Widmerpool, Kenneth
Widmerpool, Kenneth a) episodes involving
A friend of NJ: QU 7
at school:
responsible for Akworth's being sacked: QU 16
hit by Budd's banana: QU 14-15; BM 39, 79; SA 57; TK 158
Braddock alias Thorne: QU 40, 48, 49-50, 127-8, 167
leaves in Summer 1922: QU 53
at La Grenadière:
diplomatic resolution to quarrel between Örn and Lundquist: QU 150-3, 167
graffito on toilet wall: QU 155-7; AW 113; MP 126
discovery of NJ in summer-house with Suzette: QU 148
also mentioned: TK 18; HSH 205
the evening of the Huntercombes' dance:
before: dinner at Eaton Square: BM 33-60
during: the incident of the sugar: BM 71-81, 229, 233; LM 33, 49; CCR 85; SA 57; MP 78, 250; TK 165, 267-8; HSH 46-7
after:
meeting with Mr Deacon: BM 89-102
Mrs Andriadis's party: BM 136-43
at Stourwater:
sudden appearance: BM 213
drives car into urn: BM 226-9, 233, 281-2; KO 110
supper at home with NJ: BM 272-84; AW 219
the evening of Le Bas's Old Boy' dinner:
the dinner itself and its aftermath: AW 185-8, 197-206, 209-10; CCR 122; BDFR 71-2; HSH 101
putting Stringham to bed afterwards: AW 211-9; LM 55; CCR 46, 206; SA 72-3, 180, 184
at Lady Molly's:
to mark his engagement to Mildred: LM 43-51, 159
at NJ's engagement party: LM 235-7
lunch at own club with NJ: LM 53-68; CCR 121-2
at Dicky Umfraville's night club: LM 183-96, 216; KO 108
at Dogdene with Mildred:
invitation sought and won: LM 60, 193-4, 214, 226; CCR 188
disastrous weekend (told by General Conyers): LM 224-34
meeting in the nursing-home: CCR 96-102; KO 137
lunch at NJ's club: CCR 102, 121-6
after dinner at Stourwater: KO 108, 110, 135-41, 246; HSH 62
preparations for war:
NJ's visit seeking help towards commission: KO 220-226
visit to Lady Molly's about Mrs Jeavons: KO 226-241; VB 252-3; SA 118
during WW2:
at Div HQ:
NJ's arrival: VB 248-54; SA 24-5, 28
office business with NJ: SA 24-34, 72-5, 83-7, 166-7, 181-8
the three-day exercise: SA 34, 54-9; MP 117
the Diplock affair: SA 59-65, 75, 84-5
Bithel found drunk: SA 178-80
denouements of quarrels with:
Sunny Farebrother: SA 188-01
Hogbourne-Johnson: SA 202-9
Biggs's suicide: SA 220-1
at the Cabinet Office meetings attended by NJ: MP 13, 15, 18-23, 109-17
"The Bartered Bride": MP 104-5, 116
the party at Prasad's embassy: MP 206-18
the Victory Day Service: MP 235-6
Erridge's funeral: BDFR 51-6, 59-60, 64, 66-72, 77, 79-81, 85-9, 91-2, 96
the "Fission" launch-party: BDFR 138-50, 175, 185, 214
the evening of Pamela's elopement:
at the House of Commons: BDFR 182-4, 207
at home: BDFR 184-93, 207
accosting Trapnel in the Maida Vale flat: BDFR 210-18
visiting Eton: BDFR 248, 251-3
in Venice:
at the Bragadin Palazzo: TK 100-1, 110-22, 147, 184; HSH 55, 59, 95
at Tokenhouse's flat: TK 148-54, 182-3
the night of the "Seraglio":
at the performance: TK 236-8, 240-1
the debacle afterwards: TK 255-6, 260, 264, 266-70; HSH 46
meeting on the Embankment: TK 281-4; HSH 40-1
installation as University Chancellor including the paint debacle (TV): HSH 40-5, 46-7, 73, 85, 87-8, 105
the Donners Memorial Prize dinner:
present at: HSH 83-91, 94-9, 101-11, 113-5, 137
particular incidents at:
the speech: HSH 101-5, 137
the stinkbomb: HSH 105-7, 109, 114
the Royal Academy banquet: HSH 114-5, 126-30
after the Stourwater wedding: HSH 195-221
death:
told by Bithel: HSH 245-9
triggers memory which begins the dance: QU 5-8; HSH 247-52
Widmerpool, Kenneth b) career
at school:
in Le Bas's house: QU 7-53; BDFR 247
not outstanding in any way: QU 8
decides "to cut university": QU 130
articled to firm of solicitors: QU 130; BM 37; BDFR 141, 183; TK 149
the City:
Donners-Brebner:
Truscott's encouragement to join: BM 139-43, 215
firmly ensconced in: BM 215, 216-7, 282; AW 186-7; BDFR 16-17, 51, 109; TK 223; HSH 188-9
travels for: AW 187, 189; LM 50-1
departure from: AW 51-2, 187, 200-1; HSH 198
return to in advisory capacity: CCR 85, 121; KO 110-1, 138-40, 175-7; HSH 70, 83, 102
the Acceptance World bill-broking:
references to: AW 51, 178, 187, 219; LM 201; CCR 84, 103; BDFR 96
successful reputation in: LM 43, 85, 166
bank:
on board of: HSH 206
removed by Akworth and Farebrother: HSH 206, 211
no return to after War: MP 210
experience of useful in politics: BDFR 18, 96, 184-5; TK 43-4
the Army:
Territorial commission: BM 37; AW 199; LM 67; CCR 123; KO 136-7, 220-2
"embodiment": KO 220-5
ranks:
Captain: KO 220
Major: VB 248, 250; SA 23, 85, 185, 194, 196, 201, 217-21
Lt-Colonel: MP 13, 15, 18, 24
full Colonel: MP 115-7, 122, 195, 201
further promotion halted only by end of War: BDFR 18
posts held:
DAAG at Div HQ: VB 248, 250, 252-4; SA 13, 23-36, 45, 52, 54-9, 72-3, 78, 85, 164, 170, 176-7, 181-7, 196-7, 201-2, 217-21; TK 213; HSH 133-4, 200-2
move to the Cabinet Office:
announced: SA 170, 178, 185-9, 193-6, 204, 215, 220
jeopardised by Farebrother quarrel: SA 194, 198-201, 207-9, 215; MP 23; HSH 77
Military Assistant Secretary: MP 13-15, 18-24, 90, 105, 109-117, 121-2, 207-8, 210, 214-8, 235-6; BDFR 17
award of OBE: MP 201
politics:
consideration of:
Parliament: CCR 85
Colonial governorship: MP 210-11; BDFR 18
as Labour MP :
seat
wins in by-election shortly after War: BDFR 16, 18, 80-1
Short's help in arranging: BDFR 18
source of paper for "Fission": BDFR 127
Trapnel on joys of: BDFR 144-5
lost in 1955: TK 18, 43-4, 113
PPS: BDFR 16, 185
junior Minister: BDFR 251
coming man: BDFR 17-19, 32, 102, 152-3
speeches not well received: BDFR 17, 139
object of satire by:
the "Daily Telegraph": BDFR 139
Trapnel: BDFR 197-9, 206-7, 214-5
also mentioned: BDFR 55, 72, 84, 96, 143, 147, 149, 182, 186-7, 189, 192-3, 207, 216, 248, 250; TK 17, 20
