# Pringle — A Prefect’s Uncle character guide

> Pringle in A Prefect’s Uncle by P. G. Wodehouse.

**Role:** major

**Also known as:** IV Pringle, Langdale

**First appearance:** 0000-i-term-begins

## Snapshot

A cricket-mad senior with a genius for avoiding work, whose summer holiday idyll collides with an inconvenient poetry prize.

## Who they are

Pringle divides his time between stump-cricket test matches against the Ashby twins and dodging the Upper Fifth's compulsory verse composition. Having just escaped that form, he's promised to help a friend with the Death of Dido — a subject he finds morbid and badly timed for the cricket season. His easy charm and talent for finding amusement everywhere make him a natural ally and a cautionary example of how Beckford's seniors spend their freedom.

## Relationships

### [Master Lorimer](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_prefect_s_uncle_se/characters/master_lorimer)

_professional_

Master Lorimer and Pringle have a frequent professional interaction, likely as teacher and student or school staff.

### [Master Lorimer](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_prefect_s_uncle_se/characters/master_lorimer)

_professional_

Master Lorimer and Pringle have a frequent professional interaction, likely as teacher and student or school staff.

### [Master Lorimer](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_prefect_s_uncle_se/characters/master_lorimer)

_professional_

Master Lorimer and Pringle have a frequent professional interaction, likely as teacher and student or school staff.

## In the story

### [IV: Pringle Makes a Sporting Offer](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_prefect_s_uncle_se/chapters/iv-pringle-makes-a-sporting-offer)

Feeling triumphant after scoring 123 against Charchester; offers to write Lorimer's poem in exchange for an introduction to Mabel Lorimer.

### [VII: The Bishop Goes for a Ride](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_prefect_s_uncle_se/chapters/vii-the-bishop-goes-for-a-ride)

Bats with confidence after Gethryn's dismissal, forming a stand with Norris.

### [VIII: The M.C.C. Match](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_prefect_s_uncle_se/chapters/viii-the-m-c-c-match)

Top scorer for the School with 81 runs; anchors the innings.

### [In Which a Case Is Fully Discussed](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_prefect_s_uncle_se/chapters/x-in-which-a-case-is-fully-discussed)

Defends Gethryn to Lorimer, arguing that Norris's tactless approach caused the silence.

### [Poetry and Stump-Cricket](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_prefect_s_uncle_se/chapters/xi-poetry-and-stump-cricket)

Stars in the Old Beckfordians' match, visits Colonel Ashby, discovers a poem on Dido, and plagiarizes it for Lorimer.

### [XIV: Norris Takes a Short Holiday](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_prefect_s_uncle_se/chapters/xiv-norris-takes-a-short-holiday)

Observes Leicester's fielding practice with Lorimer; criticizes his own House's fielding.

### [A Disputed Authorship](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_prefect_s_uncle_se/chapters/xvi-a-disputed-authorship)

Confesses to plagiarizing the prize poem from 'The Dark Horse'; devises a plan to accompany Lorimer to the Headmaster.

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