# A Prefect’s Uncle — Chapters explained

> Chapter companions for A Prefect’s Uncle by P. G. Wodehouse.

- [I: Term Begins](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/a_prefect_s_uncle_se/chapters/i-term-begins.md): The chapter opens on the last evening of the summer holidays at Beckford College, with Marriott returning to Leicester's House. He meets Gethryn, who has just had a conversation with the Headmaster about the need to impr
- [II: Introduces an Unusual Uncle](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/a_prefect_s_uncle_se/chapters/ii-introduces-an-unusual-uncle.md): The first day of term at Beckford begins with a half holiday. Cricket nets are set up, and Norris, Gosling, Gethryn, and the professional practice. Marriott befriends young Wilson, offering him a fagging role. Gethryn le
- [III: The Uncle Makes Himself at Home](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/a_prefect_s_uncle_se/chapters/iii-the-uncle-makes-himself-at-home.md): Gethryn discovers that the new boy, Farnie, is actually his uncle, four years his junior. Farnie's confident and cheeky demeanor unsettles Gethryn, who tries to advise him about school life, including warnings about Monk
- [IV: Pringle Makes a Sporting Offer](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/a_prefect_s_uncle_se/chapters/iv-pringle-makes-a-sporting-offer.md): Farnie and Wilson quickly settle into Beckford life, with Farnie gaining popularity through his skill at organizing elaborate pranks, such as flooding the form-room to get back at a substitute master. Meanwhile, Pringle,
- [V: Farnie Gets Into Trouble](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/a_prefect_s_uncle_se/chapters/v-farnie-gets-into-trouble.md): Farnie, despite warnings from his nephew Gethryn, forms a friendship with the disreputable Monk and Danvers. He cleverly avoids lending them money when they try to exploit him, but later borrows from Monk at usurious ter
- [VI: —and Stays There](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/a_prefect_s_uncle_se/chapters/vi-and-stays-there.md): Farnie, desperate to repay a debt to Monk, goes to Gethryn's study to ask for a loan but finds it empty. While exploring, he discovers a cashbox containing money and, after being interrupted by Wilson, decides to steal t
- [VII: The Bishop Goes for a Ride](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/a_prefect_s_uncle_se/chapters/vii-the-bishop-goes-for-a-ride.md): During the M.C.C. match, Gethryn discovers that his uncle Farnie has absconded with money, leaving a note. Determined to retrieve him before the scandal is discovered, Gethryn leaves the match and rides his bicycle to An
- [VIII: The M.C.C. Match](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/a_prefect_s_uncle_se/chapters/viii-the-m-c-c-match.md): The chapter details the progress of the M.C.C. match against Beckford. After a promising start with Pringle and Marriott, a batting collapse occurs. Pringle scores 81, but Gethryn is absent. The School takes the field wi
- [IX: The Bishop Finishes His Ride](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/a_prefect_s_uncle_se/chapters/ix-the-bishop-finishes-his-ride.md): Gethryn, after a difficult journey involving wrong directions and a punctured tyre, arrives at Anfield station only to find his uncle's train has already left. He discovers Farnie at the station, forces him to return to 
- [In Which a Case Is Fully Discussed](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/a_prefect_s_uncle_se/chapters/x-in-which-a-case-is-fully-discussed.md): Gethryn faces intense scrutiny and criticism from peers and masters after abandoning the M.C.C. match without explanation. Reece is the only one who does not press him. Mr. Jephson confronts him with sarcasm, then report
- [Poetry and Stump-Cricket](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/a_prefect_s_uncle_se/chapters/xi-poetry-and-stump-cricket.md): Pringle enjoys the Old Beckfordians' match, scoring a half-century and celebrating with strawberries and cream. During a visiting Sunday at Colonel Ashby's, he learns of a published poem on the Death of Dido, which he pl
- [XII: “We, the Undersigned—”](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/a_prefect_s_uncle_se/chapters/xii-we-the-undersigned.md): The Bishop intervenes to stop Monk and Danvers from bullying Wilson in the senior day-room, leading to a confrontation that humiliates Monk. Later, Monk organizes a mass meeting where the Mob votes to strike against fiel
- [Leicester's House Team Goes Into a Second Edition](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/a_prefect_s_uncle_se/chapters/xiii-leicester-s-house-team-goes-into-a-second-edition.md): Monk, Danvers, and Waterford present a round-robin to Reece demanding Gethryn's resignation as House cricket captain due to his abandonment of the M.C.C. match. Reece refuses to sign and warns them Gethryn will cut them 
- [XIV: Norris Takes a Short Holiday](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/a_prefect_s_uncle_se/chapters/xiv-norris-takes-a-short-holiday.md): Norris, confident in his House's cricket team, accepts an invitation from his wealthy uncle to play in a village match instead of attending the crucial House match against Leicester's. Despite Baker's protests, Norris ob
- [Versus Charchester (At Charchester)](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/a_prefect_s_uncle_se/chapters/xv-versus-charchester-at-charchester.md): Norris, reeling from the loss of Gosling to injury, reluctantly reinstates Gethryn into the First Eleven for the crucial match against Charchester. Despite the team's intense practice, Gethryn struggles against a left-ha
- [A Disputed Authorship](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/a_prefect_s_uncle_se/chapters/xvi-a-disputed-authorship.md): Lorimer is summoned by the Headmaster, who questions him about a book called 'The Dark Horse'. Lorimer is bewildered, but later learns from Pringle that Pringle had plagiarized a poem from that book for the prize poem co
- [XVII: The Winter Term](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/a_prefect_s_uncle_se/chapters/xvii-the-winter-term.md): The winter term begins with Gethryn feeling optimistic about his position as head of Leicester's House. He receives a letter from Farnie, who has left for a school in France and returned the four pounds he owed. Gethryn 
- [XVIII: The Bishop Scores](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/a_prefect_s_uncle_se/chapters/xviii-the-bishop-scores.md): Wilson decides to reveal the truth about Farnie and the bicycle ride to Norris, hoping to clear Gethryn's name. Norris listens but tells Wilson not to inform Gethryn, hinting at future reconciliation. The chapter then sh

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