The Wooster Papers

Places, in Steeple Bumpleigh

Wee Nooke

Also a cottage, cottage, the cottage, the premises, chez me, the place, a country cottage, the front door

Uncle Percy's thatched cottage, taken by Bertie as cover for the secret meeting and burnt down by Edwin.

In each book 2 books
  • In Joy in the Morning
    Uncle Percy's thatched cottage, taken by Bertie as cover for the secret meeting and burnt down by Edwin.
  • In Aunts Aren't Gentlemen
    The cottage in Maiden Eggesford that Aunt Dahlia finds for Bertie, built for Mrs Briscoe's cousin, where the stolen cat keeps turning up.

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Scenes set here

Joy in the Morning 1 scene
  1. Bertie drives on and pulls up at Wee Nooke.Chapters 8–11, Wee Nooke
Aunts Aren't Gentlemen 20 scenes
  1. 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 cottage
  2. 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
  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, as the cottage
  4. Bertie tells Jeeves of Orlo's threat and they agree he must avoid Vanessa Cook, but Jeeves then takes a call saying she is coming round at once.Chapter 7, Wee Nooke
  5. 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, as this cottage
  6. Bertie reports back to Vanessa that Orlo will come at three tomorrow, tactfully describing how he looked.Chapter 8, Wee Nooke
  7. Jeeves returns and Bertie tells him his advice is no longer needed since the meeting has been fixed for the cottage.Chapter 8, Wee Nooke, as this cottage
  8. Vanessa arrives early for her meeting with Orlo and brusquely sends Bertie out for his walk.Chapter 9, Wee Nooke
  9. 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 cottage
  10. 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, as the premises
  11. 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, as my premises
  12. Aunt Dahlia telephones, blasts Bertie for sending the cat back, calms down when told about Major Plank, and hears of his engagement to Vanessa Cook.Chapter 13, Wee Nooke, as Wooster’s address
  13. Bertie, glum over his aunt's ruined plan, tells Jeeves about the telephone call over cocktails and confesses he is engaged.Chapters 13–14, Wee Nooke
  14. Aunt Dahlia telephones in a panic: having tipped the vicar off about the cat, she has had Jimmy Briscoe threaten to scratch Simla unless it is returned, and Bertie assures her Billy Graham is taking it back.Chapter 16, Wee Nooke
  15. Billy Graham turns up, says he found Cook wrapped in a tablecloth with a picture round his neck, and refuses to go near Eggesford Court with the cat.Chapter 16, Wee Nooke, as this very room
  16. Aunt Dahlia rings again and, threatening to bar him from Anatole's cooking, bullies Bertie into returning the cat to Eggesford Court himself.Chapter 16, Wee Nooke, as your cottage
  17. Bertie drives home rejoicing at being rid of the cat, only to find it waiting for him at the door of Wee Nooke.Chapter 17, Wee Nooke
  18. Bertie sleeps fitfully, seeing that with Billy Graham, Jeeves and Aunt Dahlia all out of it, he alone must return the cat to Eggesford Court or lose Anatole's cooking.Chapter 18, Wee Nooke
  19. Orlo leaves Bertie a letter for Cook announcing the elopement; Bertie decides to post it, but Cook bursts in with Major Plank.Chapters 18–19, Wee Nooke
  20. Jeeves unties Bertie, freezes off Plank by denying he is Inspector Witherspoon, and reveals the cat is his aunt's, so Bertie sets off to put terms to Cook.Chapter 19, Wee Nooke

Talked about, but not there

Joy in the Morning 8 scenes
  1. Jeeves reveals that he has arranged for Bertie to occupy Lord Worplesdon's cottage Wee Nooke at Steeple Bumpleigh as cover for a secret merger meeting, and Bertie, fearing Aunt Agatha, gives in.Chapter 4, Bertie's flat, as some remote country cottage
  2. Once clear of London traffic on the Portsmouth Road, Bertie sets about quizzing Nobby on her engagement to Boko.Chapters 5–6
  3. Bertie drops Nobby at the Hall, stops at Boko's cottage for a drink, whistles at the window and has a china ornament thrown at his head.Chapters 6–7, the Bokeries
  4. Driving to Wee Nooke in gloom, Bertie is hailed by a hostile Stilton Cheesewright, who has inexplicably become a country policeman.Chapters 7–8
  5. Florence cycles up, says she has put flowers in Wee Nooke, and calls Stilton a perfect imbecile for becoming a constable instead of letting his uncle put him into Parliament, leaving Bertie appalled at how shaky their engagement looks.Chapter 8, Steeple Bumpleigh
  6. Boko pretends his lunch with Uncle Percy was a success, then announces his plan for Bertie to break the Hall's scullery window so he can foil the 'burglar', and Bertie, flattered by Nobby, reluctantly agrees.Chapter 12, the sitting-room
  7. At midnight Bertie, quaking at thoughts of Stilton and Aunt Agatha, treacles paper to the scullery window but cannot bring himself to smash it, is challenged by Edwin from a window above, is chivvied by Boko, and wandering off round the house runs into Jeeves in the dark.Chapters 13–15, the grounds of Bumpleigh Hall
  8. Jeeves reports he has released Clam, and Bertie sends him to find Boko and think of a way to heal the breach, after which Boko looms up again.Chapters 15–19, the grounds of Bumpleigh Hall
Aunts Aren't Gentlemen 7 scenes
  1. Bertie phones Aunt Dahlia to cadge an invitation, but she is off to the Briscoes at Maiden Eggesford and promises to find him a cottage there, near the Bridmouth races.Chapter 3, as a cottage
  2. Bertie tells Jeeves the New York trip is off in favour of Maiden Eggesford, where Jeeves has an aunt, and recalls with him the old Plank episode.Chapter 3, Bertie's flat, as a cottage
  3. Aunt Dahlia rings to say she has got the cottage, beginning what Bertie calls the Maiden Eggesford Horror.Chapter 3, as a cottage
  4. 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 your cottage
  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, as the premises
  6. 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, as chez me
  7. Creeping up to Cook's stables with the cat, Bertie falls in foul mud and loses the cat, and the barking of a friendly dog gets him caught by two stable men who take him for a horse-nobbler.Chapter 17, the stables