and has Beach provide a hearty tea. Beach provides a feast to take back to Ern, and Gladys requests some flowers too. Emsworth hesitates, but cannot refuse her; as she is picking her flowers, McAllister rushes up in a fury, but his master, encouraged by Gladys' hand in his, stands up to the man, putting him in his place. Connie approaches, demanding Emsworth return to make his speech; he refuses, saying he's going to put on some comfortable clothes and go and visit Ern. Publication history "Lord Emsworth and the Girl Friend" was illustrated by James Montgomery Flagg in Liberty. It was illustrated by Reginald Cleaver in the Strand. The story was published in the Family Herald and Weekly Star (Montreal, Canada) on 12 June 1935. The story was collected in Week-End Wodehouse (UK edition), published in May 1939 by Herbert Jenkins, London. It was included in Vintage Wodehouse, a 1978 collection edited by Richard Usborne and published by Barrie & Jenkins. Adaptations Under the title "Lord Emsworth and the Little Friend", the story was adapted by C. E. Webber for BBC Television as a televised play in 1956. The cast included John Miller as Lord Emsworth, Joan Sanderson as Lady Constance, Margaret McCourt as Gladys, John Hall as Ern, Rufus Cruickshank as McAllister, and Raymond Rollett as Beach. The story was adapted for television as an episode of The World of Wodehouse in 1967. In 1985, it was adapted as the fifth episode of the Blandings radio series, under the title "Lord Emsworth and the Girlfriend". The BBC adapted "Lord Emsworth and the Girl Friend" for television again in 2013, as the fifth episode in the series Blandings. See also List of Wodehouse's Blandings shorts Complete list of the Blandings stories References Notes Sources External links 1926 short stories Short stories by P. G. Wodehouse Works originally published in Liberty (general interest magazine)