Barbara Frietchie

Heroine of the American Civil War, subject of the Nash couplet about scratching.

Connections

dealings

• is written by Ogden Nash 1

Talked about, but not there

1. Bertie finds pink spots on his chest, gets the name of the specialist E. Jimpson Murgatroyd from Tipton Plimsoll, and over Jeeves's warning about a protest march decides to drive to the appointment in his own car.Chapter 1
2. At the doctor's Bertie meets Major Plank, who fails to place him and alarms him about his spots, and then Murgatroyd pronounces the spots harmless but orders him to the country for a quiet life, which Bertie plans to spend with Aunt Dahlia.Chapter 3, Murgatroyd's consulting room