C
Cadwallader, Sergeant-Major
Gwatkin's CSM: VB 5
described: VB 10
background:
miner: VB 10, 48-9, 57
brother-in-law of L-Cpl Gittins: VB 57
long service in TA: VB 10
as Company Sergeant-Major:
excellence as: VB 48-9
general references to: VB 5, 50, 105, 119, 220
particular occasions:
settling into billets:
folding of blankets: VB 9-10, 12-14
report on Company rifles: VB 14
Company roll: VB 14
problem of authority with Gittins: VB 57
escort for Sayce: VB 67, 70
and Gwatkin's stirring speech:
organisation of men for: VB 71-2
appreciation of: VB 73
the Pendry affair:
brings problem to Gwatkin's notice: VB 82
discretion over: VB 108
on poor conditions at Castlemallock: VB 181, 183-4
embarrassment over ribald words to the Alarm: VB 186-8
news of death of Jones, D: VB 205
the stolen butter: VB 241-2
retirement:
known to be impending: VB 105
announced: VB 234
parting from NJ: VB 241-2
and girls:
banter with Gwylt concerning: VB 49
hints of quiet involvement with: VB 10, 184, 246
Calthorpe
a pupil at NJ's old school in the 1940's: BDFR 252
son or nephew of one of Calthorpes of NJ's day: BDFR 252
stays on at school to captain a team: BDFR 252
affair with Pamela:
begins with holiday meeting: BDFR 252
continued under guise of tea in school room: BDFR 252
Widmerpool on: BDFR 252-3
Calthorpe Major
a pupil in Le Bas's house: QU 50
concerning Le Bas:
father a rower who disliked: QU 51
and arrest of:
met by Widmerpool and told of: QU 50
quick to write home with news of: QU 51
NJ remembers: BDFR 247
brother(s): BDFR 247, 252
and FF Fletcher: QU 50
son or nephew in affair with Pamela: BDFR 252
Carolo
a professional musician: CCR 10
episodes involving:
evening at the Mortimer: CCR 19-20, 24-5, 27-8, 29, 116
at the Maclinticks': CCR 113-4, 116, 119-20
at Mrs Foxe's party: CCR 139, 152-3, 180-2
performance of the "Seraglio": TK 242-6
described: CCR 24-5, 116; TK 245
musical career:
violinist: CCR 20, 29, 35; KO 81; SA 115; TK 236, 242-6
child prodigy: CCR 10, 24, 29, 155; TK 244
diminishing reputation:
difficulty in finding work: CCR 25, 29, 110; TK 244
possibility of Mrs Andriadis' attempting to restore: CCR 29
Maclintick on: CCR 111
dislike of teaching: CCR 29, 110, 199
attempt at composition: CCR 110-14
character:
low social class:
common real name: CCR 24
north-country accent: CCR 28, 116, 119
boorish manners: CCR 24, 27-9, 116; TK 245
lack of intelligence beyond music: CCR 10, 25, 154
egocentricity: CCR 24, 119, 154
air of the melancholy artist: CCR 29, 152, 180; TK 245
attitude to money:
love of: CCR 25
shortage of: CCR 25, 110, 120, 199; TK 244
attitude to women:
desire for: CCR 25, 155, 203
decreasing success with: CCR 29, 154
contrasted with Casanova: CCR 203-4
and the Maclinticks:
as a couple:
lodges with: CCR 110-20, 147, 153, 199, 206; TK 245
catalyst of disaster between: CCR 110-4, 116, 147-8, 155, 180-1, 196
Audrey:
used as goad by: CCR 110-4, 116, 147-8
elopement with:
foreseen by Matilda: CCR 155
hinted at: CCR 180-2
fait accompli: CCR 196-7, 199, 209
otherwise mentioned: SA 115-7
relationship with lasts three years: TK 243-4
leaves for actress: SA 117
Maclintick:
as fellow habitué of the Mortimer: CCR 19-20, 29
career assessed by: CCR 29, 111, 199
reaction of to elopement with Audrey: CCR 199, 203
response to suicide of: CCR 210
the Morelands:
Matilda:
first husband of:
brevity of marriage: CCR 154; KO 81-2; TK 244; HSH 62
otherwise mentioned: CCR 155, 198, 203; TK 245-6
character assessed by: CCR 154-5
Hugh:
as fellow:
habitué of the Mortimer: CCR 19, 24-5
musician: CCR 24-5, 152-3, 210
poorly regarded by: CCR 25, 29, 120, 152, 203; SA 116-7
traumatic reminder of the past: TK 243-4, 253
and other characters:
Norman Chandler: TK 244
Mr Deacon: CCR 19
Gossage: CCR 19-20, 28-9, 139; TK 244
Isobel: TK 245
Carteret-Owen
an ex-student of Sillery's: BDFR 10
part of Sillery's list of attempts to remember NJ: BDFR 10
Castlemallock, Lord
an acquaintance of Dicky Umfraville: VB 163
background:
ancestry: VB 179
Marquess: VB 163
seat at Castlemallock: VB 163, 179-80
Ardglass connection: VB 179
and Joy Grant:
seduction of: VB 163, 179
sexual failure with: VB 163
loss of to Jo Breen: VB 163
and Dicky Umfraville:
known by in Kenya: VB 163
hated by for seduction of wife: VB 163
unflatteringly described by: VB 163
Cattle
the porter in Le Bas's house: QU 27-8
disagreeable grouser: QU 27-8
disappointed by Uncle Giles's parsimony: QU 28
Cavendish, Mr
a guest at the Huntercombes' dance: BM 63
introduced together with NJ's party: BM 63
Chandler, Norman
a theatrical performer and director: CCR 18
episodes involved in:
evening at the Mortimer: CCR 25-7, 43, 141; HSH 234
"The Duchess of Malfi": CCR 47-54, 90
Mrs Foxe's party: CCR 141-3, 166-8, 182
performance of the "Seraglio": TK 231, 242, 244, 252-3
discussion of the "Seven Deadly Sins" photographs: HSH 57-62
the exhibition at Barnabas Henderson's gallery: HSH 234-7
described: CCR 25-6, 48, 55; TK 231; HSH 58
as a performer:
ballet dancer: CCR 21, 27, 43, 51, 140, 143; VB 174; SA 79; TK 231; HSH 58
saxophonist: CCR 27, 43, 143
theatre:
early experiences in: CCR 21
actor:
general references to: CCR 27, 143, 182; VB 174; TK 231; HSH 57
as Bosola in "The Duchess of Malfi": CCR 43, 47-8, 50-1
director: TK 231; HSH 58, 115, 134-5, 234
in the Army:
enlistment: VB 173
posting to Essex: VB 173; SA 79
commissioned and posted to OCTU: SA 79
officer: SA 112
ambivalent sexuality:
androgynous appearance: CCR 25-6, 37, 53-5, 141; HSH 58
homosexuality:
suggested in relationship to:
Mr Deacon: CCR 18-19, 21, 25-7, 37-8, 43
Gossage: CCR 27, 56; TK 242; HSH 62
Max Pilgrim: CCR 50, 52-4, 140
Rupert Wise: CCR 140
behaviour:
camp speech: CCR 26, 50-1, 140-3, 166; TK 242; HSH 58, 62
with Barnabas and Chuck: HSH 234, 236-7
recognised by acquaintances: CCR 37-8, 51, 54, 144, 160-1; VB 174; SA 79; TK 231; HSH 58-9
relationship with Mrs Foxe:
"fascinating mutual attraction": CCR 51-4, 88, 90, 139-41, 143-4, 160-1, 168, 182; SA 79
recognised by acquaintances:
at "The Duchess of Malfi": CCR 54, 56
at the Berkeley Square party: CCR 131, 145, 161, 143-4
later developments in:
after posting to Essex: VB 173-4; SA 79
Buster's divorce proceedings: VB 173-4
as man of culture:
objets d'art:
the Bernini statuette:
finding of in Caledonian Market: CCR 18, 141
and Mr Deacon:
sale to: CCR 18-19, 25-6, 28, 37; HSH 234
reclamation of after death: CCR 47, 141
in place of honour at Berkeley Square: CCR 141, 164
discussion of with Lord Huntercombe: CCR 166
reading:
"Time and Western Man": CCR 48, 50
NJ's novels: CCR 139
artistic adviser to Stringham: CCR 138-9, 160
opinion of the Donners Memorial Prize: HSH 62
vegetarianism: CCR 19, 43
and other characters:
mother: CCR 19
Carolo: TK 244
Mr Deacon:
first meeting with: CCR 19, 43
