the mouse^♞︎

Also called A mouse

The mouse the new housemaid saw in Wilbert's room, Bertie's excuse to Mrs Cream for being there.

Connections

dealings

• is hunted for by Bertie Wooster 1
• is hunted for by the new housemaid 1

Talked about, but not there

1. Bertie enters Wilbert's room, finds a housemaid there with Augustus the cat hunting a mouse, and gets rid of her by claiming Augustus has traumatic symplegia.Chapters 7–8, the Blue Room, as mouse
2. Bertie tells Bobbie he is through, but she talks him into a second search, promising to stand guard and sing if Mrs. Cream approaches so he can escape by the balcony and water pipe.Chapter 8, the lawn, as a mouse
3. With Bobbie supposedly on watch, Bertie searches again, finds nothing on the armoire, and is caught under the dressing-table by Mrs. Cream, who decides he has a mouse-fixation and urges him to see Sir Roderick Glossop.Chapter 8, the Blue Room, as that mouse