I mean to say, I know perfectly well that I've got, roughly speaking, half the amount of brain a normal bloke ought to possess. And when a girl comes along who has about twice the regular allowance, she too often makes a bee line for me with the love light in her eyes. I don't know how to account for it, but it is so."
"It may be Nature's provision for maintaining the balance of the species, sir."...
"At breakfast this morning, when I was eating a sausage, she told me I shouldn't, as modern medical science held that a four-inch sausage contained as many germs as a dead rat. The maternal touch, you understand; fussing over my health.... What's to be done, Jeeves?"
"We must think, sir."
"You think. I haven't the machinery."
"I will most certainly devote my very best attention to the matter, sir, and will endeavour to give satisfaction."
Well, that was something. But I was ill at east. Yes, there is no getting away from it, Bertram was ill at ease.
"It may be Nature's provision for maintaining the balance of the species, sir."...
"At breakfast this morning, when I was eating a sausage, she told me I shouldn't, as modern medical science held that a four-inch sausage contained as many germs as a dead rat. The maternal touch, you understand; fussing over my health.... What's to be done, Jeeves?"
"We must think, sir."
"You think. I haven't the machinery."
"I will most certainly devote my very best attention to the matter, sir, and will endeavour to give satisfaction."
Well, that was something. But I was ill at east. Yes, there is no getting away from it, Bertram was ill at ease.
( P.G. Wodehouse )
[ Carry on, Jeeves ]
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