and the Bernini statuette: CCR 18-19, 21, 25-6, 28, 37, 141; HSH 234, 236-7
object of homosexual interest by: CCR 18-19, 21, 25-7, 37, 43
fond memories of: HSH 234, 236
Sir Magnus Donners: HSH 49
Bob Duport: HSH 234
Jean Duport: HSH 234
Polly Duport: HSH 58, 115, 234, 236
Buster Foxe: CCR 141-4; VB 173-4
Gossage: CCR 27, 56, 143, 145; TK 231, 242, 244; HSH 62
Heather Hopkins: CCR 130
Ted Jeavons: TK 231; HSH 58-9
NJ and Isobel: CCR 139, 142-3, 166-8, 182; HSH 58, 62
Maclintick: CCR 27, 145
Hugh Moreland:
friendship with: CCR 25-8, 43, 48, 90, 130; SA 112; TK 244; HSH 57
shared passion with for mechanical pianos: CCR 43
arouses suspicions with of spying at Foppa's: SA 112
and illness of after the "Seraglio": TK 252-3
Matilda Moreland:
first meeting with: CCR 130
influence in career of: CCR 130
friendship with:
easily professional: CCR 48-51
long lasting: HSH 49, 57-8, 61-2
Stringham:
aid in handling of:
as artistic adviser: CCR 138-9, 160
as guardian: CCR 142, 166-8
satirically regarded by: CCR 160-1; SA 79
Robert Tolland: CCR 90
Rupert Wise: CCR 140
Dicky Umfraville: HSH 58-9
Lady Warminster: CCR 89
Cheesman, Lt
Bithel's successor at the Mobile Laundry: SA 209
episodes involved in:
NJ's visit to the Mobile laundry: SA 209-11, 216-8; TK 212
the army reunion: TK 210-6
described: SA 209, 217; TK 210, 213
character:
firm opinions:
argumentative: SA 217; TK 211
idiosyncratic:
the waistcoat: SA 217-8; MP 227; TK 212
refusal to defer to military ways: TK 211-3
NJ sees as that of loyal retainer:
lack of humour: SA 217-8; TK 214-5,
sexlessness: TK 215
devotion to duty: TK 215
accountant in civilian life: SA 210; MP 227; TK 210-12, 214-6
and the Army:
options available after OCTU: SA 210
commands the Mobile Laundry:
replaces Bithel: SA 209-12, 216-7; TK 211-2
enthusiasm for the job:
actually requested the position: SA 210; MP 227
desire to command men: SA 210; MP 227; TK 213
efficiency noticeable:
on first meeting: SA 209-10
in dealings with Ablett: SA 211-2, 216-7
still evident years later: TK 213
member of G Mess: SA 210, 217
Japanese POW:
capture at Singapore: MP 227; TK 212, 215
fortuitous rescue: TK 213, 215; (and MP 209)
memories of experience as:
the lingering horror: TK 212-3, 215
love of comrades: TK 211, 214-5
Intelligence Corps: TK 210-11, 213
and other characters:
Ablett: SA 211-2, 216; TK 212, 215
Colonel Hogbourne-Johnson: TK 212
NJ: SA 209-11, 215-8; MP 227; TK 211-12
Lintot: TK 210-11, 215-6
Stringham:
commands in Mobile Laundry: SA 212; TK 211-5
puzzled by incongruity of: TK 213-5
admires for demeanour in prison camp: TK 214-5
Tokenhouse: TK 215
Widmerpool: SA 209-10, 217; TK 213
Chu, Colonel
a Chinese military attaché: MP 59
described: MP 160
and the Chinese army:
military attaché in London:
meeting with Finn: MP 59-60
attachment at Sandhurst: MP 59-60
on trip to Brussels: MP 160, 183, 186
promotion to Major-General: MP 160
death at Mukdenin Revolutionary War: MP 160
character:
demanding: MP 59-60
essentially childish:
wish to attend Eton: MP 60, 160
love of teasing: MP 160
vain:
self-complacency: MP 160, 183
grasp of prime position in photograph: MP 186
and other characters:
disliked:
generally: MP 160
especially by:
Finn: MP 59-60
Kucherman: MP 160
Ramos: MP 160
Van der Voort: MP 160, 186
Chuck
a friend of Barnabas Henderson: HSH 197
episodes involved in:
Clare and Sebastian's wedding: HSH 197, 202, 215, 217-9, 239-40
at Barnabas Henderson's gallery: HSH 232-4, 237-8
described: HSH 215
and Barnabas Henderson:
homosexual relationship with:
from before the Murtlock era: HSH 202, 215
restored: HSH 215, 217-9, 232, 234, 237-40, 242
instrumental in decision of to leave Murtlock: HSH 197, 215, 217-9, 232, 239-40, 242
in business with: HSH 14, 232-4, 236-8
attends Canon Fenneau's church with: HSH 232
treated as dogsbody by: HSH 232-3, 236, 238, 250
work:
possibly sailor: HSH 232
as driver for advertising agency: HSH 240
at gallery: HSH 232-3, 238, 250
uncomplicated character: HSH 219, 232, 240
and other characters:
Clare Akworth: HSH 197, 240
Bithel: HSH 250
Norman Chandler: HSH 234, 237-8
Fiona Cutts: HSH 197, 202, 217-8
Bob Duport: HSH 233
Russell Gwinnett: HSH 217
Sam: HSH 232
Widmerpool: HSH 215, 217
Clanwaert
a Belgian liaison officer: MP 95
described: MP 99, 127
military career:
WW1 with Premier Régiment des Guides: MP 95, 99, 106, 163
and the Congo:
elephant officer with La Force Publique: MP 95, 100
liaison officer concerned with: MP 95, 100, 107, 127
character:
romantic: MP 95, 99, 163
humorous: MP 95, 100, 107
unmarried: MP 95
opinions on:
blacks: MP 100
Brussels: MP 100, 163
the V-1: MP 127, 143
lives in same block of flats as NJ: MP 95, 99, 127-8, 133-4
and other characters:
Pamela Flitton: MP 100-1, 133-4
Kucherman: MP 95, 99
Clapham
a publisher: AW 116
at Isbister exhibition: AW 116-9
publisher:
position in firm:
one of directors: AW 116-7
chairman: BDFR 220
and St John Clarke:
publishes: AW 117, 185; TK 142
defence of:
against modernist criticism: AW 117-8; BDFR 185
moving effect of "Fields of Amaranth": AW 118
visits in illness: AW 117
interest in the Isbister introduction: AW 117
and Quiggin & Craggs:
conveniently loses Alaric Kydd to: BDFR 166
takes over after collapse of: BDFR 220
gives directorship to Quiggin: BDFR 224
death: TK 98, 142
and other characters:
Evadne Clapham uncle of: BDFR 125
Ada Leintwardine: TK 142
Smethyck: AW 116-8
Widmerpool:
lives in same block of flats as: BDFR 185
regarded as sound by: BDFR 185
offers directorship to: BDFR 253
Clapham, Evadne
a novelist: BDFR 125
episodes involved in:
the "Fission" launch-party: BDFR 137, 148
the Donners Memorial Prize dinner: HSH 89-91, 95, 107
described: BDFR 148, 155
character:
bisexual: BDFR 125, 148
excitable: BDFR 198
frenetic social schedule: TK 220
desire for the memorable bon mot:
on Blake and the international writers' movement: BDFR 137
on Gissing and poverty: BDFR 155
on the death of Ferrand-Sénéschal: TK 21
on the Hero of Acre: TK 35
on Trapnel's return: TK 35-6
on Quiggin and Ada: TK 98
as writer:
novels:
in general: BDFR 125, 155
"Golden Grime":
pre-publication extract in "Fission": BDFR 197
marks change of style: BDFR 253
influenced by Ada Leintwardine: BDFR 253
"Cain's Jawbone":
35th published title: HSH 90
successful return to original style: HSH 90-1
and Quiggin & Craggs:
"Fission":
short story in first number of: BDFR 148, 198
parodied by Trapnel in: BDFR 198, 206
extract of "Golden Grime" aired in: BDFR 197
figures on final list of: BDFR 253
and other characters:
Bagshaw: BDFR 148, 197, 206
Clapham niece of: BDFR 125
Malcolm Crowding: BDFR 125, 137; TK 35-6
Gibson Delavacquerie: HSH 95
Russell Gwinnett: HSH 90, 95, 107
Heather Hopkins: TK 35
Ada Leintwardine:
possible affair with: BDFR 125
spoken of dryly by: BDFR 148; HSH 91
on marriage of: TK 98
