List of fictional characters
The following is an incomplete list of fictional characters featured inthe books and stories ofP. G. Wodehouse , by series, in alphabetical order by series name. Due to overlap between the various classifications of Wodehouse's work, some characters appear more than once.
[ edit ] The Hon.Galahad Threepwood , Emsworth's unmarried younger brotherThe Hon. Lancelot Threepwood , Emsworth's deceased brotherMillicent Threepwood, his daughter Lady Ann Warblington, Emsworth's sister, sometime châtelaine at Blandings Jane , deceased sister of EmsworthAngela, daughter of Jane, Emsworth's niece Lady Constance Keeble Joseph Keeble, her first husband, Phyllis Jackson's stepfather.Phyllis Jackson, Joe Keeble's stepdaughter James Schoonmaker, Lady Constance's second husband, an American millionaire and an old friend ofUncle Fred Myra Schoonmaker, his daughter who marries Bill Bailey despite Lady Constance's best efforts Lady Charlotte, Emsworth's sister, "a tougher egg even than Lady Constance, or her younger sister, Lady Julia". Lady Julia Fish, Emsworth's younger sister, who though formidable has a sense of humour and, according to Galahad, "the seeds of greatness" in her.
Maj. Gen. Sir Miles Fish , her late husbandLady Florence Moresby, another of Emsworth's domineering sistersJ. J. Underwood , Lady Florence's deceased first husbandKevin Moresby, her second husband, from whom she has separated Dora, Lady Garland, Emsworth's tall and stately sisterSir Everard Garland ,K.C.B. , her late husbandPrudence Garland, Lady Dora's daughter Lady Hermione Wedge, Emsworth's sister, who looks like a cookColonel Egbert Wedge, Lady Hermione's husband Veronica Wedge, the Wedges' beautiful but simple daughter Georgiana, Lady Alcester, another sister of Lord Emsworth, who owns fourteen dogsGertrude Alcester, her daughter Lady Diana Phipps, the only one of Emsworth's sisters whom Galahad likes Wilfred Allsop, Lord Emsworth's nephew, of uncertain parentage [ edit ] George Threepwood, Viscount Bosham, Emsworth's elder son and heir to the earldomCecily Threepwood, Lord Bosham's wifeJames Threepwood, their elder son George Threepwood, their second son The Hon.Freddie Threepwood Niagara "Aggie" Donaldson, Freddie's wifePenelope Donaldson, Aggie's younger sisterMr Donaldson, dog-biscuit king, father of Aggie and Penelope Lady Mildred Mant, Emsworth's eldest daughterColonel Horace Mant, her husband Percy, Lord Stockheath, Emsworth's nephew, whose parents are never namedAlgernon Wooster, Lord Stockheath's cousin, implyingBertie Wooster may be a relation too The Bishop of Godalming, a relative of the Threepwoods Mrs Jack Hale, mentioned as belonging to the collateral branch of the family (Something Fresh) The 8th Earl of Emsworth - Clarence's father (Company for Gertrude; page 95) Robert - uncle of Clarence (Company for Gertrude; page 96) Claude - cousin of Clarence (Company for Gertrude; page 96) Alistair - maternal uncle of Clarence (Company for Gertrude; page 96) Rupert Baxter Montague "Monty" Bodkin Lavender Briggs, a tall and haughty secretary Alexandra "Sandy" Callender, an attractive but fiery red-headed secretary Hugo Carmody, another secretary, and a friend of Ronnie Fish Rupert Psmith Gerald Anstruther Vail, a thriller-writer, and briefly Emsworth's secretary Eve Halliday, hired to catalogue the library Sebastian Beach Maudie, his much-married niece Mrs Twemlow, housekeeper Merridew , an under-butlerJames andAlfred ,Thomas andStokes ,Charles andHenry , footmen at the CastleThorne, the Scottish Head Gardener inSomething Fresh Angus McAllister, the Scottish Head Gardener after Thorne