Idea: Bertie Wooster, though a series of hilarious misunderstandings, ends up on the murder island during And Then There Were None.
“There may be a murderer on this island, sir”, said Jeeves, “and that murderer can only be one of us”.
“I say, would say the imagination boggles at the thought?”
“I believe so, sir”.
I checked. He was right. It boggled.
Given that the people on the island in And Then There Were None are all people the killer believes have committed murders that cannot be punished by the legal system, there are four ways I can see this going down:
- The series of hilarious misunderstandings that caused Bertie Wooster to be here were as much of a surprise to U.N. Owen as to everyone else. Bertie’s narrative field asserts itself and he Mr. Beans his way through a series of close-call hijinks until Jeeves’ machinations eventually reveal that all the supposed victims were still alive and the whole thing was just an elaborate prank designed as a convoluted way to escape an unwanted engagement.
- The series of hilarious misunderstandings has caused U.N. Owen to erroneously believe Bertie Wooster has committed murder. Wooster and Jeeves respectively bumble and buttle their way through foiling several murder attempts and proving that all the other surviving victims are also innocent and U.N. Owen’s belief that they had all gotten away with murder was also based on a different series of hilarious misunderstandings. U.N. Owen is deeply embarrassed and goes home to rethink their life.
- Bertie Wooster is haunted by the silent, terrible crimes he committed in the trenches of the Somme.
- Jeeves is very good at solving problems. Jeeves has solved a lot of problems.
Barmy Fungy Fips has committed a murder, and Bertie agrees to take his place on the island, pretending to be him, on the belief that this is somehow helping Barmy escape an unwanted engagement
(via cicerothewriter)
