# Shoeblossom — The Gold Bat character guide

> Shoeblossom in The Gold Bat by P. G. Wodehouse.

**Role:** supporting

**First appearance:** 0000-i-the-fifteenth-place

## Snapshot

A jumpy Wrykyn boy whose secret midnight reading with a dark lantern nearly lands him in Seymour's clutches before he flees to bed.

## Who they are

Shoeblossom is a nervous, imaginative student who reads sensational fiction by smuggled lantern-light and startles at every footstep. When Seymour comes investigating, Shoeblossom quakes behind his door, mistakes a fellow rule-breaker for a spectre, and douses his lantern in a water-jug just in time. His terrified escapade captures the novel's atmosphere of nocturnal mischief and near-misses that surround the missing gold bat.

## Relationships

### [Seymour](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_gold_bat_se/characters/seymour)

_friendship_

Seymour and Shoeblossom are friendly companions, often seen together.

### [Seymour](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_gold_bat_se/characters/seymour)

_friendship_

Seymour and Shoeblossom are friendly companions, often seen together.

## In the story

### [Being a Chapter of Accidents](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_gold_bat_se/chapters/x-being-a-chapter-of-accidents)

Unpredictable and mischievous; causes the chimney fire by emptying the frying-pan into the grate; laughs despite punishment.

### [News of the Gold Bat](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_gold_bat_se/chapters/xii-news-of-the-gold-bat)

Disconsolate in exile from his study, he sneaks out at night to read with a dark lantern and narrowly avoids detection by Mr. Seymour.

### [The White Figure](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_gold_bat_se/chapters/xiv-the-white-figure)

Relates his night-walking adventure and sighting of the white figure to Barry.

## Links

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