"By the way," he said to Miss Climpson, "you had better explain me in some way to Mrs. Budge, or she may be a bit inquisitive."
"But I have," replied Miss Climpson, with an engaging giggle, "when Mrs. Budge said there was a Mr. Parker to see me, of course I realized at once that she mustn't know who you were, so I said, quite quickly, 'Mr. Parker! Oh, that must be my nephew Adolphus.' You don't mind being Adolphus, do you? It's funny, but that was was the only name that came into my mind at the moment. I can't think why, for I've never known an Adolphus."
(from Unnatural Death, by Dorothy L. Sayers)
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