The Mating Season, chapters 1–2, Bertie's flat, eve of leaving for Deverill Hall
Jeeves briefs a reluctant Bertie on Esmond Haddock, his five aunts and Gussie's coolness with Madeline Bassett before a low-spirited Catsmeat Pirbright is shown in.
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Aside, days before Aunt Agatha ordered Bertie to put up Thos for three days and then go to Deverill Hall to perform at the village concert.
Aside, earlier stories Bertie recalls Gussie: fish-faced, newt-collecting, orange-juice-drinking, engaged to Madeline Bassett.
Aside, before Madeline is convinced Bertie pines for her and would marry her if she dropped Gussie.
Present: Bertie Wooster, Catsmeat Potter-Pirbright, Jeeves
Mentioned: Aunt Agatha, Aunt Charlotte, Aunt Emmeline, Aunt Harriet, Aunt Myrtle, Barmy Fotheringay-Phipps, Catsmeat's father, Corky Pirbright, Dame Daphne Winkworth, Elsie Cattermole, Esmond Haddock, Esmond's father, Flora Deverill, Gertrude Winkworth, Groucho Marx, Gussie Fink-Nottle, Hilda Gudgeon, Madeline Bassett, P.B. Winkworth, Pongo Twistleton, Silversmith, Thos, Deverill Hall, the Deverills⁂, the Drones Club, Esmond's aunts⁂, Haddock's Headache Hokies✦︎, King Lear✦︎, The Larches, the Pat and Mike cross-talk act✦︎, the village concert✦︎