The Wooster Papers

Cast

J. Chichester Clam

Also called Clam, Chichester Clam, Mr Clam, the old salt from America, Mr Chichester Clam, Mr J. Chichester Clam, ancient mariner from America, the chap Uncle Percy is trying to get together with

The nervous American shipping man of the Clam Line, whom Uncle Percy must meet secretly about a merger; locked in the potting shed by Boko, he comes to the ball as Edward the Confessor.

Connections

dealings

Everyone and everything else (1)

Scenes they are in

  1. At midnight Bertie, quaking at thoughts of Stilton and Aunt Agatha, treacles paper to the scullery window but cannot bring himself to smash it, is challenged by Edwin from a window above, is chivvied by Boko, and wandering off round the house runs into Jeeves in the dark.Chapters 13–15, the grounds of Bumpleigh Hall, as Chichester Clam

Talked about, but not there

  1. Bertie explains why he has always avoided Steeple Bumpleigh, home of Aunt Agatha, Lord Worplesdon, Florence and Edwin, turning down Boko's invitations and Jeeves's hints about the fishing.Chapter 1, Steeple Bumpleigh
  2. Jeeves reveals that he has arranged for Bertie to occupy Lord Worplesdon's cottage Wee Nooke at Steeple Bumpleigh as cover for a secret merger meeting, and Bertie, fearing Aunt Agatha, gives in.Chapter 4, Bertie's flat, as the gentleman conducting the pourparlers
  3. Bertie drives on and pulls up at Wee Nooke.Chapters 8–11, Wee Nooke, as an old friend
  4. Jeeves reports he has released Clam, and Bertie sends him to find Boko and think of a way to heal the breach, after which Boko looms up again.Chapters 15–19, the grounds of Bumpleigh Hall, as Clam
  5. Bertie dashes into the house and dives into Uncle Percy's study.Chapters 21–22, Uncle Percy's study, as Chichester Clam
  6. Leaving the study, Bertie is met in the passage by Nobby.Chapters 22–23, the passage
  7. Jeeves admits he misled Uncle Percy, proposes the East Wibley fancy dress dance for the meeting with Clam in Bertie's Sindbad costume, wins Uncle Percy over with the whiskers, and arranges for Boko to drive him to London and buy costumes.Chapter 23, the grounds of Bumpleigh Hall, as Clam
  8. Bertie spends the day stiffening Uncle Percy's nerve until Clam telephones to say he'll come to the ball as Edward the Confessor, and Uncle Percy confesses how a Covent Garden ball once cost him his engagement to Aunt Agatha.Chapter 24, Uncle Percy's study, as Clam
  9. Back at the cottage Nobby promises to show Florence Bertie's letter next morning, and Boko, having fobbed Bertie off with a Pierrot, opens the suitcase to find a Borstal Rovers football suit.Chapters 24–25, the sitting-room, as Clam
  10. Boko scolds the late Bertie and sends him to the bar, where a very tight Uncle Percy, dressed in shoes much too small, boasts of having got the better of Clam and agrees to go and sit in a car.Chapter 26, East Wibley Town Hall, as Clam
  11. With Uncle Percy shoeless in Boko's car, Bertie pleads Boko's cause; Percy rails against Fittleworth, softens on hearing Boko once kicked Edwin, and gives in when told Hollywood is six thousand miles away.Chapter 26, Boko's car, as Clam
  12. Bertie tells Boko and Nobby that Uncle Percy was locked in the garage, Uncle Percy storms in demanding a horsewhip to thrash Boko, and collapses when Jeeves mentions that her ladyship returned last night.Chapters 28–29, the Bokeries, as Clam
  13. Jeeves confesses that Aunt Agatha never came home, and he and Bertie slip away at once while Uncle Percy sings in the bath.Chapter 29, the kitchen, as Clam