Bingo and the Little Woman explained

What happens

Themes in this chapter

• Love and Marriage

  Bingo's rapid infatuation with a waitress and his proposal within two weeks highlight the theme of impulsive romantic attachments.

• Money and Dependence

  Bingo's need for his uncle's allowance to support his marriage underscores the financial dependence of young men on family.

• Deception and Identity

  The scheme involving Bertie pretending to be Rosie M. Banks and later being portrayed as insane involves multiple layers of deception.

Characters to notice

• Bertie Wooster

  Narrator and protagonist; meets Bingo at the Senior Liberal Club and is later roped into helping Bingo with his uncle.

• Bingo Little

  Falls in love with a waitress at the Senior Liberal Club; seeks Bertie's help to restore his allowance from his uncle.

• Jeeves

  Bertie's valet; resolves Bingo's situation by convincing Bingo's uncle that Bertie is insane.

• Sir Roderick Glossop

  Mentioned as having been involved in Jeeves's plan to convince Bingo's uncle of Bertie's insanity.

• Claude and Eustace

  Mentioned as having departed a week or so before the events of the chapter.

Key passages

• “Once a year the committee of the Drones decides that the old club could do with a wash and brush-up, so they shoo us out and dump us down for a few weeks at some other institution.”

  Annually, the Drones Club committee renovates the premises, temporarily relocating members to another club.

  Explains the setting at the Senior Liberal Club.

• “I love her, as I was saying, and I want you, Bertie, old boy, to pop round to my uncle and do a bit of diplomatic work. That allowance of mine must be restored, and dashed quick, too. What's more, it must be increased.”

  Bingo asks Bertie to negotiate with his uncle to restore and increase his allowance so he can marry the waitress.

  Central conflict of the chapter.

• “He thinks you're a looney.”

  Bingo's uncle believes Bertie is insane.

  Jeeves's solution to the problem.