life peerage:
possible reasons for discussed: TK 43-5
attitude to: TK 113, 284; HSH 73, 126, 198-9
also mentioned: TK 101, 111, 127, 148-9, 151, 205-6, 283; HSH 41, 69, 73, 82-3, 97, 106, 127-30
endangered by the spy scandal:
palpable fear of: TK 114-9, 153
growing threat of: TK 174, 192-4, 205, 229
the Parliamentary question: TK 216-9, 223, 228
possible involvement of CIA: HSH 42
escape from: TK 236, 251, 267, 284; HSH 41-2, 84, 212
withdrawal from: HSH 41-3, 132
publishing:
Quiggin & Craggs:
backing for "Fission": BDFR 67-8, 83-4, 101, 109-11, 138-9, 141, 149, 183, 185, 188-9, 198; TK 149
attempts to influence policy: BDFR 83-4, 101, 152-3, 198-200, 206, 214-5, 221
government contacts useful to: BDFR 127, 143-4
and collapse of: BDFR 221, 223, 253
Clapham becomes director of: BDFR 255
as alternative guru:
years in American universities:
Ivy League: HSH 42
California: HSH 42, 83, 108
TV appearances: HSH 43, 97, 100
book: HSH 42, 69, 97
possibility of Nobel Prize: HSH 42
university chancellor:
position as: HSH 40-7, 69, 73, 91, 98, 128
resignation from: HSH 132
transformation into "Ken": HSH 126, 154-7, 199202, 241-3, 247-8
and the cult-commune:
leadership of: HSH 73, 85, 108, 128-30, 133-4, 137, 189
reputation as Holy Man: HSH 85, 134
vaulting ambition in: HSH 243
loss of power over: HSH 137, 154, 172, 196, 219, 229, 232, 241-2
attempt to leave: HSH 219, 241
death: HSH 245-9
Widmerpool, Kenneth c) habits and behaviour
described:
at school: QU 7-8, 10-11
at La Grenadière: QU 116
at Le Bas's dinner: AW 185-6
at Lady Molly's: LM 46
at Dicky Umfraville's: LM 183-4
at nursing home: CCR 99-100
in uniform: KO 136-7, 221; VB 248-9; MP 122
at Erridge's funeral: BDFR 55
at the House of Commons: BDFR 182
in Venice: TK 110-1
on the embankment: TK 283; HSH 41
as covered with paint: HSH 45
at the Donners Memorial dinner: HSH 96-7
at the Royal Academy banquet: HSH 115
as member of the commune: HSH 195-8, 211
homes:
holiday cottage:
on Pembringham estate: BM 66
near Hinton Hoo and Stourwater: BM 66, 84; LM 53, 85-6; KO 108, 138, 223-4, 239; TK 41
and the cult-commune:
developed as centre of: HSH 73, 85, 108, 128-30, 133-4, 137, 154, 172, 188-9, 219, 241-2
bequeathed to: HSH 242
mother's flat near Westminster Cathedral: BM 83, 272; AW 218-9; MP 201; BDFR 186; HSH 197
own flat in Victoria:
described: BDFR 185-8
and Pamela:
disliked by: BDFR 20, 27, 186, 192
elopement of: BDFR 186-93
frequent absence from: TK 41-2
in same block as those of:
Clapham: BDFR 185
Short: BDFR 16, 20, 27, 185, 190-3
oddities:
bodily:
appearance: QU 186; BM 77; LM 57; BDFR 55
voice: QU 8, 29, 116; BM 35; AW 212; HSH 45, 101
breathing: QU 17, 48, 50
manicure: QU 10-11, 16; BM 76, 149; MP 22
movements: QU 13-14, 40; BM 34, 66-7, 90, 226-9; AW 186, 213; LM 54; CCR 99-100; KO 226; MP 19; BDFR 53, 182; TK 113
comparison to aquatic life: QU 50-52; BM 34, 48-9, 57, 67; LM 46, 183; BDFR 109, 111; TK 169
clothes:
the inappropriate overcoat: QU 7-8, 9; AW 186, 200, 211; CCR 85
shoes: QU 8, 10; AW 186
failure to fit: QU 185-6; BM 34; LM 183-4; VB 251; MP 122; TK 111; HSH 97
habitual incongruity: KO 136-7, 221; TK 111, 127; HSH 97
dirty: HSH 114-5, 126
health:
boils: QU 11; CCR 101; KO 137
gastric trouble: BM 36; LM 54
jaundice: BM 36; LM 159-60, 166, 183-4, 188-9, 193, 195-6, 216, 228
consumption of patent medicines: AW 212; LM 191; CCR 122
in nursing home: CCR 101-2; KO 137
abstinence: AW 212-3, 218; LM 54; TK 255
destroyed mentally and physically by Murtlock: HSH 197-9, 201-3, 218, 246-9
single-minded determination:
driven by supremacy of the will: LM 109; HSH 197-8, 240-1, 247-9
dislike of:
failure: BM 65; AW 219; SA 187
imperfection: LM 54
obstruction: BDFR 183-4, 208; TK 255
symbolised by:
accident of remaining on school list: QU 53
appreciation by Siegfried: BDFR 79, 88-9
"vigorous and instantaneous assertion[s] of the will":
resolution of the Örn / Lundquist quarrel: QU 150-3
seizure of Barbara: BM 75-6
seeking Gypsy Jones: BM 115, 136
dealing with the drunken:
Stringham:
calling a taxi: AW 211
putting to bed: AW 215-7
Bithel:
removal from street: SA 178-80
removal from Army: SA 181-3
demotion of Farebrother: MP 116, 120
marshalling party at Erridge's funeral: BDFR 53, 71, 79, 88-9
response to Trapnel's threatening flourishes: BDFR 215-6
penance towards Akworth: HSH 207, 211-3
acquisition of NJ as assistant in DAAG's office: SA 23-4, 64
relentless pursuit of Diplock: SA 63, 75, 97, 168-9
powerful ambition:
the Army: VB 251-2; SA 28-9, 58, 170, 186, 196; MP 115-7
politics: MP 210-11; BDFR 102
the commune: HSH 240-1, 243
effect of Pamela on:
failure in face of assault: BDFR 54, 59-60, 88-9; TK 112
reassertion after suicide: TK 283
attitude to work:
creation of for its own sake: SA 23-5, 170
as source of advantage: SA 24-5, 195; BDFR 83
diligent efficiency in: SA 24, 29, 55-7, 64, 200; MP 20, 24; BDFR 17, 127; TK 213; HSH 102
precedence of above all things: SA 83-4; MP 104-5, 116, 236; BDFR 17, 56, 91; TK 113, 283-4
elimination of the inconvenient:
ruthless methods:
Akworth report to Le Bas: QU 16
Truscott relentless campaign against: AW 52; BDFR 16-17; TK 223
Duport the chromite deal: KO 196, 203, 226-7; VB 126-7; MP 195
Stringham posting to Far East: SA 72-5, 167, 183-5, 214; MP 105
Templer the paper on Yugoslav resistance: MP 216-8; BDFR 248, 250
Bithel use of the drunken incident: SA 181-3; HSH 133
attempts to banish the uncomfortable thought:
from conscience:
Akworth: QU 128-9; HSH 205
Truscott: AW 214
Stringham: MP 211
Templer: MP 211, 235-6
Bithel: HSH 201-2
from embarrassment:
