# A Gentleman of Leisure — Character guide

> Key figures in A Gentleman of Leisure by P. G. Wodehouse.

- [Jimmy Pitt](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_gentleman_of_leisure_se/characters/jimmy_pitt.md): Jimmy Pitt is the charmed darling of the Strollers' Club — rich, unmarried, unencumbered, and bored enough to accept a reckless bet about breaking into a stranger's home. He is also quietly haunted by a girl he met once 
- [Spike Mullins](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_gentleman_of_leisure_se/characters/spike_mullins.md): Spike Mullins is a reformed-ish cracksman from the Bowery who attaches himself to Jimmy Pitt with the devotion of a disciple, shuffling into scenes with furtive glee and mangled vowels. He has no use for marriage, girls,
- [Molly McEachern](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_gentleman_of_leisure_se/characters/molly_mceachern.md): Molly McEachern is the spirited daughter of a self-made millionaire, and she is being quietly maneuvered by her father and Sir Thomas Blunt toward a marriage with Lord Dreever. She is neither fooled nor flattered by the 
- [Sir Thomas Blunt](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_gentleman_of_leisure_se/characters/sir_thomas_blunt.md): Sir Thomas Blunt is new money playing at old blood, having married Lady Julia and scattered largesse for two years before deciding to retrench. He has cut off Lord Dreever's allowance and replaced it with a humiliating a
- [Lord Dreever](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_gentleman_of_leisure_se/characters/lord_dreever.md): Lord Dreever is the present Earl of Dreever, heir to a castle and a gruesome secret that is supposed to make grown men stop smiling — a fate his gurgling laugh suggests he has escaped. He is engaged to Molly McEachern by
- [John McEachern](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_gentleman_of_leisure_se/characters/john_mceachern.md): John McEachern is a former policeman turned wealthy New Yorker, blunt, watchful, and determined to see Molly married into the peerage. He regards Jimmy Pitt with immediate suspicion and is not above hiring a private inqu
- [Spennie Dreever](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_gentleman_of_leisure_se/characters/spennie_dreever.md): Spennie Dreever moves through the easy, smoke-filled world of the Strollers' Club, where young men fresh from the theatre trade gossip about Jimmy Pitt's return from Europe and envy his money, health, and bachelor freedo
- [Hargate](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_gentleman_of_leisure_se/characters/hargate.md): A quiet, observant friend of the main group, known for his skill at piquet.
- [Arthur Mifflin](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_gentleman_of_leisure_se/characters/arthur_mifflin.md): A cheerful and loyal friend of Jimmy, often involved in his schemes.
- [Lady Julia Blunt](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_gentleman_of_leisure_se/characters/lady_julia_blunt.md): Sir Thomas's sharp-tongued and practical wife.
- [Samuel Galer](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_gentleman_of_leisure_se/characters/samuel_galer.md): A dashing and somewhat shady character who causes trouble.
- [Charteris](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_gentleman_of_leisure_se/characters/charteris.md): A friend of the group, often present at social gatherings.
- [Hildebrand Spencer Poyns de Burgh](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_gentleman_of_leisure_se/characters/hildebrand_spencer.md): A young man with a long name, involved in the social circle.
- [Saunders](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_gentleman_of_leisure_se/characters/saunders.md): The long-suffering butler at Sir Thomas's household.
- [Rastus](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_gentleman_of_leisure_se/characters/rastus.md): A bulldog owned by the McEacherns, who plays a role in the plot.

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