Lord Peter hung up, whistling cheerfully, and called for Bunter.
"My Lord?"
"What is the proper suit to put on, Bunter, when one is an expectant father?"
"I regret, my lord, to have seen no recent fashions in paternity wear. I should say, my lord, whichever suit your lordship fancies will induce a calm and cheerful frame of mind in the lady."
"Unfortunately I don't know the lady. She is, in fact, only the figment of an over-teeming brain. But I think the garments should express bright hope, self-congratulations, and a tinge of tender anxiety."
"A newly married situation, my lord, I take it. Then I would suggest the lounge suit in pale grey - the willow-pussy cloth, my lord - with a dull amethyst tie and socks and a soft hat. I would not recommend a bowler, my lord. The anxiety expressed in a bowler hat would be rather of the financial kind."
(from Unnatural Death, by Dorothy L. Sayers)
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