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Right Ho, Jeeves
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P. G. Wodehouse
204
“I
thought
it
would
be
fun.”
“Fun!”
“And
so
it
has
been.
I’ve
had
a
lot
of
fun
out
of
it.
You
should
have
seen
Tuppy’s
face
when
I
told
him.”
A
sudden
bright
light
shone
upon
me.
“Ha!
A
gesture!”
“What?”
“You
got
engaged
to
Gussie
just
to
score
off
Tuppy?”
“I
did.”
“Well,
then,
that
was
what
I
was
saying.
It
was
a
gesture.”
“Yes,
I
suppose
you
could
call
it
that.”
“And
I’ll
tell
you
something
else
I’ll
call
it--viz.
a
dashed
low
trick.
I’m
surprised
at
you,
young
Angela.”
“I
don’t
see
why.”
I
curled
the
lip
about
half
an
inch.
“Being
a
female,
you
wouldn’t.
You
gentler
sexes
are
like
that.
You
pull
off
the
rawest
stuff
without
a
pang.
You
pride
yourselves
on
it.
Look
at
Jael,
the
wife
of
Heber.”
“Where
did
you
ever
hear
of
Jael,
the
wife
of
Heber?”
“Possibly
you
are
not
aware
that
I
once
won
a
Scripture-knowledge
prize
at
school?”
“Oh,
yes.
I
remember
Augustus
mentioning
it
in
his
speech.”
“Quite,”
I
said,
a
little
hurriedly.
I
had
no
wish
to
be
reminded
of
Augustus’s
speech.
“Well,
as
I
say,
look
at
Jael,
the
wife
of
Heber.
Dug
spikes
into
the
guest’s
coconut
while
he
was
asleep,
and
then
went
swanking
about
the
place
like
a
Girl
Guide.
No
wonder
they
say,
‘Oh,
woman,
woman!’”
“Who?”
“The
chaps
who
do.
Coo,
what
a
sex!
But
you
aren’t
proposing
to
keep
this
up,
of
course?”
“Keep
what
up?”
“This
rot
of
being
engaged
to
Gussie.”
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