Right Ho, Jeeves · Character

Uncle Tom

Aunt Dahlia's portly, put-upon husband, a man whose chief passions are food and drink and whose Masonic bandmaster photograph haunts Bertie's bedroom wall.

supporting

Also known as Thomas, Tom, poor old Tom, old Tom Travers, Travers

First appearance: i

As a supporting figure in Right Ho, Jeeves, Uncle Tom is not background color—the story leans on what they do once the chapter opens.

Appears in the larder wearing mauve pyjamas and carrying a pistol, suspecting burglars due to the noises Tuppy made.

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Uncle Tom Travers presides over Brinkley Court with the air of a man who would rather be at his club, forever caught between his wife's schemes and his own appetite. His fondness for the larder and his weakness for being managed make him a comic fixture in the household's romantic entanglements. When midnight raids on steak-and-kidney pie become social occasions, Tom's domestic world proves as chaotic as any of Bertie's plans.

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Character groups

Brinkley Court Household

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Aunt Dahlia
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Aunt Dahlia
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