Right Ho, Jeeves

he old two-seater that afternoon. The news of this rift or

hap of your acquaintance is planning to marry a girl you know, you find yourself knitting the brow a bit and

is a soundish sort of egg. So is Angela a soundish sort of egg. And, as far as being in love was concerned, it

gh goofiness--had told Angela that her new hat made her look like a Pekingese. But in every romance you have to budget for the occasional

severing of diplomatic relation

y foot sedulously on the accelerator in order to get to Aunt Dahlia with the greatest possible speed and learn the inside history straight from the horse's mout

other aunt on the list would have committed herself to, the customary reaction of these nea

o rally round, B

our side, Aunt Dah

tain manner. Her usually cheerful map was clouded, and the genial smile conspic. b

ood," I said. "I'm afraid you've been ha

looked like an aunt who has j

across this blasted threshold," said Aunt Dahlia, returning for the nonce to the hearty _argot_ of the h

ood things all stored up. But, as you've rallied round like this, I suppose I shall have to let you off. And, anyway, it is probably all for the best that yo

n talking a

ner. But if that was the worst I had to bear, I wouldn't mind.

le T

time you do it, I expect to see him turn black and start playing the banjo. Yes, Uncle Tom, if you must have it.

bt Time, the g

a cheque for five hundred pounds out of him for _M

had a soft spot in my heart for _Milady's Boudoir_ ever since I contributed that article to it on What

oudoir_ on

cough up. It needs help til

urning the corne

you've run a weekly paper for wome

etting into uncle--into my uncl

ld touching an indulgent father for chocolate cream. But he's just had a demand from the income-tax people for an additional fifty-eight pounds, one and th

r very oofy men. Nick him for the paltriest sum, and he lets out a squawk y

, I doubt if he would bother to car

y head re

Anatole,

said Aun

he result of letting the mind dwell, however bri

l's foundations have been quivering since I got home. First the prize-giving, then Tom, an

lly sorry to hear of that. Terrib

ark

E

ute that went for the poor child when she was aqu

does not forget about a cousin nearly being chewed by mons

railing a rope. You stand on a board, holding the rope, and the boat tows you along. And every now a

lways seemed to me, thou

ng and cannoned into it, flinging her into the salty once more. It took her quite a bit of time to get on again and make the m

hat by the time help arrived, she was feeling more like a salted almond at a public dinner than anyt

nt vividly," I said. "But ho

ng him the sto

el

er little hands clasped

do

ted Glossop did? He sat listening like a lump of dough, as if she had been talking about the weather, and when s

didn

obably a flatfish. Quite harmless. No doubt it was just trying to play.' Well, I mean! What would you have done if you had been Angela? She has pride,

g to read that stuff where that chap, Othello, tells the girl what a hell of a time he'd been having among the cannibals and what not. Well, imagine his feelings if, after he had described some particularly sticky passag

Angela's po

saw how shirty she was about i

ff starchy foods and do exercises every morning, he would be getting as fat as a pig, and he was talking about this modern habit of girls putting make-up on their faces, of which he had always d

e away," I replied, touche

es

ui

ght of him. The situation obviously cries out for Jeeves. If ever in the whole history of hum

ure I would. But it isn't so dashed easy to stagger when you're sitting in an arm

-the sympathetic nephew prepared to strain every nerve to

aid, between

en," said A

e had got the

ezing. I was s

going to put the whole thing up t

ty became

ke issue with yo

take

ss

do, d

ly do. Jeeves

ha

dling of it was so footling. And, anyway, I resent this assumption, if assumption is the word I want, that Jeeves is the only fell

speak, but I checked

But I claim the right to have a pop at these problems, as they arise, in person, without having everybody behave as if Jeeves was the o

and Jeeves

g of th

o have it i

at

ruth in what she said. I had been feeling pretty a

just before I started out to the tryst, I was pottering about the flat, and suddenly--I don't know what put the suspicion into

e was the mess-jacket still on its

paper parcel and put it in the back of the car, and it was on a chair in the hall now. But that didn't alter the fact that Jeeves

but no more. We did not happen to see eye to eye with regard to my white mess-ja

r fish. Jeeves lost his grip? Absurd. Why, I saw him for a moment when he arrived, and his eyes

vised to let me see what I

you start butting in. You'

ply on this trouble of Angela's and was successful in formulating a plan, based on the p

my

human nature tell

pity's sake, lay off. I know these plans of yours. I suppose you want to shove Angela in

g of th

rt of thing

ore subtle. Let me

tha

to myse

not t

en for a

won

, then. I

been fro

sult from continuing the discussion.

at. And, anyway, no matter how much you may behave like the deaf adder of Scripture which, as you are doubtless aware, the more one piped, the less it danced

e more. Will you please lay off? You'll only ma

eople said the wrong thing, merely laughed down from lazy eyelids and flicked a speck of dust from the irreproachable Mechlin lace at his wrists. This was practi

Tuppy. His brow was furrowed, and he w