Bill the Bloodhound
Bill the Bloodhound is a short story by British comic writer P. G. Wodehouse (1881–1975). It was first published in the US in The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine in February 1915 and in the UK in The Strand Magazine in April 1915. It was also included in the collection The Man with Two Left Feet published in the UK in 1917 and in the US in 1933.
Plot summary
A young sort of detective (or rather sleuth) Henry Pifield Rice, who works for a detective bureau, falls in love with Alice Weston, a chorus girl of The Girl from Brighton music hall. He proposes to her but is refused on the ground that she does not want to marry someone who is not in the profession. When Henry is sent by his employer to investigate one of the members of The Girl from Brighton music hall company, he takes advantage of it to get closer to Alice.
Main characters
- Henry Pifield Rice, a detective of Stafford's International Investigation Bureau, nicknamed Bill the Bloodhound[1] by the The Girl from Brighton music hall company
- Alice Weston, a chorus girl of The Girl from Brighton music hall
- Genevieve Weston, Alice Weston's sister (mentioned only)
- Dramatic agent
- Simmonds, a fellow-detective of Henry Pifield Rice
- Mr. Stafford, an owner of Stafford's International Investigation Bureau
- Walter Jelliffe, a comedian and star of The Girl from Brighton music hall
- Sidney Crane, a baritone and leading member of the The Girl from Brighton music hall
- Bella, a female servant at a boarding-house in Guildford Street
- Stage-manager of the The Girl from Brighton music hall
- Miss Clarice Weaver, a lead singer and unpopular member of The Girl from Brighton music hall company
References
- ↑ Dot Wordsworth (2012-08-25). "Bill". The Spectator. Retrieved 2014-03-10.
External links
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Bill the Bloodhound public domain audiobook at LibriVox