Rupert Steggles

Also called Steggles, Mr Steggles

A rat-faced, pimpled member of the reading-party who devises the Sermon Handicap, makes books on the school-treat and Bingo's courtship, and nobbles his rivals' chances.

Connections

dealings

• is suspected by, is disliked by Bertie Wooster 5
• is shown by, is insulted by Bingo Little 5
• is admired by, is coached by the Rev. Francis Heppenstall 4
• scouts the form of, nobbles Harold 2
• makes a book on, cleans up on the Sermon Handicap^✦︎ 2
• nobbles the balls of wool^✦︎ 1
• is a member of the choir^⁂ 1
• is disliked by Eustace 1

Everyone and everything else (6)

• threatens the Jockey Club^⁂ 1
• backs Master Heppenstall 1
• nobbles Mrs Penworthy 1
• is a member of the reading-party^⁂ 1
• makes a book on the school-treat^✦︎ 1
• nobbles What Ho, Twing!!^✦︎ 1

Scenes they are in

1. The syndicate backs Heppenstall at seven to one, he preaches thirty-six minutes and Steggles cuts his odds, and then the twins report that G. Hayward of Lower Bingley is a dark horse, so Bertie plans to ask Heppenstall to preach his Brotherly Love sermon.Chapter 13, Twing Hall, as Steggles
2. Bertie gets the syndicate's money on Harold at a hundred-to-twelve and Harold is put into reluctant training.Chapter 14, as Steggles
3. Harold breaks up Heppenstall's sermon with piercing squeals and is marched off to the vestry.Chapter 14, Twing church, as Steggles
4. Heppenstall disbelieves Harold's beetle story and expels him from the choir, and Steggles tells Bertie his bets are lost.Chapter 14, the vestry, as Steggles
5. Steggles nobbles Mrs Penworthy with cake, Prudence Baxter finishes down the field, but Heppenstall disqualifies the first four for taking a manservant's bribe and gives Prudence the prize.Chapter 14, the Hall grounds, as Steggles
6. Bingo's revue collapses as the lights fail, the Squire is called on to sing and walks out, and Steggles's real oranges cause a riot, after which Mary throws Bingo over and he flees the mob through the cellar.Chapter 15, Twing Village Hall, as Steggles

Talked about, but not there

1. Bingo reads Bertie his poem to Cynthia, then Claude and Eustace burst in to explain Steggles's book on the Sermon Handicap and why Heppenstall is a sitter, and Bertie agrees to finance the syndicate while Jeeves declines a flutter.Chapter 13, Twing Hall, as Steggles
2. Eustace phones to say Heppenstall has hay-fever and will be scratched, and Bertie has him hedge another fiver all round on G. Hayward.Chapter 13, Twing Hall, as Steggles
3. Bingo proposes betting on Steggles's book for the school-treat sports, Bertie forms a syndicate with Jeeves, and Jeeves tips Harold the page-boy for the Choir-Boys' Handicap.Chapter 14, Bertie's room at Twing, as Steggles
4. Bingo admits he let Steggles see Harold sprint on the links, and Bertie fears Steggles will try to nobble the favourite.Chapter 14, Twing Hall, as Steggles
5. Bingo, off to London with Egbert, insists Bertie go to evening service to guard Harold, who is on his last warning in the choir.Chapter 14, Twing Hall, as Steggles
6. Jeeves takes the news calmly and reveals he had Bingo back the outsider Prudence Baxter in the Egg and Spoon Race.Chapter 14, Twing Hall, as Steggles
7. Jeeves reports that Steggles is making a book on the romance and lured Bingo into an eating contest that made Wilfred ill and turned Mary against him; he has advised Bingo to take up good works.Chapter 15, Bertie's flat, as Mr Steggles
8. The Morning Post announces Mary's engagement to Wingham, and Jeeves reveals that he and Brookfield bought the Cow and Horses book and made a handsome profit.Chapter 15, Bertie's flat, as Mr Steggles