Thank You, Jeeves, chapter 6, the rustic bench, after lunch
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.
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Aside, in New York, about two months before Glossop got Stoker to break off Bertie's engagement to Pauline within forty-eight hours.
Aside, in New York, months before Bertie spent his two-day engagement in bed with a cold, and a waiter with beef sandwiches spoiled the one tender moment.
Aside, years before Bertie recalls his engagement to Honoria Glossop and a pal's theory that he rouses the maternal instinct in forceful women.
Present: Bertie Wooster, Chuffy
Mentioned: Honoria Glossop, J. Washburn Stoker, Jeeves, the knowledgeable pal, Lady Chuffnell, Lord Wotwotleigh, Pauline Stoker, Seabury, Sir Roderick Glossop, the waiter, the '85 port✦︎, Chuffnell Hall, New York