the handle jump up and hit you? That’s how I felt then.
“In prison!”
“Yes, sir.”
“You don’t mean—in prison?”
“Yes, sir.”
I lowered myself into a chair.
“Why?” I said.
“He assaulted a constable, sir.”
“Lord Pershore assaulted a constable!”
“Yes, sir.”
I digested this.
“But, Jeeves, I say! This is frightful!”
“Sir?”
“What will Lady Malvern say when