the Goose and Gherkin

Also Goose and Gherkin, coffee room

A wayside inn in Southmoltonshire where Mrs Spottsworth and Biggar meet again in the coffee room.

Scenes set here

1. In the coffee room of the Goose and Gherkin, a jubilant waiter tells a rich American lady that Whistler's Mother has won the Oaks.Chapter 1, the Goose and Gherkin, as Goose and Gherkin
2. Captain Biggar bursts in chasing the bookie who welshed on his double, meets Mrs Spottsworth again and hides his love for her, deciding a penniless hunter cannot court a rich widow.Chapter 1, the Goose and Gherkin, as Goose and Gherkin

Talked about, but not there

1. Rosalinda Banks of Ohio marries and outlives two millionaires, the second killed by a lion in Kenya, and is now on her way to stay with Lord Rowcester.Chapter 1, as Goose and Gherkin
2. Driving from the Goose and Gherkin, Mrs Spottsworth decides the spirits sent Captain Biggar back to her and she might cultivate him, then sees Rowcester Abbey in the sunset and falls in love with it.Chapter 6, Rowcester Abbey, as Goose and Gherkin