Right Ho, Jeeves

ISBN-13: 9781421833941 / Angielski / Miękka / 2007 / 316 str.

P. G. Wodehouse

Opis

Don't tell me you were contemplating descending to that old he-saved-her-from-drowning gag? I am surprised, Jeeves. Surprised and pained. When I was discussing the matter with Aunt Dahlia on my arrival, she said in a sniffy sort of way that she supposed I was going to shove my Cousin Angela into the lake and push Tuppy in to haul her out, and I let her see pretty clearly that I considered the suggestion an insult to my intelligence. And now, if your words have the meaning I read into them, you are mooting precisely the same drivelling scheme. Really, Jeeves!

Jeeves, I said, "may I speak frankly?" "Certainly, sir." "What I have to say may wound you." "Not at all, sir." "Well, then-" No-wait. Hold the line a minute. Ive gone off the rails. I dont know if you have had the same experience, but the snag I always come up against when Im telling a story is this dashed difficult problem of where to begin it. Its a thing you dont want to go wrong over, because one false step and youre sunk. I mean, if you fool about too long at the start, trying to establish atmosphere, as they call it, and all that sort of rot, you fail to grip and the customers walk out on you.