Stitch is referenced when it is discovered Angela Lyne has been drinking profusely. Stitch appears briefly helping Guy Crouchback recover from his ordeal in Africa. When he returns triumphant, the accolades go instead to John Courtenay Boot, who did nothing to deserve them, allowing William Boot to return to his peaceful life writing articles about the British countryside. Due to a mixup, the distantly related and quite hapless William Boot is sent instead. In Scoop, she is asked to find employment for a novelist by the name of John Courtenay Boot, and arranges for him to be sent as a journalist to cover a revolution in Africa. This activity is known to all as "The Stitch Service".
Stitch appears as a "fixer", a well-connected member of British, and especially London society, who can make things happen for people. The character was inspired by Waugh's friendship with the well-connected socialite, Lady Diana Cooper. Algernon Stitch, more familiarly known as Julia Stitch, is a character created by Evelyn Waugh, best known for her role in the novel Scoop.
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