The Code of the Woosters, chapters 2–3, the collection-room, same afternoon
Strolling on the terrace, Bertie spots the silver collection, steps in and lifts the cow-creamer out of its unlocked case just as Spode appears with a shotgun and says 'Hands up!'
The text is on its way.
Aside, some time before Bertie recalls a newly married pal whose bride had ‘Two Lovers Built This Nest’ carved over the drawing-room fireplace.
Aside, at Oxford Spode admits he once stole a policeman’s helmet himself when at Oxford.
Aside, the day before Bertie explains the antique-shop affair: the shopman handed him the cow-creamer and he stumbled out after treading on the cat.
Present: Bertie Wooster, Madeline Bassett, Roderick Spode, Sir Watkyn Bassett
Also there: the Bassett collection, the cow-creamer, the cow-creamer's case, Spode's shotgun
Mentioned: the antique-shop proprietor, Aunt Dahlia, Butterfield, Gussie Fink-Nottle, Jeeves, the newly married pal, the pal's bride, Uncle Tom, a policeman's helmet✦︎, the antique shop, Bosher Street Police Court, the Brompton Road, the library, London, Oxford, the Pytchley⁂, the shop cat♞︎, Sir Watkyn's umbrella✦︎, Totleigh Towers, Uncle Tom's collection✦︎