Rev. Cuthbert "Bill" Bailey was at Harrow and boxed three years for Oxford, where he was a friend of Pongo Twistleton. A man of rugged, homely features and burly shoulders, curate at Bottleton East, engaged in Service With a Smile to Myra Schoonmaker against the will of Lady Constance. Takes on the alias of Cuthbert Meriwether on a visit to Blandings.

• Service With a Smile