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The Mating Season, chapter 14, that night

A big dinner party with ten Hampshire neighbours keeps Bertie trapped until nearly midnight.

The text is on its way.

Present: Bertie Wooster, the dinner guests

Before: Bertie waylays Catsmeat returning from the pictures with a tearful Queenie, shows him the telegram, and Catsmeat promises to come to Bertie's room after dinner with a plan. After: Bertie finds Catsmeat's note saying he has gone to London with a superb plan for Madeline, then Gussie borrows the pink-lozenged tie for Corky and reveals he has written to Madeline breaking off the engagement.

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