The Wooster Papers

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Bobbie Wickham

Also called Bobbie, Miss Wickham, Roberta Wickham, Roberta, Wickham, carrot-topped Jezebel, the Wickham, Lady Wickham’s daughter Roberta

Roberta Wickham, red-haired daughter of Lady Wickham, who talks Bertie into puncturing a hot-water bottle, gives McIntosh away, and drops him into returning her cousin to St Monica's.

In each book 4 books
  • In Very Good, Jeeves
    Roberta Wickham, red-haired daughter of Lady Wickham, who talks Bertie into puncturing a hot-water bottle, gives McIntosh away, and drops him into returning her cousin to St Monica's.
  • In The Code of the Woosters
    Who once talked Bertie into puncturing a hot-water bottle.
  • In Joy in the Morning
    Who once induced Bertie to drop a flower pot through a greenhouse roof.
  • In Jeeves in the Offing
    Roberta Wickham, the red-headed menace, a guest at Brinkley, who plants a sham engagement to Bertie to smooth her way to Kipper, quarrels and makes up with him, and uses Upjohn's stolen speech to get the libel suit dropped.

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Scenes they are in

Very Good, Jeeves 5 scenes
  1. Bobbie reveals the guests are Blumenfeld and his dreadful son, to whom she will read her mother's play, and on Jeeves's advice Bertie flees before the boy can insult him, meeting them at the door.Chapter 5, the sitting-room
  2. At the Savoy Bobbie opens the suite door, McIntosh rushes to Bertie's aniseed-scented trousers, and Bertie takes him home by cab.Chapter 5, the Savoy, as Bobbie
  3. Knocked out of the golf in the first round, Bertie meets Bobbie on the pier and, ignoring Jeeves's warning looks, agrees to give her and her cousin Clementina dinner and take the child back to school.Chapter 7, the pier, as Miss Wickham
  4. Over dinner at the Splendide Clementina proves a saintly, admiring child.Chapter 7, the Splendide
  5. Bobbie reveals that Clementina is out without leave from Miss Mapleton's school and gives Bertie the string-and-flower-pot plan, which Bertie passes off to Jeeves as his own, refusing to hear Jeeves's alternative.Chapter 7, the Marine Plaza, as Bobbie
Jeeves in the Offing 22 scenes
  1. Bobbie, fishing at the lake, explains that she announced her engagement to Bertie so that her mother, relieved to escape him, will welcome Kipper Herring, whom she loves.Chapter 3, the lake, as Bobbie
  2. Musing on Bobbie's choice of Kipper, Bertie walks slap into Aubrey Upjohn and finds his dreaded old headmaster shrunk to a moustached shrimp.Chapter 3, Brinkley Court, as Wickham
  3. At tea on the lawn the butler brings out the fruit, and he is Sir Roderick Glossop.Chapters 3–4, the lawn, as Bobbie
  4. Over tea Mrs Cream declares the butler Swordfish (really Sir Roderick Glossop) a crook after Uncle Tom's silver, Bobbie refuses to let Bertie flee Brinkley, and Bertie resolves to wire Aunt Dahlia at Eastbourne.Chapter 5, the lawn, as Bobbie
  5. Bertie and Glossop reach the collection room and find the cow-creamer gone.Chapters 6–7, the collection room
  6. Bertie enters Wilbert's room, finds a housemaid there with Augustus the cat hunting a mouse, and gets rid of her by claiming Augustus has traumatic symplegia.Chapters 7–8, the Blue Room
  7. Bertie tells Bobbie he is through, but she talks him into a second search, promising to stand guard and sing if Mrs. Cream approaches so he can escape by the balcony and water pipe.Chapter 8, the lawn, as Bobbie
