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Thank You, Jeeves

1934. 22 chapters, 42 scenes.

Chapter 1: Jeeves Gives Notice

  1. Strumming his banjolele, Bertie tells Jeeves he saw the Stokers dining with Sir Roderick Glossop and Lord Chuffnell's aunt at the Savoy Grill, and is outraged to hear that Glossop has called to see him.Chapter 1, Bertie's flat
  2. Bertie recalls how, hiding from Aunt Agatha in New York, he fell for Pauline Stoker and got engaged to her, until Sir Roderick Glossop told her father all about him and the engagement was called off.Chapter 1, New York
  3. Sir Roderick Glossop calls to tell Bertie he ought to be certified and to demand he stop tormenting Mrs Tinkler-Moulke with his banjolele; Bertie refuses and has Jeeves show him out.Chapter 1, Bertie's flat
  4. Given an ultimatum by the building manager to stop playing or leave, Bertie decides to move to a country cottage, and Jeeves gives notice rather than live with the banjolele, which Bertie accepts.Chapter 1, Bertie's flat

Chapter 2: Chuffy

  1. Bertie meets Chuffy in Piccadilly, learns he is lunching with Sir Roderick Glossop, rents a cottage at Chuffnell Regis from him, and tells him he has parted with Jeeves, whereupon Chuffy decides to call at the flat.Chapter 2, Piccadilly
  2. At the Drones Bertie decides the minstrels' banjoist makes up for having to meet Lady Chuffnell and the loathsome Seabury.Chapter 2, the Drones Club
  3. Dressing for dinner, Bertie relents and offers to keep Jeeves on, but Jeeves still won't stand the banjolele and reveals he has already taken service with Chuffy.Chapter 2, Bertie's flat
  4. Bertie stands smoking at the door of Seaview Cottage, Chuffnell Regis.Chapter 2, Seaview Cottage

Chapter 3: Re-enter the Dead Past

  1. Bertie surveys his peaceful cottage and the new yacht in the harbour, then finds Seabury tooting his car horn with an invitation to lunch from Chuffy.Chapter 3, the cottage garden
  2. Driving to the Hall, Seabury insults Bertie's suit, explains the smell at the Dower House, and demands five shillings protection money, which Bertie refuses.Chapter 3
  3. A beaming Chuffy tells Bertie that Sir Roderick Glossop is to marry Aunt Myrtle and has found a millionaire, J. Washburn Stoker, to buy the Hall, just as the Stokers and Glossop arrive for lunch.Chapters 3–4, Chuffnell Hall

Chapter 4: Annoying Predicament of Pauline Stoker

  1. A beaming Chuffy tells Bertie that Sir Roderick Glossop is to marry Aunt Myrtle and has found a millionaire, J. Washburn Stoker, to buy the Hall, just as the Stokers and Glossop arrive for lunch.Continued from chapter 3
  2. On a bench in the shrubbery Pauline tells Bertie she is crazy about Chuffy and asks him to hint that Chuffy should speak, until Jeeves appears.Chapters 4–6, the rustic bench

Chapter 5: Bertie Takes Things in Hand

  1. On a bench in the shrubbery Pauline tells Bertie she is crazy about Chuffy and asks him to hint that Chuffy should speak, until Jeeves appears.Continued from chapter 4

Chapter 6: Complications Set In

  1. On a bench in the shrubbery Pauline tells Bertie she is crazy about Chuffy and asks him to hint that Chuffy should speak, until Jeeves appears.Continued from chapter 5
  2. Chuffy, rattled to learn from Glossop that Bertie was once engaged to Pauline, is reassured and reveals he is now engaged to her and that Stoker has agreed to buy the Hall.Chapter 6, the rustic bench
  3. Jeeves tells how a fight between Dwight and Seabury became a general brawl, Stoker withdrew from buying the Hall, Chuffy insulted him, Pauline was confined to the yacht, and Chuffy overheard about the kiss.Chapter 6, Jeeves's quarters
  4. Bertie persuades a seething Chuffy that the kiss was brotherly, and Chuffy, resolved to marry Pauline regardless of money, plans to send Jeeves into Stoker's service to carry his letters.Chapter 6, Seaview Cottage
  5. Restless, Bertie tells his gloomy new valet Brinkley he will dine out in Bristol and gives him the evening off.Chapter 6, Seaview Cottage
  6. Bertie drives to Bristol, dines and sees a musical comedy, and starts home refreshed.Chapter 6, Bristol
  7. Back at the cottage at midnight, Bertie finds Pauline Stoker sitting up in his bed in his heliotrope pyjamas.Chapters 6–8, Bertie's bedroom at the cottage

