Eggesford Hall

Also the Briscoe residence, the Briscoe home

Colonel Briscoe's house, where Aunt Dahlia stays, Bertie lunches and the victory party is held.

Inside it

• the grounds of Eggesford Hall

Scenes set here

1. Preoccupied with fear of Cook, Bertie eats and drinks heartily at the Briscoes' lunch but hardly says a word.Chapter 5, Eggesford Hall

Talked about, but not there

1. Aunt Dahlia telephones to say the Briscoes want Bertie to lunch and forbids the Drones Club tie, and Jeeves gives directions to Eggesford Hall and reports that his own aunt has gone to Liverpool.Chapter 4, Wee Nooke
2. 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, as the Briscoe residence
3. Back at the cottage Jeeves explains that Cook and Colonel Briscoe are bitter rivals and that Cook's racehorse Potato Chip pines without the stray cat Bertie was caught holding.Chapter 5, Wee Nooke
4. 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
5. 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
6. In New York, Bertie learns from Uncle Tom's letter and a clipping that Simla was awarded the race after Cook's cat ran on to the course, and tells Jeeves that aunts are not gentlemen.Chapter 20, New York, as the Briscoe home