Slingsby, a chauffeur Alfred Voules, another chauffeur George Cyril Wellbeloved, Emsworth's first pig man, who defects to the Parsloe-Parsloe camp James Pirbright, another pig man, Wellbeloved's replacement Edwin Pott, the pig man inFull Moon Monica Simmons, a pig girl of Amazonian proportions Empress of Blandings Sir Gregory Parsloe-Parsloe Bart. , neighbour and rival of Lord EmsworthHerbert Binstead, Parsloe's butler The Pride of Matchingham, Parsloe-Parsloe's pig The Queen of Matchingham, another pig owned by Parsloe-Parsloe James Bartholomew Belford, a farmer, whom Angela loves Major Wilfred "Plug" Basham, an old friend of Galahad and feature of his stories Admiral George J. "Fruity" Biffen, another old friend of Galahad The Rev. Rupert "Beefy" Bingham, Freddie's university pal "Puffy" Benger, yet another of Galahad's old cronies Quincy Titterton, Groomsman, employed to mask the fact that he was a paid cricketer in Lord Ellsworth’s estate team Sue Brown, a chorus girl who falls for Ronnie Fish Edward Cootes, a card-sharp, in love with Aileen Peavey Alaric, Duke of Dunstable, an ill-mannered old man, an old friend of ConnieHorace Pendlebury-Davenport, Dunstable's wealthy nephew Alaric "Ricky" Gilpin, Dunstable's impoverished nephew, a poet Archibald "Archie" Gilpin, another nephew of Dunstable, also impoverished Linda Gilpin, sister of Ricky and Dunstable's niece, a ward of court George Emerson, a Hong Kong policeman, in love with Aline Peters Lord Heacham, a rich landowner, once engaged to Angela Frederick Twistleton, Earl of Ickenham Pelican Pongo Twistleton , Fred's ever-embarrassed nephewValerie Twistleton, Fred's niece, who loves Horace Pendlebury-Davenport R. Jones, a fat bookmaker and conman Bill Lister, Galahad's godson, an artist who loves Prudence Garland Ashe Marson, a writer, the hero ofSomething Fresh Ralston McTodd, a Canadian poet Aileen Peavey (a.k.a. Smooth Lizzie), an American poet and crook Aline Peters, Freddie's fiancée inSomething Fresh J. Preston Peters, Aline's father, ascarab collector Percy Frobisher Pilbeam Tipton Plimsoll, a wealthy American friend of Freddie's, who falls for Veronica Wedge Claude "Mustard" Pott, another private detective, hired by Lord BoshamPolly Pott, Mustard's pretty daughter, engaged to Ricky Gilpin Gloria Salt, an athletic girl, who is engaged to Sir Gregory Parsloe-Parsloe for a time George Alexander Pyke, Lord Tilbury Orlo Watkins, a tenor with whom Gertrude Alcester becomes infatuated DameDaphne Winkworth , headmistress of a girls' school inEastbourne ; also a friend of Aunt Agatha Gerald Anstruther Vail, a thriller-writer who loves Penelope Donaldson Joan Valentine, the heroine ofSomething Fresh Orlo, Lord Vosper, a handsome nobleman who visits Blandings inPigs Have Wings Augustus Whiffle (or Whipple), author of Lord Emsworth's favorite book,The Care of the Pig Jane Yorke, a friend of Freddie's wife Aggie TheOldest Member Agnes Flack Sidney McMurdo The Wrecking Crew , a foursome:The First Grave Digger The Man with the Hoe Old Father Time Proconsul, the Almost-Human Felicia Blakeny Chester Meredith his auntDahlia Travers his auntAgatha Gregson Spenser Gregson, her first husbandThomas Gregson, (Thos.), their son Percy Craye, Earl of Worplesdon , her second husbandLadyFlorence Craye Edwin Craye, his son, a Boy Scout Zenobia "Nobby" Hopwood, his ward his uncleWilloughby Wooster , Bertie's initial trustee, resident of a country seat in Shropshire, notable for his scandalous Reminiscences his uncleHenry Wooster , a very personable 'looney' who kept pet rabbits in his bedroom his uncleGeorge Wooster, Lord Yaxley , who has devoted his entire