Uncle Dynamite
“His air was that of a man who has arrived at some joyous tryst. A restful night and a good lunch had brought his always resilient nature to a fine pitch of buoyancy and optimism. There is an expression in common use which might have been invented to describe the enterprising peer at moments such as this; the expression ‘boomps-a-daisy’. You could look askance at his methods, you could shake your head at him in disapproval and click your tongue in reproof, but you could not deny that he was boom...ps-a-daisy.
‘This might be the place, don’t you think?’ he said.
‘It is.’ ‘You speak confidently.’ ‘Well, I’ve been here before. When I was doing the bust.’ ‘Didn’t Mugsy come to the studio?’ ‘Of course not. Great men like him don’t come to the studios of poor working girls.’ Lord Ickenham took her point.
‘True,’ he said. ‘I can’t get used to the idea of young Mugsy Bostock being a big pot.
To me he remains permanently a pie-faced stripling bending over a chair while I assure him that what is about to occur is going to hurt me more than it does him.MoreLess
‘This might be the place, don’t you think?’ he said.
‘It is.’ ‘You speak confidently.’ ‘Well, I’ve been here before. When I was doing the bust.’ ‘Didn’t Mugsy come to the studio?’ ‘Of course not. Great men like him don’t come to the studios of poor working girls.’ Lord Ickenham took her point.
‘True,’ he said. ‘I can’t get used to the idea of young Mugsy Bostock being a big pot.
To me he remains permanently a pie-faced stripling bending over a chair while I assure him that what is about to occur is going to hurt me more than it does him.MoreLess
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