# Saunders — A Gentleman of Leisure character guide

> Saunders in A Gentleman of Leisure by P. G. Wodehouse.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** old Saunders

**First appearance:** 0001-a-gentleman-of-leisure

## Who they are

The long-suffering butler at Sir Thomas's household.

## In the story

### [Spike's Views](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_gentleman_of_leisure_se/chapters/xiii-spike-s-views)

Mentioned by Spike as the butler who told him about the valuable necklace.

### [Jimmy Remembers Something, and Hears Something Else](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_gentleman_of_leisure_se/chapters/xvii-jimmy-remembers-something-and-hears-something-else)

Saunders delivers a message summoning Lord Dreever to Sir Thomas's study.

### [Family Jars](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_gentleman_of_leisure_se/chapters/xxiii-family-jars)

The butler who observes the tension between Sir Thomas and Lord Dreever and is ordered to place the returned money in Sir Thomas's drawer.

### [XXIV: The Treasure-Seeker](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_gentleman_of_leisure_se/chapters/xxiv-the-treasure-seeker)

Sympathetic to Spennie, he serves him wine during dinner and is silently opposed to Sir Thomas.

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