the picture-thieves^⁂

Also a gang of picture-thieves, the same gang, the gang, miscreants

A gang working the neighbourhood of Marsham Manor, who get the blame for the missing Venus.

Connections

dealings

• is blamed by Edward Fothergill 1
• gets the blame for Everard's picture^✦︎ 1

Talked about, but not there

1. Aunt Dahlia shows Bertie the Venus that Edward Fothergill painted and Everard loathes, and orders him to steal and burn it that night, a deal she has struck with Cornelia for the serial.Chapter 2, the dining-room at Marsham, as a gang of picture-thieves
2. Bertie catches Edward Fothergill stealing back his own Venus and swears secrecy, then refuses Jeeves's plan to have him found stunned by burglars, and is promptly knocked out from behind.Chapter 2, the hall at Marsham, as the same gang
3. Bertie wakes with a sore head to hear the gang is blamed, Cornelia is grateful and the serial is Aunt Dahlia's, and asks Jeeves to drop the eggs and omelettes.Chapter 2, Bertie's room at Marsham, as the gang