Wilbur Trout
A much-married American millionaire, Trout visits the castle in A Pelican at Blandings, after the Duke of Dunstable snaps up a painting Trout thinks reminds him of his third wife Genevieve. Red-headed Trout played American Football in his youth, and has a prominent broken nose to show for it. He inherited his millions from his father, who was a big business man out in California.
During his days as New York's foremost playboy, Trout was engaged to Vanessa Polk, but let her get away, and since then married widely but not wisely, mostly selecting blondes of limited intellect, with names including Luella and Marlene. His third wife, who he still feels pangs for, called roses 'woses' and left him for a trumpeter in a minor band. Despite his lingering love for her, he resents being forced to pay over the odds for the painting, and eventually realises how much more suitable a partner Vanessa would be.
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