Bertie Wooster and the cat♞︎
- Bertie Wooster makes friends with the cat chapter 4
- Bertie Wooster handles the cat chapters 5, 17
- Bertie Wooster returns the cat chapters 11, 16, 17, 18
- Bertie Wooster disapproves of the cat chapter 13
They deal with each other in Aunts Aren't Gentlemen 4, 5, 11, 12, 13, 16, 17, 18.
Scenes they share
- Taking the wrong turning, Bertie strays into Eggesford Court, befriends a cat and is accused by its owner Cook of stealing it for Briscoe, until Plank turns up, explains Cook's troubles with Vanessa and advises Bertie to clear out before Cook calls the police.Chapter 4, Eggesford Court
- Jeeves reports that Vanessa and Orlo quarrelled when he refused to bully her father or steal the cat, and she broke with him; then Vanessa storms in and tells Bertie she will be his wife.Chapters 9–12, Wee Nooke
- Bertie warns Jeeves that Cook will surely come searching, Jeeves still won't return the cat himself, and proposes hiring the poacher Graham instead.Chapter 12, Wee Nooke
- Bertie asks Graham to take the cat back; Graham refuses, citing Angelica and his bet on Potato Chip, until Bertie haggles him up to thirty-five pounds.Chapters 12–13, Wee Nooke
- Billy Graham turns up, says he found Cook wrapped in a tablecloth with a picture round his neck, and refuses to go near Eggesford Court with the cat.Chapter 16, Wee Nooke
- Creeping up to Cook's stables with the cat, Bertie falls in foul mud and loses the cat, and the barking of a friendly dog gets him caught by two stable men who take him for a horse-nobbler.Chapter 17, the stables
- Bertie drives home rejoicing at being rid of the cat, only to find it waiting for him at the door of Wee Nooke.Chapter 17, Wee Nooke
- Orlo leaves Bertie a letter for Cook announcing the elopement; Bertie decides to post it, but Cook bursts in with Major Plank.Chapters 18–19, Wee Nooke
Every dealing, in order
- Chapter 4Bertie Wooster makes friends with the cat
- Chapter 5Bertie Wooster was caught holding the cat
- Chapter 11Bertie Wooster resolves to return to Cook the cat
- Chapter 12Bertie Wooster is hiding the cat
- Chapter 13Bertie Wooster disapproved of the stealing of the cat (earlier)
- Chapter 16Bertie Wooster refuses, then agrees to return to Eggesford Court the cat
- Chapter 17Bertie Wooster tries to return to Cook's stables the cat
- Chapter 17Bertie Wooster loses hold of the cat
- Chapter 18Bertie Wooster resigns himself to returning the cat