# Constable Plimmer — Short Fiction character guide

> Constable Plimmer in Short Fiction by P. G. Wodehouse.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Plimmer

**First appearance:** 0000-when-papa-swore-in-hindustani

## Snapshot

A Battersea constable who once patrolled livelier Whitechapel beats, now pining for the days when drunk-and-disorderlies gave a man something to do.

## Who they are

Plimmer is a policeman whose transfer to peaceful Battersea has left him restless and lovesick, dreaming of the old Whitechapel days when costermongers kicked his shins and the job felt worth doing. His comic ache for action — he'd pay a man to kick him now — makes him a figure of rueful comedy rather than mere authority. He drifts through the story's margins as a walking reminder that quiet beats and quiet hearts can be equally maddening.

## In the story

### [Misunderstood](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_42_se/chapters/misunderstood)

Constable Keating is the policeman who arrests Buffin and later becomes the target of his revenge. He is genial and self-confident, unaware of Buffin's grudge. He is attacked by a gang but saved by Buffin's intervention, and he praises Buffin in court.

### [Death at the Excelsior](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_42_se/chapters/death-at-the-excelsior)

Investigates the death at the Excelsior.

### [The Romance of an Ugly Policeman](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_42_se/chapters/the-romance-of-an-ugly-policeman)

A homely policeman on a quiet beat in Battersea, who falls in love with Ellen Brown and later feels compassion for her when she is abandoned by Alf Brooks.

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