# Dunstable — School Stories character guide

> Dunstable in School Stories by P. G. Wodehouse.

**Role:** major

**Also known as:** Mr. P. A. Dunstable, P. A. Dunstable, Linton

**First appearance:** 0002-now-talking-about-cricket

## Snapshot

A Day's House boy whose trespass in Watson's wood lands him before his housemaster, where his dry parting shot about an autograph turns punishment into a small, sly victory.

## Who they are

Caught poaching in Mr. Watson's wood, Dunstable faces Mr. Day with a frankness that is almost disarming, admitting the offence without excuse. His quiet remark at the door about the autograph shows a boy who notices what others miss and cannot quite resist the last word. That blend of blunt honesty and impudent timing marks him as a schoolboy who takes his lumps but keeps his own score.

## In the story

### [A Corner in Lines](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/school_stories_se/chapters/a-corner-in-lines)

The protagonist who schemes to avoid lines and later capitalizes on them.

### [The Autograph Hunters](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/school_stories_se/chapters/the-autograph-hunters)

The main schemer, determined to get Montagu Watson's autograph for his housemaster Mr. Day.

### [An International Affair](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/school_stories_se/chapters/an-international-affair)

Loyal to Cook's, devises a scheme to make Ring's Stores appear unwholesome by eating buckwheat cakes and feigning illness.

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