Constable Dobson

Also called Dobson, Constable, The police officer, the blighter Dobson

Sergeant Voules's tall, lean nephew, the village constable, engaged to Mary the parlourmaid, who arrests Sir Roderick and guards him in the potting-shed.

In each book 2 books

• In Thank You, Jeeves
  Sergeant Voules's tall, lean nephew, the village constable, engaged to Mary the parlourmaid, who arrests Sir Roderick and guards him in the potting-shed.
• In The Code of the Woosters
  A young constable from the Chuffnell Hall episode, who guarded Sir Roderick in the potting-shed.

Connections

dealings

• is engaged to, is keeping company with Mary 4
• guards Sir Roderick Glossop 4
• seizes, wakes Bertie Wooster 3
• is nephew of, is persecuted by Sergeant Voules 3
• is plotted against by, is threatened by J. Washburn Stoker 2
• is plotted against by, is deceived by Jeeves 2
• finds the back window^✦︎ 1
• is a member of the Chuffnell Regis police^⁂ 1

Everyone and everything else (3)

• is ticked off by Chuffy 1
• catches Pauline Stoker 1
• holds prisoner the potting-shed 1

Scenes they are in

1. It is Sergeant Voules and his nephew Constable Dobson about the broken window; Bertie blames Brinkley and refuses to let them search the house, and Voules complains of the police being shackled.Chapter 8, the front door
2. Leaving the house, Bertie is seized by Constable Dobson, who takes him for the marauder, and passes it off as a stroll.Chapter 8, the cottage garden
3. The police find Bertie sleeping on sacking in the shed and, deciding he has a touch of the sun, leave him; he drops off, only to be woken by Chuffy.Chapters 8–9, the potting shed

Talked about, but not there

Thank You, Jeeves 8 scenes

1. Bertie tries to sleep in his two-seater, is rousted by Sergeant Voules with a lantern, and decides to move to the garden shed.Chapter 8, the garage
2. Expecting Sergeant Voules, Bertie instead finds J. Washburn Stoker, who searches the cottage for Pauline, finds nothing, and leaves apologising after Bertie insists she is not infatuated with him.Chapter 10, Seaview Cottage, as Dobsons
3. Bertie tells Jeeves of the night's disasters and Chuffy's row with Pauline, and Jeeves brings an invitation to dinner from Stoker, whom he has talked out of thinking Bertie mad; they agree Bertie will tell Pauline that Chuffy is pining, and remain at odds over the banjolele.Chapter 11, the cottage garden
4. Landed safely from the yacht in blackface, Bertie thanks Jeeves, who advises him to wash, take the 10.21 to London and go abroad, and says he will return to Chuffy's service at the Hall.Chapter 13, Chuffnell Regis
5. Bertie spends a cold, sleepless night in the summer-house, too afraid of Voules to go to the garage, and wakes at dawn ravenous.Chapter 17, the summer-house, as Dobson
6. Bertie creeps into Chuffy's study to steal his breakfast, hides behind the desk, finds Jeeves telephoning for the missing Sir Roderick, tells him Glossop has gone off in a petrol cleanse and that they are now friends, and dives under the desk again as Stoker is announced.Chapters 17–18, Chuffy's study, as Dobson
7. Pauline tells Jeeves she will not marry Bertie after all and starts on Chuffy's kippers; the starving Bertie pops up, she shrieks, and Chuffy rushes in and takes her in his arms.Chapters 18–21, Chuffnell Hall
8. Over breakfast after his acquittal Jeeves reveals that he faked the cable about the contested will, and, since he will not serve a married man, asks to come back to Bertie, who gratefully accepts.Chapter 22, the small morning-room, as Dobson

The Code of the Woosters 2 scenes

1. Bertie tells Jeeves to pack for home and crows over the notebook, until Gussie trickles in to say the wedding is off.Chapters 10–11, Bertie's room at Totleigh, as Dobson
2. Locked in, Bertie talks to Jeeves through the door, learns that Sir Watkyn has forbidden Stiffy to marry Stinker, and urges Jeeves to cosh Oates with a shovel.Chapter 14, Bertie's room at Totleigh