Uncle Willoughby's Recollections^✦︎

Also the parcel, the manuscript, Recollections, the book, Recollections of a Long Life, Sir Willoughby’s Recollections, a history of the family, Memoirs

Uncle Willoughby's only manuscript history of the family, stolen by Bertie and posted by Jeeves.

Connections

dealings

• Bertie Wooster steals, hides 3
• Jeeves disposes of 2
• Uncle Willoughby writes 2
• Florence Craye wants suppressed 1
• Riggs and Ballinger^⁂ publishes 1

Scenes it is in

1. Bertie steals the parcel and carries it upstairs, where Edwin’s tidying obstructs his attempt to hide it.Chapter 1, as the parcel
2. Bertie locks up the manuscript and goes downstairs to find Edwin snipping his cigars.Chapter 1, as the parcel
3. Unable to think how to destroy the manuscript, Bertie leaves it locked in the drawer.Chapter 1, Bertie's room at Easeby, as Recollections

Talked about, but not there

1. Bertie explains his dependence on Jeeves and recalls sacking Meadowes for stealing.Chapter 1, as my Uncle Willoughby’s book
2. Bertie puzzles over Florence’s summons while recalling his uncle’s apparently quiet habits.Chapter 1, as a history of the family
3. Florence makes Bertie promise to steal and destroy his uncle’s scandalous memoirs.Chapter 1, the smoking-room, as his history of the family
4. Bertie waits anxiously for his uncle to finish the manuscript and put it out for posting.Chapter 1, the hall, as the parcel
5. Bertie compares disposing of the manuscript to Eugene Aram’s difficulty hiding a corpse.Chapter 1, as the parcel
6. Willoughby reveals the manuscript is missing and Bertie explains Meadowes’s earlier thefts.Chapter 1, the library, as the manuscript
7. Bertie hides beside the library window and overhears Edwin accusing him of stealing the manuscript.Chapter 1, the grounds, as my manuscript
8. Willoughby searches Bertie’s room under a false pretext, but the locked drawer proves empty.Chapter 1, Bertie's room at Easeby, as the parcel
9. Jeeves admits removing the parcel and lets Bertie believe he will arrange its destruction.Chapter 1, Bertie's room at Easeby, as the parcel
10. Willoughby announces the manuscript has reached his publishers and Florence breaks off the engagement.Chapter 1, the hall, as the manuscript
11. Bertie sacks Jeeves for posting the memoirs, and Jeeves explains why marrying Florence would have been a mistake.Chapter 1, Bertie's room at Easeby, as Recollections
12. When Anatole refuses to leave his beloved parlourmaid, Bingo persuades Bertie to steal the dictating cylinder.Chapter 9, Bertie's bedroom at the flat, as Memoirs