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At Geisenheimer's

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At Geisenheimer's is a short story by P. G. Wodehouse, first published in the United States in The Saturday Evening Post on 21 August 1915 and then in the United Kingdom in The Strand Magazine in October 1915 under the title The Love-r-ly Silver Cup. It was also included in the collection The Man with Two Left Feet published in the UK in 1917 and in the US in 1933.

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Plot summary

Miss Roxborough meets Charlie Ferris in the Geisenheimer's Club where she is employed as a professional dancer. Charlie neglects her wife, Mary Ferris, so Miss Roxborough helps Mary to win a prize, the Love-r-ly Silver Cup, in the dancing contest to get her closer to her husband. (Narrated by Miss Roxborough)

Main characters

  • Miss Roxborough, aka Mrs. Tyson
  • Charlie Ferris
  • Mable Francis
  • Mary Ferris, aka Mrs. Charlie
  • Jimmy (mentioned only)
  • Jack Tyson (mentioned only)
  • Isadore Baermann, called Izzy
  • References

    At Geisenheimer's Wikipedia