"Oh, Freddie!" she cried. "The worst has happened."
Freddie gulped. "Rackstraw?"
"Yes," said Annabel. "But how did you know about him?"
"He came to me, bubbling over a good deal with veiled menaces and what not," explained Freddie. He frowned, and eyed her closely. "Why didn't you tell me you had been engaged to that bird?"
"I didn't think you would be interested. It was just a passing girlish fancy."
"You're sure? You didn't really love this blighted prestidigitator?"
"No, no. I was dazzled for a while, as any girl might have been when he sawed me in half, but then you came along and I saw that I had been mistaken, and that you were the only man in the world for me."
(from Eggs Beans and Crumpets, by Sir Pelham Wodehouse)
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