the engagement notice in The Times^✦︎

Also the announcement, the paragraph, The engagement is announced, Engagement notice, the morning paper, The Times

The sham notice Bobbie put in The Times announcing her engagement to Bertie, meant to make Kipper look good to her mother; it drives Kipper to write his letter.

Connections

dealings

• Bobbie Wickham publishes 3
• Kipper Herring is shattered by 2
• Bertie Wooster is shattered by 1
• Lady Wickham is shattered by 1
• The Times^✦︎ publishes 1

Talked about, but not there

1. A sobbing Lady Wickham phones about news in The Times and faints, and Bertie finds the paper announcing his engagement to Bobbie.Chapters 2–3, Bertie's flat, as the paragraph
2. Bobbie, fishing at the lake, explains that she announced her engagement to Bertie so that her mother, relieved to escape him, will welcome Kipper Herring, whom she loves.Chapter 3, the lake, as that thing in The Times
3. Bertie dozes off over Mrs. Cream's novel, wakes and telephones his overdue wire inviting Kipper Herring, and then sees Kipper arriving in his car.Chapters 8–10, the lawn, as that thing in The Times
4. Kipper bursts into Aunt Dahlia's boudoir to confess that Bobbie has read the stinking letter he wrote her and now says she will marry Bertie, who leaps up to drive to Jeeves at Herne Bay.Chapter 10, Aunt Dahlia's den, as that announcement in The Times
5. Back at Brinkley, Bertie learns from Aunt Dahlia that Uncle Tom sold Wilbert the cow-creamer, then Bobbie icily cuts Kipper, who confesses he got engaged to Phyllis as a ruse against Wilbert and was caught kissing her.Chapters 12–14, Aunt Dahlia's den, as The Times