Quotes from book

Jeeves and the Feudal Spirit

“I agreed the situation was sticky. Indeed, offhand it was difficult to see how it could have been more glutinous.”

“As plainly as if it had been the top line on the oculist’s chart I could see what the future held for Bertram.”

“Oh, Bertie, if I ever called you a brainless poop who ought to be given a scholarship at some lunatic asylum, I take back the words.”

“Before my eyes he wilted like a wet sock.”

“I don't know if you have ever seen a tiger of the jungle drawing a deep breath preparatory to doing a swan dive and landing with both the feet on the backbone of one of the minor fauna. Probably not, nor, as a matter of fact, have I.”

“And as he, too, seemed disinclined for chit-chat, we stood for some moments like a couple of Trappist monks who have run into each other at the dog races.”