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However, "Jeeves in the Offing" is online, and Phyllis Mills, stepdaughter to Aubrey Upjohn is described as a pill: 'I have every right to goggle like a dead halibut,' I said coldly, 'and I shall continue to do so as long as I see fit. I am under a considerable nervous s. As always seems to happen when you are mixed up in the doings, life has become one damn thing after another, and I think I am justified in demanding an explanation. I await your statement.' 'Well, let me marshal my thoughts.' She did so, and after a brief intermission, during which I finished my piece of cake, proceeded. 'I'd better begin by telling you about Upjohn, because it all started through him. You see, he's egging Phyllis on to marry Wilbert Cream.' 'When you say egging -' 'I mean egging. And when a man like that eggs, something has to give, especially when the girl's a pill like Phyllis, who always does what Daddy tells her.' 'No will of her own?' 'Not a smidgeon. To give you an instance, a couple of days ago he took her to Birmingham to see the repertory company's performance of Chekhov's Seagull, because he thought it would be educational. I'd like to catch anyone trying to make me see Chekhov's Seagull, but Phyllis just bowed her head and said, "Yes, Daddy." Didn't even attempt to put up a fight. That'll show you how much of a will of her own she's got.'http://lib.ru/INPROZ/WUDHAUS/jeeves_off_engl.txtThose of us illiterate in Cyrllic need not be put off by the first few lines of Cyrillic text, the actual work is in English. Bingley
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