P. G. Wodehouse

“ I will bear Comrade Bristow like a man here. After all, there are worse things at the Zoo.'
'No, no,' said Mr Waller hastily, 'I did not mean that. By all means pay us a visit now and then, if it does not interfere with your own work. But I noticed just now that you spoke to Bristow as Comrade Bristow.'
'It is too true,' said Psmith. 'I must correct myself of the habit. He will be getting above himself.'
'And when you were speaking to Jackson, you spoke of yourself as a Socialist.'
'Socialism is the passion of my life,' said Psmith. ”

“ The London branch of the bank was really only a nursery. New men were constantly wanted in the Eastern branches, so they had to be put into the London branch to learn the business, whether there was any work for them to do or not.
It was after one of these visits of Psmith's that Mr Waller displayed a new and unsuspected side to his character. Psmith had come round in a state of some depression to discuss Bristow, as usual. Bristow, it seemed, had come to the bank that morning in a fancy waistcoat of so emphatic a colour-scheme that Psmith stoutly refused to sit in the same department with it. ”

“ It is the suddenness of that waistcoat which hits you. It's discouraging, this sort of thing. I try always to think well of my fellow man. As an energetic Socialist, I do my best to see the good that is in him, but it's hard. Comrade Bristow's the most striking argument against the equality of man I've ever come across.'
Mr Waller intervened at this point.
'I think you must really let Jackson go on with his work, Smith,' he said. 'There seems to be too much talking.'
'My besetting sin,' said Psmith sadly. ”