Biffy

Also called Mr Biffen, Charles Edward, Charles, Charles Edward Biffen, Charles Biffen, Mr Bitten, Biff, A somewhat vacillating and changeable young gentleman

Charles Edward Biffen, Bertie's rich, forgetful friend, who lost Mabel by forgetting her hotel and got engaged to Honoria Glossop.

Connections

dealings

• is a friend of Bertie Wooster 9
• is in love with Mabel 6
• is a friend of Jeeves 5
• owns Biffy's Herefordshire house 3
• is engaged to, wants to be free of the engagement to Honoria Glossop 3
• avoids, is taken along by Sir Roderick Glossop 3
• forgets Biffy's cigarettes^✦︎ 1
• owns Biffy's cows^♞︎ 1

Everyone and everything else (14)

• owns Biffy's ducks^♞︎ 1
• employs Biffy's farm workers^⁂ 1
• is left money by Biffy's godmother 1
• owns Biffy's hens^♞︎ 1
• employs Biffy's man 1
• owns Biffy's pigs^♞︎ 1
• is arrested by the customs officer 1
• forgets Mabel's hotel 1
• asks to do something Mabel's telephone number^✦︎ 1
• is child of Mr E. C. Biffen 1
• is child of Mrs Biffen 1
• damages the plate glass^✦︎ 1
• damages the small table^✦︎ 1
• is arrested by the two policemen^⁂ 1

Scenes they are in

1. Bertie encounters Biffy lost in Paris and supplies the name of his forgotten hotel.Chapter 6, the street near the Sorbonne
2. Biffy recounts losing his fiancée Mabel through forgetfulness and says he is negotiating to sell his house to Sir Roderick.Chapter 6, the café
3. Biffy asks how to escape Honoria, and Bertie offers to attend Sir Roderick’s lunch and consult Jeeves.Chapter 6, Bertie's flat
4. Bertie demonstrates a squirting bouquet and tells Biffy to use it on Sir Roderick to break the engagement.Chapter 6, Biffy's flat
5. Sir Roderick orders a Wembley expedition, while Biffy loses his nerve and fails to squirt him.Chapter 6, Biffy's flat
6. Bertie explains Biffy’s lost romance to Jeeves, who had not known why Biffy lost touch with Mabel.Chapter 6
7. Sir Roderick leads a wearisome exhibition tour until Bertie and Biffy agree to escape to the bar.Chapter 6, Wembley
8. Green Swizzles revive Bertie and Biffy, who cannot remember which attraction Jeeves advised him to visit.Chapter 6, the Planters' Bar
9. After enjoying the rides, Biffy spots the Palace of Beauty and remembers Jeeves’s recommendation.Chapter 6, the Amusement Park
10. Biffy smashes the glass to reach Mabel and is arrested, leading Sir Roderick to end his engagement to Honoria.Chapter 6, the Palace of Beauty

Talked about, but not there

1. Jeeves tells Bertie that Biffy has telephoned and intends to call.Chapter 6, Bertie's Paris room, as Mr Biffen
2. Bertie reads of Biffy’s engagement to Honoria and is baffled by Jeeves’s indifference.Chapter 6, Bertie's Paris room, as MR C.E. BIFFEN
3. Jeeves refuses to intervene, and Bertie resolves to devise his own rescue plan.Chapter 6, the kitchen
4. Bertie tells Jeeves to telephone Biffy with news that he has found a solution.Chapter 6, the sitting-room, as Mr Biffen
5. Bertie reports his plan’s failure, and Jeeves asks to accompany him to Wembley.Chapter 6, the sitting-room, as Mr Biffen
6. After failing to bail Biffy out, Bertie learns that Jeeves arranged the reunion because Mabel is his niece.Chapter 6, as Mr Biffen