P. G. Wodehouse

Name: Uneasy Money — Chapter 6
Author: P. G. Wodehouse

Uneasy Money — Chapter 6 (1916)

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“Uneasy Money — Chapter 6”, published in 1916, is a work by P. G. Wodehouse. It explores elements such as The Good Sport, Nutty and New York.

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P. G. Wodehouse, Uneasy Money — Chapter 6 (1916)

“ In these days one cannot say that a supper-party is actually given in any one place. Supping in New York has become a peripatetic pastime. The supper-party arranged by Nutty Boyd was scheduled to start at Reigelheimer's on Forty-second Street, and it was there that the revellers assembled.
Nutty and Bill had been there a few minutes when Miss Daisy Leonard arrived with her friend. And from that moment Bill was never himself again.
The Good Sport was, so to speak, an outsize in Good Sports. She loomed up behind the small and demure Miss Leonard like a liner towed by a tug. ”

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P. G. Wodehouse, Uneasy Money — Chapter 6 (1916)

“ New waiter, head-waiter I never saw before in my life, different-coloured carpet—'
'Cheer up, Nutty, old thing!' said Miss Leonard. 'You'll feel better when you've had something to eat. I hope you had the sense to tip the head-waiter, or there won't be any table. Funny how these places go up and down in New York. A year ago the whole management would turn out and kiss you if you looked like spending a couple of dollars here. Now it costs the earth to get in at all.'
'Why's that?' asked Nutty. ”

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P. G. Wodehouse, Uneasy Money — Chapter 6 (1916)

“ She was big, blonde, skittish, and exuberant; she wore a dress like the sunset of a fine summer evening, and she effervesced with spacious good will to all men. She was one of those girls who splash into public places like stones into quiet pools. ”

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P. G. Wodehouse, Uneasy Money — Chapter 6 (1916)

“ Nutty and Miss Leonard were repeatedly leaving the table to tread the measure, and on these occasions the Good Sport's wistfulness was a haunting reproach. Nor was the spectacle of Nutty in action without its effect on Bill's resolution. Nutty dancing was a sight to stir the most stolid. ”

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P. G. Wodehouse, Uneasy Money — Chapter 6 (1916)

“ He was glad that he had asked her to call him Bill.
People were dancing now. It has been claimed by patriots that American dyspeptics lead the world. This supremacy, though partly due, no doubt, to vast supplies of pie absorbed in youth, may be attributed to a certain extent also to the national habit of dancing during meals. Lord Dawlish had that sturdy reverence for his interior organism which is the birthright of every Briton. And at the beginning of supper he had resolved that nothing should induce him to court disaster in this fashion. ”

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P. G. Wodehouse, Uneasy Money — Chapter 6 (1916)

“ Nutty took his astonishment, which was too great to be concealed, as a compliment. He chuckled.
'I thought you would know the name if you were a pal of Gates's. I expect he's always talking about me. You see, I was pretty well known in this old place before I had to leave it.'
Bill walked down the long passage to his bedroom with no trace of the sleepiness which had been weighing on him five minutes before. He was galvanized by a superstitious thrill. It was fate, Elizabeth Boyd's brother turning up like this and making friendly overtures right on top of that letter from her. ”

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P. G. Wodehouse, Uneasy Money — Chapter 6 (1916)

“ Miss Daisy Leonard was still demure, but as she had just slipped a piece of ice down the back of Nutty's neck one may assume that she was feeling at her ease and had overcome any diffidence or shyness which might have interfered with her complete enjoyment of the festivities. As for the Good Sport, she was larger, blonder, and more exuberant than ever and she was addressing someone as 'Bill'. ”

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P. G. Wodehouse, Uneasy Money — Chapter 6 (1916)

“ The stranger folded himself up another foot or so until his knees were higher than his head, and lit a cigarette.
'The curse of New York,' he said, mournfully, 'is the way everything changes in it. You can't take your eyes off it for a minute. The population's always shifting. It's like a railway station. ”

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P. G. Wodehouse, Uneasy Money — Chapter 6 (1916)

“ He should not have come out on to the dancing-floor. In another moment he was admitting that himself. For just as he was lowering his tray and bending over the table in the pursuance of his professional duties, along came Bill at his customary high rate of speed, propelling his partner before him, and for the first time since he left home Heinrich was conscious of a regret that he had done so. There are worse things than military service! ”

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P. G. Wodehouse, Uneasy Money — Chapter 6 (1916)

“ It takes a good deal to daunt the New York dancing man, but the invasion of the floor by Bill and the Good Sport undoubtedly caused a profound and even painful sensation. Linked together they formed a living projectile which might well have intimidated the bravest. Nutty was their first victim. ”

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