Ring for Jeeves, chapters 10–11, the living room, same night
Biggar tells Jill that Bill is a fortune hunter courting Mrs Spottsworth, then Monica opens the dower chest to show off its costumes and finds Patch Perkins's check coat, and Biggar draws out the black patch and demands a word with Bill.
The text is on its way.
Aside, centuries ago The legend of the dower chest: a Lord Rowcester's daughter escaped to her explorer lover hidden inside it.
Aside, the two World Wars Jeeves dabbled in the First World War; Bill served in the Commandos in the second.
Present: Bill Rowcester, Captain Biggar, Jeeves, Jill Wyvern, Monica Carmoyle, Mrs Spottsworth, Rory Carmoyle
Also there: Biggar's betting ticket, the check coat, the dower chest, the horseshoe tie, the moustache and patch, the velours curtains
Mentioned: Congreve, the daughter in the dower chest, Doc, Duveen, the explorer, Marcus Aurelius, Monsieur Boussac, the old Lord Rowcester, Othello, Shakespeare, Sir Oscar Wopple, Squiffy, the Subahdar, Tubby Frobisher, the Anglo-Malay Club⁂, Ballymore♞︎, Biggar's pals⁂, the code✦︎, the Commandos⁂, Epsom, Harrige's, Jeeves's moustache✦︎, Lucy Glitters♞︎, Pomona♞︎, Rowcester Abbey, Whistler's Mother♞︎