“He may have been wondering what was the earliest he could expect a cocktail, or he may have been musing on some deeper subject – if there is a deeper subject.” P. G. Wodehouse, The Small Bachelor
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“He may have been wondering what was the earliest he could expect a cocktail, or he may have been musing on some deeper subject – if there is a deeper subject.” P. G. Wodehouse, The Small Bachelor
Nobody writes a sentence like that better than Wodehouse.
Nobody writes like him period. His plots (?) were nonsense, his descriptions odd, his similes and metaphors outrageous, but as you say, nobody writes a sentence like Wodehouse.
You around the house editing tomorrow? I keep meaning to phone and keep getting distracted…