Psmith in the City · Character
West
A clerk or employee at the bank.
minor
First appearance: iv first steps in a business career
West shows up with force in XIX: The Illness of Edward. The page is where that presence becomes real.
West is described as a small, dried-up youth who was asked to leave Haileybury for borrowing horses and attending meets out of bounds.
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In XIX: The Illness of Edward: West is described as a small, dried-up youth who was asked to leave Haileybury for borrowing horses and…
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