P. G. Wodehouse

Name: Three Men and a Maid — CHAPTER 11
Author: P. G. Wodehouse

Three Men and a Maid — CHAPTER 11 (1922)

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“Three Men and a Maid — CHAPTER 11”, published in 1922, is a work by P. G. Wodehouse. It explores elements such as Sam, Peters and Billie.

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P. G. Wodehouse, Three Men and a Maid — CHAPTER 11 (1922)

“ Since they had last met, Sam had told himself perhaps a hundred times that he cared nothing about Billie, that she had gone out of his life and was dead to him; but unfortunately he did not believe it. A man takes a deal of convincing on a point like this, and Sam had never succeeded in convincing himself for more than two minutes at a time. It was useless to pretend that he did not still love Billie more than ever, because he knew he did ”

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P. G. Wodehouse, Three Men and a Maid — CHAPTER 11 (1922)

“ He returned to the inner office.
“Well?” cried Billie.
“Eh? Oh, he's gone,” said Sam. “I persuaded him to go away. He was a little excited, poor fellow. And now let us return to what we were talking about. You say....” He broke off with an exclamation, and glanced at his watch. “Good Heavens! I had no idea of the time. I promised to run up and see a man in one of the offices in the next court. He wants to consult me on some difficulty which has arisen with one of his clients. Rightly or wrongly he values my advice. ”

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P. G. Wodehouse, Three Men and a Maid — CHAPTER 11 (1922)

“ He wished that he had taken his father's advice and locked up the office. Probably this was some frightful bore who wanted to make his infernal will or something, and Sam had neither the ability nor the inclination to assist him.
Was it too late to escape? Perhaps if he did not answer the knock, the blighter might think there was nobody at home. But suppose he opened the door and peeped in? A spasm of Napoleonic strategy seized Sam. He dropped silently to the floor and concealed himself under the desk. Napoleon was always doing that sort of thing. ”

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P. G. Wodehouse, Three Men and a Maid — CHAPTER 11 (1922)

“ I didn't know Miss Milliken had a sister.”
“No?” said Sam.
“She is not very like her in appearance.”
“No. This one is the beauty of the family, I believe. A very bright, intelligent girl. I was telling her about your revolver just before you came in, and she was most interested. It's a pity you haven't got it with you now, to show to her.”
“Oh, but I have! I have, Mr. Samuel!” said Peters, opening a small handbag and taking out a hymn-book, half a pound of mixed chocolates, a tongue sandwich, and the pistol, in the order named. ”

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P. G. Wodehouse, Three Men and a Maid — CHAPTER 11 (1922)

“ You can see how awkward that made it. Red hair is so fashionable nowadays.”
“My hair is red!” whispered Billie pallidly.
“Yes, I noticed it myself. I told you it was much the same shade as Miss Milliken's. It's rather fortunate that I happened to be here with you when he came.”
“But he may be lurking out there still!”
“I expect he is,” said Sam carelessly. “Yes, I suppose he is. Would you like me to go and send him away? All right.”
“But—but is it safe?”
Sam uttered a light laugh. ”

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P. G. Wodehouse, Three Men and a Maid — CHAPTER 11 (1922)

“ Ah! H'm!” said Sam.
“You still haven't made it quite clear,” said Billie.
“I was thinking.”
“Oh, if you want to think!”
“Tell me the facts,” said Sam.
“Well, Mr. Mortimer and my father have taken a house together in the country, and for some reason or other they have quarrelled, and now Mr. Mortimer is doing everything he can to make father uncomfortable. Yesterday afternoon father wanted to sleep, and Mr. Mortimer started his orchestrion just to annoy him.” ”

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P. G. Wodehouse, Three Men and a Maid — CHAPTER 11 (1922)

“ Sam drew a deep breath.
“It's rather a sad story,” he said. “His name is John Peters. He used to be clerk here.”
“But isn't he any longer?”
“No.” Sam shook his head. “We had to get rid of him.”
“I don't wonder. A man looking like that ...”
“It wasn't that so much,” said Sam. “The thing that annoyed father was that he tried to shoot Miss Milliken.”
Billie uttered a cry of horror!
“He tried to shoot Miss Milliken!”
“He did shoot her—the third time,” said Sam warming to his work. “Only in the arm, fortunately,” he added. “But my father is rather a stern disciplinarian and he had to go. ”

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P. G. Wodehouse, Three Men and a Maid — CHAPTER 11 (1922)

“ So engrossed was he in his meditation that he did not hear the light footstep in the outer office, and it was only when it was followed by a tap on the door of the inner office that he awoke with a start to the fact that clients were in his midst. ”

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