The Wooster Papers

Cast

the black amber statuette✦︎ and Sir Watkyn Bassett

They deal with each other in Stiff Upper Lip, Jeeves 1, 6, 9, 10, 11, 13, 17, 18, 22, 23; Much Obliged, Jeeves 1; Aunts Aren't Gentlemen 15.

Scenes they share

  1. At a sombre dinner Bertie admires Sir Watkyn's new black amber statuette, bought from Plank and worth a thousand pounds, offends him by calling it soapstone, and slips off to his room afterwards.Chapters 6–7, the Totleigh dining-room
  2. Back in the drawing-room Bertie ponders how to approach Pop Bassett about the statuette when Spode comes in.Chapters 17–22, the Totleigh drawing-room
  3. Spode, Sir Watkyn and Plank denounce Bertie as a thief, Madeline drops him and accepts Spode, and when Bertie sneezes behind the sofa Sir Watkyn sends for Constable Oates and promises him twenty-eight days.Chapter 23, Totleigh Towers

Every dealing, in order

Stiff Upper Lip, Jeeves

Much Obliged, Jeeves

Aunts Aren't Gentlemen