The Wooster Papers

Cast

Cyril Bassington-Bassington

Also called Cyril, Mr Bassington-Bassington, Bassington-Bassington, the chump Cyril

A hot-tempered young Englishman sent to Bertie in New York by Aunt Agatha, who takes a small part in Ask Dad against his family's wishes.

In each book 2 books
  • In The Inimitable Jeeves
    A hot-tempered young Englishman sent to Bertie in New York by Aunt Agatha, who takes a small part in Ask Dad against his family's wishes.
  • In Very Good, Jeeves
    An acquaintance whom young Blumenfeld told in New York he had a face like a fish.

Connections

dealings

Everyone and everything else (5)

Scenes they are in

  1. Jeeves sends the early-calling Cyril away, brings Bertie the letter from Aunt Agatha asking him to look after Cyril, and grudgingly hands over the purple socks.Chapter 9, Bertie's New York flat, as Cyril
  2. At the police station Cyril, sporting a black eye, explains he shoved a policeman he took for a postman, and Bertie bails him out after introducing him to George.Chapter 9, the police station, as Cyril
  3. Cyril gleefully announces that George has given him a part in Ask Dad, which his father would never allow, and George on the telephone refuses to drop him.Chapter 9, Bertie's New York flat, as Cyril
  4. Cyril rehearses his tiny part at Bertie day and night while Bertie dreads Aunt Agatha and Jeeves stays cold about the purple socks.Chapter 10, as Cyril
  5. Jeeves reads the letter without a solution; Cyril arrives for costume advice and the boy calls him Fish-face, provoking a scuffle and a hint that Jeeves paid him a dollar to do it.Chapter 10, the sitting-room, as Cyril
  6. At the dress-rehearsal of Ask Dad, Blumenfield's son condemns Cyril as the ugly one with a face like a fish, Cyril threatens to spank him, and Blumenfield fires Cyril on the spot.Chapter 10, Blumenfield's theatre, as Cyril
  7. Cyril calls to say he has nobly resigned from the show out of duty to his father and is off to Washington, and Jeeves allows that young Blumenfield may have overheard his views on Cyril and the stage.Chapter 10, Bertie's bedroom, as Cyril

Talked about, but not there

The Inimitable Jeeves 6 scenes
  1. Bertie reflects on the menace of letters of introduction and explains why he welcomed Cyril, bearing a civil one from Aunt Agatha, as a Dove of Peace.Chapter 9
  2. Lunching with George Caffyn at the Lambs Club, Bertie learns from Jeeves that Cyril has been arrested and wants bailing out.Chapter 9, the Lambs Club, as Cyril
  3. Brooding over Cyril, Bertie receives Aunt Agatha's cable forbidding him to introduce Cyril into theatrical circles, but is too proud to ask the cold Jeeves's advice.Chapter 9, Bertie's New York flat, as Cyril
  4. Bertie wakes Jeeves to ask how to stop Cyril going on the stage, and Jeeves promises to give the matter his best consideration.Chapter 9, Bertie's New York flat, as Mr Bassington-Bassington
  5. Clutching Aunt Agatha's threatening letter, Bertie bursts into the kitchen to find Jeeves entertaining a valet and a freckled boy who sizes him up and declares his pop is richer.Chapter 10, the kitchen, as Cyril
  6. Bertie, resolved to give up the purple socks as Jeeves's reward, finds the lift attendant already wearing them and thanking him for the gift.Chapter 10, the lift, as Cyril
Very Good, Jeeves 2 scenes
  1. Bobbie reveals the guests are Blumenfeld and his dreadful son, to whom she will read her mother's play, and on Jeeves's advice Bertie flees before the boy can insult him, meeting them at the door.Chapter 5, the sitting-room
  2. With Bertie hiding behind the settee, Jeeves convinces the furious Blumenfeld that Bertie is a dangerous lunatic who hates fat men, sells him a substitute terrier for a fiver, and Bertie happily takes Aunt Agatha's call.Chapter 5, the sitting-room