A Man of Means
P. G. Wodehouse, C. H. Bovill,
Publisher: Wildside Press
ISBN: 0809592738
DDC: 813
Edition: Paperback; 2004-03-01
Summary:
"Please, sir, it's about my salary." His age was twenty-two and his
name was Roland Bleke. Mr. Fineberg, at his word, drew himself
together much as a British square at Waterloo must have drawn itself
together at the sight of a squadron of cuirassiers. "Salary?" he
cried. "What about it? What's the matter with it? You get it, don't
you?" "Yes, sir, but --" "Well? Don't stand there like an idiot. What
is it?" "It's too much." Mr. Fineberg's brain reeled. It was
improbable that the millennium could have arrived with a jerk; on the
other hand, he had distinctly heard one of his clerks complain that
his salary was too large. . . .
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