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قراءة كتاب Indiscretions of Archie
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INDISCRETIONS OF ARCHIE
By P. G. Wodehouse
It wasn't Archie's fault really. Its true he went to America and fell in love with Lucille, the daughter of a millionaire hotel proprietor and if he did marry her—well, what else was there to do?
From his point of view, the whole thing was a thoroughly good egg; but Mr. Brewster, his father-in-law, thought differently, Archie had neither money nor occupation, which was distasteful in the eyes of the industrious Mr. Brewster; but the real bar was the fact that he had once adversely criticised one of his hotels.
Archie does his best to heal the breach; but, being something of an ass, genus priceless, he finds it almost beyond his powers to placate "the man-eating fish" whom Providence has given him as a father-in-law
P. G. Wodehouse
AUTHOR OF "THE LITTLE WARRIOR," "A DAMSEL IN DISTRESS," "UNEASY MONEY," ETC.
NEW YORK GEORGE H. DORAN COMPANY COPYRIGHT,1921, BY GEORGE H, DORAN COMPANY COPYRIGHT, 1920, BY INTERNATIONAL MAGAZINE COMPANY
(COSMOPOLITAN MAGAZINE)
PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
My dear Buddy,—
We have been friends for eighteen years. A considerable proportion of
my books were written under your hospitable roof. And yet I have never
dedicated one to you. What will be the verdict of Posterity on this? The
fact is, I have become rather superstitious about dedications. No sooner
do you label a book with the legend—
TO MY
BEST FRIEND
X
than X cuts you in Piccadilly, or you bring a lawsuit against him. There
is a fatality about it. However, I can't imagine anyone quarrelling
with you, and I am getting more attractive all the time, so let's take a
chance.
Yours ever,
P. G. WODEHOUSE.
CONTENTS
CHAPTER I. DISTRESSING SCENE
CHAPTER II. A SHOCK FOR MR BREWSTER
CHAPTER III. MR BREWSTER DELIVERS SENTENCE
CHAPTER IV. WORK WANTED
CHAPTER V. STRANGE EXPERIENCES OF AN ARTIST'S MODEL
CHAPTER VI. THE BOMB
CHAPTER VII. MR ROSCOE SHERRIFF HAS AN IDEA
CHAPTER VIII. A DISTURBED NIGHT FOR DEAR OLD SQUIFFY
CHAPTER IX. A LETTER FROM PARKER
CHAPTER X. DOING FATHER A BIT OF GOOD
CHAPTER XI. SALVATORE CHOOSES THE WRONG MOMENT
CHAPTER XII. BRIGHT EYES—AND A FLY
CHAPTER XIII. RALLYING ROUND PERCY
CHAPTER XIV. THE SAD CASE OF LOONEY BIDDLE
CHAPTER XV. SUMMER STORMS
CHAPTER XVI. ARCHIE ACCEPTS A SITUATION
CHAPTER XVII. BROTHER BILL'S ROMANCE
CHAPTER XVIII. THE SAUSAGE CHAPPIE
CHAPTER XIX. REGGIE COMES TO LIFE
CHAPTER XX. THE-SAUSAGE-CHAPPIE-CLICKS
CHAPTER XXI. THE GROWING BOY
CHAPTER XXII. WASHY STEPS INTO THE HALL OF FAME
CHAPTER XXIII. MOTHER'S KNEE
CHAPTER XXIV. THE MELTING OF MR CONNOLLY
CHAPTER XXV. THE WIGMORE VENUS
CHAPTER XXVI. A TALE OF A GRANDFATHER
CHAPTER I. DISTRESSING SCENE
"I say, laddie!" said Archie.
"Sir?" replied the desk-clerk alertly. All the employes of the Hotel Cosmopolis were alert. It was one of the things on which Mr. Daniel Brewster, the proprietor, insisted. And as he was always wandering about the lobby of the hotel keeping a personal eye on affairs, it was never safe to relax.
"I want to see the manager."
"Is there anything I could do, sir?"
Archie looked at him doubtfully.