style influenced by: BDFR 253
Mark Members: BDFR 137, 157
JG Quiggin: TK 98; HSH 89-90
Odo Stevens: BDFR 137
X Trapnel:
threatens with libel after parody: BDFR 198, 206
asked for money by: BDFR 162
regards lifestyle of as temporary immaturity: BDFR 157, 159
argument with:
defeat in: BDFR 155
use of in novel: BDFR 155
and the last night of: TK 35-6, 39
confidential story of: HSH 90, 95, 107
Clarini, Signor
a film director and sometime husband of Baby Wentworth: AW 31
and Baby Wentworth:
mentioned:
anonymously as "Italian" husband of: AW 31, 64; LM 198
as a famous name: TK 120
marriage:
originally happy: AW 64
estrangement: TK 157, 272
work as film director:
fame in: TK 120, 157, 272
and the Duports:
Jean's secrecy concerning: AW 64-5
Polly's career advanced by significant role: TK 273
and other characters:
Jean Duport: AW 64-5; LM 198
Glober: TK 120, 157
Ada Leintwardine: TK 157
Clarke, St John
a famous novelist: BM 45
rare appearances in NJ's life:
in Bond Street: CCR 80
the Hunger March: AW 136-9, 146, 173, 175-6; CCR 80
at Lady Katherine's Sunday lunch: CCR 69, 73, 78-84, 90-6, 115-6, 186, 215
described: AW 27-8, 137; CCR 80
character:
egotism: AW 29, 34, 138; CCR 85, 90-1, 96; BDFR 164; TK 142
meanness with money: BM 255; AW 85, 127-8; CCR 74; BDFR 163-4; TK 71, 74; HSH 40
indulgence in the clichéd bon mot: AW 124, 128, 130, 132, 223; CCR 79, 83-4, 115-6; BDFR 204; TK 7
love of the easy life: AW 28-9, 35; CCR 79
sexuality:
absence of:
dislike of women: AW 34-5, 76, 124, 134, 139; TK 155
subordinate to love of self: AW 34
leads to rumours of dubious orientation AW 34-5;: BDFR 21-2; TK 155; HSH 39-40
straitlaced views on: CCR 80-1; HSH 40
snobbery:
cultivation of:
the aristocracy: LM 126, 213; CCR 74-5, 79, 81, 95; 185, 220
hostesses: AW 34-5; CCR 81, 185; BDFR 22
rich patrons: AW 125
reputation as pundit:
on the arts: BM 45, 52; AW 26; CCR 80-1
in general: CCR 80-1
desire for Nobel Prize: AW 28; CCR 185
pretence at oenophilia: CCR 81-2
personal myth: AW 25
ill health:
noticeable on sight: AW 136; CCR 80, 94, 186; TK 74
issue in battle between Members and Quiggin: AW 56, 59, 83, 104-7, 122-3, 137
referred to by the planchette: AW 104-5
said to be improving: AW 117
death: CCR 184, 209, 215; BDFR 163
as writer:
and his generation: AW 28
opinions of:
critical reputation: AW 27-8; CCR 80-2, 186; TK 71; HSH 36-8
artistic similarity to Isbister: AW 29; CCR 101, 184
praised by:
Bithel: SA 16; BDFR 164; TK 142
Clapham: AW 117-8
Mrs Conyers: LM 82
Jean Duport in the past: AW 67
NJ at school: BM 254-5; AW 26; CCR 82; BDFR 249
Ada Leintwardine: TK 141-3, 156, 225-6
Lady Anne Stepney: BM 52, 254
Mona: AW 46, 67, 80
Isobel in youth: CCR 215; TK 239-40
Veronica Tolland: CCR 73
Trapnel: BDFR 164; TK 239
Lady Katherine Warminster: CCR 75
disparaged by:
NJ now: BM 254-5; AW 26-7, 30; CCR 82, 186, 214-6
Jean Duport now: AW 67
Barnby: AW 31-4, 76
Le Bas: BDFR 249
Moreland: TK 234
ambivalence towards expressed by:
Members and Quiggin: BM 254-5; CCR 185; HSH 37
Guggenbühl: AW 175-6
read for social purposes by Widmerpool: CCR 101
novels:
"Dust Thou Art": BM 52; BDFR 8, 164; HSH 39
"E'en the Longest River": CCR 186
"Fields of Amaranth": AW 117-8; LM 82; CCR 73, 75, 186, 215; MP 99; BDFR 249; TK 234
"The Heart is Highland": CCR 186
"Match Me Such Marvel":
Bithel's love of: SA 16; BDFR 164; TK 142
Ada Leintwardine on: TK 141-2, 156, 225-6
Glober's proposed film of: TK 141-2, 155-6, 225-7, 234, 239-40, 272; HSH 37
"Mimosa": BDFR 164
"Never to the Philistines": KO 63
unspecified apart from being:
about Renaissance Italy: BM 52
set at Mountfichet: AW 157
known:
impressively by:
Isobel: TK 239
Mona: AW 67
exhaustively by Trapnel: BDFR 164
the introduction to "The Art of Horace Isbister":
insistence on writing: AW 25, 33
problems in delivering:
bane of:
NJ's life: AW 22, 36, 45, 86, 117
Tokenhouse's business: AW 25; TK 60-1, 71, 74, 140-1
foretold by Mrs Erdleigh: AW 22; MP 66
caused by realignment of:
artistic taste: AW 29, 31-4, 39, 45
political views: AW 60, 86, 123-5
published by:
Clapham: AW 116-7; BDFR 185; TK 142, 226; HSH 37-8
temporarily by Quiggin & Craggs: TK 142
loss of creative vigour: AW 28-9, 34; CCR 83
TV programme on:
described:
as moment in the "Dance": HSH 36-40
as change in the nature of biography: HSH 39-40, 51
otherwise mentioned: HSH 46-7
beliefs and opinions:
originally traditional:
expressed in writing: AW 117
mainstream in art:
sculpture:
letter on the Haig statue: BM 45, 52; AW 26
in Kensington Gardens:
love of Peter Pan: AW 26; CCR 186
objection to Rima: AW 26
painting dislike of Post-Impressionism: AW 26, 130
liberal in politics: AW 133-4
believer in the artist's Ivory Tower: AW 129
scepticism concerning Freud: AW 134
conversions to:
modernism:
indications of:
approves of Quiggin: BM 255-6
likes NJ's novel: AW 29, 32; CCR 81-3
changed artistic tastes: AW 29, 31-3
influence of Members: BM 255; AW 29, 32, 34-5, 39, 41-2, 55, 124, 130; CCR 82, 185-6
Marxism:
indications of:
politicisation of all art: AW 117, 122-3, 133-4; TK 142-3
repetition of "bourgeois": AW 133-4
association with:
Howard Craggs: AW 125, 129
Erridge: LM 125-6; CCR 92, 94, 218-9
Ferrand-Sénéschal: TK 13
standard left-wing causes:
League of Nations: AW 129-30
Hunger March: AW 134-9, 146, 173, 175-6; CCR 80
Spanish Civil War: CCR 92, 94-5; TK 13
general flavour of punditry: CCR 80-1
posthumously discussed:
in obituary: CCR 186
re possible legatees: CCR 217-9
influence of:
Erridge: LM 125-6
Quiggin: AW 60, 122-5, 129, 131, 133-4, 138-9, 176; LM 125-6
disenchantment with:
effect on social life: CCR 74-5
swift movement of trends: CCR 75-6, 83-6, 186, 217
Trotskyism under influence of Guggenbühl: AW 175-6, 181-2; LM 126; HSH 39
NJ compares to:
Mr Deacon: AW 28; CCR 80
Erridge: LM 117
Uncle Giles: KO 205
Sillery: BDFR 21-2
Widmerpool: CCR 80
as part of the Dance: AW 173; HSH 36-40
and secretaries:
early occupants of the position: AW 34; CCR 217-8
the battle for succession to the post, involving:
Members:
originally held by: BM 254-5; AW 32, 34-5, 39, 41, 67; BDFR 163-4
account of loss by: AW 81, 129-34
unsuccessful counter-coup by: AW 104, 106-7, 122
Quiggin:
envious desire of: BM 255
coup engineered by:
account of: AW 56-9
anxiety over permanence of: AW 83, 104-7
account of loss by: AW 181-2, 191
Guggenbühl: AW 181-2; LM 126; CCR 75; BDFR 163; HSH 39-40
also mentioned: AW 67, 81, 120, 122-6, 129, 136-9; LM 220; CCR 65, 75, 80-1, 217, 220; BDFR 163; HSH 39
other references to work as by:
Members: AW 28, 125, 127-8; LM 126; CCR 76, 82, 103-4, 184-6; HSH 38-40
Quiggin: AW 60, 86, 176; LM 117, 125-6; CCR 94, 185-6, 189; BDFR 52; HSH 38-40
attitude to in later life:
embarrassment: CCR 81, 92-3
revenge: CCR 220
and other characters:
Brandreth as personal physician: CCR 103-4
