the hard-boiled egg^✦︎

Also hard-boiled egg, a hard-boiled egg

The egg thrown at Sir Watkyn in the tea tent at the school treat, imperilling Stinker's vicarage.

Connections

dealings

• Sir Watkyn Bassett is hit by 2
• the egg-thrower uses as a weapon 1

Talked about, but not there

1. Jeeves reports that a boy egged Sir Watkyn and Stiffy's dog bit Gussie at the school treat; Gussie goes off to walk with Emerald Stoker, Stinker's vicarage is in doubt, and Spode bursts in.Chapters 13–14, Bertie's room at Totleigh, as a hard-boiled egg
2. Gussie, clutching Emerald's ham sandwiches, declares her his true love and Madeline heartless; Stiffy and Stinker tell Bertie to keep clear of Sir Watkyn, and when Stiffy warns Gussie that Spode is after him he bolts straight into Spode.Chapters 14–15, the yew alley, as hard-boiled egg
3. Over cocktails with Pop Bassett, Bertie hears Stiffy announce there will be no dinner because the cook has eloped with Gussie Fink-Nottle.Chapters 15–17, the Totleigh drawing-room, as hard-boiled eggs