Augustus Whiffle or (in Galahad at Blandings) Whipple, author of On the Care of the Pig (Popgood & Grooly, 35s) Lord Emsworth's favorite reading in the Blandings stories. A member of the Athenaeum Club, had an uncle who grew a second set of teeth in his 80th year and used to crack Brazil nuts with them. Once lunched with Galahad at the Athenaeum; occasional adviser to the Minister of Agriculture.

• Galahad at Blandings