# Madeline Bassett — Right Ho, Jeeves character guide

> Madeline Bassett in Right Ho, Jeeves by P. G. Wodehouse.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Miss Bassett, Madeline, the Bassett

**First appearance:** 0003-ii

## Snapshot

A dreamy, Tennyson-quoting romantic who sees knights of chivalry everywhere, and whose solemn confidences reduce Bertie Wooster to helpless silence.

## Who they are

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.

## In the story

### [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/right_ho_jeeves_se/chapters/i)

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.

### [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/right_ho_jeeves_se/chapters/ii)

The object of Gussie's affection; she is leaving for the country after the ball.

### [Chapter IX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/right_ho_jeeves_se/chapters/ix)

The object of Gussie's affection; Bertie plans to take her for a stroll to soften her up.

### [Chapter X](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/right_ho_jeeves_se/chapters/x)

Madeline confesses her love for another man (Gussie) and later misunderstands Bertie's hints about an aching heart.

### [XIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/right_ho_jeeves_se/chapters/xiii)

The object of Gussie's affections; Bertie's scheme aims to help Gussie propose to her.

### [XV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/right_ho_jeeves_se/chapters/xv)

Referred to by Bertie as the woman he was in love with at Cannes, who recently turned him down.

### [XVI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/right_ho_jeeves_se/chapters/xvi)

Mentioned in Bertie's conversation with Gussie; Bertie tries to convince Gussie that Madeline still loves him.

### [XVII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/right_ho_jeeves_se/chapters/xvii)

Sits with Aunt Dahlia; becomes engaged to Gussie after his proposal.

### [XVIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/right_ho_jeeves_se/chapters/xviii)

Mentioned as the object of Bertie's supposed proposal and as Gussie's former fiancée.

### [Chapter XX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/right_ho_jeeves_se/chapters/xx)

Madeline sends Bertie a note stating she intends to marry him.

### [XXI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/right_ho_jeeves_se/chapters/xxi)

Announces engagement to Bertie, compares him to Cyrano de Bergerac.

### [Chapter XXIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/right_ho_jeeves_se/chapters/xxiii)

Walks with Bertie in the twilight, compares him to a Knight of the Round Table, and releases him from their engagement to return to Gussie.

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