By P. G. Wodehouse
A semi-autobiographical novel from the grasp of comedic issues, now not George Washington is a funny, fictionalized account of Wodehouse's early years as a journalist (he edited the "By the way in which" column for the London Globe journal from 1904 to 1909). Newly designed and typeset in a contemporary 6-by-9-inch layout by means of Waking Lion Press.
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John Hatton. " I climbed into the hansom, and Malim, about to follow me, found that a constable, to whom the soil of the City had given spontaneous birth, was standing at his shoulder. " inquired the officer, with tender solicitude. "A fine night, Perkins," remarked Hatton. "A fine morning, beggin' your pardon, sir," said the policeman facetiously. He seemed to be an acquaintance of the skater. "Reliability trials," continued Hatton. " "Very good, sir," said Perkins. "Drive to Ludgate Circus and back, and beat the gentleman on the skates," said Malim to our driver, who was taking the race as though he assisted at such events in the course of his daily duty.
If they deliberately find enough satisfaction for their needs in the company of a circle of men friends and the casual pleasures of the town, selfishness is the last epithet with which their behaviour can be charged. Unselfishness has been their curse. No sane person would, of his own accord, become the automaton that a Government office requires. Pressure on the part of relations, of parents, has been brought to bear on them. The steady employment, the graduated income, the pension—that fatal pension—has been danced by their fathers and their mothers and their Uncle Johns before their eyes.
The house was brilliantly lighted on the first floor. The street door opened on to a staircase, and as I mounted it the sound of a piano and a singing voice reached me. At the top of the stairs I caught sight of a waiter loaded with glasses. I called to him. "Mr. Cloyster, sir? Yessir. I'll find out whether Mr. " Malim came out to me. "Hatton's not here," he said, "but come in. " He took me into the room, the windows of which I had seen from the street. There was a burst of cheering as we entered the room.