# Geoffrey Raymond — A Damsel in Distress character guide

> Geoffrey Raymond in A Damsel in Distress by P. G. Wodehouse.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Geoffrey

**First appearance:** 0003-ii

## Snapshot

Lord Marshmoreton's secretary, a quiet, capable young man whose unassuming presence hides a stake in the very romance everyone else is scheming about.

## Who they are

Geoffrey moves through Belpher Castle with the discretion of a good secretary, taking notes, keeping confidences, and never quite saying what he knows. He is the still point around which Maud's letters and George's hopes circulate, and his own feelings—carefully banked—give the plot a second, subtler current beneath the farcical surface. His usefulness to Lord Marshmoreton and his loyalty to Maud make him both a facilitator and a rival, and the reader senses early that his calm is doing a great deal of work.

## In the story

### [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_damsel_in_distress_se/chapters/i)

The American Maud met in Wales; she is still in love with him and hopes to see him again.

### [XIX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_damsel_in_distress_se/chapters/xix)

Revealed as the man Maud truly loves; George agrees to go and see him.

### [XXIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_damsel_in_distress_se/chapters/xxiv)

Maud reveals Geoffrey has inherited money from his uncle, making their marriage possible.

### [Chapter XXVI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_damsel_in_distress_se/chapters/xxvi)

Geoffrey is now stout and gross; he tries to rekindle with Maud but is served with a breach of promise lawsuit by Mr. Willoughby junior.

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