Barbara Goring: BM 216, 281; LM 58-9
Gypsy Jones: BM 281, 283-4; LM 49, 59; KO 238
Mildred Blaides: LM 236-7; CCR 125-6
desire to do the correct thing "the embodiment of thankless labour and unsatisfied ambition":
"keen" at games while at school:
goes for run every day: QU 7, 134
practises: QU 10
enters races: BM 71
praised by Parkinson: QU 10
almost plays house soccer: QU 11
at La Grenadière:
keen to observes "French-only" rule: QU 117, 125-6
complains of tennis "not being taken seriously": QU 135, 151
exercise:
sacred Sunday walk: QU 40, 49
golf balls at Barnes: QU 133-4; BM 36-7; LM 65, 232
entry into society:
effort made with:
dancing: QU 133; BM 35-6, 66, 84-5
conversation: BM 53, 57-8, 93-4
croquet: BDFR 17
attempt to elicit invitation to Dogdene: LM 60-1, 193-4, 214; CCR 188
the Ambassador's party: MP 207
description in "Detective" story: TK 51
minimal knowledge of the arts: BM 93-4; CCR 101; TK 165
church going: LM 53; BDFR 51, 55; HSH 126
audible involvement in speeches at Le Bas's dinner: AW 197-8
pre-marital sex with Mildred as usage du monde: LM 63-5
language:
military slang: KO 220-1, 225; VB 250-1, 253-4; SA 25, 28, 195, 198; MP 112, 115; BDFR 183
Churchillian orotundity: VB 249
of the alternative society:
youth slang: HSH 82-3, 105, 107
mystical gibberish: HSH 198-9, 205, 207-8, 217
stickler for procedure: SA 23; BDFR 17
as a progressive thinker:
eagerness to provide bona fides: BDFR 56, 143
"conventional ... condemnation of conventionality":
contempt for:
titles: BDFR 141; TK 113; HSH 73, 126, 198-9, 246
bourgeois social attitudes: TK 16-17, 20-1, 284; HSH 102-5, 108, 128, 207-8
the Establishment: TK 45
completeness of change: HSH 155, 161, 188, 212
and the commune:
enthusiasm for:
running: HSH 188-9, 195-7, 203, 220-1, 241, 247-9
Harmony: HSH 199-200, 203-5, 207, 219, 242, 247-8
self-abasement: HSH 198
attempt to maintain discipline in: HSH 203-5, 214-7, 220-1
love of intrigue: SA 33, 197-201, 215; MP 116-7
lack of humour:
pomposity:
examples of: QU 150; BM 37, 109; KO 141, 221-2, 230-2; VB 249-50; SA 54; BDFR 111
claim to freedom from: BDFR 184
concerning himself: QU 10, 49, 155; SA 29
concerning other episodes and characters:
Braddock alias Thorne: QU 49-50, 127
Paul-Marie: QU 126
Templer's army joke: KO 137-8
Fenneau's warnings against Murtlock: HSH 129
pleasure in "self-immolation":
Budd's banana: QU 14-16; BM 39, 79; SA 57-8; TK 158
Barbara's sugar: BM 79, 229, 233; SA 57-8; TK 165, 267-8; HSH 46-7
the Quiggin twins':
paint: HSH 45, 105
stinkbomb: HSH 107
Donners' urn: BM 227-9, 281-2
Glober's:
peach: TK 158
left hook: TK 268-9
weekend at Dogdene with Mildred Blaides:
prior discussion of with NJ: LM 61-5
actual disaster of: LM 227-9
from tyrant to suppliant: KO 223-4
presentation of new self as victim: HSH 42, 71
attitude to "Death's-Head Swordsman": HSH 82-3
cult penances: HSH 198, 202, 207-8, 211-3, 218, 247-9
sexuality:
repressed homosexuality suggested by:
references to Templer as "rather good-looking": QU 128
unease at mention of:
part in Akworth case: QU 128-9
Templer and Lady McReith: QU 129
Etienne Delavaquerie's report of the commune: HSH 85
Stringham with respect to the Akworth letter: QU 16; HSH 175
affects sophistication in: MP 113-4, 207-8; TK 17-18
horror of women:
reaction to story of Lady McReith: QU 129
shrinking from Berthe's touch: BM 76
fear of Mildred: LM 63-4, 193-4, 196, 228-9; TK 19
inability with Pamela: BDFR 240; TK 19
failure at the Devil's Fingers: HSH 156
and prostitutes: MP 113-4; TK 18-19, 206, 267
masochistic voyeurism:
interest in how badly Templer behaved: QU 129
and Pamela's affairs:
general interest in: MP 116; BDFR 213
perverted enjoyment of: TK 240; TK 42, 158
the death of Ferrand-Sénéschal: TK 266-7
symbolised by:
the grille at Stourwater: BM 214
the picture of Candaules and Gyges: TK 117-8, 153-4, 157, 273-4; HSH 55, 59
compared to Sir Magnus Donners: TK 277
strong interest in nakedness: HSH 85, 129, 153, 161, 189, 241, 247
filming at the Devil's Fingers: HSH 153, 161
and enjoyment of humiliation: HSH 46; and see "pleasure in 'self-immolation'"
analysed by:
General Conyers:
intuitive introvert: LM 228; TK 21
exaggerated narcissism: LM 230; MP 236
influence of mother: LM 231
excess of thought: LM 234
Gibson Delavaquerie: HSH 85, 95
Barnabas Henderson: HSH 240-1
Trapnel: BDFR 236; TK 42
self: HSH 208
egotism:
"complete absorption ... in his own efforts and aspirations": QU 202
complacent self-esteem:
"inordinate, almost morbid": SA 36
visible and obvious: MP 19-20, 210-11; BDFR 80-1, 111, 139, 183; HSH 95
really believes inflated self-opinion: QU 10, 118; BM 35; AW 186, 200, 203; CCR 122; KO 222-3; 230-2; SA 28-9; MP 206, 235; BDFR 111, 144-5, 183-4, 213; TK 16, 113, 284; HSH 108, 129
attempt to monopolise:
NJ see Widmerpool, Kenneth d) relationship with NJ
"possession" of Barbara: BM 89-90
social situations:
Le Bas's dinner:
the speech: AW 199-204, 209-10
after Le Bas's collapse: AW 212
Stringham's stupor: AW 215-7
disregard of others:
menu at lunch with NJ: LM 54
Mildred's story of Ted: LM 195
Moreland at Stourwater: KO 137
NJ's military ambitions: KO 220-3, 231-2; SA 28, 187
Bithel: SA 181-2
Stringham: SA 72-4, 186-7; MP 105, 209-11
Gwinnett: HSH 105, 107
Delavaquerie on: HSH 95
cause of difficulties: SA 61-2, 64, 193; MP 216-7, 236
blatant materialism: LM 109, 194; CCR 101; MP 209-10
philistinism: BDFR 91, 188; TK 117, 122, 149-50, 237-8; HSH 250
desire to be at the centre of things:
story of Le Bas's arrest: QU 48-50
interest only in what is improving and useful: QU 125-6, 130-3; LM 65; CCR 122; KO 239; MP ???
name-dropping:
Sir Horrocks Rusby: BM 88, 197
at his club: LM 53
Mrs Simpson: CCR 85, 124-5
the Minister: MP 19-20, 207, 215, 218, 236; BDFR 185
Biddle: MP 105
Prasad's Ambassador: MP 207
membership of Territorials: BM 37; AW 199; LM 67; CCR 123; KO 220-2
attitude to accession of Edward VIII: CCR 124-5, 188
and the Cabinet Offices: SA 28, 90, 186
social life:
seen as source of advantage: QU 133; SA 84, 170; MP 116
own opinion of: BM 35-6; MP 207
the reality:
own evasiveness on: QU 133
Rosie Manasch on: BM 67
Eleanor on: BM 66
Roddy Cutts on: CCR 85
politics:
steady movement towards the Left: LM 66; CCR 84-5; MP 210-11; BDFR 56, 139, 252; TK 194
and the Labour Party:
MP and member of Government: BDFR 16-18, 72, 81, 84, 96, 142-5, 152, 182, 216, 251-2; TK 17, 20, 43-4
quotes "We are the masters now": BDFR 82
and the Cheap Money policy: BDFR 18-19, 85-6, 96, 139, 149
and Quiggin & Craggs:
use of "Fission" as vehicle for: BDFR 83-4, 101, 113, 138-9, 152-3, 216-7; TK 16-17
Erridge's books: BDFR 188-9
the problem of "Sad Majors": BDFR 200
crypto-Communism:
pro-Soviet attitude to Katyn: MP 110-12; TK 238
analysed by:
Bagshaw:
with increasing certainty: BDFR 101-2, 152-3; TK 19-20, TK 192-4
image of the balcony spitter: TK 19-21, 44, 252
Farebrother: TK 216-8
Pamela: TK 267
Stevens: TK 251-2
Cutts doubted by: TK 43-4
suspected of spying:
rumours re Burgess and Maclean: TK 43
involvement with:
Belkin: TK 114-9, 133, 148, 153, 182-3, 193, 229
Tokenhouse: TK 148, 152-3, 182-3, 229
scandal concerning: TK 174, 153, 174, 192-4, 205, 216-9, 223, 228-9, 251, 284; HSH 41-2, 212
opinions unmoved by: TK 283-4
and the Balkans:
abandonment of old resistance allies: MP 116, 216-7
friendship societies:
founder member of two: BDFR 17, 111, 182-3, 189, 193, 200, 248-50, 253; TK 17, 44, 114
visits with: BDFR 216-7, 221, 252; TK 17, 251
problems arising from:
embezzlement: TK 44
spying: TK 114, 192-3, 251-2, 284
rejection of for alternative society:
contempt for traditional institutions: HSH 42, 69, 73, 101, 104-5, 128-9132
glorification of youth: HSH 42-3, 45, 105, 107-8, 129
Widmerpool, Kenneth d) relationship with NJ
at school:
in Le Bas's house: QU 7; BM 273; LM 75, 84, 87
two or three years older than NJ: QU 7; AW 186; BDFR 247
other references to: CCR 85-6; KO 108; VB 250; SA 24
habit of suddenly appearing into NJ's life:
simply unexpected:
La Grenadière: QU 115-6
Eaton Square: BM 34-5
at Le Bas's dinner: AW 185
sundry occasional meetings: AW 186; LM 226; CCR 101
at Lady Molly's:
on NJ's first visit: LM 45-6
at NJ's engagement party: LM 235-7
at Dicky Umfraville's: LM 183-96
as DAAG at Div HQ: VB 248-50
at Erridge's funeral: BDFR 51
in House of Commons: BDFR 182
at Trapnel's flat: BDFR 210-11
at Eton: BDFR 251
in Venice:
the Bragadin Palazzo: TK 110
Tokenhouse's flat: TK 148
on the Embankment as the vintage rally passes: TK 281-4; HSH 40-1
on TV news the paint throwing: HSH 40-1
bizarre and symbolic:
the runner looming through the dusk: QU 7, 37, 40
at Stourwater
behind the grille: BM 213
after the tableaux: KO 135-6
arrival with the cult runners: HSH 195-7
death triggers memory which begins the dance: QU 5-8; HSH 247-52
organised meetings:
at Widmerpool's club: LM 50, 53-68
at NJ's club: CCR 121-6
overall relationship with:
sporadic loss of contact: CCR 85, 101; SA 24
friendship with: KO 108, 170; VB 250
left as only school contemporary: MP 202
long acquaintance mentioned: BDFR 17, 27, 66; HSH 126, 188
patronising attitude towards:
shows lofty disregard of:
"common" surname: QU 116; LM 64
wedding: CCR 101
invitation to lunch: CCR 102
"forgets":
Christian name: AW 186
occupation: LM 54
promise to look after Army posting: SA 28, 186-7
exhorts to "call me Kenneth": BM 272-3, 284
ignores NJ's:
altruistic feat of memory: BM 36-7
novel: AW 187
contemptuous of work:
on "art books": BM 85-6; LM 55
on the Quota: LM 55
as author: CCR 188
offers advice on:
how to improve: QU 131-2; LM 55
marriage: BM 237
uses as:
sounding board concerning treatment of Mildred: LM 50, 58-64, 193-4, 232
intermediary with respect to Erridge's will: BDFR 66-7
witness of altercation with Trapnel: BDFR 211
contemptuous chauffeuring: KO 140-1
concerning the army:
dismisses appeal for help in finding commission: KO 220-2, 226; VB 252-3
smugness regarding own success: KO 221-3, 231-2; VB 250-4; SA 73-4, 187
position as subordinate at Div HQ:
general refences to: SA 8, 23-8, 36, 73-5, 77-9, 83-5, 169-70, 181-5, 197-8, 220
represents assumption of control: VB 250-2; SA 26-8, 77-8
contempt for:
experience with Battalion: VB 252
knowledge of Farebrother: VB 254; SA 25, 195
performance as officer: SA 187
attachment to Stringham: SA 72-4, 167, 183-5, 214
work in liaison: MP 23, 109, 235
allotment of:
billet: VB 253; SA 9
duties: VB 252-4; SA 63-4
excludes from "highly secret matters": MP 23
surprised to find at Victory Day Service: MP 235
knowledge of the Tolland family affairs: BDFR 141
part in developing opinions of:
