# May Stubbs — The Small Bachelor character guide

> May Stubbs in The Small Bachelor by P. G. Wodehouse.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Stubbs, May, Miss Stubbs

**First appearance:** 0000-i

## Snapshot

A bright-eyed girl from East Gilead whose chance meeting with Hamilton Beamish upends his theories and sets his heart racing.

## Who they are

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, only that she is connected to Molly's stepmother. Her brief, vivid presence turns the confirmed bachelor into a lovesick theorist and gives the story one of its earliest, giddiest mysteries.

## In the story

### [VIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_small_bachelor_se/chapters/viii)

A woman from East Gilead who telephoned George and is now coming to see him, causing concern.

### [IX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_small_bachelor_se/chapters/ix)

Former 'understanding' from East Gilead; arrives to confront George about their past.

### [XIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_small_bachelor_se/chapters/xiv)

Arrives to stop the wedding, contributing to the chaotic resolution.

### [Chapter XVII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_small_bachelor_se/chapters/xvii)

Now married to George Finch, adjusting to her new role.

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