Hilda Gudgeon
Also called Hilda, The solid girl, Madeline Bassett’s school friend, Gudgeon, Madeline Basset’s school friend, Madeline Bassett’s solid school friend, the Gudgeon
Madeline's solid, sporting school friend at The Larches, sombre after a quarrel with her fiancé, who holds Bertie at gunpoint and is then reconciled with Harold.
Connections
dealings
- is in love with Harold Anstruther 6
- was at school with, is disapproved of by Madeline Bassett 6
- is disapproved of by Bertie Wooster 4
- suspects Jane 2
- owns Percy♞︎ 2
- ticks off the gardener 1
- disparages Gussie Fink-Nottle 1
- wields Hilda's pistol✦︎ 1
Scenes they are in
- Bertie hides in a bush at The Larches, waits out a flirting postman, a smoking housemaid, Madeline and her school friend's dog, then grabs Gussie's letter from the breakfast table and, cut off at the window, bolts across the hall into another room.Chapters 15–17, The Larches, as
Madeline Bassett’s school friend
Talked about, but not there
- Jeeves briefs a reluctant Bertie on Esmond Haddock, his five aunts and Gussie's coolness with Madeline Bassett before a low-spirited Catsmeat Pirbright is shown in.Chapters 1–2, Bertie's flat, as
an old school friend
- Bertie goes out to the road to waylay Catsmeat, who speeds past without seeing him, and heads off gloomily for breakfast and the train back.Chapter 17, the road outside The Larches
- Back at King's Deverill station, Bertie clouts the cheeky Thomas, then learns from Corky that Thomas plans to cosh Dobbs and that Catsmeat kept Madeline away by telling her Bertie loves her hopelessly, while Corky puts off dropping Gussie until he has done a mysterious little job for her.Chapter 18, King's Deverill station, as
the Gudgeon