Lady Frederica Budd: CCR 214-9
Clapham: AW 116-7; BDFR 185
Roddy Cutts: CCR 95
Erridge:
NJ compares to: LM 117
meetings with:
in Marxist bookshop: LM 125-6
at Lady Molly's: LM 126
at Thrubworth: CCR 92
literary executor of during absence in Spain: CCR 78, 91-4
leaves estate to in will: CCR 218-20; KO 205; BDFR 72; TK 142
Mrs Erdleigh: AW 22; MP 66
Ferrand-Sénéschal: TK 13
Pamela Flitton:
NJ quotes concerning: BDFR 204
hopes for starring role in film: TK 156-7, 226-7
the Huntercombes: AW 128, 133, 223
Isbister:
old friendship with: AW 25, 29, 31, 54, 125; HSH 40
artistic similarity to: AW 29; CCR 101, 184
bitter envy of: CCR 184-5
portraits by: AW 25; HSH 39
Ada Leintwardine:
film of novel championed by: TK 141-2, 156, 225-6; HSH 37
TV biography produced by: HSH 36-40
Lady Molly: LM 126; CCR 69, 74, 81, 215
Mona:
at Hunger March with: AW 136-9, 146, 173; CCR 80
jealous of in respect of Quiggin: AW 182
LO Salvidge: HSH 39-40, 47
the Sleafords: LM 213
Peter Templer: AW 45-6
Daniel Tokenhouse: TK 60-1, 71, 74, 140-3
the Tollands:
Blanche: CCR 83, 96
George: CCR 94
Hugo sick on: CCR 69, 215
Priscilla: CCR 95
Robert: CCR 69
Lady Katherine Warminster:
guest of: CCR 69, 73, 78-84, 90-6, 186, 215
flatters as:
fellow-writer: CCR 74-5, 81-4
Erridge's stepmother: CCR 78, 91-4
regarded as "old humbug" by: CCR 76
Widmerpool: BM 45; CCR 80, 101; BDFR 185
Clay
a contemporary of NJ at Oxford: QU 165
son of consul in Levant: QU 165
protégé of Sillery, useful in his antagonism to Brightman: QU 165
Clements, Private
a soldier in NJ's platoon: VB 103
as part of General Liddament's investigation into porridge: VB 103
Clinton, Mrs Arthur
a society hostess: BM 84
sharing dance with Lady Drum: BM 84
Widmerpool and NJ expect to attend: BM 84
Clipthorpe, Tim
a drunken ex-solicitor: BDFR 169
described: BDFR 169
an habitué of the Hero of Acre: BDFR 169
and the legal profession:
struck off roll in 1912: BDFR 169
Trapnel's "consultant": BDFR 169
Cobb, Colonel
an assistant US military attaché: MP 75
and the army:
historical family connections with: MP 75-6
assistant US Military Attaché:
ranked:
Colonel: MP 75
Brigadier-General: MP 164
at Section HQ: MP 75-7
on trip to Brussels: MP 164, 171-3
at Victory day Service: MP 223
reputation in: MP 76-7
character:
assiduous in:
concern with details of British army: MP 75, 173
note-taking: MP 172-3
given to self-dramatisation: MP 76
severe attitude to discipline:
"Courthouse Cobb": MP 77, 223
remarks on:
Pearl Harbour: MP 76-7
surrender of Paulus: MP 77
American humour: MP 76; TK 120
compared to Louis Glober: TK 120
inadvertently draws Cabourg to NJ's attention: MP 172
and other characters:
Finn: MP 75-6
Milton Wisebite: MP 76-7
Cobberton, Rev
a clergyman housemaster at NJ's school: QU 52
described: QU 52
and Le Bas:
strained relations with: QU 52; BDFR 246
identifies to police in Braddock alias Thorne: QU 53
reports Templer's tobacco pouch to: QU 72
addresses as "Le Bas": BDFR 246
Cocksidge, Captain Jack
an officer at Div HQ: SA 31
described as part of the Egyptian fantasy: SA 37
captain responsible for Intelligence duties at Div HQ: SA 37, 40, 187-8; MP 148
character:
love of his rank: SA 31, 188
obsequious servility:
examples of: SA 37, 39-40, 43-4, 168, 188
compared to that of:
Diplock: SA 61
NJ himself: MP 148
excessive punctuality: SA 167, 188
and NJ: SA 188
and Widmerpool: SA 31, 39, 187-8
Collins, Angus
son of Veronica Tolland: CCR 76
and Veronica:
son of first marriage to Fred Collins: CCR 72-3, 76; HSH 178
causes concern to over:
childish ailments: CCR 73, 76
school: CCR 76
influence of Collins grandparents: CCR 76
childhood with at Thrubworth: HSH 178
stepbrother to Jeremy Warminster: HSH 178
journalist:
specialising in industrial relations: HSH 178, 180
work causes to miss Sebastian's wedding: HSH 180
married with children: HSH 178
Collins, Fred
first husband of Veronica Tolland: CCR 72
lifestyle:
business in Lagos: CCR 72; HSH 178
unsavoury character of:
gossip concerning: CCR 72-3
described as drunk: HSH 178, 185
compared to Harrison Wisebite: HSH 185
early death: HSH 178, 185
and Veronica:
divorced by: CCR 73, 128; HSH 178, 185
children: CCR 72-3, 76; HSH 178
Chips Lovell on: CCR 73
Collins, Iris
daughter of Veronica Tolland: CCR 76
and Veronica:
daughter of first marriage to Fred Collins: CCR 72-3, 76; HSH 178
causes concern to over:
childish ailments: CCR 73, 76
influence of Collins grandparents: CCR 76
childhood with at Thrubworth: HSH 178
stepsister to Jeremy Warminster: HSH 178
family:
husband:
of the Vowchurch connection: HSH 178
architect: HSH 178
children: HSH 178
attends reception after Sebastian's wedding: HSH 178
Conyers, Charlotte
daughter of General and Mrs Conyers: LM 9
family:
daughter of General and Mrs Conyers: LM 9, 25, 88; KO 211, 219
married to naval officer: LM 9, 25; KO 211
children:
baby born in Malta: LM 88
other(s) mentioned: KO 219
"colourless" character: LM 9-10
and the Jenkins family:
Mrs J on the awkwardness for of General's engagement: KO 219
NJ:
occasional childhood companion of: LM 9-10
not liked by: LM 10
Conyers, General Aylmer
an old friend of NJ's family: LM 5
episodes involving:
visit by NJ and Lady Frederica: LM 45, 68, 71-88; SA 47
engagement party at Lady Molly's: LM 223-35; MP 236; TK 21
visit to Stonehurst: KO 12-13, 38, 43, 50-2, 53-73, 135, 154, 219 ; MP 224; TK 281
NJ visits for advice about wartime commission: KO 210-18
described:
in photograph: LM 10, 13, 72; KO 210
in life: LM 73-4; KO 211
in motorist's gear: KO 53, 66; TK 281
homes:
house in Hampshire:
scene of country pursuits: LM 10, 41-2, 78, 210
sold at Bertha's death: KO 209-10
flat in Sloane Square: LM 10-13, 42, 50, 71-91; KO 210-8
character:
broad-minded tolerance:
embodiment of old traditions: LM 5, 29, 140, 169; KO 53; SA 47
strong awareness of the new: LM 5; KO 44; and below
analytical intelligence: LM 76-7, 224-34; KO 53, 63
energy and power of will: LM 69, 73-4; KO 53, 63-67, 209-11, 219; MP 82, 224
heterodoxy: KO 41-2, 44, 57-8, 203-4, 211, 213-4
polymathic interests:
"restless curiosity about things": KO 209
examples see below
love of food: KO 13, 58, 217
panache: HSH 23
tendency to reverie: LM 80, 83, 87-8, 192
and the army:
career:
regarded as brilliant: KO 38-9, 42
at Sandhurst: LM 230
ranks mentioned:
subaltern: LM 6, 9; KO 65
brigadier: LM 7; KO 38-9
major-general on return in WW1: LM 10; SA 80, 156, 205
premature retirement: LM 7, 10; KO 38-9, 42
long experience: SA 47
particular fields of action:
Soudan and the jewelled scimitar: LM 6, 10, 13, 25, 42
South Africa and the Boer War: LM 6-7, 81, 225, 233; KO 44
others: LM 6
revolutionary views on reform of: KO 42, 56
involvement in steeplechasing: LM 71-2, 230
post-retirement:
interest in:
keen before WW1: KO 56-7
evaporated by outbreak of WW2: KO 211-3
