Mike and Psmith by P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse
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instead of resisting, swung open, and the human battering ram staggered
through into the study. Mike, turning after relocking the door, was just in time to see Psmith, with a display of energy of which one would not have believed him capable, grip the invader scientifically by an arm and a leg. Mike jumped to help, but it was needless; the captive was already on the windowsill. As Mike arrived, Psmith dropped him onto the flowerbed below. Psmith closed the window gently and turned to Jellicoe. "Who was our guest?" he asked, dusting the knees of his trousers where they had pressed against the wall. "Robinson. I say, you _are_ a chap!" "Robinson, was it? Well, we are always glad to see Comrade Robinson, always. I wonder if anybody else is thinking of calling?" Apparently frontal attack had been abandoned. Whisperings could be heard in the corridor. Somebody hammered on the door. "Yes?" called Psmith patiently. "You'd better come out, you know; you'll only get it hotter if you don't." "Leave us, Spiller; we would be alone." |
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