After several months in the US working for Mr Donaldson, Freddie Threepwood is back in England. While in the States, he took film star Pauline Petite to dinner to sell her a film scenario he had written. Unfortunately, Jane Yorke saw them and told Freddie's wife who fled to England with Freddie in pursuit.
When Freddie tries to get Lord Emsworth to intervene, his Lordship declines but later relents when faced with the prospect of Freddie coming to live at Blandings.
| Lord Emsworth | a peer of the realm |
| Freddie Threepwood | his son |
| Aggie Threepwood | Freddie's wife |
| Jane Yorke | her friend |
| Beach | butler to Lord Emsworth |
| Mrs Twemlow | house keeper to Lord Emsworth |
First published June 1926 in the Strand magazine and 5 June 1926 in Liberty magazine (US).
King Street
- there are three streets of this name in central London. Freddie was probably in the one in the St. James's area as PG lived at number 11 for a while in the early 1920s.
Great Neck
- an area of Long Island, New York, another place where PG had lived (1923-4).
Jebusite and Amalekite
- mentioned together in Numbers: Chapter 13, Verse 29, but it doesn't seem relevant to what Freddie is saying.
Agincourt
- a battle in France where the English defeated the French in 1415 during the Hundred Years War.
Ralph Vandeleur
- no trace.
Whale-oil solution
- I cannot find any record of this as an insecticide but it was used to make soap. Soap solution is a recognised natural insecticide for use against greenfly etc.
Trunk-call
- now a standard-rate call (non-local) and known in the US as a long distance call.