P. G. Wodehouse,
Uneasy Money — Chapter 16
(1916)
“ It was the fact that Mr Breitstein whom Claire had wished him to insinuate into his club, though acquitted of actual crime, had been proved guilty of meanness and treachery, that had so prejudiced Bill against him. The worst accusation that he could bring against a man was that he was not square, that he had not played the game. ”
P. G. Wodehouse,
Uneasy Money — Chapter 16
(1916)
“ She would be kind. That was because she would also be extremely intelligent, and, being extremely intelligent, would have need of kindness to enable her to bear with a not very intelligent man like himself. For the rest, she would be small and alert and pretty, and fair haired—and brown-eyed—and she would keep a bee farm and her name would be Elizabeth Boyd.Having arrived with a sense of mild astonishment at this conclusion, Bill found, also to his surprise, that he had walked ten miles without knowing it and that he was turning in at the farm gate. ”
P. G. Wodehouse,
Uneasy Money — Chapter 16
(1916)
“ Not but what poor, dear Nutty would do it like a shot,' she concluded meditatively.Bill was impressed.'It does make it awkward, what?''It makes it more than awkward, what! Take another aspect of the situation. The night before last my precious Nutty, while ruining his constitution with the demon rum, thought he saw a monkey that wasn't there, and instantly resolved to lead a new and better life. He hates walking, but he has now begun to do his five miles a day. He loathes cold baths, but he now wallows in them. ”
