Right Ho, Jeeves, chapter 22, the garden at Brinkley, just after 12.30 a.m.
The household gathers on the lawn with no rescues made, finds itself locked out, and Jeeves volunteers Bertie to cycle to Kingham Manor for the back-door key.
The text is on its way.
Aside, over their long association Bertie weighs Jeeves's defects against his magnetic, soothing power.
Aside, at fourteen Bertie won the Choir Boys' Handicap at a school treat with a half-lap start after Willie Punting was scratched.
Aside, at Oxford Tuppy recalls Bertie riding naked round the quad on bump-supper nights.
Present: Anatole, Angela, Aunt Dahlia, Bertie Wooster, Gussie Fink-Nottle, Jeeves, Madeline Bassett, Tuppy Glossop, Uncle Tom
Also there: the fire bell
Mentioned: Seppings, the vicar, Waterbury, Willie Punting, the back-door key✦︎, the bicycle✦︎, Brinkley Court, the Brinkley Court staff⁂, the garage, the gardener's shed, Kingham Manor, Oxford