Percy Gorringe

Also called Percy, Gorringe, Rex West, Mr. Percy Gorringe, Mr. Gorringe, Perce, the louse Gorringe, young Gorringe

Ma Trotter's whiskered, gloomy poet son and L.G. Trotter's stepson, who has dramatized Spindrift and loves Florence; he pawned his mother's pearls to back the play, turns out to be Rex West, writer of lucrative thrillers, and wins Florence.

In each book 2 books

• In Jeeves and the Feudal Spirit
  Ma Trotter's whiskered, gloomy poet son and L.G. Trotter's stepson, who has dramatized Spindrift and loves Florence; he pawned his mother's pearls to back the play, turns out to be Rex West, writer of lucrative thrillers, and wins Florence.
• In Much Obliged, Jeeves
  Writer of vers libre with long side-whiskers, who dramatized Spindrift and was dropped by Florence when it failed.

Connections

dealings

• is in love with, is loved by Florence Craye 20
• worries about, is to be cheered up by Bertie Wooster 18
• is stepson of, is resented by L. G. Trotter 7
• is child of Mrs. Trotter 7
• is despised by, despises Stilton Cheesewright 7
• is loathed by, is to be cheered up by Aunt Dahlia 6
• writes, seeks backing for the Spindrift play^✦︎ 4
• is loathed by, is admired by Uncle Tom 4

Everyone and everything else (17)

• writes, backs Spindrift^✦︎ 3
• writes Caliban at Sunset^✦︎ 2
• has drawn in the sweep the Drones Club Darts Tournament^✦︎ 2
• writes The Mystery of the Pink Crayfish^✦︎ 2
• writes for Parnassus^✦︎ 2
• refuses Anatole 1
• writes Blood Will Tell^✦︎ 1
• haggles with the editress of Parnassus 1
• is thought an ass by Ginger Winship 1
• is refused by Jeeves 1
• refuses Liverpool 1
• has pawned Mrs. Trotter's necklace^✦︎ 1
• is published by Percy's agent 1
• is insulted by Roderick Spode 1
• is likened to by Rollo Beaminster 1
• delivers Stilton's telegram^✦︎ 1
• gets hold of the thousand pounds^✦︎ 1

Scenes they are in

1. 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, as Percy
2. Bertie reluctantly goes out after Percy, gives up when he can't find him, and then meets him rounding a rhododendron bush.Chapters 9–10, the garden at Brinkley, as Percy
3. Percy Gorringe, refused by Florence, calls Bertie a weedy butterfly and then reveals he has bought Stilton's sweep ticket on him, so Stilton is free to thrash Bertie, who dashes to the stables hoping to catch Jeeves.Chapter 15, the garden at Brinkley
4. Back at Brinkley, Aunt Dahlia rages that Tom has carried Spode off to look at his silver before she could work her scheme, savages the over-solicitous Percy, and leaves; Percy goes to tell Stilton Bertie is back, and Stilton arrives as Bertie grips the cosh.Chapters 16–17, the hall, as Percy
5. At breakfast a beaming Stilton thanks Bertie for freeing him from Florence and leaves to go rowing with Daphne, then Mrs. Trotter reads that Robert Blenkinsop has been knighted and orders Trotter to refuse any knighthood, wrecking Aunt Dahlia's hold on him, just as Seppings brings in a pearl necklace.Chapters 20–22, the Brinkley dining-room, as stepson Percy

Talked about, but not there

Jeeves and the Feudal Spirit 13 scenes

1. Bertie, in the bath and dreading a dinner with Aunt Dahlia's Trotters, greets the returning Jeeves, who reads him Percy Gorringe's request for a thousand pounds to back his play of Florence Craye's Spindrift, and they agree to refuse.Chapter 1, Bertie's flat, as Mr. Percy Gorringe
2. Stilton lectures Bertie on keeping fit for the Drones Darts sweep, bristles with jealousy at the mention of Florence, calls the moustache ghastly, and is interrupted as Florence arrives.Chapters 2–3, Bertie's flat
3. Jeeves, posing as Bertie, refuses Percy Gorringe's request for a thousand pounds, declines to tear Bertie's pages from the club book, and puts Florence through on the phone; she asks Bertie to take her to a garish night club, and he agrees, hoping to patch things up between her and Stilton.Chapter 4, Bertie's flat, as Mr. Percy Gorringe
4. Bertie, enjoying a Stilton-free Drones, swaps telegrams with Aunt Dahlia, who orders him to Brinkley to cheer up a whiskered guest and bring her pearl necklace, but he hesitates for fear of Stilton.Chapter 8, Bertie's flat, as a blighter with whiskers
5. Aunt Dahlia phones to bully Bertie into coming to amuse the lovesick Percy Gorringe while she works on selling Milady's Boudoir to L.G. Trotter, and the promise of Anatole's cooking wins him over.Chapter 8, Bertie's flat, as Percy
6. Bertie tells Jeeves they are off to Brinkley and asks him to fetch the necklace; Jeeves asks leave to chair the Junior Ganymede luncheon, and Bertie wonders who the mug was who backed Percy.Chapter 8, Bertie's flat, as Percy
7. Florence, savaging a gooseberry bush, tells Bertie that Stilton found from the night club's book that she dined there with Bertie and has vowed to break Bertie's spine in five places; Bertie consoles himself that Stilton will never come to Brinkley.Chapter 10, the kitchen garden, as Percy
8. Bertie hurries in late to dress, and Jeeves mentions he told Mr. Cheesewright that Bertie was out strolling in the grounds.Chapters 10–11, Bertie's room at Brinkley, as Percy
9. 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, as Percy
10. Bertie slips out of the dining-room into the garden to dodge Stilton, plans to flee, and meets Uncle Tom, who grumbles about his guests and says Aunt Dahlia nearly fainted while he talked of Sidcup coming to see his silver.Chapter 11, the garden at Brinkley, as His stepson Percy
11. Bertie climbs the ladder into what he takes for Aunt Dahlia's room, knocks over a table, and finds Florence Craye sitting up in bed.Chapters 12–14, Florence's bedroom, as the louse Gorringe
12. 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, as that son of hers
13. Aunt Dahlia reports that Jeeves's mixture has cured Trotter, who will sign, and once she leaves Bertie tells Jeeves he will shave off his moustache.Chapter 22, the Brinkley dining-room, as Percy

Much Obliged, Jeeves 3 scenes

1. Lunching with Bertie at Barribault's, Ginger Winship reveals that he is engaged to Florence Craye, who has pushed him into the Market Snodsbury election and will drop him if he loses, and begs Bertie to canvass for him.Chapter 3, Barribault's, as Gorringe
2. Over a whisky at the Junior Ganymede Jeeves warns that Ginger's Past could cost him the election, and they are accosted by Bingley, Bertie's former valet, who calls Jeeves 'Reggie' and now lives in Market Snodsbury as a man of property.Chapter 4, the Junior Ganymede smoking-room
3. Uneasy at Bingley's confident tip, Bertie walks home and finds Aunt Dahlia doing the Observer crossword.Chapters 8–10, Brinkley Court