life to the pleasures of the table, and "discovered that alcohol was a food well in advance of modern medical thought"Maud Wilberforce, a former barmaid and Lord Yaxley's former fiancée, whom he ends up marrying his sisterMrs. Scholfield , who lives in India with her three daughters Gussie Mannering-Phipps, Bertie's cousin inNew York Ray Denison, Gussie's fiancée and music hall performer Harold "Beefy" Anstruther, Bertie's friend fromOxford , engaged to Hilda, a friend ofMadeline Bassett Cyril Bassington-Bassington Bill Belfry, 9th Earl of Rowcester , an impoverished friend of Bertie and a fellow member of theDrones Club Francis "Bicky" Bickersteth, a young Englishman sent to make his fortune in New YorkThe Duke of Chiswick, Bicky's wealthy and displeased uncle Charles Edward "Biffy" Biffen, a fellow member of theDrones Club , who is extremely absent-minded and in love with Jeeves's niece Mabel The Rev. Rupert "Beefy" Bingham, a school friend, also a friend of Freddie Threepwood Freddie Bullivant, another Drones Club memberElizabeth Vickers, the girl whom Freddie loves Marmaduke, 5th Baron "Chuffy" Chuffnell, a school friendMyrtle, the Dowager Lady Chuffnell, Chuffy's auntSeabury, Lady Chuffnell's son by her first marriage Bruce "Corky" Corcoran, a New York portrait painter turned cartoonistAlexander Worple, Corky's wealthy uncle Muriel Singer, first Corky's fiancée and later Mrs Alexander Worple Augustus "Gussie" Fink-Nottle newts George Webster "Boko" Fittleworth , author of plays and fictionCyril "Barmy" Fotheringay-Phipps (pronounced "Funghy Fipps") Hildebrand "Tuppy" Glossop Cora Bellinger, anopera singer whom Tuppy loves Reginald "Kipper" Herring , former fellow inmate of Malvern House, their preparatory school.Richard P. "Bingo" Little Wee Tots magazineThe Rev.Harold "Stinker" Pinker , curate of Totly in the wold.Stephanie "Stiffy" Pinker , née Byng, his wifeNot to be confused with Lionel "Stinker" Green, a minor character inMoney in the Bank . Claude Cattermole "Catsmeat" Potter-Pirbright Cora "Corky" Pirbright, his sisterRev. Sidney Pirbright, Catsmeat's and Corky's uncle; vicar of King's Deverill Oliver Randolph "Sippy" Sipperley, an impecunious aspiring authorVera Sipperley, his aunt and means of financial support Professor Pringle, his daughter Heloise, and aunt Jane, friends of Aunt Vera Gwendolen Moon, a poet with whom he is in love Rockmetteller "Rocky" Todd, a poet who lives onLong Island and hatesNew York City Isabel Rockmetteller, Rocky's fun-loving aunt [ edit ] SirWatkyn Bassett ,CBE , a magistrate in Bosher Street Major Plank D'Arcy "Stilton" Cheesewright SirRoderick Glossop Harley Street , became Bertie's good friend inThank You, Jeeves Roderick Spode, 7th Earl of Sidcup Mrs. Wintergreen, his aunt Col. H. H. Wintergreen, late husband of Mrs. Wintergreen AubreyUpjohn , Bertie's former headmaster at Malvern House. [ edit ] Madeline Bassett Watkyn Bassett 's daughterDaphne Braythwayt, Honoria Glossop's friend Stephanie "Stiffy" Byng , later Mrs. Harold Pinker, Watkyn Bassett's nieceLadyFlorence Craye Honoria Glossop Aline Hemmingway, Soapy Sid's partner in crime Gwladys Pendlebury , an artist who paints Bertie's portraitPauline StokerJ. Washburn Stoker, her father, an American millionaire Dwight Stoker, Washburn's son and Pauline's younger brother Emerald Stoker, Pauline's sister Benstead, valet to George Stoker, Washburn's late cousin; a friend of Jeeves Lady Cynthia Wickhammersley, daughter of Lord Wickhammersley Roberta "Bobbie" Wickham Lady Wickham, Bobbie's mother; an old friend of Aunt Agatha Clementina, Bobbie's cousin Meadowes, Jeeves's predecessor as