Tootles

Also called The kid, Kegworthy

Tootles Kegworthy, the fat child Bertie kidnaps for Jeeves's scheme and then has to keep.

Connections

dealings

• is cared for by Bertie Wooster 4
• becomes friends with, urges Elizabeth Vickers 2
• is cared for by Freddie Bullivant 2
• is sibling of Bootles 1
• is cared for by the borrowed nurse 1
• is taught by Jeeves 1
• attacks the jelly-fish^♞︎ 1
• is child of Mr Kegworthy 1

Everyone and everything else (4)

• is nephew or niece of Mr Kegworthy's brother 1
• is child of Mrs Kegworthy 1
• is rewarded by the sweets^✦︎ 1
• is lost by Tootles's nurse 1

Scenes they are in

1. Bertie mistakes Tootles for Elizabeth’s cousin and kidnaps him so Freddie can win her gratitude by returning him.Chapter 8, the beach, as a small, fat child
2. Bertie quiets Tootles with honey and sends Freddie off to return him to Elizabeth.Chapter 8, the sitting-room, as the child
3. Freddie returns with Tootles and angrily explains that the child is no relation to Elizabeth.Chapter 8, the veranda, as the kid
4. Bertie searches for Tootles’s parents until the sweet seller identifies him as a Kegworthy of Ocean Rest.Chapter 8, Marvis Bay, as The kid
5. Mr Kegworthy refuses to take Tootles back because Bootles has mumps and insists Bertie keep him until his uncle comes.Chapter 8, Ocean Rest
6. Elizabeth greets Tootles and mistakes Bertie for his father.Chapter 8, the road
7. Jeeves refuses to nurse Tootles, and Bertie persuades Freddie to stay by invoking their schooldays and an unpaid tenner.Chapter 8, Bertie's cottage, as the kid
8. Sweets keep Tootles quiet until bedtime, when Bertie and Freddie undress him and worry about putting his clothes back on.Chapter 8, Bertie's cottage, as the kid
9. Bertie hires a neighbouring nurse to dress Tootles, who then spills milk over Freddie’s trousers.Chapter 8, as the kid
10. Bertie and Jeeves begin coaching Tootles with sweets while keeping the plan secret from Freddie.Chapter 8, Bertie's cottage
11. Tootles’s erratic delivery, including Kick Freddie, leads Jeeves to advise postponing the performance.Chapter 8, Bertie's cottage, as the kid
12. Elizabeth’s gift of toffee prompts Tootles to shout Kiss Freddie, and Bertie confesses the scheme while Freddie stands speechless.Chapter 8, the veranda, as the child

Talked about, but not there

1. Jeeves proposes coaching Tootles to say Kiss Freddie to Elizabeth, drawing on a reconciliation scene from Tiny Hands.Chapter 8, the sitting-room, as this infernal child