Right Ho, Jeeves, chapters 19–20, the Brinkley dining-room, same evening
Over the cold salmon a jubilant Aunt Dahlia praises Gussie's speech and announces that Anatole has withdrawn his notice, until Seppings reports that Gussie is making faces at Anatole through his skylight.
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Aside, earlier Bertie recalls that at their last meeting Aunt Dahlia planned to drown him in the kitchen-garden pond.
Aside, years before Aunt Dahlia recalls the curate tripping on a shoelace and falling down the pulpit steps.
Present: Aunt Dahlia, Bertie Wooster, Seppings
Also there: the cold collation, the salmon mayonnaise
Mentioned: Anatole, Angela, the curate, Gussie Fink-Nottle, Jeeves, the kitchen maid, Uncle Tom, Gussie's speech✦︎, the kitchen-garden pond, Market Snodsbury, the Scripture-knowledge prize✦︎, the skylight✦︎, the Stretchley-Budds⁂