Gerald Anstruther Vail
A struggling writer of thrillers, Mr Vail is a former admirer of Gloria Salt who is secretly engaged to Penelope Donaldson in Pigs Have Wings (they met on a boat coming over from America, whither Vail had gone in an attempt to sell some stories). Vail, like his old pal Orlo "Wasp" Vosper, is an Old Harrovian; he hopes to buy a share in a health farm, which will enable him to marry his girl, and takes a job as secretary to Lord Emsworth for a spell. He is nephew of "Plug" Basham, and has known Admiral Biffen for years, and hence has been warned about Gally.
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