# Rupert Anthony Ferris — The Small Bachelor character guide

> Rupert Anthony Ferris in The Small Bachelor by P. G. Wodehouse.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Ferris, Mrs. Ferris

**First appearance:** 0000-i

## Who they are

A character with connections to the main cast.

## In the story

### [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_small_bachelor_se/chapters/iii)

The butler, who offers a cocktail and muses on his past in England.

### [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_small_bachelor_se/chapters/i)

Announces dinner as the butler.

### [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_small_bachelor_se/chapters/iv)

The butler who denies George entry and insists Mrs. Waddington is not at home despite her voice being heard.

### [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_small_bachelor_se/chapters/ii)

The butler who delivers Mrs. Waddington's message and shows paternal affection toward the girl.

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

Mentioned as having received the message about May Stubbs and relaying it to Hamilton Beamish.

### [XI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_small_bachelor_se/chapters/xi)

The butler, guarding the wedding presents and expressing disapproval of nearly everything, including marriage and posterity.

### [XII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_small_bachelor_se/chapters/xii)

The butler who informs Sigsbee of the wedding's disruption and the young woman's intrusion.

### [XIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_small_bachelor_se/chapters/xiii)

The butler asks to ride to New York, ostensibly to visit a sick relative, but actually to sell the scandal story to Town Gossip.

### [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_small_bachelor_se/chapters/i)

The butler who is secretly writing a report for Town Gossip; he calmly refuses Mrs. Waddington's demands.

### [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_small_bachelor_se/chapters/iii)

Butler appointed as deputy by Officer Garroway; accepts a bribe but cannot unlock the door.

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