  8. With Bobbie supposedly on watch, Bertie searches again, finds nothing on the armoire, and is caught under the dressing-table by Mrs. Cream, who decides he has a mouse-fixation and urges him to see Sir Roderick Glossop.Chapter 8, the Blue Room, as Bobbie
  9. Bertie finds Bobbie in her car at the front door; she explains she was called to the phone by her mother, who thinks him a nincompoop, and drives off home.Chapter 8, the front door, as Bobbie
  10. At the Fox and Goose Bobbie tells a relieved Bertie she never meant what she said to Kipper and is off to throw herself into his arms, so there will be no wedding bells for Bertie.Chapter 11, the Fox and Goose, as Bobbie
  11. Bertie sees Bobbie off and, back in the car, tells Jeeves, who has been reading Spinoza, that the rift is mended, before starting on the tale of Wilbert and the cow-creamer.Chapter 11, the Fox and Goose
  12. Back at Brinkley, Bertie learns from Aunt Dahlia that Uncle Tom sold Wilbert the cow-creamer, then Bobbie icily cuts Kipper, who confesses he got engaged to Phyllis as a ruse against Wilbert and was caught kissing her.Chapters 12–14, Aunt Dahlia's den
  13. Over port in his pantry, Glossop hears of Kipper's plight and suggests pushing Upjohn into the lake so Kipper can rescue him.Chapter 14, the butler's pantry, as Miss Wickham
  14. Bertie gives Kipper and Bobbie the lake plan, which they embrace, and Kipper finds it peculiar that a butler thought of it.Chapter 14, the lawn, as Bobbie
  15. While Kipper waits behind his tree, Wilbert Cream tells Bertie the cow-creamer has vanished from his bureau, and Bertie realises Glossop has pinched it and talks Wilbert out of telling Mrs. Travers.Chapter 15, the lake, as Bobbie
  16. Phyllis calls Upjohn away to the telephone just as Bobbie gives the cue, then Augustus spits at Poppet, who knocks Bertie into the lake, and Kipper dives in and rescues Bertie instead.Chapter 15, the lake, as Bobbie
  17. Squelching back from the lake, Bertie and Bobbie meet Aunt Dahlia, who wants to know why everyone but Upjohn is soaked.Chapter 16, the herbaceous border, as Bobbie
  18. Bobbie and Kipper tell Bertie of Aunt Dahlia's new plan: Bertie is to abuse Upjohn to his face so that Kipper can burst in, defend him and get the libel suit dropped, and Bertie, bound by the code of the Woosters, agrees.Chapter 16, Bertie's room at Brinkley, as Bobbie
  19. Bertie goes into Uncle Tom's study to insult Upjohn but gets no further than small talk about moustaches and Kipper before Phyllis bursts in and Upjohn dismisses him.Chapter 16, the study, as Bobbie
  20. Outside the french window Bobbie accuses Bertie of losing his nerve, and with Phyllis closeted with Upjohn the attempt is called off for now.Chapter 16, Brinkley Court, as Bobbie
  21. Jeeves has pinched Upjohn's speech while packing, and after Bertie fumbles the telephone call Bobbie seizes the receiver and forces Upjohn to drop his libel suit against Kipper in writing.Chapters 19–20, Aunt Dahlia's den, as Bobbie
  22. Back from a fruitless hunt for Glossop, Bertie learns that Jeeves saved the day by having Glossop say he was there to observe the potty Bertie, who stole the cow-creamer, and is softened only when Jeeves reminds him it was all for Uncle Tom.Chapter 21, the Brinkley drawing-room, as Bobbie