Chapter 7: A Visitor for Bertie

  1. Back at the cottage at midnight, Bertie finds Pauline Stoker sitting up in his bed in his heliotrope pyjamas.Continued from chapter 6

Chapter 8: Police Persecution

  1. Back at the cottage at midnight, Bertie finds Pauline Stoker sitting up in his bed in his heliotrope pyjamas.Continued from chapter 7
  2. It is Sergeant Voules and his nephew Constable Dobson about the broken window; Bertie blames Brinkley and refuses to let them search the house, and Voules complains of the police being shackled.Chapter 8, the front door
  3. Bertie tells Pauline the police saw her getting in and leaves her his bed, saying he will sleep in the car.Chapter 8, Bertie's bedroom at the cottage
  4. Leaving the house, Bertie is seized by Constable Dobson, who takes him for the marauder, and passes it off as a stroll.Chapter 8, the cottage garden
  5. Bertie tries to sleep in his two-seater, is rousted by Sergeant Voules with a lantern, and decides to move to the garden shed.Chapter 8, the garage
  6. The police find Bertie sleeping on sacking in the shed and, deciding he has a touch of the sun, leave him; he drops off, only to be woken by Chuffy.Chapters 8–9, the potting shed

Chapter 9: Lovers’ Meetings

  1. The police find Bertie sleeping on sacking in the shed and, deciding he has a touch of the sun, leave him; he drops off, only to be woken by Chuffy.Continued from chapter 8
  2. Carried up to his bed, Bertie finds Pauline gone, but she emerges from the hanging cupboard in his pyjamas, Chuffy accuses her of still loving Bertie, she tells him she hates him, and he storms out and falls down the stairs.Chapters 9–10, Bertie's bedroom at the cottage

Chapter 10: Another Visitor

  1. Carried up to his bed, Bertie finds Pauline gone, but she emerges from the hanging cupboard in his pyjamas, Chuffy accuses her of still loving Bertie, she tells him she hates him, and he storms out and falls down the stairs.Continued from chapter 9
  2. Unable to sleep for grief over the broken romance, Bertie comes down for a whisky and finds Pauline's note saying she has taken a boat and his overcoat, then a knock comes at the door.Chapter 10, Seaview Cottage
  3. Expecting Sergeant Voules, Bertie instead finds J. Washburn Stoker, who searches the cottage for Pauline, finds nothing, and leaves apologising after Bertie insists she is not infatuated with him.Chapter 10, Seaview Cottage
  4. Bertie wakes undisturbed at half past ten on a fine morning and goes down to the kitchen for breakfast.Chapter 10, Seaview Cottage

Chapter 11: Sinister Behaviour of a Yacht-Owner

  1. Bertie tells Jeeves of the night's disasters and Chuffy's row with Pauline, and Jeeves brings an invitation to dinner from Stoker, whom he has talked out of thinking Bertie mad; they agree Bertie will tell Pauline that Chuffy is pining, and remain at odds over the banjolele.Chapter 11, the cottage garden
  2. Bertie dines on the yacht with Stoker and Dwight, learns Pauline is confined with a 'headache', and over cigars Stoker remarks that guests on a yacht can't easily get away and offers to show him round.Chapter 11, Stoker's yacht
  3. Stoker shows Bertie into a guest state-room, slams and locks the door on him, and ignores his calls.Chapters 11–12, the state-room

Chapter 12: Start Smearing, Jeeves!

