the Christopher Robin poems^✦︎

Also Christopher Robin poems, Christopher Robin, the book, slim volume

The slim volume Madeline wanted Gussie to recite, passed to Bertie, who forgets every word; Esmond reads them for him.

Connections

dealings

• Bertie Wooster dreads 6
• Esmond Haddock recites 2
• Gussie Fink-Nottle gives 1
• Madeline Bassett orders 1

Scenes it is in

1. Gussie returns besotted with Corky and keen on the act, reports that Sam Goldwyn bit Dobbs and was arrested, that Catsmeat will now play Mike, and hands Bertie the Christopher Robin poems he must recite at the concert.Chapter 9, Bertie's room at Deverill Hall, as Christopher Robin poems
2. Stepping outside for a smoke, Bertie rejoices in Esmond's triumph until he realises he has forgotten every word of his Christopher Robin poems.Chapters 22–23, the village hall, as Christopher Robin

Talked about, but not there

1. 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, as Christopher Robin
2. Catsmeat tells Bertie how, kissing a weeping Queenie in brotherly fashion, he was caught by Silversmith and Gertrude, found himself engaged to Queenie, and has had his elopement with Gertrude cancelled.Chapter 21, Bertie's room at Deverill Hall, as Christopher Robin poems
3. 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, as Christopher Robin
4. 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, as those poems of mine