The Inimitable Jeeves, chapter 4, Bertie's suite, one evening, two weeks on
The Hemmingways talk Bertie into lending a hundred pounds against a case of pearls, which proves empty, but Jeeves, who has recognised Soapy Sid, has picked the real pearls from his pocket and reveals they are Aunt Agatha's.
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Aside, the previous two weeks Bertie, facing marriage to Aline and with Jeeves aloof over the cummerbund, finds the Hemmingways clinging to him everywhere.
Aside, before Jeeves entered Bertie's service Jeeves recalls how Soapy Sid and a female accomplice swindled his employer Lord Frederick Ranelagh at Monte Carlo with the same pearl-case trick.
Present: Aline Hemmingway, Bertie Wooster, Jeeves, Soapy Sid
Also there: Aunt Agatha's pearls, the cummerbund, the dud case, the hundred pounds, the receipt
Mentioned: Aline's father, Aunt Agatha, Aunt Agatha's maid, Colonel Musgrave, the hotel manager, Lord Frederick Ranelagh, Sidney's vicar, Soapy Sid's accomplice, Aunt Agatha's suite, the Casino, the cheque✦︎, Monte Carlo