Mrs. Alderman Blenkinsop

Also called Blenkinsop, the Blenkinsop

Ma Trotter's bitterest social rival in Liverpool, whom she talks about all through dinner.

Connections

dealings

• is loathed by, is the social rival of Mrs. Trotter 3

Talked about, but not there

1. Recalling how Florence tried to improve him with Tolstoy, Bertie goes to the Savoy and endures a dreary dinner with the Trotters.Chapter 3, the Savoy, as Blenkinsop
2. Bertie arrives at Brinkley and hands Aunt Dahlia her necklace; she explains she bought the Morehead serial to salt the mine for Trotter, won't say how she got the money from Uncle Tom, blames Ma Trotter for Trotter's stalling, throws her Agatha Christie at Bertie for singing, and introduces him to a reproachful Percy before sending him out to cheer Percy up.Chapter 9, Aunt Dahlia's den
3. Anatole's superb dinner turns to ashes in Bertie's mouth as Stilton glares at him across the table and ignores Mrs Trotter's chatter.Chapter 11, the Brinkley dining-room
4. Aunt Dahlia learns Mrs. Trotter wants Anatole, Uncle Tom reports the necklace stolen, and Jeeves offers to return the pearls secretly and reveals that L.G. Trotter refused a knighthood, giving Aunt Dahlia a hold over him.Chapter 19, Aunt Dahlia's den