"[...] Claire was looking after the stud merchant, as, grasping his wealth, he scuttled up the avenue. 'Only a bob, ' his lordship hastened to say. 'Rather a sad case, don't you know. Squads of children at home demanding bread. Didn't want much else, apparently, but were frightfully keen on bread.' 'He has just gone into a public-house.' 'He may have gone to telephone or something, what?' 'I wish, ' said Claire, fretfully, leading the way down the grillroom stairs, 'that you wouldn't let all London sponge on you like this. ...
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"[...] Claire was looking after the stud merchant, as, grasping his wealth, he scuttled up the avenue. 'Only a bob, ' his lordship hastened to say. 'Rather a sad case, don't you know. Squads of children at home demanding bread. Didn't want much else, apparently, but were frightfully keen on bread.' 'He has just gone into a public-house.' 'He may have gone to telephone or something, what?' 'I wish, ' said Claire, fretfully, leading the way down the grillroom stairs, 'that you wouldn't let all London sponge on you like this. I keep telling you not to. I should have thought that if any one needed to keep what little money he has got it was you.' Certainly Lord Dawlish would have been more prudent not to have parted with even eleven shillings, for he was not a rich man. Indeed, with the single exception of the Earl of Wetherby, whose finances were so irregular that he could not be said to possess an income at all, he was the poorest man of his rank in the British Isles. It was in the days of the Regency that the Dawlish coffers first began to show signs of cracking under the strain, in the era of the then celebrated Beau Dawlish. [...]."
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Very Good in Good jacket. 21st printing of this Wodehouse classic and the first appearance of this jacket design. Toning to endpapers but otherwise all in VG clean and bright internal order. No inscriptions. Light shelfwear to dark cream boards and minor mottling to spine. Good unclipped d/j, worn to edges with minor loss and a little marking, now in removable protective sleeve. 12mo. 279pp.