traces of remain in "sense of style": LM 5, 169, 234; HSH 23
other occupations:
at Court:
member of the royal Body Guard: LM 8-10, 72, 79, 224; KO 43-4, 55, 210; SA 47
friendship with Budds and Udneys: LM 9
rivalry with Lady Frederica: LM 78-9, 81
retired from: KO 210-11
air-raid warden:
work as: MP 82
dies on duty pursuing looter: MP 82
varied interests:
comparative religion: SA 47
foreign affairs:
in general: KO 70
on the imminence of World War 1:
opinions of German:
influence in Turkey: KO 56, 59, 63
domestic affairs: KO 56-7
military efficiency: KO 57
the assassination in Sarajevo: KO 72-3, 75
on the likely development of World War 2: VB 167
motoring: KO 12, 44-5, 51, 53-4, 65-6, 71-3; TK 281
music:
effort to play the cello: LM 8, 10, 72, 74-5, 80, 88; KO 42, 210; VB 167; SA 9
argument with Sir Gavin over Puccini: LM 86-7
appreciation of Moreland: KO 212-3
modern literature: LM 82-3; SA 47
the occult:
ghosts:
at Windsor: KO 55
at Stonehurst: KO 55-7, 61
other paranormal manifestations in India: KO 55, 68, 209
Society for Psychical Research: KO 55, 209
Dr Trelawney:
long acquaintance with: KO 72, 75
shares with:
the mantra: KO 67, 71, 218
aura of ritual: KO 53, 67
sense of the ominous: KO 68
attitude to:
takes ideas seriously: KO 67-9, 71, 218
dismisses man as:
impostor: KO 72, 217
degenerate: KO 72
poodles:
attempts to train as gun-dogs: LM 8, 10, 225-6; KO 42
suffers accident feeding: LM 41-2, 73, 75, 78, 224, 234; KO 212
has "best Christmas ever" cleaning out: LM 78
gives up after Bertha's death: KO 210
psychoanalysis:
reading of the theory:
preference for Jung and Freud: LM 83, 225
dislike of Adler: LM 83
application to:
self: LM 234
Erridge: KO 213
NJ: LM 233-4
Peploe-Gordon: LM 232-3
Widmerpool: LM 224-34; MP 236; TK 21
published article on: VB 167
NJ's thoughts concerning:
the concept of the "personal myth":
Gwatkin: VB 76
Trapnel: BDFR 157
Orlando: HSH 32
Diplock's repressed criminality: SA 62
Tokenhouse's sexuality: TK 62
thinking and feeling in art: HSH 111
also mentioned: SA 47
and the Jenkins family:
long acquaintance with: LM 5, 50, 61, 75-6, 79-80, 89; KO 38; VB 167; SA 80
NJ's parents:
mother:
acquaintance with parents of: LM 5, 8-9
possibly:
suitor for aunt of: LM 7
distant cousin of: LM 5; KO 38
father:
envied by for vigorous life: KO 39, 42-5, 50-1, 209-10, 219
overawes in discussion: KO 54-9
nature of friendship with:
never particularly close: LM 8-9, 14, 71-2; KO 38-9
touch lost eventually: KO 209-10
reactions of to engagement: KO 214, 219
Uncle Giles:
mutual dislike: KO 51, 214
disparaged by: LM 5-7, 9; KO 55, 65, 219
hears news of Sarajevo from: KO 70-73
NJ:
remembered by from childhood:
fascination with:
photograph as body guard: LM 10, 13; KO 210
the jewelled scimitar: LM 13, 25
military exploits: LM 6, 233
handling of Billson: KO 64, 135
with appreciation of treatment as equal: KO 53-4
on:
hearing air-raid siren: SA 9
seeing vintage car rally: TK 281
use of as sounding board re Widmerpool: LM 75-7, 87, 223-34
psychoanalysis of: LM 233-4
compared by to:
Finn: MP 224
Ted Jeavons: LM 169, 192
Mr Gauntlett: HSH 23
Uncle Giles: LM 169
General Liddament: SA 47
Alfred Tolland: LM 27
Lady Warminster: KO 211
Widmerpool: LM 69
considered by as:
harbinger of the Furies: KO 38, 45, 72-3, 68, 75
man of action: LM 6, 73-4; KO 213; MP 82
romantic adventurer: KO 219-20; HSH 23
sought by for advice on wartime commission: KO 209, 211-2, 218, 220
and women:
early reputation: LM 7, 9; KO 39, 65, 210
belief in celibate corps of officers: LM 9
bachelor until late 40's: LM 7, 69
Bertha:
considerably older than: LM 7, 9, 11, 68-9; KO 39
marriage to:
surprises acquaintances: LM 7
devoted to: LM 9; KO 39, 210
daughter Charlotte: LM 9-10; KO 211, 219
reaction to death of: KO 209-11, 219
Mildred Blaides:
brother-in-law of: LM 10, 68-9, 77, 225
acute understanding of: LM 75-7, 87, 227-30
Frederica Budd:
Court rivalry with: LM 77-9, 81-2
NJ fantasises about as possible fiancée: KO 214-5
Billson:
interested in ghostly experiences of: KO 55-6, 61
frightens at lunch: KO 61
takes responsibility for in breakdown: KO 63-5, 135, 154, 219; MP 224
Mrs Erdleigh NJ fantasises about as possible fiancée: KO 214-5
Miss Weedon:
passes incognito at Lady Molly's: LM 234
meeting with: KO 219-20
engagement to: KO 213-19
obvious happiness with: KO 214, 218; VB 167
married to: VB 167; SA 80; MP 82, 156, 205
and other characters:
Albert:
revered by: KO 13-14
loves cooking of: KO 13, 58, 217
contemplates honeymoon at Bellevue: KO 217
Erridge: KO 213
Sunny Farebrother: MP 205
Ted Jeavons: LM 80-1; KO 215, 232
Lady Molly: KO 215-6
Alice, Lady Sleaford: LM 226; KO 216
Marquesses of Sleaford:
Geoffrey: LM 225-7
John: KO 216
Smethyck: LM 226; KO 211; TK 26
Stringham: KO 216-7; SA 80
Truscott:
knowledge of in business: LM 76
learns of Widmerpool from: LM 76
Sir Gavin Walpole-Wilson: LM 86
Widmerpool:
incongruity of as brother-in-law: LM 50, 68-9
similarities to: LM 69
opinion of in relation to:
Truscott: LM 76
Mildred: LM 75-7, 87, 227-30
psychoanalysis of: LM 224-34; MP 236; TK 21
Flavia Wisebite: VB 167
Conyers, Hon Bertha
wife of General Aylmer: LM 8
episodes involved in:
NJ's visits to tea with:
in boyhood: LM 10-13, 25, 42, 50, 71, 87; KO 210
as adult: LM 45, 68, 71-89
at Lady Molly's:
NJ's first visit to: LM 25-30, 36-7, 41-7, 50, 61, 79, 210
the engagement party: LM 223
visit to Stonehurst: KO 13, 38-9
described: LM 26; KO 53
family:
eldest daughter of Lord Vowchurch: LM 8, 26, 62, 69; KO 13-14, 39, 43
sister of:
Mildred Blaides:
large age gap between: LM 10-11, 68
contrast in character between: LM 190, 199
anxiety over:
behaviour of: LM 11-12, 42-3, 73
welfare of: LM 42-4, 46-7, 61, 73, 83-5
other mentions of: LM 50, 62, 77
wife of Lancer commander near Aldershot: KO 44
one unmarried: LM 68-9
companion to Lady Amesbury: LM 26
marriage to General Conyers:
at fairly ripe age: LM 7-9, 11, 26
much younger than: LM 7, 68-9; KO 39
relationship with: LM 72, 74-5, 190; KO 39
effect on: LM 7-8, 26, 69; KO 39, 210
daughter Charlotte: LM 9-10, 25, 88; KO 211, 219
death: KO 209, 211, 219
activities:
voluntary work in World War: LM 10, 12
accomplished in French: LM 44
social circle:
based around Court: LM 9, 30, 210; KO 43
friendship with Lady Frederica: LM 33-4, 77-91, 210
at Lady Molly's: LM 25-30, 37-8, 41-6, 79-80, 223
acquaintance with Jenkins family:
long acquaintance with: LM 8-9, 14, 26, 34, 50, 61-2, 71-2, 79-80
warm relationship with NJ's mother: KO 39, 43, 45, 55, 59, 75
visit to Stonehurst: KO 13, 38, 43, 50-73
NJ himself:
remembered by: LM 10-13, 25, 50, 71-2, 89; KO 210
provides first sight of Mildred: LM 10-13, 50, 89
later contacts: LM 25-30, 36-7, 45, 61-2, 68, 71-91, 223
character:
nervousness:
appearance: KO 39
