The lesson proceeded to its end. It was followed by others, every morning without respite, and at long last the professional declared him competent to appear in - if one may use the term - a serious game, at the same time counselling him not to begin too ambitiously. There was a cripple he knew, said the professional, a poor fellow who had lost both legs in a motor accident, who would be about Ambrose's form, always provided that the latter waited his opportunity and caught him on one of this off days.
(from Up From the Depths, by Sir Pelham Wodehouse)
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