the cork trick^✦︎

Also corks

Freddie Widgeon's trick with two corks and string, with which Bertie means to cheer Percy.

Connections

dealings

• Bertie Wooster sets out to cheer up 1
• Freddie Widgeon shows 1

Talked about, but not there

1. Bertie arrives at Brinkley and hands Aunt Dahlia her necklace; she explains she bought the Morehead serial to salt the mine for Trotter, won't say how she got the money from Uncle Tom, blames Ma Trotter for Trotter's stalling, throws her Agatha Christie at Bertie for singing, and introduces him to a reproachful Percy before sending him out to cheer Percy up.Chapter 9, Aunt Dahlia's den, as corks