consequence of father's behaviour: LM 26; KO 39, 60
examples of:
in reaction to:
Mildred's:
brashness: LM 11-12
engagement: LM 25-9, 43-4, 46-7, 61, 73
Billson's clumsiness: KO 60
Trelawney's disciples: KO 67, 70
news of Sarajevo: KO 73
strength of will: LM 26; KO 39
consciously old-fashioned: LM 42, 82
tolerance of the young: LM 37-8
accomplishments:
limited as linguist: LM 27-8, 36
impressive as raconteur: LM 30, 62, 199, 210; KO 43
and other characters:
Lady Bridgnorth: LM 12
Lady Molly:
in days as Lady Sleaford: LM 12, 42-3
uncomfortable with: LM 25-7
opinion of as:
"odd":
in domestic economy: LM 42, 72
like all Ardglasses: LM 73
a gossip: LM 45, 82
puzzled by marriage of to Ted Jeavons: LM 72-3
Ted Jeavons: LM 72-3
Alice, Lady Sleaford: LM 226
Smith: LM 42
Prince Theodoric: LM 28, 44-5
Alfred Tolland: LM 27-30, 79
Hugo Tolland: LM 37-8
the Walpole-Wilsons: LM 36
Widmerpool:
agitation at prospect of meeting: LM 26, 29, 43-4, 61-2
relief upon first sight of: LM 46
curiosity over: LM 47, 73, 85-8
Cordery
one-time master of NJ's school house: AW 163
Le Bas's predecessor: AW 162, 190, 193; BDFR 71
housemaster in time of:
Alfred Tolland: AW 190, 193; BDFR 71
Umfravilles:
Dicky: AW 162
elder brother: AW 193-4; BDFR 71
mentioned by Maiden: AW 190
Craddock, Lt Lyn
an officer in NJ's battalion: VB 16
background:
son of manager of Gwatkin's bank: VB 16
brother of Kedward's fiancée: VB 51
described: VB 51
and the army:
as NJ's fellow officer:
shares room with: VB 51, 56
Messing Officer: VB 51
promotion above as senior subaltern:
part of post-Gwatkin reorganisation: VB 230
Kedward's high hopes of: VB 230
may have taken over platoon from: MP 180
promotion to company commander: MP 180
killed at Caen: MP 180
Craggs, Howard
a left-wing publisher: BM 243
episodes involved in:
Mr Deacon's party: BM 258-9, 260-1; BDFR 66-7
Erridge's funeral: BDFR 51-2, 54-6, 66-8, 79, 81-2, 88, 91, 125, 127
the launch-party for "Fission": BDFR 132-3, 139-40, 146
described:
appearance: BM 258; BDFR 51-2, 55-6
obnoxious voice: BM 258, 261; LM 111, 138; VB 222; BDFR 82
affectation of vagueness: BDFR 55-6, 127
as publisher:
the Vox Populi Press:
managing director of: BM 243-4, 256-7; 270; AW 55, 125; KO 229; BDFR 152
other references to see also "Businesses and Companies: Vox Populi"
Boggis and Stone:
director of: AW 55; LM 111, 138; BDFR 29
other references to see also "Businesses and Companies: Boggis and Stone"
Quiggin & Craggs:
and JG Quiggin:
co-founder with: BDFR 13, 28-9, 41, 52,
co-director with: BDFR 82, 88, 101, 124-5, 132-3, 139, 156, 168-9, 223; TK 142
differences of opinion with: BDFR 101, 126, 152, 180
personal involvement in:
attitude to publishing: BDFR 126-7
commercial shrewdness: BDFR 126-7
controversial publications: BDFR 126-7, 152, 168-9, 179-80, 222, 224
at "Fission" party: BDFR 133, 139-40, 146
retirement from: BDFR 224
other references to see also "Businesses and Companies: Quiggin & Craggs"
temporary Civil Servant during War:
Ministry of Information: KO 229; MP 78, 118
involved in rationing of paper: BDFR 13, 127
knighthood: MP 118; BDFR 66-7, 141; HSH 98
death: TK 142; HSH 98
left-wing politics:
long-standing fellow-traveller: BDFR 41, 152
tendency to follow standard socialist causes of the moment:
examples: LM 115, 120; BDFR 13, 57, 224
criticised by Erridge for: LM 120
nephew killed in Spain: CCR 191
anti-religious views: BDFR 55-6, 82
reflected in:
conversation: BM 260; BDFR 141
involvement in committees: LM 115, 120; BDFR 13, 57
publishing policy: BM 244, 256-7; AW 125; LM 111, 203; VB 222; MP 78; BDFR 29, 42, 152
and women:
promiscuous philandering: BDFR 31, 79, 126, 152
Gypsy Jones:
early association with:
occasional employer of: BM 243; KO 229
said by Barnby to sleep with: BM 243-4, 258-9; KO 229
at Mr Deacon's party with: BM 258-9, 260-1; BDFR 66-7
Adam to Eve at fancy dress: BM 270-1; KO 229
also mentioned: BDFR 87
long cohabitation with: BDFR 52
marriage to: BDFR 41, 52, 56, 66-7, 88, 133, 142; HSH 98
fearful subservience to: BDFR 88, 142, 152, 180
Pamela Flitton:
attempt to seduce:
gives expensive dinner to: MP 78
suffers wine thrown by: MP 78; BDFR 79
described by as "randy as a stoat": BDFR 79
and other characters:
Milly Andriadis: TK 154
Bagshaw: BDFR 41, 101, 126-7, 152, 180, 222
Frederica Budd: BDFR 82
Mr Deacon:
reminds NJ of: BDFR 52
at birthday party of: BM 258-61; BDFR 66-7
Erridge:
as source of money: LM 154; BDFR 41, 67-8, 82
political association with: LM 115, 120, 203; BDFR 41, 57, 76, 87
doubts expressed by: LM 120
at funeral of: BDFR 51-2, 54-6, 66-8, 79, 81-2, 88, 91, 125, 127
Guggenbühl: BDFR 142
Ada Leintwardine: BDFR 29, 31, 79, 224; TK 142, 154
Rosie Manasch: BDFR 140
Mark Members: AW 125, 129
Pinkus voice compared to: VB 222
Len Pugsley: BDFR 222
Quiggin:
assessed by: BM 257; LM 111
"Unburnt Boats": BM 256-7; LM 111, 154
and the running of the war: KO 252
not asked to wedding of: BDFR 224; and see "as publisher: Quiggin & Craggs"
Nathanael Sheldon: BDFR 125
Sillery:
well-known by:
shared involvement in left-wing causes: LM 120; BDFR 13
gossip by re philandering: BDFR 31
publication of diaries of: BDFR 223, 253
Odo Stevens: BDFR 222
Alfred Tolland: BDFR 66, 91
Norah Tolland: BDFR 81-2
X Trapnel: BDFR 156, 168-9
Widmerpool: MP 78; BDFR 51-2, 54, 56, 66-7, 79, 91, 139, 141-2, 146
Creech, Albert
the cook at Stonehurst: KO 5
episodes involving:
stories of NJ's childhood at Stonehurst:
directly: KO 5-10, 13-14, 22, 46-7, 76-7
by reference: KO 24, 29-30, 36-7, 48, 52-3, 58, 61, 63-4, 75, 135, 154-5, 194
events surrounding the death of Uncle Giles: KO 152-8, 165, 168, 186-88, 189-92, 204
described: KO 5, 143-4, 153
history of employment:
NJ's mother's family: KO 10
geographically various houses, including the Alfords': KO 10, 13-14
as cook at Stonehurst:
appointment after suggestion to Mrs Jenkins: KO 10-11
lives in stable-block: KO 7, 13, 64; VB 203
excellence as:
apparently natural gift: KO 11
appreciation of:
lacking in the Jenkinses: KO 38, 145
enthusiastic in Gen Conyers: KO 58-9
examples of: KO 13, 43, 58-60,
other references to: KO 16, 37, 52, 73, 143, 153-5, 165, 168 , 217
gives notice on the fateful day: KO 46-9, 52, 56, 61, 63
keeps in touch with Mrs Jenkins afterwards:
early visits: KO 143
well-written annual letters: KO 143, 162-3
war years spent in a canteen: KO 76
good hotels: KO 144
the Bellevue: KO 144, 150-2, 155-7, 165-6, 168, 170-1, 186-8, 190-2, 204, 217; MP 142
death: MP 142-3
character:
nervousness about:
women:
in general: KO 10, 17, 19, 37, 43
suffragettes: KO 6, 10, 30, 77, 204
at the Bellevue:
Mrs Creech: KO 153, 156, 186-7, 190, 204
the staff: KO 156-7, 186
the old residents: KO 156-7
ghosts: KO 7-8
the police: KO 21, 204
violence:
in all forms: KO 29-30
the approach of wars:
Kitchener's army: KO 76
