P G Wodehouse

Uneasy Money P G Wodehouse

Uneasy Money revolves around the story of Lord Dawlish, "Bill" to his friends, who is one of feather-brained, good-hearted young men. Right at the beginning, we see him getting accosted by a peddler who dubiously claims to have a starving family at home. His fiancee, Claire, is the scourge of poor Bill's existence, although he hasn't caught onto that yet. She accepted his proposal to begin with because he was a man of title, and was disappointed to find that he had no fortune to accompany it. She now tries, to persuade him to earn money by what he considers underhanded means. Bill himself cares little for money, so when he inherits a million dollars from an eccentric whose golf game he once improved, his first thought is of the eccentric's cheated relatives in America, and he makes his way there with a view toward dividing the winnings with them somehow. Claire, unaware of this, is also on her way to America for a different purpose. The story involves several factions, paths cross, and misunderstandings.