egg. another nephew, Augustine, is a timid young curate who went on to marry his vicar's daughter. His rise through the ranks of the Church of England was partially due to his uncle Wilfred's tonic Buck-U-Uppo. According to N. T. P. Murphy, Augustine is similar to the "pale young curate" Gilbert and Sullivan's The Sorcerer. Anselm, another nephew, also a pale young curate. Victoria McLure notes that both Augustine and Anselm endear themselves to the reader because they are "underdogs among the clerical caste", and they must "fight their prospective fathers-in-law in order to gain enough money and enough respect to marry". Psmith and Mike Psmith, an immaculately dressed, monocle-sporting young man. His name is Rupert Psmith in his early appearances, but is changed to Ronald Psmith in Leave it to Psmith (a Blandings story, characters from which are listed above), presumably to avoid confusion with Rupert Baxter Mr Smith, Psmith's father, an eccentric man Mike Jackson, best friend of Psmith Burgess, captain of the Wrykyn cricket team "Gazeka" Firby-Smith, head of Mike's house at Wrykyn Bob Jackson, Mike's elder brother, also at Wrykyn Trevor and Clowes, friends of Bob and keen cricketers Wain, master of Mike's house at Wrykyn Wyatt, Wain's step-stop, who shares a dorm with Mike at Wrykyn Neville-Smith, a day boy at Wrykyn, a good fast bowler Strachan, the boy who took Mike's place as IX Cricket Captain Mr Outwood, master of Mike and Psmith's house at Sedleigh Mr Downing, master of another house at Sedleigh Adair, very keen cricket captain at Sedleigh Tom Jellicoe, a boy in Outwood's house, who shares a dorm with Mike and Psmith Spiller, another boy in Outwood's, whose study Psmith steals Stone, another boy in Outwood's, a ragger Robinson, another boy in Outwood's, Stone's henchman Dunster, a Sedleigh old boy and famed ragger Sergeant Collard, portly school sergeant as Sedleigh John Bickersdyke, head of the New Asiatic Bank Mr Rossiter, Head Postage at the Bank, a football fan Bannister, Mike's forerunner in Postage Bristow, Mike's successor there Mr Robert Waller, Head of the Cash Department, an amiable sort, but a secret socialist Mr Prebble, an unintelligible socialist orator Joe Jackson, one of Mike's brothers, an M.C.C. player Reggie Jackson, another cricket playing brother Billy Windsor, a New York journalist befriended by Psmith Pugsy Maloney, the office-boy at Windsor's paper Kid Brady, a boxer boosted by Psmith in New York Bat