of Widmerpool himself:
as essentially incongruous:
at school: QU 7-11, 54
choice of club: LM 50-1
engagement to Mildred: LM 51, 194
appearance at Dicky Umfraville's: LM 183
possessing a sex-life:
capable of relationships with girls:
attendance at dances: BM 84-5
Barbara: BM 86-9, 208; MP 114
Gypsy Jones: BM 177-9, 219; KO 231
wartime arrangements: MP 113-4
disastrously inept in: MP 114, 207-8; TK 19, 41-5
possible object of respect by:
Tompsitt: BM 81-2, 142
Truscott: BM 141-3
Templer: AW 52; LM 183
possessed of powerful will:
resolution of the Örn/Lundquist quarrel: QU 153-4, 158
handling of the drunken Stringham: AW 212-3, 218
compensating for obvious limitations: AW 213-4
building personal power: SA 24-8
in contrast to Gwatkin: SA 182-3
vengeful enemy of society: TK 21, 252; HSH
as master of unscrupulous intrigue: SA 33, 197-201
the phoenix: BM 233
of life in general:
the dance to the music of time:
recollections of school: BM 34-5
sense of ubiquity: BM 99-100
the intermingling of worlds: BM 167-8, 247
milestone on the run of life: LM 47
the concept of the Furies: KO 135-6
love:
puzzling possibilities of: BM 87, 178; LM 48-9, 69-70
marriage: LM 68, 232
the need for ambition: QU 130-2
the meaning of the acceptance world: AW 51, 178
the possibility of psychological motivation:
crippling disabilities:
liquid manure: BM 65; LM 231
domineering mother: LM 231
displacement of deep envies: QU 205
conversation with General Conyers on: LM 225-32
and harnessing of: HSH 46
how sympathy can lead to affection: BM 81-2
of other incongruous characters:
St John Clarke: CCR 80
Widmerpool, Kenneth e) relationship with women
in general:
must be worth cultivating: BM 65
marriage needs money: BM 88
business comes first: BM 284; LM 49
"an exceptional mixture of vehemence and ineptitude": MP 114
sexuality see "c) habits and behaviour"
Barbara Goring:
neighbourly acquaintance with: BM 66, 86
assumes a sort of engagement to: BM 41, 44, 86, 88; LM 59-60, 94; MP 114; HSH 46-7
treatment by:
cutting of dance: BM 71-2, 74-6; TK 267
pouring of sugar: BM 76-81, 138, 159, 233; LM 33, 49; SA 57; MP 78, 250; TK 165, 267-8; HSH 46
reaction to news of engagement: BM 278-80
dismissal from mind: BM 216, 281; LM 58-9
Gypsy Jones:
attraction to:
immediate: BM 96-7, 115
causes strange excitement: BM 136-7
has effect of putting business out of mind: BM 137-43; LM 49; VB 95
possibly on rebound from Barbara: BM 138, 179
development of affair with: BM 177-9, 258
treatment by
insulted: BM 90, 134; HSH 98
used re abortion: BM 216-9, 242, 258-60; LM 49; CCR 100; SA 207-8; MP 114; BDFR 56, 153
subsequent attitude to:
attempt to dismiss from mind: BM 281, 283-4; LM 49, 59
abiding embarrassment: CCR 100; KO 229-32, 238; SA 118
tolerable coexistence based on politics: BDFR 56, 139, 142
Bagshaw on: BDFR 153
at Erridge's funeral with: BDFR 51-2, 55-6, 66-7, 71, 79-80, 87-8, 91-2
Pamela Flitton:
early interest in:
inquiry at "The Bartered Bride": MP 104-5, 116
as Prince Theodoric's mistress: MP 116
dalliance with in Cairo: MP 121, 195, 201, 207-8
pursuit by: MP 208
engagement to: MP 201, 204, 206-8
marriage to:
wedding announced: MP 250
general references to: BDFR 18-21, 27, 52, 55, 59, 61, 68-70, 72, 77, 86, 110, 138-9, 176, 207, 227, 251; TK 49; HSH 56
incongruity of:
general sense of: MP 208, 218; BDFR 18, 176, 194; TK 32, 228
attempts to explain: MP 204; BDFR 96-7, 204, 208, 240; TK 19, 42-5, 156
Flavia's horror at: HSH 188-90
difficulties in:
rows:
frequent: MP 210; BDFR 176
at Prasad's embassy party concerning:
dinner: MP 214-5
Templer's murder: MP 216-8, 235-6
at the Bragadin Palazzo: TK 115-8, 147
after the "Seraglio": TK 264, 266-9
inability with sex: BDFR 239-40; TK 19
Pamela's affairs:
regularity of: TK 41-2
Trapnel:
elopement with: BDFR 190-4, 207-8, 211-2, 214, 240; TK 17, 206
returns after: BDFR 215, 217, 251; TK 29
also mentioned: HSH 66
Glober: TK 255-6
as potential for libel: HSH 66-7, 69-74, 104
treated with contempt by: BDFR 54, 59, 77, 79-80, 145; TK 101, 100-1, 111-2, 115-8, 157-8, 237, 266-7
fear of:
abject deference to:
at Prasad's party: MP 215-6, 218
at Erridge's funeral: BDFR 54, 59-60, 79-80, 88-9, 91-2
over visit to Calthorpe's room: BDFR 252-3
anxiety concerning whereabouts:
at Erridge's funeral: BDFR 68-9, 79-80
at the "Fission" launch-party: BDFR 141-2, 149-50
on return to the empty flat: BDFR 186-9
use of private detective: BDFR 213; TK 206
in Venice: TK 110
embarrassment at behaviour of: MP 214-5; BDFR 85, 183, 189, 191; TK 157
also mentioned: TK 158, 205, 237
self-deception concerning:
pretence of normality: MP 235; BDFR 68, 89, 186-9, 191, 193-5, 199, 211, 252-3; TK 42, 113-4, 149-50
claim to understand: MP 235; BDFR 142, 186, 214-5, 217; TK 42
effect of suicide: TK 283-4; HSH 41, 84
inherits Modigliani drawing from: HSH 189-90, 250
Mildred Haycock:
engagement to:
imminent: LM 43, 47, 57, 63-4, 83-4
established: LM 159-60, 165-6, 174, 186, 193, 214
