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Right Ho, Jeeves
·
P. G. Wodehouse
187
P.K.
Purvis
squeaked
off
amidst
sporadic
applause,
but
one
could
not
fail
to
note
that
the
sporadic
was
followed
by
a
rather
strained
silence.
It
was
evident
that
Gussie
was
striking
something
of
a
new
note
in
Market
Snodsbury
scholastic
circles.
Looks
were
exchanged
between
parent
and
parent.
The
bearded
bloke
had
the
air
of
one
who
has
drained
the
bitter
cup.
As
for
Aunt
Dahlia,
her
demeanour
now
told
only
too
clearly
that
her
last
doubts
had
been
resolved
and
her
verdict
was
in.
I
saw
her
whisper
to
the
Bassett,
who
sat
on
her
right,
and
the
Bassett
nodded
sadly
and
looked
like
a
fairy
about
to
shed
a
tear
and
add
another
star
to
the
Milky
Way.
Gussie,
after
the
departure
of
P.K.
Purvis,
had
fallen
into
a
sort
of
daydream
and
was
standing
with
his
mouth
open
and
his
hands
in
his
pockets.
Becoming
abruptly
aware
that
a
fat
kid
in
knickerbockers
was
at
his
elbow,
he
started
violently.
“Hullo!”
he
said,
visibly
shaken.
“Who
are
you?”
“This,”
said
the
bearded
bloke,
“is
R.V.
Smethurst.”
“What’s
he
doing
here?”
asked
Gussie
suspiciously.
“You
are
presenting
him
with
the
drawing
prize,
Mr.
Fink-Nottle.”
This
apparently
struck
Gussie
as
a
reasonable
explanation.
His
face
cleared.
“That’s
right,
too,”
he
said....
“Well,
here
it
is,
cocky.
You
off?”
he
said,
as
the
kid
prepared
to
withdraw.
“Sir,
yes,
sir.”
“Wait,
R.V.
Smethurst.
Not
so
fast.
Before
you
go,
there
is
a
question
I
wish
to
ask
you.”
But
the
beard
bloke’s
aim
now
seemed
to
be
to
rush
the
ceremonies
a
bit.
He
hustled
R.V.
Smethurst
off
stage
rather
like
a
chucker-out
in
a
pub
regretfully
ejecting
an
old
and
respected
customer,
and
starting
paging
G.G.
Simmons.
A
moment
later
the
latter
was
up
and
coming,
and
conceive
my
emotion
when
it
was
announced
that
the
subject
on
which
he
had
clicked
was
Scripture
knowledge.
One
of
us,
I
mean
to
say.
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