The Wooster Papers

Places, in Brinkley Court

the Brinkley dining-room

Also dining-room, the room, the dining-room, the Brinkley Court breakfast table, a room

The dining-room at Brinkley, where the cold supper is laid out and the reconciled party feasts at dawn.

In each book 3 books
  • In Right Ho, Jeeves
    The dining-room at Brinkley, where the cold supper is laid out and the reconciled party feasts at dawn.
  • In The Code of the Woosters
    The dining-room at Brinkley Court.
  • In Jeeves and the Feudal Spirit
    The dining-room at Brinkley Court, scene of the uncomfortable dinner and of the breakfast showdown.

Connections

dealings

Scenes set here

Right Ho, Jeeves 3 scenes
  1. With Anatole in bed and the kitchen maid cooking, lunch passes in gloomy silence, broken only by a snatch of song from Gussie.Chapter 16, the Brinkley dining-room
  2. Over the cold salmon a jubilant Aunt Dahlia praises Gussie's speech and announces that Anatole has withdrawn his notice, until Seppings reports that Gussie is making faces at Anatole through his skylight.Chapters 19โ€“20, the Brinkley dining-room, as dining-room
  3. Back at supper, Aunt Dahlia calls Bertie Attila because Anatole is now leaving and Angela is engaged to Gussie, and Jeeves brings a note in which Madeline Bassett says she will marry Bertie.Chapters 20โ€“21, the Brinkley dining-room, as the dining-room
Jeeves and the Feudal Spirit 3 scenes
  1. Anatole's superb dinner turns to ashes in Bertie's mouth as Stilton glares at him across the table and ignores Mrs Trotter's chatter.Chapter 11, the Brinkley dining-room
  2. At breakfast a beaming Stilton thanks Bertie for freeing him from Florence and leaves to go rowing with Daphne, then Mrs. Trotter reads that Robert Blenkinsop has been knighted and orders Trotter to refuse any knighthood, wrecking Aunt Dahlia's hold on him, just as Seppings brings in a pearl necklace.Chapters 20โ€“22, the Brinkley dining-room, as dining-room
  3. Aunt Dahlia reports that Jeeves's mixture has cured Trotter, who will sign, and once she leaves Bertie tells Jeeves he will shave off his moustache.Chapter 22, the Brinkley dining-room

Talked about, but not there

Right Ho, Jeeves 4 scenes
  1. Bertie brings the jug to his room, learns Jeeves has already added gin, adds more himself and hides it behind Uncle Tom's photograph, just as Gussie bursts in drunk on neat whisky from the dining-room decanter.Chapter 16, Bertie's room at Brinkley, as the dining-room
  2. Bertie and Jeeves discover the double-laced jug is empty and realise Gussie has drunk it on top of the whisky just before presenting the prizes.Chapter 16, Bertie's room at Brinkley, as the dining-room
  3. Arriving back at Brinkley, Bertie is met by Madeline, who praises his chivalry and asks him to release her so she can marry Gussie, which he joyfully does.Chapter 23, the front door, as dining-room
  4. In the hall Tuppy, carrying bottles to the party, tells Bertie he and Angela have made it up, Anatole is staying, and Uncle Tom has paid for Aunt Dahlia's paper.Chapter 23, the hall, as dining-room
The Code of the Woosters 1 scene
  1. Madeline tells Bertie she will marry him now she has finished with Gussie; Bertie explains the notebook and nearly convinces her, but she finds nothing in the cow-creamer and decides he made it all up.Chapter 10, the Totleigh drawing-room
Jeeves and the Feudal Spirit 1 scene
  1. Bertie slips out of the dining-room into the garden to dodge Stilton, plans to flee, and meets Uncle Tom, who grumbles about his guests and says Aunt Dahlia nearly fainted while he talked of Sidcup coming to see his silver.Chapter 11, the garden at Brinkley, as the dining-room