Bertie's valet Brinkley (renamed Rupert Bingley), Bertie's valet commissioned when Jeeves gives notice, soon sacked for his insane behaviorMaple,Lord Worplesdon 's butler Mulready, Sir Reginald Witherspoon's butler Oakshott,Uncle Willoughby 's butler Purvis,Aunt Agatha 's butler Seppings, the butler atAunt Dahlia 's homeBrinkley Court Waterbury, the chauffeur at Brinkley Court Anatole , chef extraordinaire, employed byTom andDahlia Travers Butterfield, butler at Totleigh Towers Mr Anstruther, an elderly man who holds a Good Conduct competition between Thomas Gregson and Bonzo Travers Mr Blumenfeld , theatrical producerComrade Butt, aMarxist revolutionary Ernest Dobbs, constable of King's Deverill, and betrothed of Queenie Silversmith, Deverill Hall's beautiful parlourmaid The Rt. Hon. A. B. Filmer, a Cabinet Minister Esmond Haddock, a man dominated by his auntsCharlotte, Emmeline, Harriet, and Myrtle Deverill, and Dame Daphne Winkworth, his aunts Sidney "Soapy Sid" Hemmingway, a con man Aline Hemmingway, Soapy Sid's partner in crime The Rev. Francis Heppenstall, a long-winded vicar Peggy Mainwaring, a student at Miss Tomlinson's school Miss Mapleton , headmistress of a girls' school inBingley Sebastian Moon, a detestable young boy with golden curls Daphne Dolores Morehead, an attractive blonde bestselling novelist, prob. based onDaphne du Maurier Eustace Oates , constable at Totleigh-in-the-WoldWilmot, Lord Pershore, a sheltered young manLady Malvern, his over-protective mother Rhoda Platt, a barmaid whomGeorge Wooster, Lord Yaxley thinks he loves Lucius Pim, an artist who lovesGwladys Pendlebury Beatrice Slingsby, his sister Alexander Slingsby, Beatrice's husband Laura Pyke, a nutrition-obsessed schoolmate of Rosie M. Banks Charlotte Corday Rowbotham, a Marxist with whom Bingo Little falls in love Jane Snettisham,Aunt Dahlia 's friend, who attempts to win Anatole from her in a betJack, Lord Snettisham, Jane's husband Rupert Steggles , a crookedbookie Mrs Tinkler-Moulke, a patient of Sir Roderick Glossop Miss Tomlinson, the headmistress of a girls' school The Rev.Aubrey Upjohn , headmaster of Malvern House, where Bertie went to school Lord Wickhammersley, a friend of Bertie's late fatherLady Cynthia Wickhammersley, his daughter Dame Daphne Winkworth, Aunt Agatha's friend and Madeline Bassett's godmother; also an acquaintance of Lord EmsworthGertrude Winkworth, her daughter Jas. Waterbury, the "greasy bird": theatrical agent and blackmailer George Travers, Tom Travers's brother Sir Reginald Witherspoon,Bart ., husband of Tom Travers's sister Katharine McIntosh,Aunt Agatha 'sterrier Augustus "Gus" the cat, lives at Brinkley Court, intensely dislikes being disturbed from his sleep and, unlike most cats, dislikes being scratched under the ears Mr. Mulliner his nephewArchibald Mulliner , sock collector who can mimic a hen laying an egg. another nephew, Augustine, is a timid youngcurate 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'sThe Sorcerer [ 2] 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".[ 3] This section
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Psmith Rupert Psmith in his early appearances, but is changed toRonald Psmith inLeave it to Psmith above ), presumably to avoid confusion withRupert Baxter Mr Smith, Psmith's father, an eccentric man Mike Jackson Burgess, captain of theWrykyn cricket team "Gazeka" Firby-Smith, head of Mike's house atWrykyn Bob Jackson, Mike's elder brother, also atWrykyn Trevor andClowes , friends of Bob and keen cricketersWain, master of Mike's house atWrykyn Wyatt, Wain's step-stop, who shares a dorm with Mike atWrykyn Neville-Smith , a day boy atWrykyn , a good fast bowlerStrachan, the boy who took Mike's place as IX Cricket Captain Mr Outwood, master of Mike and Psmith's house atSedleigh 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 stealsStone, another boy in Outwood's, a ragger Robinson, another boy in Outwood's, Stone's henchman Dunster , a Sedleigh old boy and famed raggerSergeant Collard , portly school sergeant as SedleighJohn Bickersdyke, head of theNew Asiatic Bank Mr Rossiter, Head Postage at the Bank, a football fanBannister , Mike's forerunner in PostageBristow , 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. playerReggie Jackson, another cricket playing brother Billy Windsor, a New York journalist befriended by PsmithPugsy Maloney, the office-boy at Windsor's paper Kid Brady, aboxer boosted by Psmith in New York Bat Jarvis, a New Yorkgangster befriended by PsmithLong Otto , one of Jarvis' henchmen, a stringy, silent young man Spider Reilly , another gang boss, head of the "Three Points" gangJack Repetto, a thug in Reilly's gang, who ruins Psmith's hat Dude Dawson , head of the "Table Hill" gang, Reilly's main rivalFrancis Parker, a sinister, well-dressed man Stanley Featherstonehaugh Ukridge James "Corky" Corcoran , a writer friend of Ukridge, the narrator of all theUkridge shorts .George Tupper , a friend of Ukridge and Corky fromWrykyn daysB. V. "Boko" Lawlor , an ex-Wrykynian who stands for ParliamentJ. G. "Looney" Coote , another ex-Wrykynian friend"Battling" Billson , aboxer managed by UkridgeTeddy Weeks , once a friend of Ukridge and Corky, who becomes a movie starJoe "the Lawyer" , an unsavoury associate of UkridgeIzzy Previn , another untrustworthy typeBeale , Ukridge's man inLove Among the Chickens Professor Derrick , Ukridge's Irish neighbour inLove Among the Chickens Jeremy Garnet , another writer friend of Ukridge, who narratesLove Among the Chickens Harry Hawk , a large local inLove Among the Chickens , who aids Garnet in a plotIntroduced in rough order of the book in which they first appear
Clarence MacAndrew Chugwater, aBoy Scout , hero ofThe Swoop Roland Bleke, hero of theA Man of Means James Willoughby Pitt, the hero ofA Gentleman of Leisure The Intrusion of Jimmy )Molly McEachern, the girl Jimmy Pitt falls for.John McEachern, Molly's father, a policeman Arthur Mifflin, an actor, an old friend of Pitt "Spennie", Earl of Dreever, who McEachern hopes Molly will marryLady Julia Blunt, Spennie's imperious aunt Sir Thomas Blunt, her wealthy husband Spike Mullins, a New York thief who becomes Jimmy Pitt's valet for a time Charteris , a keen organiser of amateur theatreHargate , a card-sharp who preys on Lord DreeverWilliam Paradene West, known to all as Bill, ofBill the Conqueror Cooley Paradene, Bill West's uncle, a wealthy businessman and collector of rare booksOtis Paradene , Cooley's sponging brotherJasper Daly , Cooley's sponging brother-in-lawEvelyn Paradene-Kirby , Cooley's baby-talking, sponging nieceHorace French, an unpleasant youth adopted by ParadeneSherman Bastable , Horace's tutorProfessor Appleby, Horace's white-bearded mentor Joe the Dip , a member of Appleby's gang Wilfred Slingsby, Paradene's man in London Judson Coker, Bill West's best friend, a devout drinkerAlice Coker, Judson's doting sister, adored by Bill Prudence Stryker , a New York chorus girl, old friend of Judson Coker George Alexander Pyke, Lord Tilbury Bill the Conqueror and later visits BlandingsRoderick Pyke, Pyke's droopy son Frances Hammond, Pyke's doting sisterSinclair Hammond, Frances' husband, an archaeologistFelicia "Flick" Sheridan, Hammond's orphaned niece, who adores Bill but is