the Goose and Grasshopper
Also Goose and Grasshopper, the bar, the local inn, the pub, private bar
The village inn at Maiden Eggesford, where Jeeves gathers gossip and Orlo is staying.
Inside it
Scenes set here
- Bertie delivers Vanessa's message to a jealous, suspicious Orlo in the inn's private bar, and Orlo cheers up only on hearing Bertie will go for a walk during the meeting.Chapter 8, the Goose and Grasshopper, as
private bar
- Bertie tells Orlo Porter he will give Vanessa up to him and advises him to tackle Cook for his money after dinner, and the two part bosom pals.Chapter 16, the Goose and Grasshopper, as
the bar
Talked about, but not there
- Bertie drives down to Maiden Eggesford, cured of his spots, and is shaken to glimpse what looks like the ghost of Major Plank leaving the Goose and Grasshopper.Chapter 4, Maiden Eggesford, as
Goose and Grasshopper
- At the cottage Jeeves tells Bertie that Plank really is in the village as Mr Cook's guest at Eggesford Court, and the shaken Bertie swaps his ginger ale for a dry Martini.Chapter 4, Wee Nooke, as
the pub
- 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, as
Goose and Grasshopper
- 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
- Aunt Dahlia ticks Bertie off for his dullness at lunch, then hears the cat story and says an ominous 'H'm' at the news that losing the cat would ruin Potato Chip's training.Chapter 5, the grounds of Eggesford Hall
- Vanessa accuses Bertie of following her, plans to use him as a postbox for Orlo's letters, and on learning Orlo is in the village sends Bertie to the Goose and Grasshopper to fix a meeting at his cottage.Chapter 7, Wee Nooke
- Bertie reports back to Vanessa that Orlo will come at three tomorrow, tactfully describing how he looked.Chapter 8, Wee Nooke, as
the bar
- 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, as
Goose and Grasshopper
- 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
- Bertie asks Graham to take the cat back; Graham refuses, citing Angelica and his bet on Potato Chip, until Bertie haggles him up to thirty-five pounds.Chapters 12–13, Wee Nooke
- Pop Cook, told by the recovered Major Plank that Bertie is the crook Alpine Joe, finds Vanessa's inscribed book and goes for Bertie with his hunting crop, until he trips over the grandfather clock and Bertie crowns him with a painting and wraps him in the tablecloth before leaving for the Goose and Grasshopper.Chapter 15, the sitting-room
- Breakfasting at the Goose and Grasshopper, Bertie learns from Orlo that he and Vanessa were reconciled in the pool last night and are eloping this morning in Cook's Bentley.Chapter 18, the dining-room, as
Goose and Grasshopper