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Very Good, Jeeves 11 scenes
  1. At Skeldings Bertie explains he came to avenge himself on Tuppy and because he loves Bobbie Wickham, and Jeeves says red-haired, frivolous Miss Wickham is no wife for him.Chapter 3, the Clock Room, as Roberta
  2. Dressing for dinner, Bertie crows that Bobbie has suggested puncturing Tuppy's hot-water bottle with a needle on a stick, and has Jeeves find out that Tuppy sleeps in the Moat Room.Chapter 3, the Clock Room, as Miss Wickham
  3. After a sleepless night Bertie learns that Jeeves kept quiet to save him from Honoria, that Bobbie also sent Tuppy to puncture Bertie's bottle (with Sir Roderick on it), and that the Monte Carlo booking was never cancelled.Chapter 3, the Moat Room, as Miss Wickham
  4. Woken by McIntosh, Bertie learns Aunt Agatha returns that evening and agrees to Bobbie Wickham's request to give lunch to her and two friends, despite Jeeves's disapproval.Chapter 5, Bertie's flat, as Miss Wickham
  5. Telephoning from the Drones, Bertie hears the lunch was a triumph and the play sold, but Bobbie confesses she gave McIntosh to the Blumenfeld child.Chapter 5, the Drones Club, as Miss Wickham
  6. Back at the flat Bertie breaks the news, and Jeeves devises a plan for Bertie to slip into the Blumenfelds' Savoy suite while Bobbie is there and lure the dog out with aniseed.Chapter 5, Bertie's flat, as Miss Wickham
  7. Bertie races out for aniseed and returns to hear from Jeeves that Bobbie will be admitted to the suite.Chapter 5, Bertie's flat, as Miss Wickham
  8. With Bertie hiding behind the settee, Jeeves convinces the furious Blumenfeld that Bertie is a dangerous lunatic who hates fat men, sells him a substitute terrier for a fiver, and Bertie happily takes Aunt Agatha's call.Chapter 5, the sitting-room, as Miss Wickham
  9. At the Splendide Bertie insists on his loud new plus-fours against Jeeves's disapproval and announces he has accepted Bobbie Wickham's invitation to Antibes.Chapter 7, the Splendide, as Miss Wickham
  10. Losing his nerve, Bertie climbs the cedar with a flower-pot and is caught up the tree by a policeman, until Jeeves appears with a story of intruders.Chapter 7, the garden
  11. Jeeves explains he slipped Clementina in by the back door while seeing Miss Mapleton, and the grateful Bertie cancels Antibes and gives up the plus-fours.Chapter 7, St Monica's
The Code of the Woosters 4 scenes
  1. Bartholomew upsets Constable Oates off his bicycle, Stiffy admits she has Gussie's notebook, and reveals that she is secretly engaged to Stinker Pinker and has told him to pinch Oates's helmet.Chapter 4, the Totleigh gates, as Roberta Wickham
  2. Stiffy asks Bertie to steal the cow-creamer so that Stinker can "recover" it and win a vicarage, and when he refuses she says she will hand Gussie's notebook to Uncle Watkyn unless he does it.Chapter 4, the terrace, as Roberta Wickham
  3. Dressing for dinner, Bertie has Jeeves list his three-way predicament, finds Jeeves has no solution, and cheers himself with a white tie before Gussie walks in.Chapter 5, Bertie's room at Totleigh, as Miss Wickham
  4. Bertie and a disapproving Jeeves enter Stiffy's vast bedroom, where the dog Bartholomew sends Bertie onto the chest of drawers and Jeeves onto the top of the cupboard.Chapters 7–8, Stiffy's room, as Roberta Wickham
Joy in the Morning 1 scene
  1. 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 Roberta Wickham
Jeeves in the Offing 11 scenes
  1. Over breakfast with Kipper Herring, Bertie takes a phone call from Aunt Dahlia inviting him to Brinkley, and learns to his horror that Bobbie Wickham and Aubrey Upjohn are among the guests.Chapters 1–2, Bertie's flat, as Roberta
  2. Jeeves, leaving on holiday, tells Bertie that Wilbert Cream is the notorious New York playboy Broadway Willie, and Bertie nearly cries off Brinkley until he remembers Anatole's cooking.Chapter 2, Bertie's flat
  3. A sobbing Lady Wickham phones about news in The Times and faints, and Bertie finds the paper announcing his engagement to Bobbie.Chapters 2–3, Bertie's flat, as Bobbie
  4. Arriving at Brinkley to find Bobbie, Bertie stumbles on Wilbert Cream reading poetry to Phyllis Mills, is befriended by Poppet the dachshund, and is sent off to the lake.Chapter 3, the leafy glade, as my fiancée
  5. On the telephone Aunt Dahlia waves aside Ma Cream's suspicions, forbids Bertie to fight Wilbert, and jumps at his idea of inviting Kipper Herring to shadow Wilbert instead.Chapter 6, Brinkley Court
  6. Glossop, answering the bell as butler, says he is still undecided about Wilbert's sanity, then brings a letter from Jeeves revealing Wilbert is a kleptomaniac, and they hurry to check the silver.Chapter 6, Brinkley Court, as Miss Wickham
  7. Bertie dozes off over Mrs. Cream's novel, wakes and telephones his overdue wire inviting Kipper Herring, and then sees Kipper arriving in his car.Chapters 8–10, the lawn, as Bobbie
  8. In the pantry Bertie tells Glossop of being caught in Wilbert's room, and Glossop, his blood up, resolves to search the room for the cow-creamer himself; bonding over stolen school biscuits, they become Bertie and Roddy.Chapter 10, the butler's pantry, as Miss Wickham
  9. Kipper bursts into Aunt Dahlia's boudoir to confess that Bobbie has read the stinking letter he wrote her and now says she will marry Bertie, who leaps up to drive to Jeeves at Herne Bay.Chapter 10, Aunt Dahlia's den
  10. Driving down to Brinkley, Bertie briefs Jeeves on Bobbie's haughty spirit and on Poppet the dachshund, then spots Bobbie's roadster outside a wayside inn and stops.Chapter 11, as Roberta Wickham
  11. Bertie outlines Operation Upjohn to Jeeves, who calls it ill-advised and quotes Burns on best laid plans, and Bertie puts his coolness down to jealousy of Glossop.Chapter 15, Brinkley Court, as Miss Wickham