over: LM 215, 225, 235-7; CCR 86, 188; MP 114; TK 121
disparity between in:
age: LM 44, 59, 68-9, 75, 166, 174-5, 236
character: LM 48, 76, 87-8, 160, 188-9, 195-6, 216, 227-8
fear of:
sophisticated experience of: LM 61-2, 187-8
sex with: LM 63-4, 193-4, 196, 228-9
practical problems if married to:
giving up Territorials: LM 67-8
responsibility for stepsons: LM 62-3, 191, 227, 236
position of mother: LM 57, 191, 236-7
place of residence: LM 189-90, 236
weekend at Dogdene with:
plans for: LM 61-5, 193-4
manufactured invitation to: LM 60, 193, 214, 226; CCR 188
disastrous outcome of:
strained atmosphere: LM 228
early departure: LM 229
narrative of: LM 228-9
compared to life with Pamela: TK 19
subsequent attempts to brush off memory: LM 236-7; CCR 125-6; KO 224-5; MP 236
Pauline: TK 205-6, 267
Widmerpool, Kenneth f) other relationships
family:
ancestry: QU 132-3; LM 86
mother:
lives with: BM 83-4, 272; AW 218-9
reverence for: QU 118, 132, 149; BM 272-3; LM 53-7, 236; CCR 124; KO 223; BDFR 144
rudeness to: BM 274-5
use of as social secretary: CCR 101
in relation to Mildred: LM 57, 191, 236-7; CCR 124-5
analysed by General Conyers: LM 231
plot to avoid evacuees: KO 223-6, 232-3, 236-41, 252; SA 84
growing irritation with: SA 84; MP 206-7; BDFR 186-7
dispatch of to Scotland: MP 206-7; BDFR 186; TK 113
failure to attend funeral of: TK 113
father:
business of liquid manure: BM 65; LM 86-7, 231
financial difficulties: QU 130, 133
Akworth:
long-standing bitterness between:
instrumental in sacking of from school: QU 16, 128-9, 216; HSH 175, 205, 207-8
sacked from bank by instrument of: HSH 206, 211
abject repentance towards at the Stourwater wedding: HSH 207, 211-3
Bagshaw:
analysed by in respect of:
political position: BDFR 101-2, 152; TK 19-21, 44, 193-4, 252
relationships with:
Gypsy Jones: BDFR 153
Pamela: BDFR 225, 239-40
as editor of "Fission":
distrust of: BDFR 101, 111, 149, 152-3, 198, 200, 206, 221, 214-5; TK 19
grudging satisfaction with: BDFR 138
and particular incidents:
the Trapnel parody: BDFR 197-200, 214-5, 221
the Ferrand-Sénéschal review: TK 16-17
Belkin: TK 114-9, 133, 148, 153, 182-3, 193, 229
Biggs: SA 23, 221
Bithel:
and the hero-myth:
naïve approval of: VB 253; SA 13
resentment concerning: SA 13
gratitude of over Stringham sa176
ousts from Army:
quest for opportunity: SA 13, 16, 173
execution:
discovers drunk: SA 178-80
swiftly arranges dismissal: SA 181-3, 212; HSH 133-4, 201-2
and the commune:
forced to perform painful penances towards: HSH 201-2, 207
attitude to:
disrupts Harmony: HSH 200-5, 242
angers Murtlock: HSH 220, 242
story of death narrated by: HSH 245-9
and the theft of the Modigliani: HSH 232, 240, 243-4, 249-50
Borrit compared to as example of late marriage: MP 204
Jacky Bragadin: TK 100, 112, 114, 122, 157-8, 168-9, 174, 260
Brandreth:
at Le Bas's dinner: AW 204, 212; CCR 122
as personal physician: CCR 100-1, 122, 191; KO 137
self-importance fed by: CCR 100-1
Jimmy Brent: VB 126-7
Dr Brightman: TK 119, 122; HSH 69
Cheesman: SA 209-10, 217; TK 213
the CIGS fear of offending: MP 115-6
General Conyers: LM 69, 75-7, 224-32; MP 236
Howard Craggs: MP 78; BDFR 51-2, 54, 56, 66-7, 79, 91, 139, 141-2, 146
Roddy Cutts:
ill-suited in social life: CCR 85; BDFR 81, 85-6, 189-90, 192-3
as fellow MP : CCR 85; BDFR 80-1, 84-5, 96, 182-5, 189, 193, 207; TK 44
as relation of Erridge: BDFR 183-4, 188-9, 192-3
and the discovery of Pamela's elopement: BDFR 185-94
attempt by to account for peerage: TK 43-5
innocent hints by of Balkan irregularities: TK 43-4
Fiona Cutts: HSH 196, 199, 202-3, 205, 217-8
Mercy Cutts: BDFR 81
Etienne Delavaquerie: HSH 83, 85
Gibson Delavaquerie: HSH 69-74, 82-3, 85
Sir Magnus Donners: BM 282-2; LM 53; CCR 121; KO 110-1, 136, 138-40, 140-1, 169-70, 175-7, 227; VB 126; TK 17, 277; HSH 59, 69-70, 102-3, 189, 198, 201
Diplock:
irritation at obstructionist methods of: SA 59-62, 85
suspicion of fraud by: SA 62-5, 75, 84-5, 97, 168-9
use of as weapon against Hogbourne-Johnson: SA 59, 62-3, 85, 169, 203-8
Bob Duport:
and the Donner's deal:
helps to arrange: AW 52, 183, 206; LM 56, 183, 186; KO 110-1, 138-40, 175-6, 226
pulls the plug on: KO 176-7; VB 126-7; MP 195
loathed by: KO 170, 175-7, 196, 202-4; MP 195; HSH 235
dismissive of: KO 226-7
and marriage to Jean: LM 56
Jean Duport:
part in reunion of with Bob: LM 56
impressed by: LM 56
Sunny Farebrother:
comments on:
approvingly: QU 129-30; KO 223
more doubtfully: VB 254; SA 25-6
as Brigade-Major: KO 223; VB 254
as opposite number at Command: VB 253-4; SA 25-6, 188-200
feud with:
dates from City days: SA 25; HSH 206
exacerbated:
at Div HQ:
generally: SA 25-6, 64, 189, 191
in matter of Recce Corps: SA 193-200; HSH 77
in Szymanski affair: MP 116, 120
by Widmerpool's superior:
job at Cabinet Office: MP 18
rank: MP 120-3, 201, 206
and the spy scandal: TK 216-8
compared to as example of late marriage: MP 204
Canon Fenneau: HSH 126-30, 250
Ferrand-Sénéschal:
reviews book of for "Fission": TK 16
looks like: TK 16