engaged to Roderick Percy Frobisher Pilbeam Society Spice , later editor and detectiveSam Shotter, a somewhat eccentric American, hero ofSam the Sudden Sam in the Suburbs )Mr John B. Pynsent , American Export-Import millionaire, Sam's uncleClarence "Hash" Todhunter, an old seafaring pal of Sam's, who becomes his cook Kay Derrick, a pretty young girl, whose photograph Sam falls in love withMr Matthew Wrenn, Kay's uncle and guardianClaire Lippett, their fiery maid Willoughby Braddock, a schoolfriend of Sam and an old neighbour of KayMrs Martha Lippett, Claire's mother, housekeeper to Braddock Alexander "Chimp" Twist, a.k.a. J Sheringham Adair, a crook employed by Lord TilburyThomas "Soapy" Molloy, an old comrade of Twist, a conmanDora "Dolly" Gunn, Molloy's girl, a skilled pick-pocket The late Edward "Finky" Finglass, a bank robber, once a resident of Valley Fields Claude Winnington-Bates, an unpleasantWrykyn old boyMrs Winnington-Bates , mother of Claude, Kay's demanding employer Mr Cornelius, a white-bearded estate agent and historian, a friend of Mr Wrenn Ogden Ford, an obnoxious child, a popular target of kidnappers and thus known asThe 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 FordCynthia Drassilis, the ambitious fiancée of Peter BurnsMrs 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 ofSanstead House Mr Glossop, an irascible master at Sanstead White, butler at Sanstead, soon found to be undercover Mrs Attwell , matron as Santead "Smooth" Sam Fisher, an intellectual crook who kidnaps Ogden Ford Buck MacGinnis, a gang leader and archrival of Smooth Sam Fisher Lord Mountry, a nervous young nobleAugustus Beckford, a pupil at Sanstead, cousin of Lord Mountry Tankerville Gifford, an unpleasant socialite Miss Benjafield , barmaid at theFeathers an inn near the schoolPeter Pett, Millionaire and wife to Nesta Ford Anne Chester, Mr Pett's niece and beloved of Jimmy Crocker Jimmy Crocker, wild socialite on the mend Eugenia Crocker (Formerly van Brunt), disapproving stepmother of Jimmy and Nesta Ford's sister. Bingley Crocker, his father, enthusiastic baseball fan Skinner, Chicago Ed (Various Aliases of Bingley Crocker) Jerry Mitchell, Mr Pett's physical instructor Willie Partridge, Nesta Ford's nephew and inventor of the explosive Partidgite Lord Wisbeach (Actually Jack the Gentleman), thief after the explosive Lord Wisbeach (The Real One) Piccadilly Jim's friend Mr Sturgis, head of a detective agency Miss Trimble, private detective and ardent socialist Bud Smithers, owner of a dogs' home thought appropriate for Ogden by several conspirators Lord Percy Whipple, the man who fights Piccadilly Jim in a club Monty Bodkin Drones Club who appears in a number of novels and is one ofLord Emsworth 's many secretariesGertrude Butterwick, the girl to whom Monty was engaged. John G. Butterwick (J. B. Butterwick in 'Pearls'), Gertrude's father, uncle to Ambrose and Reggie, demands that Monty hold a job for one yearAmbrose Tennyson, cousin of Gertrude Butterwick, elder brother of Reggie, novelist engaged to Lotus Blossom Reggie Tennyson, cousin of Gertrude Butterwick, younger brother of Ambrose,Drones Club member and friend of Monty Sandy Miller, Monty's secretary in California, the girl he marries. Reggie Pepper Bertie Wooster 's prototypeOofy Prosser , the richest member ofDrones Club .Myrtle Prosser , Oofy's wife.Pillingshot, schoolboy atSt. Austin's , pose as a 'master detective' J G Miller, Jeff to his friends, is the protagonist inMoney in the Bank Myrtle Shoesmith is Jeff's fiancé Clarissa Cork rents the Hall inMoney in the Bank
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