2012年3月18日星期日
came up to have a look at
"This must be an emissary of Comrade Spiller's," said Psmith. "Let usparley with the man."Mike unlocked the door. A light-haired youth with a cheerful, rathervacant face and a receding chin strolled into the room, and stoodgiggling with his hands in his pockets.
"I just came up to have a look at you," he explained.
"If you move a little to the left," said Psmith, "you will catch thelight and shade effects on Jackson's face better."The new-comer giggled with renewed vigour. "Are you the chap with theeyeglass who jaws all the time?""I _do_ wear an eyeglass," said Psmith; "as to the rest of thedescription----""My name's Jellicoe.""Mine is Psmith--P-s-m-i-t-h--one of the Shropshire Psmiths. Theobject on the skyline is Comrade Jackson.""Old Spiller," giggled Jellicoe, "is cursing you like anythingdownstairs. You _are_ chaps! Do you mean to say you simply baggedhis study? He's making no end of a row about it.""Spiller's fiery nature is a byword," said Psmith.
"What's he going to do?" asked Mike, in his practical way.
"He's going to get the chaps to turn you out.""As I suspected," sighed Psmith, as one mourning over the frailty ofhuman nature. "About how many horny-handed assistants should you saythat he would be likely to bring? Will you, for instance, join theglad throng?""Me? No fear! I think Spiller's an ass.""There's nothing like a common thought for binding people together.
_I_ think Spiller's an ass.""How many _will_ there be, then?" asked Mike.
"He might get about half a dozen, not more, because most of the chapsdon't see why they should sweat themselves just because Spiller'sstudy has been bagged.""Sturdy common sense," said Psmith approvingly, "seems to be the chiefvirtue of the Sedleigh character.""We shall be able to tackle a crowd like that," said Mike. "The onlything is we must get into the same dormitory.""This is where Comrade Jellicoe's knowledge of the local geographywill come in useful. Do you happen to know of any snug little room,with, say, about four beds in it? How many dormitories are there?""Five--there's one with three beds in it, only it belongs to threechaps.""I believe in the equal distribution of property. We will go toComrade Outwood and stake out another claim."Mr. Outwood received them even more beamingly than before. "Yes,Smith?" he said.
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