It sounded as though all the cats in London, assisted by delegates from outlying suburbs, had got together to settle their differences once and for all. There was a scrambling sound, a kind of yelp, a scream in the offing, and a splash.īut just then the most frightful shindy started in the bedroom. The kid with the voice like a slate-pencil took a deep breath and started to let it go once more. Jeeves coughed one soft, low, gentle cough like a sheep with a blade of grass stuck in its throat, and then stood gazing serenely at the landscape. It sounded like about six hundred pigs having their tails twisted simultaneously, but it was simply the kid Harold, who appeared to be having some species of fit. Throughout their romps Wodehouse devises ingenious similes sure to savor and amuse: to LAUGH together at feckless, insipid, and obtuse Bertie Wooster and his butler, the stolid, laconic, and ingenious Jeeves with appearances by Bertie’s school buddy, young Bingo (AKA “old blighter”, “poor fish” “dear old fathead” and “old crumpet”). Join us Tuesday, November 17, (3 rd Tuesday) to discuss together. Wodehouse from Constance Hornig, Book Chamber Chair Book Chamber November Choice: The Inimitable Jeeves, by P.G.
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