instant rapport with: TK 16-17
mutual entertainment: TK 17-19, 206
shared:
sexual perversions: TK 18-19, 206, 266-7
involvement in spy scandal: TK 114-8, 194, 267
betrayal of: TK 267
Finn: MP 13
Cosmo Flitton visits with Pam: TK 156
Mrs Foxe: MP 209
Vernon Gainsborough: BDFR 142
Archie Gilbert: MP 250
Louis Glober:
disliked by: TK 121, 149-50, 154, 260
as lover of Pam: TK 158, 255-6, 268-9
bizarre assaults by:
the accidental peach: TK 158
after the "Seraglio": TK 268-9; HSH 235
annoyed by hooting of: TK 282-3
the Gorings: BM 38, 66, 87-8, 275; LM 86
Greening: SA 87; HSH 132-4
Russell Gwinnett:
and Pam: TK 41, 111-2, 205-6, 284; HSH 69, 104, 114
and "Death's-Head Swordsman": HSH 82-3, 103-9,
and Murtlock's cult: HSH 137-8, 153-6, 165, 167, 170, 198-9
Barnabas Henderson: HSH 153, 156, 215, 239-43, 245-50
Colonel Hogbourne-Johnson:
contempt for:
regards as has-been: SA 30-1, 33, 46
underestimates power of: SA 30-2, 34
avoids contact with: SA 35, 54, 63
at the three-day exercise:
slated by over transport problem: SA 54-9
injustice of fuels hatred towards: SA 35-6, 57-9, 61-2
ongoing feuds with over:
command of the Recce Corps: SA 33-4, 73, 168-70, 205, 208
Diplock: SA 59-63, 85, 169, 203-8
and Mantle:
rare agreement over: SA 45-6
use of as parting shot of revenge: SA 208
abiding hatred of: MP 117
Keef: SA 55-6
Jimmy Klein: BDFR 109
Lady Molly: LM 60, 159-60, 216, 235; CCR 86, 101; KO 224-5, 239SA 84
Stanley Jeavons: KO 238, 252
Ted Jeavons: LM 187, 193, 195; KO 233, 236, 240, 252
Le Bas:
opinions on: QU 127, 132; BDFR 252
comments by:
puzzlement: QU 215-6; BDFR 250
subliminal linkage with Templer's death: BDFR 248-50
and Old Boys' dinners: AW 185-8, 197-206, 209-10; CCR 122; BDFR 63, 71-2
visits after the War: BDFR 248-53
Ada Leintwardine:
and Quiggin & Craggs: BDFR 197-200; TK 149
and Pamela: BDFR 196; TK 100-1, 149, 153-4, 158, 228
and the twins: HSH 90-1
General Liddament:
opinion of:
with respect to ambitions:
a block to fulfilment of: VB 251
no longer relevant to: MP 116
given to undignified buffoonery: VB 251; SA 28-30
as field commander: MP 116
teased by: SA 29, 39, 86-7
and administration of the Division:
the positions of:
Hogbourne-Johnson: SA 30-1, 33-4, 46, 169
NJ: SA 52
command of the Recce Corps: SA 33-4, 168, 198-9, 201-2, 205, 208, 215; MP 116
Chips Lovell attempt to use for publicity: CCR 188-9
Rosie Manasch:
dubbed "the Frog Footman" by: BM 67; BDFR 109, 111; TK 169
co-opts as backer of "Fission": BDFR 109-11
on marriage to Pam: TK 169
Mantle: SA 45-6, 73, 208
Lenore Members: HSH 42, 45
Mark Members: HSH 67, 69-71, 113-5
Moreland: CCR 100, 103; KO 137, 141, 246-7; TK 273-4
Matilda: HSH 62
various military officers:
anonymous:
at Div HQ:
CRASC: SA 63-4
MGA: SA 193, 197-201
at the Cabinet Office: MP 110-2
Michael: MP 110-2
Scorpio Murtlock:
admiration for as dissenter: HSH 127-31, 155
opinions and habits moulded by: HSH 133-4, 137, 188-9
power struggle with:
confidence of victory in: HSH 128-30
always evident: HSH 130-1, 137, 240-1, 248-9
gradual defeat by:
inexorable advance of: HSH 153-4, 161, 196, 201-2, 205-7, 217-20, 240-3
the fight at the Devil's Fingers: HSH 154-7, 197, 246
death caused by: HSH 245-8
Örn and Lundquist: QU 150-3
Paul-Marie and Jean-Népomucène: QU 126, 155-7
Colonel Pedlar:
subordinate to at Div HQ: SA 25, 35, 63-5, 169, 188, 194, 204, 218-21
regards as slow: SA 35, 169
as buffer in relationship with Hogbourne-Johnson: SA 35, 54, 63
Pennistone: MP 201
Amanda and Belinda Quiggin:
involvement in life of:
helps to avoid sacking from university: HSH 91
and the house-cult: HSH 73, 85
rumours of sexual relationship with: HSH 85, 95, 98
and outrageous behaviour of:
the incidents:
the paint throwing: HSH 44-7, 73, 85, 87-8, 105
the stinkbomb: HSH 105-7, 110
approval of:
excitement over: HSH 45, 105, 107
insistence on bringing to Donners Prize: HSH 83-5, 87-91, 95-5, 110
JG Quiggin:
reminds NJ of: QU 199; BM 250
sense of shared ambition: BM 53, 57, 81-2, 142
attends Erridge's funeral with: BDFR 52-7, 66-9, 71, 79-86, 91
meets at "Fission" launch-party: BDFR 138
approved by as progressive politician: BDFR 84, 142-3; TK 228
resentment by over interference in business: BDFR 199
and Trapnel's parody: BDFR 197-200
annoys with respect to the twins: HSH 90-1
Rusty: HSH 153, 156
Smethyck: HSH 113-4
Leonard Short:
help of in arranging Parliamentary seat: BDFR 18
admired by as coming man: BDFR 17-19, 32
close dealings with:
in same Government Department: BDFR 16, 185, 190
living in same block of flats: BDFR 16, 20, 27, 185 , 207; TK 259
patronising opinion of: BDFR 185
and the fiasco of the "Seraglio" transport: TK 236-7, 255, 259, 270
Siegfried: BDFR 79, 88-9
Sillery:
regards as useful: BM 282
discussed by concerning:
coup against Truscott: BDFR 16-17
politics: BDFR 18-19
gossip surrounding Pamela: BDFR 19-21, 26-7
Simon: MP 109
Lord Sleaford: LM 214, 227
Odo Stevens:
and Pamela: BDFR 139
and the Balkans: BDFR 200; TK 236-7, 251
