For though I had affected to consider that the ancestor's scheme for melting L. P. Runkle was the goods, I didn't really believe it would work. You don't get anywhere by filling with rich foods a bloke who wears a panama hat like his; the only way of inducing the L. P. Runkle type of man to part with cash is to kidnap him, take him to the cellar beneath the lonely mill and stick lighted matches between his toes. And even then he would probably give you a dud check.
(from Jeeves and the Tie That Binds, by Sir Pelham Wodehouse)
No comments:
Post a Comment