Cast

Kipper Herring and Phyllis Mills

• Kipper Herring meets Phyllis Mills chapters 2, 9
• Kipper Herring sends regards to Phyllis Mills chapters 2, 3
• Phyllis Mills is fond of Kipper Herring chapter 3
• Kipper Herring plans to propose to Phyllis Mills chapter 9
• Kipper Herring pretends to be engaged to Phyllis Mills chapter 12
• Kipper Herring is a friend of Phyllis Mills chapter 12

They deal with each other in Jeeves in the Offing 2, 3, 9, 12.

Scenes they share

1. Back at Brinkley, Bertie learns from Aunt Dahlia that Uncle Tom sold Wilbert the cow-creamer, then Bobbie icily cuts Kipper, who confesses he got engaged to Phyllis as a ruse against Wilbert and was caught kissing her.Chapters 12–14, Aunt Dahlia's den
2. Phyllis calls Upjohn away to the telephone just as Bobbie gives the cue, then Augustus spits at Poppet, who knocks Bertie into the lake, and Kipper dives in and rescues Bertie instead.Chapter 15, the lake
3. Bertie goes into Uncle Tom's study to insult Upjohn but gets no further than small talk about moustaches and Kipper before Phyllis bursts in and Upjohn dismisses him.Chapter 16, the study

Every dealing, in order

• Chapter 2Kipper Herring met in Switzerland last Christmas Phyllis Mills (earlier)
• Chapter 2Kipper Herring sends his regards by Bertie to Phyllis Mills
• Chapter 3Kipper Herring sends his best via Bertie to Phyllis Mills
• Chapter 3Phyllis Mills thinks a sweetie-pie Kipper Herring
• Chapter 9Kipper Herring plans to propose to, to spite Bobbie Phyllis Mills
• Chapter 9Kipper Herring saw much of in Switzerland Phyllis Mills (earlier)
• Chapter 12Kipper Herring gets engaged as a ruse to Phyllis Mills
• Chapter 12Kipper Herring kisses Phyllis Mills
• Chapter 12Kipper Herring is just good friends with Phyllis Mills