at the "Seraglio": TK 236-7
Stringham:
butt of:
comments by: QU 8, 10-11, 14-16, 40, 50-1, 149; BM 79; AW 211, 215-7; SA 77, 80, 180
mimicry by: QU 12, 14-15, 40; BM 35-6; AW 200; LM 165
opinions of: QU 126-8; BM 282; LM 55; SA 72-4
comments on mother of: QU 128
disapproval of drinking by: AW 212-3, 218; SA 72-3
embarrassed by:
presence in 'F' Mess: SA 72
involvement in finding of Bithel: SA 171, 178-80, 184-5 187
mention of death of: MP 105, 208-11
control of:
puts to bed after Le Bas's dinner: AW 215-7
manages posting to Laundry and Far East: SA 73-5164, 166-7, 176, 183-5, 209, 187; MP 105
responsibility for death of
mentions of as contemporary at school: CCR 86; SA 72, 77
and Pamela's:
inheritance from: MP 209-10; HSH 188-90, 250
relationship to: MP 105, 208-9, 216
Templer:
comments by: QU 9, 16-17, 40, 48; AW 206; MP 23
opinions of: QU 128-9
respected by:
as businessman: AW 51-2, 183, 206; LM 55-6, 183; KO 108-11, 137
for political influence: MP 23-4
at Dicky Umfraville's club with: LM 183-96
treatment of at Cabinet Office meeting: MP 22-3
part in death of: MP 216-8, 235-6; BDFR 248, 250
the Tolland family:
Uncle Alfred: AW 204; BDFR 53-4, 63-4, 66, 68, 71-2, 88, 91-2
Erridge:
never met: BDFR 67
and politics of: BDFR 56, 72, 84-5
and will of: BDFR 67, 83-4, 141, 183-4
Lady Frederica: BDFR 67, 69, 79, 86, 88-9, 183
George:
remembered by as contemporary at school: CCR 84-5
dinner with: CCR 84-5, 123
impresses as:
businessman: CCR 84-5; BDFR 51
prospective MP : CCR 85
is not impressed with: CCR 123
finds useful as Territorial contact: CCR 123
Hugo: BDFR 67, 80, 91, 139, 141, 183
Isobel: CCR 101; MP 105
Norah: MP 204; BDFR 96-7
Susan: CCR 86; BDFR 96-7
Prince Theodoric:
hopes to meet: BM 282
and Pamela: MP 116
and Yugoslav politics: MP 116; BDFR 111
Daniel Tokenhouse:
and involvement with Belkin: TK 148, 152-3, 182-3, 229
offends by visiting in Venice: TK 151-3
Tompsitt:
and social position of:
appreciation of unconventional background: BM 60
contempt for lack of sophistication: MP 113
agreement with over Katyn massacre: MP 110-1; TK 238
and the Balkans: TK 237-8
Mrs Tompsitt: TK 238
X Trapnel:
attitude to: BDFR 111, 149, 213-5; HSH 82-3, 104
flattered outrageously by at "Fission" party: BDFR 142-5, 147, 175
lends pound to: BDFR 149, 161, 174-8, 214
suffers parody written by: BDFR 197-9, 206-7, 214-5, 221, 223
confrontation with: BDFR 211-18
Truscott:
different views on business and pleasure: BM 138
recruitment by to Donners-Brebner: BM 139-43, 215
forces out of Donners-Brebner: AW 52; LM 76-7; BDFR 16-17; TK 223
dismissal from mind: AW 214
hated by: LM 76-7; TK 223, 225
Upjohn: SA 34
the Walpole-Wilsons: BM 37-8, 84, 93, 230-1, 273-9; AW 219; LM 53, 86
Baby Wentworth: TK 110-1, 158
Flavia Wisebite: HSH 188-90, 209, 213
Widmerpool, Kenneth g) expression of opinions
the business of getting on in life:
importance of serious employment: QU 130-2, 201; BM 85-6; AW 187-8, 201; CCR 188; SA 24-5
the preoccupations of men of substance: BM 281-2; CCR 121
the need to take games seriously: QU 151; BM 37
the pre-eminence of usefulness:
social life: QU 133; CCR 122
business and pleasure: BM 138, 167-8; CCR 121, 124-5
learning from mistakes: BM 233; CCR 125; VB 95
as opposed to "charm": BM 282; SA 25
the Territorial Army: LM 67; CCR 123
society and public behaviour
the dangers of:
family wealth: QU 127-8
drink: AW 212-3, 218
horror of crime:
the Braddock alias Thorne deception: QU 127
the Gypsy Jones abortion: BM 217-8; CCR 100
marriage:
and traditional views of: LM 63; TK 16-17
as expert on: LM 236-7
rejection of: HSH 104
bourgeois:
liberal law: TK 284; HSH 128, 207
social and artistic life: HSH 108
institutions generally: HSH 102-5
attitudes to sex: HSH 208
morality:
of Mildred Blaides: CCR 125
and public office: KO 227
the possibility of Gwinnett's book being libellous: HSH 82-3
the arts:
the Haig statue: BM 45-6, 49
Isbister: BM 93-4
the Quota: LM 55
"Death's-Head Swordsman": HSH 82-3, 104-5
foreign affairs:
Germany:
the situation post-Versailles: BM 54
approval of Hitler and Nazis as socialist: LM 66
doubts over Jewish policy: LM 66
suggests Garter for Goering: LM 67
China: BM 57-8
Spain, Gibraltar and Ceuta: AW 187
the Russian show trials: CCR 84
the success of Munich: KO 139, 222
Polish leaders: MP 20-1
the Katyn massacre: MP 110-1
American post-War policy in Japan: BDFR 91
the Iron Curtain: BDFR 252
"genuine internationalism": TK 283-4
domestic politics:
personal movement "to the left": LM 66
objection to rearmament: LM 66
economics:
national policy: AW 201-2; LM 66-7
analysis of stocks: CCR
recruitment to the Foreign Office: BM 59-60
the reign of Edward VIII:
excitement at "new broom": CCR 124-5
grief at Abdication: CCR 188
censorship: BDFR 144
the fuel crisis: BDFR 185-6
the Army:
military security: KO 231-2
the SOE: SA 196
the making of officers: SA 45-6, 73-4, 187
preeminent importance of the group: SA 45-6, 50
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