to Skeldings for the festives. So you will see about bunging the necessaries together? We repair thither on the twenty-third. Plenty of white ties, Jeeves, also a few hearty country suits for use in the daytime. We shall be there some little time, I expect.”
There was a pause. I could feel he was directing a frosty gaze at me, but I dug into the marmalade and refused to meet it.
“I thought I understood you to say, sir, that you proposed to visit Monte Carlo immediately after Christmas.”
“I know. But that’s all off. Plans changed.”
“Very good, sir.”
At this point the telephone bell rang, tiding over very nicely what had threatened to be an awkward moment. Jeeves