Aunt Charlotte

Also called Charlotte, The thin aunt

Esmond's deaf aunt with an ear-trumpet, author of the hunting song, chased round the drawing room by Sam Goldwyn.

Connections

dealings

• is aunt of Esmond Haddock 4
• writes the hunting song^✦︎ 4
• is chased by Sam Goldwyn^♞︎ 2
• presses for a heavy sentence on Catsmeat Potter-Pirbright 1
• is sibling of Dame Daphne Winkworth 1
• resents Gussie Fink-Nottle 1

Scenes they are in

1. At dinner as Gussie, Bertie hears the aunts condemn Corky's cross-talk act and the absent Mr Wooster, resolves to drop out of the act, flops with a story about two deaf men, and is left alone with Esmond Haddock over the port.Chapters 5–6, the dining room at Deverill Hall, as Charlotte
2. Over his first days at Deverill Hall Bertie becomes certain that Gussie has fallen for Corky, and the aunts grow bitter at the absent guest they take for Wooster.Chapter 10, Deverill Hall
3. Esmond calls the Kegley-Bassingtons fatheads and leads Bertie into the drawing room, where Bertie is enjoying sardine sandwiches when Silversmith announces Constable Dobbs.Chapters 25–26, the drawing room at Deverill Hall

Talked about, but not there

1. Jeeves briefs a reluctant Bertie on Esmond Haddock, his five aunts and Gussie's coolness with Madeline Bassett before a low-spirited Catsmeat Pirbright is shown in.Chapters 1–2, Bertie's flat, as Charlotte
2. Dame Daphne catches Bertie on a chair and Esmond on the table singing, sends Esmond cringing to the drawing room, tells Bertie his dog Sam Goldwyn has chased Charlotte and bitten Silversmith, and packs him off to bed.Chapter 6, the dining room at Deverill Hall, as Charlotte
3. Bertie copies out the letter, posts it at the post office and is at once hailed by Corky.Chapters 11–12, the post office
4. Bertie hides in a bush at The Larches, waits out a flirting postman, a smoking housemaid, Madeline and her school friend's dog, then grabs Gussie's letter from the breakfast table and, cut off at the window, bolts across the hall into another room.Chapters 15–17, The Larches
5. At the village concert the Kegley-Bassingtons and George's 'Ben Battle' are endured, Catsmeat and Gussie's Pat and Mike act dies, and Esmond's hunting song brings the house down until the standees chant him back on over Poppy's dance.Chapter 22, the village hall
6. Back in his room, Bertie hears from Gussie that his love for Corky died up the tree, tells him Madeline has been squared, and sees him dash off to Wimbledon just before Esmond Haddock comes in.Chapters 24–25, Bertie's room at Deverill Hall