it happened, old man, but there it is. And what I want you to tell me is, what’s the procedure?”
“You mean, how does a fellow edge out?”
“Exactly. I don’t want to hurt anybody’s feelings, Bertie, but I can’t go through with this thing. The shot is not on the board. For about a day and a half I thought it might be all right, but now—You remember that laugh of hers?”
“I do.”
“Well, there’s that, and then all this business of never letting a fellow alone—improving his mind and so forth—”
“I know. I know.”
“Very well, then. What do you recommend? What did you mean when you said that Jeeves worked a scheme?”
“Well, you see, old Sir Roderick, who’s