in lieu of a ransom. Ford agrees and they leave. Mrs Drassilis reveals that Cynthia has fallen for Lord Mountry, and Burns gives them his blessing, releasing her from the engagement. He heads off after Audrey. Characters in "The Little Nugget" Ogden Ford, an obnoxious child, a popular target of kidnappers and thus known as The Little Nugget Elmer Ford, Ogden's wealthy and commanding father Mrs Nesta Ford (later Mrs Ford Pett), his doting mother Peter Burns, a well-to-do young man, who tries to kidnap Ogden for Mrs Ford Cynthia Drassilis, the ambitious fiancée of Peter Burns Mrs Drassilis, Cynthia's even more ambitious mother Audrey Sheridan, Ogden's governess, once Peter Burns's first love Arnold Abney, the mild and pompous headmaster of Sanstead Mr Glossop, an irascible master at Sanstead White, butler at Sanstead, soon found to be undercover Mrs Attwell, matron at the school "Smooth" Sam Fisher, an intellectual crook who kidnaps Ogden Ford Buck MacGinnis, a gang leader and arch rival of Smooth Sam Fisher Lord Mountry, a shy and nervous young noble Augustus Beckford, a pupil at Sanstead, cousin of Lord Mountry Tankerville Gifford, an unpleasant socialite Miss Benjafield, barmaid at local inn the Feathers Allusions to other novels Ogden Ford and his mother Nesta appear again in Piccadilly Jim (1918). Arnold Abney is mentioned as a former headmaster of Bertie Wooster in Much Obliged, Jeeves (1971). References External links The Russian Wodehouse Society's page, with numerous book covers and a list of characters Fantastic Fiction's page, with details of published editions, photos of book covers and links to used copies Free eBook of The Little Nugget at Project Gutenberg Novels by P. G. Wodehouse 1913 British novels Works originally published in Munsey's Magazine Novels first published in serial form Methuen Publishing books British comedy novels