Pgwodehouse Stories

When Bryony St. Claire receives an invitation to Blandings Castle, she knows Lady Constance Keeble has summoned her for a perfectly ordinary reason, to arrange a love match between Bryony and her hapless nephew Freddie. Yet within minutes, Bryony realizes two things. Freddie is decidedly not going to be her intended...but Lady Constance most certainly is. Hopelessly smitten yet paralyzed by propriety, Bryony turns to the least likely of confidants. Freddie embraces the revelation with boundless enthusiasm; Clarence, the oft distracted Earl, murmurs vague approval whenever he looks up from admiring his prize pig; and Beach, the solemn butler, contributes discreet counsel in order to help her woo the lady of the house. Together, this unlikely trio attempts to steer Bryony's forbidden courtship through the treacherous waters of Blandings, dodging scandal, confusion, and the castle's unique brand of calamity. But amid misunderstandings, hijinks, and earnest (if misguided) assistance, something real begins to bloom. And in the delightful mayhem of Blandings Castle, Bryony may find that the one match she never expected is the one her heart has already accepted.

Bertie's discovery and memories through coping with the death of Reginald Jeeves, his valet, his mentor, his friend.