Edward the Confessor

The bearded English king Clam dresses as for the ball.

Connections

dealings

• is worn by J. Chichester Clam 2

Talked about, but not there

1. Bertie spends the day stiffening Uncle Percy's nerve until Clam telephones to say he'll come to the ball as Edward the Confessor, and Uncle Percy confesses how a Covent Garden ball once cost him his engagement to Aunt Agatha.Chapter 24, Uncle Percy's study
2. Boko scolds the late Bertie and sends him to the bar, where a very tight Uncle Percy, dressed in shoes much too small, boasts of having got the better of Clam and agrees to go and sit in a car.Chapter 26, East Wibley Town Hall