The Bishop's Move

"The Bishop's Move" is a short story by the British comic writer P. G. Wodehouse. A part of the Mr. Mulliner series, the story was first published in August 1927 in Liberty in the United States, and in September 1927 in The Strand Magazine in the UK. It also appears in the collection Meet Mr. Mulliner. Plot Mr Mulliner tells another story about his nephew Augustine, which takes place around six months after the events of "Mulliner's Buck-U-Uppo". The Bishop of Stortford's wife has instructed him to give the vicarage of Steeple Mummery, Hampshire, to her incompetent cousin, though the bishop would rather give it to his secretary, the cheerful Augustine Mulliner. The bishop receives a letter from his old friend, the Rev. Trevor Entwhistle ("Catsmeat"), who is now Headmaster of Harchester, their old school. The headmaster wants the bishop to visit the school to unveil a new statue of Lord Hemel of Hempstead ("Fatty"), another old schoolfellow. The bishop dislikes Hemel but is willing to unveil the statue anyway. He goes to Harchester with Augustine, who knows the school since his brother is there.