In supposing that by climbing down the water pipe he had outsmarted Colonel Wedge, Bill had been laughably in error. You might outsmart captains by such tactics, and perhaps majors, but not colonels. The possibility of the existence of such a pipe had flashed upon Egbert Wedge at the moment when Charles, enjoying himself for the first time, for every footman likes smashing his employer's property, had started to break down Prudence's door, and it had sent him racing for the stairs. You do not have to tell a military man anything about the importance of cutting off the enemy's retreat.
The quote above is from Sir Pelham Wodehouse's book, Full Moon. We here meet one of a unique class of men, one of the husbands of the various and troublesome sisters of Clarence Threepwood, 9th Earl of Emsworth. Whereas his wife, like her sisters, is a very demanding and forceful individual, especially toward nieces who wanted to marry men of no wealth and position, Col. Wedge had essentially a kind heart. He is a former member of the Shropshire Light Infantry.
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