The attitude of people towards densely moustached strangers who are galloping up, shouting "Hey!" varies a good deal according to the individual. Joss Weatherby in such circumstances would have stood his ground and investigated the phenomenon. So, probably, would Napoleon, Joe Louis and Attila the Hun. Lord Holbeton was mdae of more neurotic stuff. The spectacle, acting upon his already enfeebled morale, was too much for him. Directing at the other a single horrified glance, he was off up the drive with a brisknes which would have put him immediately out of range of anything that was not a jack rabbit. And even a jack rabbit would have been extended.
(from Quick Service, by Sir Pelham Wodehouse)
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