the back-door key^✦︎

Also back-door key, key of the back door, the key

The Brinkley Court back-door key that Seppings took to the ball, which was on the kitchen windowsill all along.

Connections

dealings

• Jeeves owns 2
• Bertie Wooster asks 1
• Seppings gives 1

Talked about, but not there

1. The household gathers on the lawn with no rescues made, finds itself locked out, and Jeeves volunteers Bertie to cycle to Kingham Manor for the back-door key.Chapter 22, the garden at Brinkley, as back-door key
2. At the Kingham Manor servants' ball Bertie prods Seppings, learns the back-door key was left with Jeeves all along, and sets off home.Chapter 22, Kingham Manor, as back-door key
3. Arriving back at Brinkley, Bertie is met by Madeline, who praises his chivalry and asks him to release her so she can marry Gussie, which he joyfully does.Chapter 23, the front door, as back-door key
4. Jeeves explains that his fire-bell scheme united everyone in dislike of Bertie and then in amusement at his pointless ride, brings him an omelette, and confesses to having burnt his mess jacket, which Bertie accepts.Chapter 23, Bertie's room at Brinkley, as the key