Stiff Upper Lip, Jeeves, chapters 8–9, the hall, about one in the morning
Creeping through the dark hall, Bertie collides with Gussie, knocks over Sir Watkyn's precious grandfather clock, is caught by Sir Watkyn in his purple dressing-gown, and the two are driven on to a chest by Bartholomew until Stiffy appears.
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Aside, years before At Bosher Street police court Sir Watkyn convulsed the court with three jokes at Bertie's expense.
Aside, many years before Sir Watkyn's diplomat father carried the clock safely from Rome to Vienna, Paris, Washington and Lisbon.
Aside, some years before An angry swan chased Bertie and a friend on to a boathouse roof at Aunt Agatha's place until Jeeves came to the rescue.
Aside, before, at Brinkley Pop Bassett bought the statuette from the hard-up Plank for a fiver and gloated about it to Mr. Travers at Brinkley.
Aside, recently Stiffy had Stinker write a sermon on Naboth's Vineyard to shame her uncle, but he upset a lamp and burned it.
Aside, at school Bertie once won a prize for Scripture Knowledge.
Aside, years before, Boat Race Night Bertie used to pinch policemen's helmets, which is how he first met Pop Bassett.
Aside, an hour before Stiffy followed Gussie to the kitchen and saw the cook feeding him cold steak and kidney pie.
Aside, before Madeline once broke with Gussie because he got tight presenting the prizes at Market Snodsbury Grammar School.
Aside, often before Aunt Dahlia has repeatedly blackmailed Bertie by threatening to bar him from Anatole's cooking.
Present: Bertie Wooster, Gussie Fink-Nottle, Sir Watkyn Bassett, Stiffy Byng, Bartholomew
Also there: the chest, the grandfather clock, Sir Watkyn's dressing gown
Mentioned: Anatole, Aunt Agatha, Aunt Dahlia, Butterfield, Emerald Stoker, Erle Stanley Gardner, Jeeves, Madeline Bassett, Major Plank, Mrs. Bootle, Nijinsky, Shelley, Sir Watkyn's father, Stinker Pinker, Uncle Tom, a policeman's helmet✦︎, the black amber statuette✦︎, the boathouse, Bosher Street Police Court, Brinkley Court, Market Snodsbury Grammar School, the sermon on Naboth's Vineyard✦︎, the steak and kidney pie✦︎, Stinker's cottage, the swan♞︎, the Totleigh kitchen