"P. G. Wodehouse - The Intrusion of Jimmy v1 0" - читать интересную книгу автора (Wodehouse P G)"Yes." "Well, there aren't so many girls in the United States--only twenty million. Or is it forty million? Something small. All you've got to do is to search around a bit. Good-night." "Good-night." Mr. Mifflin clattered down the stairs. A minute later, the sound of his name being called loudly from the street brought Jimmy to the window. Mifflin was standing on the pavement below, looking up. "Jimmy." "What's the matter now?" "I forgot to ask. Was she a blonde?" "What?" "Was she a blonde?" yelled Mifflin. "No," snapped Jimmy. "Yes," said Jimmy, shutting the window. "Jimmy!" The window went up again. "Well?" "Me for blondes!" "Go to bed!" "Very well. Good-night." "Good-night." Jimmy withdrew his head, and sat down in the chair Mifflin had vacated. A moment later, he rose, and switched off the light. It was pleasanter to sit and think in the dark. His thoughts wandered off in many channels, but always came back to the girl on the Lusitania. It was absurd, of course. He didn't wonder that Arthur Mifflin had treated the thing as a joke. Good old Arthur! Glad he had made a success! But was it a joke? Who was it that said, the point of a |
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