# The Small Bachelor — Character guide

> Key figures in The Small Bachelor by P. G. Wodehouse.

- [George Finch](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_small_bachelor_se/characters/george_finch.md): George Finch arrives at the Waddington doorstep with a transparent excuse about a runaway dog, only to be swept into dinner and into Molly's affections. His painful shyness — ears crimson, sentences collapsing into a lit
- [Hamilton Beamish](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_small_bachelor_se/characters/hamilton_beamish.md): Hamilton Beamish prides himself on developing his views, which is why he can announce with a straight face that he has fallen in love with a girl he met on a bus and whose name he does not know. He can recite her hat, he
- [Sigsbee H. Waddington](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_small_bachelor_se/characters/sigsbee_h_waddington.md): Sigsbee H. Waddington is the indulgent, slightly addled husband who introduced George Finch into the household and must now answer for it under his wife's withering gaze. He breaks ornaments, confuses Follansbee with Fer
- [Mr. Waddington](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_small_bachelor_se/characters/mr_waddington.md): Mr. Waddington belongs to the household's older generation, a figure whose money, marriages, and pearl necklaces shape the younger characters' fortunes. His legacy — including the necklace held in trust for Molly — becom
- [Molly Waddington](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_small_bachelor_se/characters/molly_waddington.md): Molly Waddington floats brightly into rooms where her stepmother is heaving with rage, cheerfully recounting how George proposed at the Zoo with ears absolutely crimson. She sees past his shyness to the lambkin beneath, 
- [Officer Garroway](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_small_bachelor_se/characters/officer_garroway.md): Officer Garroway cringes before Hamilton Beamish's superior intelligence and endures a coffeepot to the eye during the fracas at the Purple Chicken, all while a tablecloth muffles his view of his attacker. He haunts door
- [Fanny Welch](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_small_bachelor_se/characters/fanny_welch.md): A minor character with a role in the narrative.
- [Lord Hunstanton](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_small_bachelor_se/characters/lord_hunstanton.md): An aristocrat who appears in social scenes.
- [Mr. Mullett](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_small_bachelor_se/characters/mr_mullett.md): Mullett works for George Finch, and his mild, put-upon manner makes him a fixture in the comic traffic of the Sheridan's roof and corridors. When Officer Garroway insists he has seen that face before — perhaps in a photo
- [Rupert Anthony Ferris](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_small_bachelor_se/characters/rupert_anthony_ferris.md): A character with connections to the main cast.
- [May Stubbs](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_small_bachelor_se/characters/may_stubbs.md): May Stubbs steps off a bus and into Hamilton Beamish's life, taking his eye — and his composure — with her. He can describe her hat, her shoes, and her tender grey eyes in exhaustive detail, yet he does not know her name
- [Madame Eulalie](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_small_bachelor_se/characters/madame_eulalie.md): A mysterious figure with a brief appearance.
- [Frederick Mullett](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_small_bachelor_se/characters/frederick_mullett.md): A relative of the Mullett family.
- [Fanny Mullett](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_small_bachelor_se/characters/fanny_mullett.md): A member of the Mullett family.
- [Lancelot Biffen](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_small_bachelor_se/characters/lancelot_biffen.md): A named character with limited presence.
- [Sigsbee Horatio Waddington](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_small_bachelor_se/characters/sigsbee_horatio_waddington.md): An alternate name for a Waddington family member.
- [Guiseppe](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_small_bachelor_se/characters/guiseppe.md): A minor character with a brief role.
- [C](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_small_bachelor_se/characters/c.md): An initial used as a placeholder.

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