Ring for Jeeves, chapter 2, Rowcester Abbey, evening, same day
On the front steps of crumbling Rowcester Abbey, Rory proposes arson while Monica reveals she has invited the rich American Mrs Spottsworth to come and buy the place, and warns him not to put her off.
The text is on its way.
Aside, years before, just after Monica's marriage Bill met a rich and beautiful American widow, Mrs Bessemer, in Cannes, but the romance came to nothing.
Aside, some time before Bill offered the abbey for a song to a charity as a home for juvenile delinquents and was sneered at.
Aside, days before Monica met Mrs Spottsworth at a women's lunch in New York and sold her on the abbey.
Present: Monica Carmoyle, Rory Carmoyle
Mentioned: Bill Rowcester, Captain Biggar, Mrs Spottsworth, Napoleon, Uncle George, Harrige's, the Home for Reclaimed Juvenile Delinquents⁂