Death at the Excelsior - And Other Stories by P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse
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"She'll cut you out of her will?"
"It isn't a question of money. But--of course, you've never met my Aunt Agatha, so it's rather hard to explain. But she's a sort of human vampire-bat, and she'll make things most fearfully unpleasant for me when I go back to England. She's the kind of woman who comes and rags you before breakfast, don't you know." "Well, don't go back to England, then. Stick here and become President." "But, George, old top----!" "Good night!" "But, I say, George, old man!" "You didn't get my last remark. It was 'Good night!' You Idle Rich may not need any sleep, but I've got to be bright and fresh in the morning. God bless you!" I felt as if I hadn't a friend in the world. I was so jolly well worked up that I went and banged on Jeeves's door. It wasn't a thing I'd have cared to do as a rule, but it seemed to me that now was the time for all good men to come to the aid of the party, so to speak, and that it was up to Jeeves to rally round the young master, even if it broke up his beauty-sleep. Jeeves emerged in a brown dressing-gown. |
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