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- From: ctday@randolf.lbl.gov (Christopher T. Day)
- Newsgroups: alt.fan.wodehouse
- Subject: Re: Duke of Dunstable and others
- Date: 26 Jan 1993 22:09:27 GMT
- Organization: Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, Berkeley CA
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- References: <1993Jan25.224401.574@cas.org>
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- In article <1993Jan25.224401.574@cas.org>, rxr00@cas.org () writes:
- |>
- |> Hi Wodehousemates:
- |>
- |> I notice that in all the past discussions my "favorite " characters
- |> have not been mentioned. I allude to the Duke of Dunstable and
- |> Percy Pilbeam.
- |>
- |> Dunstable has the habit of imposing himself on Lord
- Emsworth's hospitality.
- |> He is frequently an unwelcome guest at Blandings and usually
- ends up turning
- |> the place upside down. Lady Constance (am I right??) looks
- favorably on him
- |> so he gets away with his antics.
- |>
- |> Percy Pilbeam, with his marcelled hair, brilliantine and all,
- is a despicable
- |> character who again weasels his way into households and tries
- to get his hands
- |> on some valuable or other. He ultimately is foiled, but until
- then it is laugh
- |> after laugh.
- |>
- |> It is some time since I read any book with Pilbeam in it.
- Does anybody remember
- |> any titles?
- |>
- |> Ram Ravi
- |>
-
- Percy Pilbeam is in, at least, "Summer Lightning" and "Heavy Weather".
- In both cases, Lord Emsworth believes Percy is at Blandings to protect
- the Empress, but he's actually there to steal Galahad's book. These two
- novels are continuous, in Wodehousian time anyway, so it's really only
- one stay at Blandings.
-
- CTDay
-