Ring for Jeeves Author:P. G. Wodehouse The events that led William Egeton Bamfylde Ossingham Belfry, ninth Earl of Rowcester, to assume the name of Honest Patch Perkins, a fasle mustache and a career as a bookkeeper [in American - a Bookie] were, to say the least, complicated. Suffice it to say that he became Honest Patch in good faith and with the support - wary thought though it w... more »as - of Jeeves. Which was all very well until Captain Biggar, that redoubtable big-game hunter, placed a double and won three thousand pounds, two shillings and sixpence. Which was rather more than Honest patch possessed. So he disappeared with the Captain in hot pursuit. And when Captain Biggar arrived at Rowcester Abbey in search of his lady love matters grew hotter still. Indeed it took all of Jeeves's renowned diplomacy to smooth out the situation, settle his lordship's financial problems and requite the captain with his lady.« less