1. Psmith (A) offers a lesson in grammatical purity to the Three Pointers [Psmith Journalist, ch. 21].

2. The second-hand purist is Bertram Wooster (B), interrupting an emotional Marmaduke, Lord Chuffnell (C). D is Jeeves, of course [Thank You, Jeeves, ch. 9].

3. Here we have Miss Postlethwaite (G) correcting a Whisky and Splash (F), while Mr Mulliner is telling them about his nephew Mordred (E) and Annabelle Sprockett-Sprockett ["The Fiery Wooing of Mordred" from Young Men in Spats].

4. The hapless tutor is Sherman Bastable, his pupil Horace [Bill the Conqueror, ch. 12].

5. Lord Uffenham (J) is shocked by the improper grammar of his niece Anne Benedick (L), while Jeff Miller (K) is even more shocked by the contents of the girl's speech [Money in the Bank, ch. 23 & 24].

Round 262 - 15 February 2006

1. Sue Brown (A) is not in the mood to listen to lectures on newts, despite efforts by the Hon. Galahad Threepwood (B) to brighten her up [Heavy Weather, ch. 10].

2. Claude Cattermole Pirbright explains to Bertie Wooster that he was responsible for the arrest of Gussie Fink-Nottle (C), after a spot of newts hunting in the Trafalgar Square fountain [The Mating Season, ch. 3].

3. Psmith (F) is giving Eve Halliday (E) a tour of Blandings Castle (G), the home of the ninth Earl of Emsworth (D) [Leave it to Psmith, ch. 8].

4. Sturgis (I) is trying to entertain Soapy Molloy (H) with his reminiscences [Money for Nothing, ch. 10].

5. Clifford Gandle (J) is the man who just had a close encounter with a member of the family Salamandridae ["Mr Potter Takes a Rest-Cure", from Blandings Castle and Elsewhere].

Round 263 - 23 February 2006

1. Sandy Callender (C) learns from a footman and his colleague Thomas (B) that butler Beach (A) will give visitors a guided tour of Blandings Castle on the morrow [Galahad at Blandings, ch. 7].

2. Imogen Abbott is surprised to meet Joseph Vanringham (E) at Walsingford Hall (D) [Summer Moonshine, ch. 12].

3. Rosalinda Spottsworth surprises Lord Rowcester (H), Sir Roderick (G) and Lady Monica Carmoyle (F) by claiming that she had visited Rowcester Abbey in a previous life [Ring for Jeeves, ch. 7].

4. Mycroft Cardinal managed to find a plan to get Stanwood Cobbold (I) into Beevor Castle, which would cause great displeasure to the butler Spink (J) and Lady Adela (K) [Spring Fever, ch. 12].

Round 264 - 3 March 2006

1. Lord Emsworth throws his pig book at the dog Bottles (A), after Beach (C) removed a sack of rats belonging to the Hon. Frederick Threepwood (B) ["The Go-Getter", from Blandings Castle and Elsewhere].

2. Kay Derrick is telling her uncle, Matthew Wren, about the uncouth behaviour of Claude Bates (D). Her response involved a bestseller written by the Rev. Aubrey Jerningham (F), belonging to her employer, Mrs Bates (E) [Sam the Sudden, ch. 12].

3. Mrs Dahlia Travers, a trifle upset by LG Trotter's apparent lack of appreciation for the skill of Anatole (G), works off her anger on her nephew Bertram [Jeeves and the Feudal Spirit, ch. 9].

4. Joe Davenport (I) explains to Kay Shannon his motives for throwing the Saturday Evening Post at Ivor Llewellyn (J). H is Wilhelmina Shannon [The Old Reliable, ch. 2].

5. Professor Orlando Rollitt's book, Are You Your Own Master? receives rough treatment from Mitchell Holmes (K) ["Ordeal by Golf", from The Clicking of Cuthbert].

Round 265 - 13 March 2006

1. Pongo Twistleton (B) has just fallen in love at first sight with Polly Pott, who unfortunately has already fallen in love at first s. with Ricky Gilpin. (Uncle Fred in the Springtime, Chapter 6)

2. Clarence Mulliner has fallen in love with Gladys Biggs, who in turn has fallen in love with him, though it seems at first a case of cabs that pass in the day. ("The Romance of a Bulb-Squeezer," Meet Mr Mulliner)

3. Rollo Podmarsh has fallen in love at first sight (unrequited for the moment) with Mary Kent. ("The Awakening of Rollo Podmarsh," The Heart of a Goof)

4. Zenobia (Nobby) Hopwood has informed Bertie Wooster that she fell in l. at first sight with Boko Fittleworth. (Joy in the Morning, Chapter 7)

5. Wilfred Allsop confides to Tipton Plimsoll that he fell in love with Monica Simmons as soon as he beheld her ladling out bran-mash to Empress of Blandings. (Galahad at Blandings, US title The Brinkmanship of Galahad Threepwood, Chapter 1)

Round 266 - 21 March 2006

1. Claude Pott is the victim of pig and sheep bites. (Uncle Fred in the Springtime, Chapter 6) Bonus point: Huxley Winkworth received a well-deserved bite from Empress of Blandings while the latter was suffering from a hangover (Galahad at Blandings, US title The Brinkmanship of Galahad Threepwood, Chapter 12).