requisitioning of the Bellevue: KO 204
delicate culinary operations: KO 37, 52
Dr Trelawney: KO 155-6, 186-7, 190-2, 204
melancholia:
general dissatisfaction with life: KO 17, 143
difficult moods: KO 11, 15, 145
hatred of all work but cooking: KO 5, 11, 152-3, 190-1
tender feet: KO 5, 10, 76, 143-4, 153, 157-8, 186
dislike of Stonehurst as:
a place: KO 11
giving little scope for his art: KO 38, 43
assessment of married life: KO 76
egotism:
artistic narcissism: KO 18, 153
lack of interest in his children: KO 144
tendency to forget what does not affect him: KO 151, 154-5, 157
miscellaneous characteristics:
gambling: KO 21
speaking in riddles: KO 6, 48
longing for quiet life: KO 75
admiration for Lloyd George's insurance scheme: KO 5, 33
and NJ:
liked by:
mutual affection: KO 5, 153, 204
story of Lord Vowchurch's mouse amuses: KO 13-14, 39, 43
occasionally seen by over the years: KO 143
importance to:
abiding power of childhood memories:
the triangle of love: KO 18-20, 135
imaginative fantasies: KO 7-8
as harbinger of the Furies:
image of the suffragettes: KO 6-7, 77
symbol of impending doom: KO 47, 49, 52-3, 204
seen by as like:
Sisyphus and Charon: KO 151
Prince Theodoric: KO 144
and the staff at Stonehurst:
Billson:
loved by: KO 10, 18-20, 37, 65, 135
teased by: KO 20-1
regards as mad: KO 9-10, 20, 22, 75
supports over incident of the cake: KO 35-7, 155
and the breakdown of:
unwitting cause of: KO 52, 61, 63, 65
sleeps through: KO 64
angry at disturbance caused by: KO 75
becomes part of the mythical "disappointment" of: KO 75
has virtually forgotten: KO 154-5
Bracey:
difficult relationship with: KO 14-15, 18-19, 24, 29-31, 37
the incident of the cake: KO 31, 35-7
has virtually forgotten: KO 155
Mercy: KO 24
and wife:
persecution by as "the girl from Bristol": KO 10, 47, 53, 144, 151
marriage to:
announcement of: KO 47, 49, 52, 61
assessment of: KO 76-7, 144
children: KO 144
business partnership with: KO 144, 155-6
and other characters:
General Conyers: KO 13, 58-9, 217
Bob Duport: KO 171, 186-7, 190-1
Mrs Erdleigh: KO 187-8, 190, 192, 199; MP 142-3
Uncle Giles:
opinion of cooking expressed by: KO 73, 145
Bellevue suits character of: KO 144-5
and the death of: KO 150-1, 153, 156-7, 165, 170, 187, 194
Gullick: KO 76
Dr Trelawney: KO 155-6, 186-8, 190-2, 204
Lord Vowchurch: KO 14
Creech, Mrs
Albert's wife: KO 10
and Albert:
as "the girl from Bristol": KO 10, 47, 53, 144, 151
marriage:
announcement of: KO 47
success of: KO 76-7, 144
children: KO 144
also mentioned: KO 153, 157, 186, 204
business partnership with: KO 144, 155-6, 187, 190
after death of:
marriage to a Pole: MP 142-3
keeps boarding-house at Weston-Super-Mare: MP 143
and NJ:
subject of imaginative fantasies by: KO 151
remains unseen during visit because of influenza: KO 153, 157, 186, 204
dislike of Dr Trelawney: KO 155
Crowding, Malcolm
a poet: BDFR 125
and the literary scene:
"Fission":
at party for launch of: BDFR 137, 147
published in first edition of: BDFR 137
poetry:
writer of: BDFR 125, 137
argument with Shernmaker on: BDFR 147
NJ's poor opinion of: TK 35
gives up: TK 35
use of as means to international travel: BDFR 137
as an academic:
lecturer in English at (Widmerpool's) redbrick university: TK 35, 39-40; HSH 43
editing text-book: TK 35
bisexuality:
claimed affair with Ada Leintwardine: BDFR 125
suggestions of homosexuality: TK 35, 97-8
and other characters:
Evadne Clapham:
agrees with: BDFR 137
battles with:
verbal sparring: TK 35-6, 39
mutual scandalmongering: BDFR 125; TK 35
Ada Leintwardine: BDFR 125
Mark Members: BDFR 137
LO Salvidge: BDFR 137
Quentin Shuckerley: TK 97-8
Trapnel:
stories of:
attempts to borrow by: BDFR 162
the last night in "The Hero of Acre": TK 33-40; HSH 43
opinion of as novelist: TK 39-40
Croxton
an officer on the Aldershot course: VB 128
boisterous behaviour:
permanent feature of character: VB 128
exemplified in incident with Stevens:
annoys with horseplay: VB 128
summarily dealt with by: VB 128-9
Curtis, Cpl
a military clerk at Finn's Section HQ: MP 32
described: MP 32
at War Office:
work as clerk to Pennistone and NJ:
enforced by bad eyesight: MP 32
efficiency in: MP 32, 60
Fire Duty during V-1 raid: MP 152-4
intellectual character:
nicety of language: MP 32-3, 152-4
reading of:
Grote's "History of Greece" right through: MP 32
"Adam Bede" on Fire Duty: MP 152, 154
reference to "The Waste Land": MP 154
wide interests: MP 32
knowledge of London: MP 154
Cutts, Fiona
daughter of Roddy and Susan: BDFR 194
episodes involved in:
crayfishing with Murtlock: HSH 6-10, 14-20, 25-6, 29-30, 192, 218
Sebastian's wedding reception: HSH 183, 192-9, 202-4, 207-9, 214-9, 221
described: HSH 9-10, 192
family:
daughter of Roddy and Susan:
represents reconciliation after Roddy's affair: BDFR 180-1, 192, 194; HSH 10
similarities to: HSH 9
lifestyle viewed with concern by: HSH 10-11, 13, 38, 74, 111, 170, 172, 179-80, 182-3, 240
sister of:
Jonathan: HSH 10
Jonathan: HSH 10
Sebastian: HSH 10, 179, 193, 199, 205, 207, 209
and the wider Tolland clan:
Blanche:
sympathetically understood by: HSH 11-13
given accommodation by: HSH 13
Hugo: HSH 10, 12, 184
Isobel and NJ: HSH 6, 9, 14-15, 26, 29, 74, 157, 192-7, 203-4, 221
Norah: HSH 11-12, 184
Jeremy Warminster: HSH 9
character and lifestyle:
problem child:
rebellious tomboy: HSH 9-10, 38, 74-5, 189, 203
schools:
hatred of: HSH 10, 194
successive abscondings & expulsions: HSH 10, 193
affair with electrician: HSH 10
drugs: HSH 12-13
involvement with the Murtlock commune:
the crayfishing episode: HSH 6-10, 14-16, 18-20, 25-6, 29-30, 218
the orgiastic ritual at the Devil's Fingers: HSH 147, 153, 156-7, 167-72, 179
decision to leave: HSH 168-72, 182, 203, 219, 240
otherwise mentioned: HSH 10-13, 74-5, 111, 163-6, 179-80, 184, 195-6, 202-4, 207-9, 214
teenage attack of typhoid: HSH 10
instability:
bouts of lugubrious depression: HSH 9-10, 203
continuing instinct for mischief: HSH 202-4, 207, 214
refusal to discuss problems: HSH 170-1
work:
on the fringes of glossy journalism: HSH 10, 171
research assistant to Gwinnett: HSH 172
relationships with men:
early affair with electrician: HSH 10
Etienne Delavacquerie: HSH 74-5, 163-5, 169
Gibson Delavacquerie:
interest of expressed: HSH 75, 163-5, 171-2, 176, 179, 193
and freedom from Murtlock:
the Gwinnett bargain: HSH 168-72
sanctuary at flat of: HSH 171-73, 176, 179-80, 182, 192, 221
NJ's thoughts on:
the platonic enigma: HSH 75, 165-6, 169, 171-2, 224
momentary assumption of marriage: HSH 182
Russell Gwinnett:
and the Devil's Fingers: HSH 153, 156-7, 167-72
works as research assistant to: HSH 172
marriage to:
in relation to Sebastian's wedding:
takes place the day before: HSH 179, 182-3, 199, 209-10
together at reception for: HSH 192-9, 204, 214-5
reactions to: HSH 182-4, 192, 199, 209-10
