course! Certainly. What I mean is—”
Jeeves projected himself into the room with the tea. I was jolly glad to see him.
There’s nothing like having a bit of business arranged for one when one isn’t certain of one’s lines.
With the teapot to fool about with I felt happier.
“Tea, tea, tea—what? What?” I said.
It wasn’t what I had meant to say. My idea had been to be a good deal more formal, and so on. Still, it covered the situation. I poured her out a cup. She sipped it and put the cup down with a shudder.
“Do you mean to say, young man,” she said frostily, “that you expect me to drink this stuff?”
“Rather! Bucks you up, you know.”
“What do you mean by the expression