Angelica Briscoe

Also called Angelica, A. Briscoe, Miss Briscoe

The vicar's personable daughter, who has bet on Simla and arranges the cat-napping with Billy Graham.

Connections

dealings

• is a pal of, has long been known by Billy Graham 5
• is liked by, is distrusted by Bertie Wooster 3
• is son or daughter of the Rev Ambrose Briscoe 3
• conspires with, is hired by Aunt Dahlia 2
• has bet on Simla^♞︎ 1

Scenes they are in

1. Preoccupied with fear of Cook, Bertie eats and drinks heartily at the Briscoes' lunch but hardly says a word.Chapter 5, Eggesford Hall, as Angelica
2. Aunt Dahlia ticks Bertie off for his dullness at lunch, then hears the cat story and says an ominous 'H'm' at the news that losing the cat would ruin Potato Chip's training.Chapter 5, the grounds of Eggesford Hall, as his daughter
3. Walking round the village, Bertie looks into the shop's lending library, where Angelica Briscoe conspiratorially asks him 'Has he brought it yet?' before her father arrives to buy sweets.Chapter 9, the village shop
4. Jeeves reports that Vanessa and Orlo quarrelled when he refused to bully her father or steal the cat, and she broke with him; then Vanessa storms in and tells Bertie she will be his wife.Chapters 9–12, Wee Nooke

Talked about, but not there

1. Bertie asks Graham to take the cat back; Graham refuses, citing Angelica and his bet on Potato Chip, until Bertie haggles him up to thirty-five pounds.Chapters 12–13, Wee Nooke, as Miss Briscoe