Who is Comus Bassington from The Penguin Complete Saki and what is their importance? The_Penguin_Complete_Saki English & Literature Comus Bassington | The Penguin Complete Saki

The son of Francesca, he is the epitome of a self-centered and selfish character. Comus is given instructions by his mother of a course that might endear him to a young woman who could provide him an ample living. However he seems to go out of his way to make certain that he doesn't comply. Comus is so incapable of either getting a job or of holding a relationship together. Eventually Comus has to leave the country in order to go to work and dies there.