Harrige's

Also H’s

The London department store where Rory is a floorwalker, which gives him compassionate leave.

Connections

dealings

• employs Rory Carmoyle 11
• employs Lancelot Piggott 1

Talked about, but not there

1. 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 Harrige’s
2. On the front steps of crumbling Rowcester Abbey, Rory proposes arson while Monica reveals she has invited the rich American Mrs Spottsworth to come and buy the place, and warns him not to put her off.Chapter 2, Rowcester Abbey, as Harrige’s
3. Monica goes into the old living room, full of childhood memories, and Jill comes in from the garden and they embrace.Chapters 2–5, the living room, as Harrige’s
4. Left alone with Jeeves, Rory pronounces Mrs Spottsworth potty, tells of a mad customer at Harrige's, and is awed by Jeeves's knowledge of the Derby form.Chapter 7, Rowcester Abbey, as Harrige’s
5. Ellen announces a Captain Biggar; Mrs Spottsworth, thrilled to find an old friend, gets Monica to invite him to stay, and Monica's triumphant news turns Bill green.Chapter 7, Rowcester Abbey, as Harrige’s
6. Over the port Biggar tells how Honest Patch Perkins welshed on his three-thousand-pound double, reveals the bookie's car number is Bill's, and is talked round by Jeeves's theory of a false number plate before going off to make a private telephone call.Chapter 8, the dining room, as Harrige’s
7. Rory tells Monica that Biggar has something on Bill and spins wild theories about stolen idols' eyes and an illegitimate baby, while Monica scoffs and tells him to stop running down Rowcester Abbey to Mrs Spottsworth.Chapter 9, the living room, as Harrige’s
8. Biggar tells Jill that Bill is a fortune hunter courting Mrs Spottsworth, then Monica opens the dower chest to show off its costumes and finds Patch Perkins's check coat, and Biggar draws out the black patch and demands a word with Bill.Chapters 10–11, the living room, as Harrige’s
9. Jill, gloomy and suspicious, learns Bill is in the garden with Mrs Spottsworth; Captain Biggar praises the spider sequence, and Bill returns to report that the pendant came off but fell down the front of Mrs Spottsworth's dress.Chapters 13–14, the living room, as Harrige’s
10. Rory and Monica settle their Derby bets and go to consult Jeeves, and Mrs Spottsworth tells Bill the pendant was a present from Mr Spottsworth, so Biggar's story was false and Bill flees to Jeeves's pantry.Chapter 17, the living room, as H’s
11. Mrs Spottsworth finds the repentant Biggar on the rustic seat with the pendant, demolishes his code by revealing that Tubby Frobisher has married a rich widow, and gets engaged to him.Chapter 22, the rustic seat, as Harrige’s
12. Mrs Spottsworth announces her engagement and, on Jeeves's suggestion, buys the abbey to ship to California, saving Bill, while Jeeves gives notice to return to the expelled Bertie and Rory rings Harrige's about the TV.Chapter 22, the living room, as Harrige’s