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Right Ho, Jeeves
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P. G. Wodehouse
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“And
declined
to
unbelt?”
“Yes,
sir.”
“Upon
which----”
“Mr.
Fink-Nottle
directed
the
cabman
to
drive
him
back
to
his
uncle’s
residence.”
“Well,
why
wasn’t
that
the
happy
ending?
All
he
had
to
do
was
go
in,
collect
cash
and
ticket,
and
there
he
would
have
been,
on
velvet.”
“I
should
have
mentioned,
sir,
that
Mr.
Fink-Nottle
had
also
left
his
latchkey
on
the
mantelpiece
of
his
bedchamber.”
“He
could
have
rung
the
bell.”
“He
did
ring
the
bell,
sir,
for
some
fifteen
minutes.
At
the
expiration
of
that
period
he
recalled
that
he
had
given
permission
to
the
caretaker--the
house
was
officially
closed
and
all
the
staff
on
holiday--to
visit
his
sailor
son
at
Portsmouth.”
“Golly,
Jeeves!”
“Yes,
sir.”
“These
dreamer
types
do
live,
don’t
they?”
“Yes,
sir.”
“What
happened
then?”
“Mr.
Fink-Nottle
appears
to
have
realized
at
this
point
that
his
position
as
regards
the
cabman
had
become
equivocal.
The
figures
on
the
clock
had
already
reached
a
substantial
sum,
and
he
was
not
in
a
position
to
meet
his
obligations.”
“He
could
have
explained.”
“You
cannot
explain
to
cabmen,
sir.
On
endeavouring
to
do
so,
he
found
the
fellow
sceptical
of
his
bona
fides.”
“I
should
have
legged
it.”
“That
is
the
policy
which
appears
to
have
commended
itself
to
Mr.
Fink-Nottle.
He
darted
rapidly
away,
and
the
cabman,
endeavouring
to
detain
him,
snatched
at
his
overcoat.
Mr.
Fink-Nottle
contrived
to
extricate
himself
from
the
coat,
and
it
would
seem
that
his
appearance
in
the
masquerade
costume
beneath
it
came
as
something
of
a
shock
to
the
cabman.
Mr.
Fink-Nottle
informs
me
that
he
heard
a
species
of
whistling
gasp,
and,
looking
round,
observed
the
man
crouching
against
the
railings
with
his
hands
over
his
face.
Mr.
Fink-Nottle
thinks
he
was
praying.
No
doubt
an
uneducated,
superstitious
fellow,
sir.
Possibly
a
drinker.”
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