relationship between: HSH 157, 193-4, 216-7, 221, 240
Scorpio Murtlock:
speculations concerning by:
the Tollands: HSH 10-13
Gibson Delavacquerie: HSH 74-5, 166
subservience to: HSH 6-8, 11-14, 16-18, 20, 25, 166, 170-1, 193
continuing fear of: HSH 195, 216
used by to entrap Gwinnett: HSH 165-72
and other characters:
Chuck: HSH 197, 217
Clare Akworth: HSH 197
Bithel: HSH 203-4, 208-9, 214, 240
Barnabas Henderson: HSH 153, 195-7, 202-3, 216-9, 240
Rusty: HSH 9-10, 20, 153, 157, 219
Widmerpool: HSH 196, 199, 202-3, 205, 217-8
Flavia Wisebite: HSH 209-10
Cutts, Jonathan
elder son of Roddy and Susan: HSH 10
family:
like father Roddy:
in appearance: HSH 177
in conversation: HSH 10, 177
brother of:
Fiona: HSH 10
Sebastian:
similar to: HSH 10, 177
at wedding of: HSH 177, 209
married with children: HSH 10
work:
ambitious in: HSH 10
with firm of art auctioneers: HSH 10, 177-8, 209
Cutts, Lady Augusta
mother of Roddy: BM 64
family:
daughter of successful business family: CCR 73-4
married into banking family: CCR 74
mother of:
an older daughter: BM 64
Mercy: BM 64
Roddy: LM 140; CCR 73
mother-in-law of Susan Tolland: LM 140
formidable character: LM 140
society figure:
involvement with debutantes' balls:
at the Huntercombes': BM 64
gives dinner before the Drum-Clinton: BM 84
remembered by Erridge as giving: LM 140
as hostess:
Widmerpool dines with: BM 84
reputation for good dinners: BM 84
Cutts, Lady Susan see Tolland, Lady Susan
Cutts, Mercy
sister of Roddy: BM 64
and family:
sister of Roddy: CCR 85; BDFR 81
with older sister at Huntercombes' ball: BM 64
and Widmerpool:
remembers as something of a joke: CCR 85
remembered by as rather plain: BDFR 81
Cutts, Miss
presumed elder sister of Roddy: BM 64
at the Huntercombes' ball: BM 64
Cutts, Roddy
husband of Susan Tolland: LM 140
episodes involved in:
Sunday lunch at Lady Katherine's: CCR 69, 73-4, 77-8, 85-7, 95
dinner at Westminster flat: KO 93-6, 116-7
Erridge's funeral: BDFR 44-6, 53, 80-1, 84-8, 92-4, 96
evening with NJ:
dinner at the House of Commons: BDFR 180-4
at Widmerpool's flat: BDFR 184-94, 207
Sebastian's wedding: HSH 181-3, 209
described: CCR 73; BDFR 46, 181, 207
family:
son of:
Lady Augusta: LM 140; CCR 73
line of successful bankers on father's side: CCR 73-4
brother of Mercy: CCR 85; BDFR 81
and Susan Tolland:
engagement to: LM 139-47, 153
car borrowed by: LM 138, 146, 153
subservience to: LM 146; BDFR 45-6, 53, 88, 192
marriage to:
supported by in political career: KO 93; BDFR 45-6; HSH 9
jealousy concerning: CCR 74, 86-7; BDFR 95-6
and the affair with cipher-clerk:
desire for divorce: MP 73; BDFR 45
causes family:
surprise: MP 73
dismay: MP 73
humiliating failure of: BDFR 45
reconciliation after: BDFR 45; HSH 10
otherwise mentioned: CCR 69, 73-4, 77; VB 119; MP 73; BDFR 44, 192; HSH 10-11, 13, 74, 111, 172, 179-83, 240
father of:
Jonathan: HSH 10, 177
Sebastian: HSH 10, 177, 209
Fiona:
result of reconciliation with Susan: BDFR 180-1, 192, 194; HSH 10
similarities to: HSH 9
attitude to lifestyle of:
anxious resignation: HSH 10-11, 38, 74, 182-3, 240
attempt to:
avoid reference to: HSH 111, 170, 179-80
find optimism about: HSH 13, 172, 182, 240
career:
in the City: CCR 73, 85
politics:
at Conservative Central Office: LM 140
Conservative MP :
status as:
regarded as the coming man: LM 141; KO 93; MP 73
opposition to Munich affects: KO 93, 116-7
backbencher: KO 93
minor office in Government: TK 43
seat:
northern constituency: KO 94
just retained in 1945: BDFR 45-6, 80
and the House of Commons:
flat close to: KO 93
gives NJ dinner at: BDFR 180-1
love of: BDFR 45, 181
fellow of:
Fettiplace-Jones: CCR 85; KO 93-6, 113, 116-7
Widmerpool: BDFR 80-1, 84-6, 96, 182-5, 189, 192-3, 207; HSH 182-3, 209
usefulness of in obtaining commission: KO 241; VB 119
retired from: HSH 9, 177, 181-2, 209
interest in:
the Abdication: CCR 133
the American presidential election: HSH 183
Germany:
growing strength of: CCR 74
the approach of war with: KO 94-5, 116-7
the Spanish Civil War: CCR 77-8, 95
also mentioned: CCR 73-4
army:
commission as officer: KO 241; VB 119
Major of Yeomanry: MP 73
Reconnaissance Corps: MP 73
at HQ Persia / Iraq Force: BDFR 45
character:
manners:
over-assiduous charm: CCR 73; KO 94
politician's habits of speech: KO 113, 228; BDFR 46, 85, 181-2, 184; HSH 10, 177, 181-2
forgetful: CCR 73, 77
opposed to drink: KO 93
impatient: BDFR 189-90, 192-4
stolid lack of:
adventure: MP 73; BDFR 180
imagination:
concerning human relations: CCR 77; BDFR 192; TK 44
uninterested in poetry: HSH 180
anxiety:
distaste for talk of death: BDFR 96
pessimism concerning money: BDFR 181
over Fiona: HSH 10-11, 13, 38, 74, 111, 172, 179-80, 182-3, 240
and other Tollands:
Erridge:
little contact with: CCR 77
generally disturbed by: CCR 77
appalled at Spanish escapade of: CCR 77-8
and will of: BDFR 183-4, 189
Frederica: BDFR 183
George:
different opinions on shared experiences: CCR 77-8, 84-5
tension with resulting from:
status as experts: CCR 73-4
jealousy re Susan: CCR 74; BDFR 95-6
habits: BDFR 181
Hugo: BDFR 80, 96, 180, 183
Isobel: BDFR 181
Norah: HSH 12
and other characters:
St John Clarke: CCR 95
the cipher-clerk:
desire to marry: MP 73; BDFR 45
abandoned by for rich Persian: BDFR 45, 186
Sir Magnus Donners: KO 94-6, 113, 116-7
Fettiplace-Jones: CCR 85; KO 93-6, 113, 116-7
Pamela Flitton:
strongly attracted by: BDFR 53, 85-6, 88, 188
continued interest in: BDFR 186, 193-4
despised by: BDFR 88, 207
shocked by sick-in-vase incident: BDFR 92
in relation to Widmerpool's peerage: TK 44
Russell Gwinnett: HSH 182-3
the Jeavonses: CCR 86; KO 241
Scorpio Murtlock: HSH 10-11, 180
Siegfried: BDFR 93-4, 180
Stringham: CCR 86-7
X Trapnel: BDFR 193
Dicky Umfraville: BDFR 96
Widmerpool:
memories of from:
debutante balls: CCR 85
the city: CCR 85
as MP :
putative: CCR 85
in reality: BDFR 80-1, 84-5, 96, 182-5, 189, 192-3, 207; HSH 182-3, 209
and Erridge's will: BDFR 183-4, 189
defence of against:
rumours about peerage: TK 43-5
accusations of fellow-travelling: TK 43
Flavia Wisebite: HSH 209
Cutts, Sebastian
younger son of Roddy and Susan: HSH 10
described: HSH 177
family:
son of Roddy:
similarity to:
in appearance: HSH 177
in conversation: HSH 10, 177
in political ambitions: HSH 177
and the wedding: HSH 181-3, 209
brother of:
Fiona: HSH 10, 179, 193, 199, 205, 207, 209
Jonathan: HSH 10, 177
and girls:
succession of love affairs: HSH 10, 177
Clare Akworth:
marriage to:
as climactic set-piece of HSH: HSH 174-221
mentioned in regard to: HSH 177, 179, 181, 185-6, 190, 193, 197, 199, 202, 205, 207, 209, 211, 213
tamed by: HSH 177
work:
ambitious in: HSH 10
in computers: HSH 10, 177, 190
and other characters:
Isobel and NJ's nephew: HSH 174
Flavia Wisebite: HSH 190, 209
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