Everybody likes them up at the ’Varsity. They’re fearfully popular.”
“I bet they are!” I said.
When Jeeves came back, I was waiting for him on the mat. I wanted speech with the blighter.
“Well?” I said.
“Sir Roderick asked me a number of questions, sir, respecting your habits and mode of life, to which I replied guardedly.”
“I don’t care about that. What I want to know is why you didn’t explain the whole thing to him right at the start? A word from you would have put everything clear.”
“Yes, sir.”
“Now he’s gone off thinking me a looney.”
“I should not be surprised, from his conversation with me, sir, if some such idea had not entered his head.”
I was just starting