Characters

(Biffy) Dudley Wix-Biffen — Member of the Drones Club who loved Clarissa
Clarissa Boote — Broke off with Dudley
Colonel Anstruther Boote, D.S.O. — Clarissa's father
Joe Peabody — American TV writer of soap operas and friend of the Crumpet. Marries Clarissa.
Catherine Jipson — 4th daughter of the Rev. B.J., of Piggleston, Hants. Nursemaid of Lancelot. Marries Dudley.
Lancelot Hibbs — Kid whose sister has the measles and stays with Dudley
Miss Willoughby (*)