  1. Stoker shows Bertie into a guest state-room, slams and locks the door on him, and ignores his calls.Continued from chapter 11
  2. Bertie despairs at having to marry Pauline, and Jeeves arrives with pyjamas and a plan to black his face with boot polish so he can slip ashore with the departing minstrels.Chapter 12, the state-room

Chapter 13: A Valet Exceeds his Duties

  1. Landed safely from the yacht in blackface, Bertie thanks Jeeves, who advises him to wash, take the 10.21 to London and go abroad, and says he will return to Chuffy's service at the Hall.Chapter 13, Chuffnell Regis
  2. Unable to wash off the polish, Bertie finds a drunken Brinkley wrecking the cottage, is chased into the bedroom by him with a carving knife as the Devil, keeps quiet when Sergeant Voules arrives, and flees through the window after Brinkley upsets a lamp and sets the cottage ablaze, leaving the banjolele behind.Chapter 13, Seaview Cottage
  3. Safe in a wood as the cottage burns, Bertie draws up a credit-and-debit account and decides to go to Jeeves at the Hall for butter and his fare to London.Chapter 13, the wood
  4. Bertie knocks at the back door of the Hall and the scullerymaid who opens it has hysterics at the sight of his black face.Chapters 13–14, Chuffnell Hall

Chapter 14: The Butter Situation

  1. Bertie knocks at the back door of the Hall and the scullerymaid who opens it has hysterics at the sight of his black face.Continued from chapter 13
  2. Bertie stands rooted in despair until Jeeves coughs softly at his side.Chapters 14–16, Chuffnell Hall

Chapter 15: Development of the Butter Situation

  1. Bertie stands rooted in despair until Jeeves coughs softly at his side.Continued from chapter 14

Chapter 16: Trouble at the Dower House

  1. Bertie stands rooted in despair until Jeeves coughs softly at his side.Continued from chapter 15
  2. Softening towards Glossop on the way, Bertie creeps up to the Dower House, finds the drunken Brinkley singing hymns inside, and hears a frightful rampage end with someone bursting out of the back door.Chapter 16, the Dower House
  3. Glossop, thrown out by Brinkley after a nightmare among Seabury's animals, makes peace with the equally blacked-up Bertie and goes off to clean himself with petrol in Bertie's garage while Bertie heads for the summer-house.Chapter 16, the Dower House

Chapter 17: Breakfast-time at the Hall

  1. Bertie spends a cold, sleepless night in the summer-house, too afraid of Voules to go to the garage, and wakes at dawn ravenous.Chapter 17, the summer-house
  2. Bertie creeps into Chuffy's study to steal his breakfast, hides behind the desk, finds Jeeves telephoning for the missing Sir Roderick, tells him Glossop has gone off in a petrol cleanse and that they are now friends, and dives under the desk again as Stoker is announced.Chapters 17–18, Chuffy's study

Chapter 18: Black Work in a Study

  1. Bertie creeps into Chuffy's study to steal his breakfast, hides behind the desk, finds Jeeves telephoning for the missing Sir Roderick, tells him Glossop has gone off in a petrol cleanse and that they are now friends, and dives under the desk again as Stoker is announced.Continued from chapter 17
  2. Pauline tells Jeeves she will not marry Bertie after all and starts on Chuffy's kippers; the starving Bertie pops up, she shrieks, and Chuffy rushes in and takes her in his arms.Chapters 18–21, Chuffnell Hall

Chapter 19: Preparations for Handling Father

  1. Pauline tells Jeeves she will not marry Bertie after all and starts on Chuffy's kippers; the starving Bertie pops up, she shrieks, and Chuffy rushes in and takes her in his arms.Continued from chapter 18

Chapter 20: Jeeves Has News

  1. Pauline tells Jeeves she will not marry Bertie after all and starts on Chuffy's kippers; the starving Bertie pops up, she shrieks, and Chuffy rushes in and takes her in his arms.Continued from chapter 19

Chapter 21: Jeeves Finds the Way

  1. Pauline tells Jeeves she will not marry Bertie after all and starts on Chuffy's kippers; the starving Bertie pops up, she shrieks, and Chuffy rushes in and takes her in his arms.Continued from chapter 20

Chapter 22: Jeeves Applies For A Situation

  1. Over breakfast after his acquittal Jeeves reveals that he faked the cable about the contested will, and, since he will not serve a married man, asks to come back to Bertie, who gratefully accepts.Chapter 22, the small morning-room