Gussie's newts^♞︎

Also called Newts, The newts, Palmated newts

The newts that are Gussie's passion, his model of courtship and the subject of his misplaced lecture to Madeline.

In each book 3 books

• In Right Ho, Jeeves
  The newts that are Gussie's passion, his model of courtship and the subject of his misplaced lecture to Madeline.
• In The Code of the Woosters
  The newts Gussie studies and keeps in his bedroom, sent down the waste pipe by Sir Watkyn.
• In Stiff Upper Lip, Jeeves
  The newts Gussie keeps in profusion, and talked about with Emerald at a studio party.

Connections

dealings

• has the devotion of, belongs to Gussie Fink-Nottle 16
• is mocked by, is attacked by Sir Watkyn Bassett 2
• belongs to Emerald Stoker 1

Talked about, but not there

Right Ho, Jeeves 9 scenes

1. Back at the flat, Jeeves tells Bertie that Gussie Fink-Nottle has come up to London, in love but unable to propose, to seek Jeeves's help, and the girl turns out to be Madeline Bassett.Chapter 1, Bertie's flat, as newts
2. Bertie explains that Madeline, Angela's friend at Cannes, struck him dumb with her soulful talk of stars being God's daisy chain, which makes her just the girl for dreamy Gussie.Chapter 1, Cannes, as newts
3. Bertie comes home to find Jeeves in the sitting-room with Gussie Fink-Nottle dressed as Mephistopheles.Chapters 1–2, the sitting-room, as newts
4. A volley of telegrams with Aunt Dahlia and Gussie ends with Aunt Dahlia, calling Bertie a treacherous worm, booking 'Spink-Bottle' to give away the prizes.Chapter 6, Bertie's flat, as newts
5. Arriving at Brinkley, Bertie hears Aunt Dahlia's troubles: the prize giving, Gussie's newts, her baccarat losses, Uncle Tom's tight purse and the quarrel between Angela and Tuppy, which was about a shark.Chapter 7, Brinkley Court, as newts
6. Bertie returns to the drawing-room, quails at the sight of the Bassett, but takes her out for a stroll after an exchange of ‘Lovely’s about Cannes.Chapters 9–10, Brinkley Court, as his newts
7. On the lawn Bertie finds a groaning Gussie, and Jeeves explains that Gussie lost his nerve and lectured Madeline on newts instead of proposing.Chapter 11, the garden at Brinkley, as Newts
8. Bertie wakes with a plan to fuel Gussie up with drink for his proposal, then Tuppy arrives to describe how Angela humiliated him in the larder over the steak-and-kidney pie, and Bertie reassures him that there was no rival at Cannes because Angela was with Bertie the whole time.Chapters 12–13, Bertie's room at Brinkley, as newts
9. In the garden Bertie runs Tuppy down to provoke Angela into defending him, but she heartily agrees, adds complaints of her own, and goes in, whereupon Tuppy emerges from the bushes.Chapters 14–15, the garden at Brinkley, as newts

The Code of the Woosters 4 scenes

1. Bertie fills new readers in on Gussie, a newt-keeping recluse who fell for the soupy Madeline Bassett and is now to marry her.Chapter 1, as newts
2. Gussie tells Bertie that Aunt Dahlia arrives tonight, explains how Jeeves's advice to despise his audience cured his shyness, and reveals he has written his scorn of Spode and Sir Watkyn in a notebook he has now lost.Chapters 3–4, the Totleigh drawing-room, as newts
3. Bertie asks Sir Watkyn for Stiffy's hand, and when Stiffy says she would rather marry the curate, the horrified Sir Watkyn gladly consents to her marrying Harold Pinker instead.Chapter 9, the library, as newts
4. Bertie tells Jeeves to pack for home and crows over the notebook, until Gussie trickles in to say the wedding is off.Chapters 10–11, Bertie's room at Totleigh, as newts

Stiff Upper Lip, Jeeves 3 scenes

1. Over a cheerful breakfast Bertie welcomes Jeeves back from Brinkley and is aghast to hear that Sir Watkyn Bassett, Madeline, Stiffy, Bartholomew and Gussie were among Aunt Dahlia's guests.Chapter 1, Bertie's flat, as newts
2. Over lunch at the Ritz Emerald Stoker backs Bertie over the Alpine hat and reveals she is off to stay a month at Totleigh Towers, so Bertie briefs her on the Bassett menagerie and learns she thinks Gussie a lamb, leaving him with a presentiment of doom.Chapter 2, the Ritz, as newts
3. Relieved, Bertie goes home and finds Gussie in a cab bound for Totleigh, who raves about Emerald Stoker and then declares that Madeline makes him sick.Chapters 3–4, Bertie's flat, as newts