text is on its way.
Aside, at Drones smoking concerts Catsmeat Potter-Pirbright's motoring sketch about driving to Glasgow in half an hour.
Aside, boyhood Kipper recalls sharing sweets with Bertie at school and catching mumps and measles from each other.
Aside, the previous summer Gussie Fink-Nottle, bullied by Aunt Dahlia into presenting the Market Snodsbury prizes, got pickled and disgraced himself.
Aside, at school Upjohn's bare upper lip used to make his pupils quail when he twitched it.
Present: Bertie Wooster, Kipper Herring, the post office clerk, Sir Roderick Glossop
Mentioned: Anatole, Aubrey Upjohn, Aunt Dahlia, Bobbie Wickham, Bonzo, Catsmeat Potter-Pirbright, Gussie Fink-Nottle, Jeeves, Lady Wickham, Mrs Cream, Phyllis Mills, Thomas Otway, Wilbert Cream, Augustus♞︎, Aunt Dahlia's den, the Bull and Bush, the Drones Club, the engagement notice in The Times✦︎, the Ma Cream book✦︎, Market Snodsbury Grammar School, the Red Room, Upjohn's moustache✦︎