Cast

Hilda Gudgeon and Madeline Bassett

• Madeline Bassett cheers up Hilda Gudgeon chapter 1
• Hilda Gudgeon was at school with Madeline Bassett chapters 15, 16, 17
• Hilda Gudgeon presses to marry Madeline Bassett chapter 16
• Madeline Bassett disapproves of Hilda Gudgeon chapter 16

They deal with each other in The Mating Season 1, 15, 16, 17.

Scenes they share

1. Bertie hides in a bush at The Larches, waits out a flirting postman, a smoking housemaid, Madeline and her school friend's dog, then grabs Gussie's letter from the breakfast table and, cut off at the window, bolts across the hall into another room.Chapters 15–17, The Larches

Every dealing, in order

• Chapter 1Madeline Bassett goes to cheer up instead of joining Gussie Hilda Gudgeon
• Chapter 15Hilda Gudgeon is a school friend of Madeline Bassett
• Chapter 16Hilda Gudgeon is school friend of Madeline Bassett
• Chapter 16Hilda Gudgeon advises to give Gussie the air and marry Bertie Madeline Bassett
• Chapter 16Madeline Bassett is shocked by the cynicism of Hilda Gudgeon
• Chapter 17Hilda Gudgeon is school friend of Madeline Bassett