# Indiscretions of Archie — Chapters explained

> Chapter companions for Indiscretions of Archie by P. G. Wodehouse.

- [Dedication to B. W. King-Hall](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/indiscretions_of_archie_se/chapters/dedication-to-b-w-king-hall.md): P. G. Wodehouse dedicates this book to his friend B. W. King-Hall, reflecting on their eighteen-year friendship and his superstition about book dedications, but decides to take a chance on this one.
- [Indiscretions of Archie](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/indiscretions_of_archie_se/chapters/indiscretions-of-archie.md): Archie Moffam, a young man of limited means but boundless optimism, finds himself entangled in a series of comedic misadventures involving his new marriage to Lucille Brewster, his attempts to secure employment, and his 
- [Distressing Scene in a Hotel](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/indiscretions_of_archie_se/chapters/i-distressing-scene-in-a-hotel.md): Archie Moffam, an Englishman recently arrived in New York seeking employment, complains to the manager of the Hotel Cosmopolis about a dripping tap and unpolished shoes. The manager, Daniel Brewster, takes offense at Arc
- [A Shock for Mr. Brewster](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/indiscretions_of_archie_se/chapters/ii-a-shock-for-mr-brewster.md): Mr. Daniel Brewster enjoys a peaceful lunch with Professor Binstead in his luxurious suite at the Cosmopolis, discussing art and his recent successful real estate deal. His tranquility is shattered when he receives a tel
- [III: Mr. Brewster Delivers Sentence](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/indiscretions_of_archie_se/chapters/iii-mr-brewster-delivers-sentence.md): Archie and Lucille return from Miami and plan to gently break the news of their marriage to Mr. Brewster. Lucille first meets with her father alone, painting Archie in an idealized light. However, when Mr. Brewster meets
- [IV: Work Wanted](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/indiscretions_of_archie_se/chapters/iv-work-wanted.md): Archie reflects on his first month of married life, enjoying New York's hospitality but struggling with his father-in-law Mr. Brewster's hostility. Lucille suggests that finding work might improve Brewster's opinion of h
- [V: Strange Experience of an Artist’s Model](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/indiscretions_of_archie_se/chapters/v-strange-experience-of-an-artist-s-model.md): Archie Moffam, posing as an artist's model for J. B. Wheeler, suffers physical discomfort in a lemon-colored bathing suit. After a difficult first session, he returns late the next day to find Wheeler absent. Locked out 
- [VI: The Bomb](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/indiscretions_of_archie_se/chapters/vi-the-bomb.md): Archie, still in a bathing suit, is discovered by police officers Donahue and Cassidy in a studio. They mistake him for a wanted criminal, but a police captain arrives and corrects the error. After the police leave, Arch
- [Mr. Roscoe Sherriff Has an Idea](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/indiscretions_of_archie_se/chapters/vii-mr-roscoe-sherriff-has-an-idea.md): Archie Moffam, feeling idle and dispirited due to Wheeler's suspended sittings, Brewster's bad mood, and Lucille's absence, lunches with press agent Roscoe Sherriff. Sherriff, an apostle of Energy, recruits Archie to sec
- [VIII: A Disturbed Night for Dear Old Squiffy](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/indiscretions_of_archie_se/chapters/viii-a-disturbed-night-for-dear-old-squiffy.md): Lord Seacliff wakes in the night and reads a Sherlock Holmes story about a snake, then imagines he hears a hissing and sees a green snake crawling into his room. Meanwhile, Archie learns from Mr. Brewster that Squiffy ca
- [A Letter from Parker](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/indiscretions_of_archie_se/chapters/ix-a-letter-from-parker.md): Archie meets Lucille after golf, having again beaten her father at the game. Lucille gives him a letter from Parker, Mr. Brewster's former valet, who writes about a valuable pair of china figures, one of which Archie nic
- [X: Doing Father a Bit of Good](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/indiscretions_of_archie_se/chapters/x-doing-father-a-bit-of-good.md): Archie Moffam, with the help of Reggie van Tuyl, attends an auction at Beale's Art Galleries to buy a china figure for his father-in-law, Mr. Brewster. He accidentally bids on a chair, then competes for a Ming Dynasty fi
- [Salvatore Chooses the Wrong Moment](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/indiscretions_of_archie_se/chapters/xi-salvatore-chooses-the-wrong-moment.md): Archie retrieves the family jewelry and encounters a surprisingly genial Mr. Brewster at the Cosmopolis. He urges the waiter Salvatore to present his grievance, but Brewster's mood sours upon learning that Archie and Bil
- [XII: Bright Eyes—and a Fly](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/indiscretions_of_archie_se/chapters/xii-bright-eyes-and-a-fly.md): Archie and Lucille are staying at the Hotel Hermitage, a mountain resort owned by Mr. Brewster. Lucille must return to New York for a fitting and to see her father, leaving Archie behind. At breakfast, Archie admires the
