Bertie's telegram about Gussie^✦︎

Also well-worded communication, the telegram

Bertie's telegram telling Aunt Dahlia that Gussie is coming to Brinkley.

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Bertie Wooster sends 1
Gussie Fink-Nottle brings 1

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Bertie crawls home from Pongo's party after four and is barely asleep when Jeeves announces Aunt Dahlia, who storms into the bedroom.Chapters 3–6, Bertie's flat, as well-worded communication
Bertie stakes all on propinquity, sends Gussie the 'Lay off the sausages' telegram, and plans to shove the Market Snodsbury prize-giving on to Gussie.Chapter 6, Bertie's flat, as the telegram

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GUSSIE WOULD CLEAR HIS THROAT AND BEGIN: ' THERE'S A GREAT BIG CHOO-CHOO WAITING AT THE DEEPO.Extricating Young Gussie, Alfred Leete, The Strand Magazine, January 1916

THE VERY FIRST WORDS I SPOKE WERE, ' CORKY, HOW ABOUT YOUR UNCLE?Leave It to Jeeves, Alfred Leete, The Strand Magazine, June 1916

READ THIS, BERTIE!The Aunt and the Sluggard, Alfred Leete, The Strand Magazine, August 1916

HE WAS SITTING AT A TABLE ON THE EDGE OF THE DANCING FLOOR, DOING HIMSELF REMARKABLY WELL.The Aunt and the Sluggard, Alfred Leete, The Strand Magazine, August 1916

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Mabel," said Bingo, ' this is Bertie Wooster, a pal of mine.

Oh, Bertie, you are funny!

THE CHILD REMAINED THERE, DRINKING CYRIL IN FOR ABOUT HALF A MINUTE; THEN HE GAVE HIS VERDICT: 'FISH-FACE !

I had forgotten to warn Jeeves about the beard, and it came on him absolutely out of a blue sky.

Tell me, Bertie, is Mr. Little at all weak in the head? I don't mean simply because he's a friend of yours.

What the devil are you talking about ? "* "I'm reading you my poem. The one I wrote to Cynthia last night.

Let's suppose that you and Jeeves entered. Jeeves would stand at a fixed point holding a potato. You would have your head in a sack, and would grope about trying to find Jeeves and making a noise like a cat.

Well, you are a sportsman!" observed the young person, with great enthusiasm.

We are all waiting for you in the large schoolroom." "But I don't know a bit what to talk about." "Why, anything, Mr. Wooster. Be bright—bright and amusing.

Bertie, said Bingo, "how is Jeeves's brain these days?" "Fairly strong on the wing, I fancy. How is the grey matter, Jeeves?

I pointed out," said Jeeves, "that you were a light-hearted young gentleman who might well do such a thing as a practical joke.

SLIPPING A COUPLE OF TOWELS ABOUT THE LIMBS AND TORSO, I MADE FOR THE SITTING-ROOM, AND FOUND YOUNG TUPPY AT THE PIANO.

Bertie," said Aunt Dahlia, firmly, " you will sing 'Sonny Boy' on Tuesday, the third prox., or may an aunt's curse-

Well, young Thos.," I said. "So there you are. You're getting as fat as a pig.

THE PYKE TURNED ON ME LIKE A WOUNDED LEOPARDESS. "WELL." SHE SAID. "AREN'T YOU PROPOSING TO DO ANYTHING. MR. WOOSTER

My friend, Bertie Wooster," said Tuppy to the girl, in what seemed to me rather an apologetic manner. You know—as if he would have preferred to hush me up.

I handed the telegram over, watching him narrowly. And suddenly, as he read, I saw him wobble. Stirred to the core. Obviously.

Bertie's telegram about Gussie✦︎

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Bertie's telegram about Gussie^✦︎