James Willoughby Pitt, title character of A Gentleman of Leisure (The Intrusion of Jimmy), went to school and Cambridge with Arthur Mifflin. Inherited $500,000 from a fellow who had been in love with his late mother before her marriage. Studied law at the Varsity but never kept it up. An amateur boxer, has worked as an actor, waiter, newspaper man, jeweller. Medium height, with the broad, deep chest, square jaw, piercing brown eyes and good nature of a bull terrier. Wins the hand of Molly McEachern. Mentioned as a friend of John Maude in The Prince and Betty.

• A Gentleman of Leisure
• The Prince and Betty