Right Ho, Jeeves

, Gussie

as I remembered him, was the sort of shy, shrinking goop who might have been expected to shake like an aspen if invited to so much as a social Saturday afternoon at the vicara

l-bred Englishman, as a Pierrot, but as Mephistopheles--this involving, as I ne

feelings. I betrayed no vulgar astonishment, b

he fungus--rather sh

ullo,

nce I saw you

ust came round to ask Jeeves how he thought

tact and have a nice sense of the obligations of a host. We do not tell old friends

in London," I s

, y

ars since y

, y

off for an eve

t. He had, I noti

eas

ng forward to thi

nyway, I ought to be off, I suppose. The thing starts round about el

good

mself in the mirror. Finally I decided that it would be best to let him know that I was abreast of his affairs. It might be that it would ease his mind to co

r," I said, "I've been

E

of yours. Jeeves ha

be sure, of course, when a chap has dug himself in behin

sing all over the place. It wa

ot permit

yway, there it is. I know all. And I should like to begin," I said, sinking my personal opinion that the female in question was a slop

n't kno

eats me is how you ever got i

ce near mine in Lincolnsh

didn't know you calle

d got a thorn in its foot, and when she tried to take it ou

racted t

es

n love at f

es

that to give you a send-off, why

't the

happ

ked for

t ab

bir

? What

ry, and all that sort of thing. And she said she was going

t you didn't so muc

ourse

ion when he's handed the thing on a plate, his case would appear to be pretty hopeless. Nevertheless, I reminded

ten. At any rate, you will be glad to learn that I am behind you in

s, of course, which is the

tled me not a little. People are always nettling me like that. Giving me to understand, I mean to say, that in their

ars

acket, I mean. True, I had forced him to climb down, quelling him, as described, with the quiet strength of my personality, but

oing about it?" I

e position of affair

as, h

ice that I'm goi

hy

t was she who sent me the ticket of i

up the point which had struck me before.

wanted me to go a

tar

ecifically recommended

es

H

E

g. Just

arment not only _tout ce qu'il y a de chic_, but absolutely _de rigueur_, and in the same breath, as you might say, inciting Gussie

e got again

s as Pierrots. But in my case he tho

t follo

hile pleasing to the eye, lacked the au

l don't

atter of psycho

eves has developed the Wooster vocabulary considerably. Jeeves has always been a whale for the psy

psych

emboldened in a striking costume like this. He said a Pirate Chief would be just as

in life without having fellows like Gus

you emb

utely accurate, Be

we had lost touch a bit of recent years, this man

friend's advice, and don't go

he's off tomorrow to stay with some peopl

know

hild, one year during the Christmas festivities. They dressed me up as a rabbit, and the shame was indescribable. Yet when I got to the party and found myself surrounded by scores of other children, many in costum

. It was speci

Mephistopheles, I might quite easily pull off something pretty impressive. Colour does make a differen

aren't a

ont of the female newt vibrating his tail and bending his body in a semi-circle. I

line Bassett wouldn't look at you.

f she were a

sn't a fem

suppose

, you wouldn't be

d, if I were

mples told me that this discuss

ng tails and what not, the salient point that emerges is that you are booked to appear at a fancy-dress b

estion of enjo

uldn'

ling you she's off to

ve i

"Have it your own

-Nottle's

eh?... Your

rse, yes, rather.... Thanks, Je

ror before entering the arena, Gussie trickled off. And I turned to Jeeves.

irmly resolved to tick him off, I didn't want to gash his feelings too deeply. Ev

nothing to be gained by trying to lead up to it

aid, "may I s

ainly

e to say ma

t all,

Mr. Fink-Nottle, and he has been telling m

s,

ulated by being upholstered throughout in scarlet tights, Mr. Fink-Nottle, on encounter

e will lose much of his

ree with yo

, s

ile. It won't work. Not a chance. All you have done is to subject Mr. Fink-Nottle to the nameless horrors of a fancy-dress ball for nothing. And this is not the first t

d not s

not elusive. It's on the tip of my tongue. Begins wi

orate

t simple, not straightforward. You cloud the issue with a lot of fancy stuff that is not of the essence. All that Gussie needs i

good

te yourself to your d

good

and straightforward yet perfectly effective ere lo

good

ho, J

d I confess that for twenty-four hours I didn't give the po