The Mating Season, chapter 25, the hall at Deverill Hall, same night

In the hall the new Esmond calls Silversmith a pompous old ass, prods him in the ribs, and cheerfully answers back Dame Daphne when she asks why he is late.

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Present: Bertie Wooster, Dame Daphne Winkworth, Esmond Haddock, Silversmith

Mentioned: Colonel Kegley-Bassington, Corky Pirbright, Mrs Kegley-Bassington, the Rev. Sidney Pirbright, Thos, the Kegley-Bassingtons^⁂