Quotes from book
The Girl in Blue

Name: The Girl in Blue
Author: P.G. Wodehouse

The Girl in Blue is a novel by P. G. Wodehouse. It was first published in the United Kingdom on 29 October 1970 by Barrie & Jenkins, London, and in the United States on 22 February 1971 by Simon & Schuster, Inc., New York.In the novel, cartoonist Jerry West falls in love with air hostess Jane Hunnicut, but before Jerry can marry her, he is faced with the task of recovering the titular painting, a missing Gainsborough miniature.

“It was one of the dullest speeches I ever heard. The Agee woman told us for three quarters of an hour how she came to write her beastly book, when a simple apology was all that was required.”

P.G. Wodehouse book The Girl in Blue

Source: The Girl in Blue (1970)

“You’re one of those guys who can make a party just by leaving it. It’s a great gift.”

P.G. Wodehouse book The Girl in Blue

Source: The Girl in Blue (1970)

“His aspect was that of one who has been looking for the leak in a gas pipe with a lighted candle.”

P.G. Wodehouse book The Girl in Blue

The Girl in Blue (1970)

“To say that his conscience was clear would be inaccurate, for he did not have a conscience, but he had what was much better, an alibi…”

P.G. Wodehouse book The Girl in Blue

The Girl in Blue (1970)