Nobby Hopwood

Also called Nobby, Miss Hopwood, Zenobia, young Nobby, The young lady, Uncle Percy’s ward, old Worplesdon’s ward, La Hopwood

Zenobia Hopwood, Uncle Percy's ward and a pal of Bertie's, engaged to Boko and needing her guardian's consent.

Connections

dealings

• is engaged to, is loved by Boko Fittleworth 38
• is a pal of, is approved of by Bertie Wooster 24
• is the ward of, is nephew or niece of Lord Worplesdon 13
• is to show, withholds Bertie's letter to Nobby^✦︎ 6
• is stopped by, confers with Jeeves 5
• is child of Roddy Hopwood 2
• is a pal of Stilton Cheesewright 2
• is summoned by Aunt Agatha 1

Everyone and everything else (8)

• lives at Bumpleigh Hall 1
• compares with the deaf adder^♞︎ 1
• compares with Ernest Hemingway 1
• knows Florence Craye 1
• dreads Hollywood 1
• compares with Sir Galahad 1
• invites Steeple Bumpleigh 1
• owns the written consent^✦︎ 1

Scenes they are in

1. Bertie finds Nobby waiting at the flat and drives off with her while Jeeves sees them off.Chapter 5, Bertie's flat, as Nobby
2. Once clear of London traffic on the Portsmouth Road, Bertie sets about quizzing Nobby on her engagement to Boko.Chapters 5–6, as Nobby
3. Bertie drops Nobby at the Hall, stops at Boko's cottage for a drink, whistles at the window and has a china ornament thrown at his head.Chapters 6–7, the Bokeries, as Nobby
4. After searching the garden in vain Bertie walks to Boko's gate and meets Nobby cycling up.Chapters 11–12, the Bokeries, as Nobby
5. Boko pretends his lunch with Uncle Percy was a success, then announces his plan for Bertie to break the Hall's scullery window so he can foil the 'burglar', and Bertie, flattered by Nobby, reluctantly agrees.Chapter 12, the sitting-room, as Nobby
6. Nobby whistles Bertie aside behind a tree, learns that the night's plan has flopped and that Boko has alienated Uncle Percy, and rushes off to tick Boko off.Chapter 15, the grounds of Bumpleigh Hall, as Nobby
7. 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 Nobby
8. Bertie tells Nobby he is backing out of inflaming Uncle Percy, until she promises to show Florence his insulting letter about her if he goes through with it.Chapter 21, the drive, as Nobby
9. Leaving the study, Bertie is met in the passage by Nobby.Chapters 22–23, the passage, as Nobby
10. 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 Nobby
11. 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 Nobby
12. Alone with Jeeves, Bertie complains of the danger of wearing Stilton's uniform, learns what a porpentine is, and resigns himself to his fate.Chapter 25, Steeple Bumpleigh, as Nobby
13. Setting out to bathe, Bertie meets a radiant Nobby, who tells him Uncle Percy has consented to her marrying Boko.Chapter 27, the garden gate, as Nobby
14. Nobby kisses Bertie in gratitude, and he swims in the river reflecting that all is well and the uniform is gone for good.Chapter 27, the river, as Nobby
15. Stilton arrives at breakfast to arrest Bertie for stealing his uniform, on Edwin's evidence and a waiter's, but goes off to check whether he needs a warrant, and Boko urges Bertie to flee abroad.Chapter 27, the dining-room, as Nobby
16. 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 Nobby
17. Stilton brings his warrant for Bertie's arrest, but Uncle Percy denies going to the ball, swears Bertie never left the house, denounces Stilton as drunk and has him shown the door.Chapter 29, the dining-room, as my ward
18. Nobby, off to London to marry Boko, admits that Bertie's letter never reached Florence because Edwin destroyed it, and a baffled Jeeves is sent to the kitchen to eat anchovy paste.Chapter 29, the dining-room, as Nobby

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. Over breakfast Jeeves reports a visit from Nobby Hopwood and Stilton, is summoned urgently to Lord Worplesdon's office, and asks for an edition of Spinoza when Bertie offers him a present.Chapter 1, London, as Miss Hopwood
3. Bertie restores himself at the Bollinger bar and, standing in the doorway, notices something odd across the way.Chapters 2–3, the Bollinger, as Nobby
4. Walking home, Bertie resolves to save Stilton from Florence and writes Nobby Hopwood a strong note listing Florence's defects, then posts it.Chapter 4, Bertie's flat
5. Over morning tea Jeeves cheers Bertie with news of a fancy dress ball, passes on Aunt Agatha's order to fetch a birthday brooch for Florence, and hears that Nobby is engaged to Boko.Chapter 5, Bertie's flat, as Miss Hopwood
6. Driving to Wee Nooke in gloom, Bertie is hailed by a hostile Stilton Cheesewright, who has inexplicably become a country policeman.Chapters 7–8, as Nobby
7. Bertie drives on and pulls up at Wee Nooke.Chapters 8–11, Wee Nooke, as Nobby
8. 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 Nobby
9. Back at Boko's, Bertie confesses he is engaged to Florence again, and agrees to tick off Uncle Percy in return for Boko's secret method of getting disengaged.Chapter 19, the sitting-room, as Nobby
10. Avoiding Boko and Stilton swimming, Bertie finds Jeeves fishing, reproaches him for the Uncle Percy scheme, and sends him to find out from the Hall staff how Boko got out of his engagement to Florence.Chapter 20, the river, as soulmate
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 Nobby