Right Ho, Jeeves · Character
Madeline Bassett
A dreamy, Tennyson-quoting romantic who sees knights of chivalry everywhere, and whose solemn confidences reduce Bertie Wooster to helpless silence.
supporting
Also known as Miss Bassett, Madeline, the Bassett
First appearance: II
As a supporting figure in Right Ho, Jeeves, Madeline Bassett is not background color—the story leans on what they do once the chapter opens.
The object of Gussie's affections; described by Bertie as sentimental and dreamy, a girl who asks if the stars are God's daisy-chain.
Madeline drifts through Brinkley Court in a haze of sentiment, addressing Bertie as though he were a Galahad and speaking in pauses so long they resemble a dropped telephone line. She is earnest, ethereal, and utterly convinced of her own delicate sensibility, which makes her both a romantic prize and a conversational ordeal. Her habit of demanding chivalrous sacrifice from a man who cannot follow her meaning keeps the engagement plot spinning and gives Bertie some of his most panicked moments.
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- Other
Character groups
- Brinkley Court Household
- Protagonist
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Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Exposition.
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- Escalation
- Breaking point
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See Madeline Bassett in II