Mrs Briscoe

Also called Elsa, Mrs B

Elsa, Colonel Briscoe's wife, a genial hostess at Eggesford Hall, whose cousin Wee Nooke was built for.

Connections

dealings

• is married to Colonel Briscoe 1
• is cousin of Mrs Briscoe's cousin 1

Scenes they are in

1. Preoccupied with fear of Cook, Bertie eats and drinks heartily at the Briscoes' lunch but hardly says a word.Chapter 5, Eggesford Hall, as Mrs B

Talked about, but not there

1. Aunt Dahlia telephones to say the Briscoes want Bertie to lunch and forbids the Drones Club tie, and Jeeves gives directions to Eggesford Hall and reports that his own aunt has gone to Liverpool.Chapter 4, Wee Nooke
2. Aunt Dahlia ticks Bertie off for his dullness at lunch, then hears the cat story and says an ominous 'H'm' at the news that losing the cat would ruin Potato Chip's training.Chapter 5, the grounds of Eggesford Hall, as Elsa
3. Jeeves reports that Vanessa and Orlo quarrelled when he refused to bully her father or steal the cat, and she broke with him; then Vanessa storms in and tells Bertie she will be his wife.Chapters 9–12, Wee Nooke, as Elsa
4. Pop Cook, told by the recovered Major Plank that Bertie is the crook Alpine Joe, finds Vanessa's inscribed book and goes for Bertie with his hunting crop, until he trips over the grandfather clock and Bertie crowns him with a painting and wraps him in the tablecloth before leaving for the Goose and Grasshopper.Chapter 15, the sitting-room