2. The victim of the savage guinea pig (E) is Mr Edwin Phillmore, whose saga is related by Mr Cornelius of Valley Fields. (Sam the Sudden, US title Sam in the Suburbs, Chapter 28)

3. This victim is a Mr Postlethwaite; the speakers are Galahad Threepwood and the Duke of Dunstable. (A Pelican at Blandings, US title No Nudes Is Good Nudes, Chapter 13)

4. A Mr Carlisle was bitten by an angora rabbit with nasty big pointy teeth. (Cocktail Time, Chapter 24. Angora rabbits are clearly hot stuff. Miss Bond, in Chapter 5 of Do Butlers Burgle Banks?, tells of Ivy the parlourmaid's cousin who "nearly passed beyond the veil through being bitten in the leg by an angora rabbit".)

Round 267 - 29 March 2006

1. James Rodman, against his better judgement, has saved the dog Toto from a watery g. ("Honeysuckle Cottage", Meet Mr Mulliner)

2. Sam Marlowe is the wet one. (The Girl on the Boat, US title Three Men and a Maid, Chapter 3)

3. Lord Emsworth got wet diving into the Blandings Castle lake, accoutred as he was, heroically attempting to save a log. (Service with a Smile, Chapter 4)

4. Jeremy Garnet has rescued Professor Derrick from drowning, after bribing a minion to dunk him. (Love Among the Chickens, Chapter 11)

5. Clifford Gandle and Mr Potter enjoy a refreshing dip in the moat, witnessed by Bobbie Wickham. ("Mr Potter Takes a Rest Cure", Blandings Castle and Elsewhere)

Round 268 - 6 April 2006

1. The Efficient Baxter is the occupant of the lemon-coloured pyjamas. (Leave It to Psmith, Chapter 11)

2. The heliotrope pyjamas are Bertie Wooster's, but Pauline Stoker has appropriated them (and Bertie's bed). (Thank You, Jeeves, Chapters 6-7)

3. Sir Roderick Glossop is the "pink-pyjamed poltroon," as Bertie describes him after learning Sir R. is afraid of fire and has changed rooms with his nephew Tuppy because he prefers, in case of fire, for Tuppy to be cooked instead of himself. ("Jeeves and the Yuletide Spirit," Very Good, Jeeves)

4. Lord Tilbury is the one in yellow and purple pyjamas; D is his new nephew-in-law, Edmund Biffen Christopher; the dim vulture is Cyril Bunting, alias Jorkins the butler. (Frozen Assets, Chapter 11. Alert quiztakers may recall that passage #3 of Round 254 described Lord Tilbury "leaping from his bed in a flash of yellow and purple".)

5. William, ninth earl of Rowcester, is partial to mauve pyjamas ("bright mauve", according to his fiancée, Jill Wyvern, who sees Bill as he emerges from Mrs Spottsworth's bedroom after midnight; Jill's father, on hearing the news, is shocked less by the situation than by the color of Bill's pyjamas). (Ring for Jeeves, US title The Return of Jeeves, Chapter 15)

Extra Credit: X, the man in orange pyjamas, is Senator Opal; Y is Gordon Carlisle. (Hot Water, Chapter 11)

Round 269 - 16 April 2006

1. The atmosphere at the club of Lionel Green (=A) is depressing his fiancée, soon to be ex-fiancée, Jane Martyn (=B). (Company for Henry, US title The Purloined Paperweight, Chapter 2).

2. Joe Vanringham (=D) is editing the busts from the days of Sir Wellington (=C) in Summer Moonshine (Chapter 12) when interrupted by Jane Abbott (=E).

3. Pongo Twistleton has made a mistake fatal to a bust of Sir Aylmer Bostock, unfortunately treasured by Sir A., in Uncle Dynamite (Chapter 3).

4. The sculptor is Stanhope Twine (=G). Lord Uffenham (=H) hatches his plot while walking home from the Green Lion (=I) in Rosendale Road. (Something Fishy, US title The Butler Did It, Chapter 7).

5. Mike Bond (=K) is being informed by butler Coleman (=J) of the arrival of the delegation to borrow a portrait of Mike's uncle Sir Hugo Bond (=L). M is Ada Cootes, Mike's secretary. (Do Butlers Burgle Banks?, Chapter 2).

Extra Credit: All four of these are painted red in whole or in part: London figuratively in Spring Fever, the egg cabinet in Something Fresh (US title Something New), poor good-tempered Sammy in Mike and the statue's nose in Laughing Gas.

Round 270 - 24 April 2006

1. James Buchanan Duff (=A) is is relating the tale of his reunion with Beatrice Chavender to Joss Wetherby (Quick Service, ch. 18).

2. Bertie is criticizing Percy Gorringe (=B) in chapter 15 of Bertie Wooster Sees It Through (Am) (Jeeves and the Feudal Spirit (UK)).

3. Frederick Fitch-Fitch (=C) is headed for a confrontation with Mortimer Rackstraw (=D) ("Romance at Droitgate Spa", from the UK edition of Eggs, Beans and Crumpets or the US version of The Crime Wave at Blandings).

4. Joe Cardinal (=F) is glad to see Dinah Biddle (=E) in "Life with Freddie", from Plum Pie.

5. Cyril Jukes has just frozen his wife's little brother and is speaking to the Oldest Member in the introductory paragraphs of a short story about Agnes Flack and Sidney McMurdo ("Feet of Clay", from Nothing Serious).

Bonus point: Jill Mariner leaves Sandringham, Brookport, Long Island (Jill the Reckless or The Little Warrior).