#presumably Bertie has to shoulder the blame for their tomfoolery again too. it's only implied that that's what happened at school

[idanit]

I like the implication that Claude and Eustace's shenaniganery is such a powerful force that it will figuratively drag Bertie back to school and make him save their skin once more. It does not matter that he has graduated, is living in another city, and has adult engagement-related meetings on his agenda. It doesn't even matter that Claude and Eustace, as undergraduates, aren't allowed to leave Oxford. Bertie WILL find himself fishing them out of the soup again because of some silly thieves' club business.