the Bassington-Bassingtons^⁂

Also Bassington-Bassingtons, the Bassington-Bassington family, Bassington-Bassington family

Cyril's family, in three branches, all hasty-tempered and all against his going on the stage.

Connections

dealings

• has as a member, is against the stage career of Cyril Bassington-Bassington 3
• is insulted by Blumenfield 1

Talked about, but not there

1. Jeeves sends the early-calling Cyril away, brings Bertie the letter from Aunt Agatha asking him to look after Cyril, and grudgingly hands over the purple socks.Chapter 9, Bertie's New York flat, as Bassington-Bassingtons
2. At the police station Cyril, sporting a black eye, explains he shoved a policeman he took for a postman, and Bertie bails him out after introducing him to George.Chapter 9, the police station, as Bassington-Bassingtons
3. Bertie wakes Jeeves to ask how to stop Cyril going on the stage, and Jeeves promises to give the matter his best consideration.Chapter 9, Bertie's New York flat, as his family
4. Jeeves reads the letter without a solution; Cyril arrives for costume advice and the boy calls him Fish-face, provoking a scuffle and a hint that Jeeves paid him a dollar to do it.Chapter 10, the sitting-room
5. At the dress-rehearsal of Ask Dad, Blumenfield's son condemns Cyril as the ugly one with a face like a fish, Cyril threatens to spank him, and Blumenfield fires Cyril on the spot.Chapter 10, Blumenfield's theatre, as Bassington-Bassington family