# Indiscretions of Archie — Character guide

> Key figures in Indiscretions of Archie by P. G. Wodehouse.

- [Archie Moffam](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/indiscretions_of_archie_se/characters/archie_moffam.md): Archie Moffam drifted into the Brewster dynasty on the strength of his smile and a wartime acquaintance with the song 'Mother's Knee,' and now finds himself the son-in-law of a man who regards him as a walking catastroph
- [Mr. Daniel Brewster](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/indiscretions_of_archie_se/characters/mr_daniel_brewster.md): Daniel Brewster owns the Hotel Cosmopolis and a temper that his children describe as more bark than bite, though Archie has yet to confirm the bite is entirely absent. He is a man of order, thrift, and dignity, all three
- [Lucille Brewster Moffam](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/indiscretions_of_archie_se/characters/lucille_brewster_moffam.md): Lucille Brewster Moffam is the bridge between two irreconcilable worlds — her father's empire of order and her husband's empire of chaos — and she crosses it daily with patience and a dry sense of humor. She nudges Archi
- [Reggie van Tuyl](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/indiscretions_of_archie_se/characters/reggie_van_tuyl.md): Reggie van Tuyl moves through the novel's social world with the effortless ease of a man who has never had to explain himself to a hotel manager or a suspicious wife. He is the friend Archie calls when a plan requires co
- [Bill Brewster](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/indiscretions_of_archie_se/characters/bill_brewster.md): Bill Brewster is a young man with one topic — the absent Mabel — and no ability to discuss it with the one person whose approval he needs. He loses his nerve whenever he faces his father, yammering instead of speaking, a
- [George Benham](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/indiscretions_of_archie_se/characters/george_benham.md): George Benham is the kind of friend Archie makes easily — a pleasant presence at lunch, a man whose misfortunes Archie cannot help but take personally. When Benham's romantic life collapses, Archie's instinct to interven
- [J. B. Wheeler](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/indiscretions_of_archie_se/characters/j_b_wheeler.md): Wheeler is an acquaintance of Archie's who turns up in the hotel orbit, cheerfully confessing that a stolen painting was the best thing that ever happened to him because it freed his wife to take up golf. His breezy prag
- [Vera Silverton](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/indiscretions_of_archie_se/characters/vera_silverton.md): Vera occupies Archie's room by a desk-clerk mix-up and catches him hiding under her bed, but her real disappointment is that he isn't a burglar she can be photographed capturing. Her press agent is useless, her career ne
- [Washington McCall](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/indiscretions_of_archie_se/characters/washington_mccall.md): McCall owns property next to Brewster's in Westchester and has been prodded by his formidable wife into a lawsuit, then into taking a suite at Brewster's own hotel. Lucille describes him as one of those small, bullied hu
- [Squiffy](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/indiscretions_of_archie_se/characters/squiffy.md): Squiffy — Lord Seacliff — arrives at the Cosmopolis and, without ever saying a word to Brewster, drinks his way through six cases of supplies and then pulls the tablecloths off every table in the grillroom. Archie defend
- [Sausage Chappie](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/indiscretions_of_archie_se/characters/sausage_chappie.md): The Sausage Chappie is a habitué of the Cosmopolis Grill who recognizes his wife at a neighboring table and, when the stout man beside her pats her cheek, seizes the buffet's cold pies and lets fly. His cry of 'It's my w
- [Cora Bates McCall](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/indiscretions_of_archie_se/characters/cora_bates_mccall.md): Mrs. McCall is the force behind the Westchester land suit, having turned her timid husband Washington against a man he once liked, and she receives Archie's peacemaking visit with icy disdain. Lucille blames her for star
- [Mr. Moon](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/indiscretions_of_archie_se/characters/mr_moon.md): A mysterious and elusive figure who appears intermittently throughout the story.
- [Roscoe Sherriff](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/indiscretions_of_archie_se/characters/roscoe_sherriff.md): Sherriff is a self-described apostle of Energy whose anecdotal, well-paid past dazzles Archie into wishing he could 'slip things over' and 'put things across' too. Spotting a useful convert, he asks Archie to conceal Mme
- [Lord Seacliff](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/indiscretions_of_archie_se/characters/lord_seacliff.md): A young British aristocrat who visits the hotel and causes social ripples.
- [Connolly](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/indiscretions_of_archie_se/characters/connolly.md): Connolly begins as a chilly presence, but his manner turns bright and alert as he urges Archie to sit and take the chill off the armchair, having 'thought of something.' His bulldog watches gravely from its basket while 
- [Salvatore](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/indiscretions_of_archie_se/characters/salvatore.md): An Italian immigrant who works at the hotel and has a series of mishaps.
- [Washy Steps](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/indiscretions_of_archie_se/characters/washy_steps.md): A hotel employee known for his clumsiness and unfortunate incidents.
- [Herbert Parker](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/indiscretions_of_archie_se/characters/herbert_parker.md): Archie's former valet who writes letters detailing his own adventures.
- [Percy](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/indiscretions_of_archie_se/characters/percy.md): A friend of Archie's who gets involved in a romantic subplot.
- [Lindsay McCall](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/indiscretions_of_archie_se/characters/lindsay_mccall.md): A relative of Washington McCall who appears in the story.
- [Blake](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/indiscretions_of_archie_se/characters/blake.md): A hotel employee or guest who interacts with Archie.
- [Professor Binstead](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/indiscretions_of_archie_se/characters/professor_binstead.md): An academic who becomes involved in the hotel's social life.
- [Gossett](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/indiscretions_of_archie_se/characters/gossett.md): A hotel employee with a minor role in the proceedings.
- [Mabel Winchester](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/indiscretions_of_archie_se/characters/mabel_winchester.md): A young woman who becomes a romantic interest for one of the characters.
- [General Mannister](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/indiscretions_of_archie_se/characters/general_mannister.md): A retired military man who is a guest at the hotel.
- [Pongo](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/indiscretions_of_archie_se/characters/pongo.md): A dog owned by one of the characters, causing comic trouble.
- [Spectatia Huskisson](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/indiscretions_of_archie_se/characters/spectatia_huskisson.md): A wealthy and eccentric hotel guest with a distinctive personality.
- [Gus Biddle](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/indiscretions_of_archie_se/characters/gus_biddle.md): A hotel guest involved in a subplot about a lost dog.
- [Jane Murchison](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/indiscretions_of_archie_se/characters/jane_murchison.md): A young woman who briefly appears in a romantic context.
- [Madame Brudowska](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/indiscretions_of_archie_se/characters/madame_brudowska.md): A European guest at the hotel with an exotic air.

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