Billy Graham

Also called Graham, Herbert Graham, Billy, the man Graham, Scarlet Pimpernel, Herbert (Billy) Graham, Mr Graham

Herbert 'Billy' Graham, respectable-looking king of the local poachers and choir tenor, hired to steal the cat and paid again to take it back.

Connections

dealings

• squeezes money out of, is hired by Bertie Wooster 9
• returns, pinches the cat^♞︎ 6
• is a pal of, has long known Angelica Briscoe 5
• double-crosses, is hired by Aunt Dahlia 5
• fears Cook 2
• refuses Eggesford Court 1
• is seized by the gamekeepers^⁂ 1
• is recommended by Jeeves 1

Everyone and everything else (4)

• has bet on the landlord 1
• is uncle of Marlene 1
• has bet on Potato Chip^♞︎ 1
• is one of the Rev Ambrose Briscoe 1

Scenes they are in

1. Bertie asks Graham to take the cat back; Graham refuses, citing Angelica and his bet on Potato Chip, until Bertie haggles him up to thirty-five pounds.Chapters 12–13, Wee Nooke, as Herbert (Billy) Graham
2. Graham reports that the cat he returned to Eggesford Court followed him back, and Bertie, seeing he could betray Aunt Dahlia to Cook, pays him another ten pounds to take it again; then Vanessa Cook walks in.Chapters 14–15, Maiden Eggesford, as Mr Graham
3. Billy Graham turns up, says he found Cook wrapped in a tablecloth with a picture round his neck, and refuses to go near Eggesford Court with the cat.Chapter 16, Wee Nooke, as Herbert Graham

Talked about, but not there

1. 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 my agent
2. Bertie warns Jeeves that Cook will surely come searching, Jeeves still won't return the cat himself, and proposes hiring the poacher Graham instead.Chapter 12, Wee Nooke, as the man Graham
3. Aunt Dahlia telephones, blasts Bertie for sending the cat back, calms down when told about Major Plank, and hears of his engagement to Vanessa Cook.Chapter 13, Wee Nooke, as a bloodsucker
4. Bertie, glum over his aunt's ruined plan, tells Jeeves about the telephone call over cocktails and confesses he is engaged.Chapters 13–14, Wee Nooke, as Graham
5. Aunt Dahlia telephones in a panic: having tipped the vicar off about the cat, she has had Jimmy Briscoe threaten to scratch Simla unless it is returned, and Bertie assures her Billy Graham is taking it back.Chapter 16, Wee Nooke
6. Aunt Dahlia rings again and, threatening to bar him from Anatole's cooking, bullies Bertie into returning the cat to Eggesford Court himself.Chapter 16, Wee Nooke
7. Bertie sleeps fitfully, seeing that with Billy Graham, Jeeves and Aunt Dahlia all out of it, he alone must return the cat to Eggesford Court or lose Anatole's cooking.Chapter 18, Wee Nooke