the cummerbund^✦︎

Also cummerbund, waistband

A bright scarlet silk cummerbund Bertie wears at Roville to Jeeves's disgust, and finally gives up.

Connections

dealings

• Bertie Wooster wears 4
• Jeeves disapproves of 2

Scenes it is in

1. Booked to take the Hemmingways for a drive, Bertie puts on the cummerbund over Jeeves's protests, and relations turn frosty.Chapter 3, Bertie's suite, as cummerbund
2. The Hemmingways talk Bertie into lending a hundred pounds against a case of pearls, which proves empty, but Jeeves, who has recognised Soapy Sid, has picked the real pearls from his pocket and reveals they are Aunt Agatha's.Chapter 4, Bertie's suite, as waistband
3. Bertie offers Jeeves twenty quid and hands over the cummerbund, telling him to give it to the deserving poor.Chapter 4, Bertie's suite

Talked about, but not there

1. A letter from Aunt Agatha summons Bertie to Roville, and his only consolation is the chance to wear his scarlet cummerbund.Chapter 3, the sitting-room, as cummerbund
2. After a mouldy drive with the Hemmingways Bertie asks Jeeves for help about Aunt Agatha's marriage plan, but the still-offended Jeeves has nothing to suggest.Chapter 3, Bertie's suite, as cummerbund