A. B. Spottsworth

Also called Mr Spottsworth, Alexis, Spottsworth, Poor chap, Mr Sp–

Alexis B. Spottsworth, Mrs Spottsworth's late second husband, a millionaire sportsman killed by a lion in Kenya, who bought her the pendant in Bombay and speaks to her through the ouija board.

Connections

dealings

• is married to, communicates through the ouija board with Mrs Spottsworth 11
• is killed by the lion^♞︎ 2
• employs Captain Biggar 1
• buys from the Chinaman 1
• speaks through the ouija board^✦︎ 1
• quarrels with the Paris taxi driver 1
• gives the pendant^✦︎ 1

Talked about, but not there

1. Rosalinda Banks of Ohio marries and outlives two millionaires, the second killed by a lion in Kenya, and is now on her way to stay with Lord Rowcester.Chapter 1, as A.B. Spottsworth
2. Captain Biggar bursts in chasing the bookie who welshed on his double, meets Mrs Spottsworth again and hides his love for her, deciding a penniless hunter cannot court a rich widow.Chapter 1, the Goose and Gherkin, as A.B. Spottsworth
3. Driving from the Goose and Gherkin, Mrs Spottsworth decides the spirits sent Captain Biggar back to her and she might cultivate him, then sees Rowcester Abbey in the sunset and falls in love with it.Chapter 6, Rowcester Abbey, as A.B. Spottsworth
4. Over the port Biggar tells how Honest Patch Perkins welshed on his three-thousand-pound double, reveals the bookie's car number is Bill's, and is talked round by Jeeves's theory of a false number plate before going off to make a private telephone call.Chapter 8, the dining room, as A.B. Spottsworth
5. In the moonlit garden Mrs Spottsworth all but invites Captain Biggar to propose, the code keeps him tongue-tied until Bill interrupts, and Biggar listens in disgust as Bill coos to her.Chapter 10, the garden, as A.B. Spottsworth
6. Biggar catches Bill and Jeeves from behind and proposes that Bill 'borrow' Mrs Spottsworth's pendant to pawn for a bet on Ballymore, and after telling how he once bought it from a beachcomber in Shanghai and gave it to her, wins Bill's agreement.Chapters 12–13, the living room, as her husband
7. Rory and Monica settle their Derby bets and go to consult Jeeves, and Mrs Spottsworth tells Bill the pendant was a present from Mr Spottsworth, so Biggar's story was false and Bill flees to Jeeves's pantry.Chapter 17, the living room, as Mr Spottsworth