Right Ho, Jeeves

ce boyhood, betted me one night at the Drones that I could swing myself across the swimming bath by the rings--a childish feat for one of my lissomeness--a

tle of the crime of the century, would be paltering with the truth. I had resented it

th these things. The woun

other form of self-expression of a like nature, I would not have embraced it eagerly; but that let me out. I mean to say, grievously injured though I had been, it gave me

tween these two young sundered blighters. You will have gleaned that from my remarks to Aunt Dahlia, and if you had bee

s accompanied by the hearty clasp of the right hand

man," I said. "How

position on his part to do Spring dances at the sight of an old friend. The man seemed sandbagged. Melancholy, as I remember Jeeves saying once about Pongo Twistleton

ad the shoulder, and, producing th

ok it

re, Bertie?

I'm

through, or

and so on and so forth; and for perhaps half the time required for the lighting of a gasper I had almost decided to do so. Then, I reflected, better, on the whole, perhaps not. To broadcast the f

"I may remain. I may push

what resembles a bulldog, and his aspect now was that of one of these fine animals who has just been refused a slice of cake. It was not difficult for a man of my disce

business of mine, I su

deed, Tuppy

e bus

friction, I gather, _

t must have be

nformant

you hear

t Da

she cursed

, n

te in her language for a woman who at one time hunted regularly with the Quorn. All the same, I could see

ac

shark like that? You must remember that Angela's shark is very dear to her. Could you not see what a sock on the

struggling with so

the thing?" he demanded, in

r si

latfish it undoubtedly was if there had not been causes that led up to it. What induced me to speak as I did was the fac

ensi

keeping the conversation going--to the effect that I wondered what Anatole was going to give us for dinner, she said that I was

ui

ering what Anatole was going

ordinary tribute of res

act

he sam

el

t the frail craft of love should come a stinker l

ared

esting that I sh

he fine, big t

dream of cli

Tupp

wouldn'

ove her, d

red noticeably, and his mouth t

ed. "I love her passionately. But that doesn't alter the fact that I cons

carcely pass this

saying 'Tupp

ocks me. One raises the eyebrows. Where is the

the Glossops. Where is the sweet, gentle, womanly spirit of

he do

e d

girls. Forget it, Tuppy.

ok his

e been passed about my tummy whi

ir. You once told her her new hat

with no motive behind it but the kindly desire to keep her from making an exhibition of herself in publ

of Market Snodsbury, Bertram had plainly got to put in some shrewdish work. I had gathered, during my conversation with Aunt Dahlia, that ther

ed, Angela had not ceased to love him. At the moment, no doubt, she might be wishing that she could hit him with a bottle, but deep down in her I was prepared to bet that th

other wh

earted about th

know? Have y

I'll be

esn't l

ubt. Jeeves does that wh

me as if I were a drain

e loves you still, and that a kindly

. He did a sort of twiddly on the turf with his foot. A

lly thin

olut

'm

re to go t

ok his

e best of them get uppish." He mused. "The only way to work the thing would be by tipping her off in som

think you w

t's

of the box, as is so often the way with the Woosters, I got an idea. I rem

r, and it works just as well when you've had a row and want to make it up. Don't eat any din

ted vio

devoted

, n

evoted to f

All I me

ve a good appetite, but that's not the same as being devoted to food. I admire Anatole as a master of his cra

ur dinner untasted, she will realize that your heart is aching,

frowning t

dinner

es

dinner cooked

es

away un

es

ffers me a _ris de veau a la financiere_, or whatever it may be,

es

n within. And then suddenly a sort of glow came into hi

rig

ll do

wil

in

, it will

out the si

slip down tonight, after everyon

righ

t. I could,

would be somet

ntly, "the thing that I admire so enormously about Anatole is that, though a Frenchman, he does not, like so many of these _chefs_, confine himself exclusively to French dishes, but is always willing an

you will push

ely as a

in

's best. You can tell him from me, whe

as though somebody had slapped Bertram Wo

ou think this scheme I have b

kid me, Bertie. You wouldn't have thought

my full height; then, seeing that he wa

"we had better be going. It is t