The Larches

Also The Larches, Wimbledon Common, the house, commodious grounds, Wimbledon Common, stately home of Wimbledon, the room

The house on Wimbledon Common where Madeline stays with her school friend Hilda.

Connections

dealings

• is home to Madeline Bassett 1

Inside it

• the bush
• the dining room at The Larches
• Hilda's den

Scenes set here

1. Bertie hides in a bush at The Larches, waits out a flirting postman, a smoking housemaid, Madeline and her school friend's dog, then grabs Gussie's letter from the breakfast table and, cut off at the window, bolts across the hall into another room.Chapters 15–17, The Larches

Talked about, but not there

1. Jeeves briefs a reluctant Bertie on Esmond Haddock, his five aunts and Gussie's coolness with Madeline Bassett before a low-spirited Catsmeat Pirbright is shown in.Chapters 1–2, Bertie's flat, as The Larches, Wimbledon Common
2. Bertie finds Catsmeat's note saying he has gone to London with a superb plan for Madeline, then Gussie borrows the pink-lozenged tie for Corky and reveals he has written to Madeline breaking off the engagement.Chapter 14, Bertie's room at Deverill Hall, as Wimbledon Common
3. Bertie hides in a bush at The Larches, waits out a flirting postman, a smoking housemaid, Madeline and her school friend's dog, then grabs Gussie's letter from the breakfast table and, cut off at the window, bolts across the hall into another room.Chapters 15–17, The Larches