Orlo Porter

Also called Orlo, Porter, Mr Porter, O. Porter, O. J. Porter, O. J. (Orlo) Porter, Comrade Porter, a man named Porter

O. J. Porter, red-headed Communist insurance salesman and bird-watcher, Bertie's Oxford contemporary and Cook's ward, who loves Vanessa, quarrels with her and finally elopes with her.

Connections

dealings

• was at school with, is jealous of Bertie Wooster 41
• is in love with, is loved by Vanessa Cook 30
• fears, is disapproved of by Cook 17
• covets, cannot do without Orlo's inheritance^✦︎ 3
• is nephew or niece of Uncle Joe 3
• watches Clarkson's warbler^♞︎ 2
• is soothed by Jeeves 2
• works for the London and Home Counties Insurance Company^⁂ 2

Everyone and everything else (13)

• uses Orlo's binoculars^✦︎ 2
• writes Orlo's letter^✦︎ 2
• socks the policeman 2
• is compared with Balaam's ass^♞︎ 1
• refuses the cat^♞︎ 1
• is frightened by the dog^♞︎ 1
• uses the Drones Club scarf^✦︎ 1
• is bored by Major Plank 1
• writes for the New Statesman^✦︎ 1
• flees from the police^⁂ 1
• heads the protest march^⁂ 1
• goes to the Slade Social and Outing Club^⁂ 1
• socks Spofforth 1

Scenes they are in

1. Driving to see Murgatroyd, Bertie gets stuck behind the protest march and sits watching it.Chapters 1–2, as O. J. (Orlo) Porter
2. Driving home drowsy from lunch, Bertie naps in a wood and is woken by Orlo Porter, who accuses him of following Vanessa Cook to Maiden Eggesford and threatens to tear his insides out with his bare hands if he goes near her again.Chapters 6–7, the woods
3. Bertie delivers Vanessa's message to a jealous, suspicious Orlo in the inn's private bar, and Orlo cheers up only on hearing Bertie will go for a walk during the meeting.Chapter 8, the Goose and Grasshopper, as Sundered Heart A
4. Bertie tells Orlo Porter he will give Vanessa up to him and advises him to tackle Cook for his money after dinner, and the two part bosom pals.Chapter 16, the Goose and Grasshopper
5. Bertie stumbles into Cook's swimming-pool and enjoys the rinse, then rescues Orlo Porter, who has fallen in fleeing the dog after Cook refused to give him his money.Chapter 17, the swimming-pool
6. Breakfasting at the Goose and Grasshopper, Bertie learns from Orlo that he and Vanessa were reconciled in the pool last night and are eloping this morning in Cook's Bentley.Chapter 18, the dining-room, as Orlo
7. Orlo leaves Bertie a letter for Cook announcing the elopement; Bertie decides to post it, but Cook bursts in with Major Plank.Chapters 18–19, Wee Nooke, as Orlo

Talked about, but not there

1. Bertie tells Jeeves of Orlo's threat and they agree he must avoid Vanessa Cook, but Jeeves then takes a call saying she is coming round at once.Chapter 7, Wee Nooke, as Porter
2. Vanessa accuses Bertie of following her, plans to use him as a postbox for Orlo's letters, and on learning Orlo is in the village sends Bertie to the Goose and Grasshopper to fix a meeting at his cottage.Chapter 7, Wee Nooke
3. Bertie reports back to Vanessa that Orlo will come at three tomorrow, tactfully describing how he looked.Chapter 8, Wee Nooke
4. Jeeves returns and Bertie tells him his advice is no longer needed since the meeting has been fixed for the cottage.Chapter 8, Wee Nooke
5. 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 Orlo
6. 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
7. 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 Orlo
8. Pop Cook, told by the recovered Major Plank that Bertie is the crook Alpine Joe, finds Vanessa's inscribed book and goes for Bertie with his hunting crop, until he trips over the grandfather clock and Bertie crowns him with a painting and wraps him in the tablecloth before leaving for the Goose and Grasshopper.Chapter 15, the sitting-room
9. 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, as Porter
10. Bertie drives home rejoicing at being rid of the cat, only to find it waiting for him at the door of Wee Nooke.Chapter 17, Wee Nooke, as Orlo
11. Jeeves unties Bertie, freezes off Plank by denying he is Inspector Witherspoon, and reveals the cat is his aunt's, so Bertie sets off to put terms to Cook.Chapter 19, Wee Nooke, as Orlo