wanted to see me. Probably she’s polishing up her hatchet at this very moment.”
“It might be the most judicious plan not to meet her, sir.”
“But how can I help it?”
“There is a good, stout water pipe running down the wall immediately outside this window, sir. And I could have the two-seater waiting outside the park gates in twenty minutes.”
I eyed him with reverence.
“Jeeves,” I said, “you are always right. You couldn’t make it five, could you?”
“Let us say ten, sir.”
“Ten it is. Lay out some raiment suitable for travel, and leave the rest to me. Where is this water pipe of which you speak so highly?”