Lady Cynthia

Also called Cynthia, the Cynthia affair

Lord Wickhammersley's youngest daughter, an old pal of Bertie's, secretly engaged to Bates, leaving Bingo heartbroken.

Connections

dealings

• breaks the heart of, is loved by Bingo Little 6
• is friends with, is loved by Bertie Wooster 4
• is sibling of Egbert 1
• is child of Lord Wickhammersley 1
• admires Napoleon 1
• is engaged to the Rev. James Bates 1

Scenes they are in

1. Arriving late for dinner at Twing Hall, Bertie sits next to Cynthia, who points out the local clergy and complains that Bingo keeps gazing at her oddly, which Bertie diagnoses as love.Chapter 13, the dining-room, as Cynthia

Talked about, but not there

1. Bertie finds Bingo in his room, over Charlotte and now madly in love with Lady Cynthia, and is shooed away so Bingo can write poetry to her.Chapter 13, Bingo's room, as Cynthia
2. Bingo reads Bertie his poem to Cynthia, then Claude and Eustace burst in to explain Steggles's book on the Sermon Handicap and why Heppenstall is a sitter, and Bertie agrees to finance the syndicate while Jeeves declines a flutter.Chapter 13, Twing Hall, as Cynthia
3. Heppenstall's note reveals that Bates is preaching the Brotherly Love sermon at Gandle-by-the-Hill, on which Jeeves has a tenner thanks to inside information from Brookfield, and Bingo learns that Bates is engaged to Cynthia.Chapter 13, Twing Hall, as Cynthia
4. Bingo proposes betting on Steggles's book for the school-treat sports, Bertie forms a syndicate with Jeeves, and Jeeves tips Harold the page-boy for the Choir-Boys' Handicap.Chapter 14, Bertie's room at Twing, as Cynthia