5/31/2023 0 Comments Leave it to wodehouse![]() The p, I should add for your guidance, is silent, as in phthisis, psychic, and ptarmigan. Smythe I look on as a cowardly evasion, nor do I approve of the too prevalent custom of tacking another name on in front by means of a hyphen. But it seemed to me that there were so many Smiths in the world that a little variety might well be introduced. I should explain to you that I started life without the initial letter, and my father always clung ruggedly to the plain Smith. ![]() To solve all the financial problems that seem to be arising enters the saviour of the day Ronald Eustace Psmith (the p is silent): Mr Baxter the efficient Blanding’s secretary earns it by working there. Her friend, Miss Halliday is earning it by cataloguing Blanding’s castle. Phyllis, Lord Keeble’s stepdaughter wants money for her husband to buy some land. He can see only one way – the theft of his wife’s diamond necklace. Lord Keeble, husband of Lady Constance has relinquished his control of his money upon marriage. ![]() Lord Emwsorth’s son has his sights on a business opportunity but is missing one vital ingredient, the money. ![]() With the incoming arrival of Ralph McTodd another poet, Lord Emsworth’s quiet existence is set to be disturbed. Already installed at Blanding’s is Miss Peavey, a poetess. However his sister Lady Constance has another love one which seems to be of the fashion – hosting literary types at the castle. ![]() Lord Emsworth of Blanding’s Castle has but one love it seems, his garden and the various conflicts he has with his gardener Angus McAllister. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |