Joy in the Morning, chapters 13–15, the grounds of Bumpleigh Hall, midnight, same night
At midnight Bertie, quaking at thoughts of Stilton and Aunt Agatha, treacles paper to the scullery window but cannot bring himself to smash it, is challenged by Edwin from a window above, is chivvied by Boko, and wandering off round the house runs into Jeeves in the dark.
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Aside, years before Bertie recalls ringing the fire bell at Brinkley Court and dropping a flower pot through a greenhouse roof for Bobbie Wickham, which ended with a policeman saying 'What's all this?'.
Aside, in the past Far lesser offences have brought Aunt Agatha after Bertie like a Red Indian on the warpath.
Aside, earlier Bertie compares his hovering with Stilton's outside the jeweller's shop.
Aside, that afternoon Uncle Percy, having forgotten to renew his burglary insurance, shakily gave Jeeves the letter to post in London for fear of Aunt Agatha.
Aside, that afternoon Jeeves arranged by telephone for Chichester Clam to drive down to the potting shed at half past midnight.
Aside, imagined, Clam's usual life Bertie pictures the placid daily routine of an American businessman like Clam, so unlike Steeple Bumpleigh.
Present: Bertie Wooster, Boko Fittleworth, Edwin, Florence Craye, J. Chichester Clam, Jeeves, Lord Worplesdon, Stilton Cheesewright
Also there: the brown paper, the scullery window, the treacle
Mentioned: Aunt Agatha, the Bingley policeman, Bobbie Wickham, Clementina, Nobby Hopwood, Shakespeare, Boko's burglary scheme✦︎, the Boy Scouts⁂, Brinkley Court, the Clam Line⁂, the insurance letter✦︎, the Joke Goods✦︎, the Pink Funnel Line⁂, the potting shed, the replacement brooch✦︎, Steeple Bumpleigh, the ten shillings✦︎, the Union League Club⁂, Wee Nooke