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Right Ho, Jeeves
·
P. G. Wodehouse
173
“Yes,
sir.”
“Something
on
those
lines.”
I
heard
him
cough,
and
sniped
him
with
a
sideways
glance.
He
was
wearing
that
informative
look
of
his.
“Then
you
have
not
heard,
sir?”
“Eh?”
“You
are
not
aware
that
a
marriage
has
been
arranged
and
will
shortly
take
place
between
Mr.
Fink-Nottle
and
Miss
Bassett?”
“What?”
“Yes,
sir.”
“When
did
this
happen?”
“Shortly
after
Mr.
Fink-Nottle
had
left
your
room,
sir.”
“Ah!
In
the
post-orange-juice
era?”
“Yes,
sir.”
“But
are
you
sure
of
your
facts?
How
do
you
know?”
“My
informant
was
Mr.
Fink-Nottle
himself,
sir.
He
appeared
anxious
to
confide
in
me.
His
story
was
somewhat
incoherent,
but
I
had
no
difficulty
in
apprehending
its
substance.
Prefacing
his
remarks
with
the
statement
that
this
was
a
beautiful
world,
he
laughed
heartily
and
said
that
he
had
become
formally
engaged.”
“No
details?”
“No,
sir.”
“But
one
can
picture
the
scene.”
“Yes,
sir.”
“I
mean,
imagination
doesn’t
boggle.”
“No,
sir.”
And
it
didn’t.
I
could
see
exactly
what
must
have
happened.
Insert
a
liberal
dose
of
mixed
spirits
in
a
normally
abstemious
man,
and
he
becomes
a
force.
He
does
not
stand
around,
twiddling
his
fingers
and
stammering.
He
acts.
I
had
no
doubt
that
Gussie
must
have
reached
for
the
Bassett
and
clasped
her
to
him
like
a
stevedore
handling
a
sack
of
coals.
And
one
could
readily
envisage
the
effect
of
that
sort
of
thing
on
a
girl
of
romantic
mind.
“Well,
well,
well,
Jeeves.”
“Yes,
sir.”
“This
is
splendid
news.”
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