the knighthood^✦︎

Also knighthood, the accolade, a knighthood

The knighthood Mrs. Trotter longs for, which Trotter has secretly declined and which she now orders him to refuse.

Connections

dealings

• L. G. Trotter declines 2
• Mrs. Trotter covets 1

Talked about, but not there

1. 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 the accolade
2. 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 a knighthood