- [XIII: Rallying Round Percy](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/indiscretions_of_archie_se/chapters/xiii-rallying-round-percy.md): Archie, troubled by George Benham's troubles, avoids Vera Silverton at the hotel. Upon retiring to his room, he discovers he is in the wrong room—Miss Silverton's—and hides under the bed when she enters. He is discovered
- [The Sad Case of Looney Biddle](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/indiscretions_of_archie_se/chapters/xiv-the-sad-case-of-looney-biddle.md): Archie, grateful for Lucille's forgiveness after the Beauty's Eyes incident, plans a lavish birthday gift using a surprise inheritance and a bet on baseball pitcher Gus Biddle. However, he learns from a cigar-stand girl 
- [Summer Storms](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/indiscretions_of_archie_se/chapters/xv-summer-storms.md): Archie, fleeing from a mob after a mishap, hides in a tailor shop where he is pressured into buying several ghastly suits. He has the suits sent to his father-in-law, Mr. Brewster, as a prank. Tormented by guilt over los
- [Archie Accepts a Situation](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/indiscretions_of_archie_se/chapters/xvi-archie-accepts-a-situation.md): Archie negotiates with Mr. Brewster to buy Salvatore's shop using $3,000, then reveals he intends to keep the shop unless given a job managing Brewster's new hotel. Lucille supports Archie, and Brewster reluctantly agree
- [XVII: Brother Bill's Romance](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/indiscretions_of_archie_se/chapters/xvii-brother-bill-s-romance.md): Bill Brewster enthusiastically describes his fiancée Mabel Winchester to Lucille and Archie, who react with varying degrees of interest. The conversation turns to the challenge of breaking the news to Mr. Brewster, given
- [XVIII: The Sausage Chappie](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/indiscretions_of_archie_se/chapters/xviii-the-sausage-chappie.md): Archie encounters the Sausage Chappie, a war veteran with amnesia who once gave him a bit of sausage during the war. Archie brings him to the Hotel Cosmopolis, where Mr. Brewster initially refuses to help but eventually 
- [XIX: Reggie Comes to Life](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/indiscretions_of_archie_se/chapters/xix-reggie-comes-to-life.md): Archie asks Reggie van Tuyl to get a small part in his play for a friend of Lucille's, and Reggie initially worries about Archie's fidelity before being relieved. Later, Archie rehearses Bill in the 'Personality That Win
- [The Sausage Chappie Clicks](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/indiscretions_of_archie_se/chapters/xx-the-sausage-chappie-clicks.md): Archie Moffam, relaxing in the hotel grillroom after his walk, observes the Sausage Chappie working as a waiter and reflects that the man is suited for higher things. The Sausage Chappie reveals that his memory is return
- [The Growing Boy](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/indiscretions_of_archie_se/chapters/xxi-the-growing-boy.md): Archie prepares for a quiet dinner with Lucille, but she is called away to visit Jane Murchison. While dining alone, he encounters a long, hungry boy and invites him to share the meal. The next day, Archie learns from to
- [Washy Steps Into the Hall of Fame](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/indiscretions_of_archie_se/chapters/xxii-washy-steps-into-the-hall-of-fame.md): Archie visits the McCall family at the Hotel Cosmopolis to discuss settling the lawsuit between Mr. Brewster and Mr. McCall. During the visit, Washington McCall reveals that Archie was responsible for his participation i
- [Mother's Knee](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/indiscretions_of_archie_se/chapters/xxiii-mother-s-knee.md): Archie learns from Lucille that Bill is in love again, this time with Spectatia Huskisson from Snake Bite, Michigan. Despite Lucille's concerns about their father's disapproval, Archie devises a scheme to have Spectatia 
- [The Melting of Mr. Connolly](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/indiscretions_of_archie_se/chapters/xxiv-the-melting-of-mr-connolly.md): Archie attempts to negotiate with labor leader Mr. Connolly to end the strike on Mr. Brewster's new hotel, but the situation is complicated when a cabaret performance of 'Mother's Knee' unexpectedly moves Connolly to cal
- [The Wigmore Venus](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/indiscretions_of_archie_se/chapters/xxv-the-wigmore-venus.md): Archie Moffam, feeling guilty for forgetting his wedding anniversary, impulsively takes a painting by J. B. Wheeler (the 'Wigmore Venus') from the artist's studio to give to Lucille as a belated gift. He calls her, prete
- [A Tale of a Grandfather](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/indiscretions_of_archie_se/chapters/xxvi-a-tale-of-a-grandfather.md): Archie worries about Mr. Brewster's mental state after observing odd behavior, including throwing a paperweight at a mosquito and staring at a painting on the floor. He discusses his concerns with Reggie van Tuyl. Later,

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