Young Men in Spats (2009)
“In the other, he explained, though the conversation always touched an exceptionally high level of brilliance, there was apt to be a good deal of sugar thrown about.
The guest said he understood.
‘Young blood, eh?’ ‘That’s right. Young blood.’ ‘And animal spirits.’ ‘And animal, as you say, spirits,’ agreed the Crumpet. ‘We get a fairish amount of those here.’ ‘The complaint, however, is not, I observe, universal.’ ‘Eh?’ The other drew his host’s attention to the doorway, where a young man in for...m-fitting tweeds had just appeared. The aspect of this young man was haggard. His eyes glared wildly and he sucked at an empty cigarette-holder. If he had a mind, there was something on it. When the Crumpet called to him to come and join the party, he merely shook his head in a distraught sort of way and disappeared, looking like a character out of a Greek tragedy pursued by the Fates.
The Crumpet sighed. ‘Poor old Pongo!’ ‘Pongo?’ ‘That was Pongo Twistleton.MoreLess
The guest said he understood.
‘Young blood, eh?’ ‘That’s right. Young blood.’ ‘And animal spirits.’ ‘And animal, as you say, spirits,’ agreed the Crumpet. ‘We get a fairish amount of those here.’ ‘The complaint, however, is not, I observe, universal.’ ‘Eh?’ The other drew his host’s attention to the doorway, where a young man in for...m-fitting tweeds had just appeared. The aspect of this young man was haggard. His eyes glared wildly and he sucked at an empty cigarette-holder. If he had a mind, there was something on it. When the Crumpet called to him to come and join the party, he merely shook his head in a distraught sort of way and disappeared, looking like a character out of a Greek tragedy pursued by the Fates.
The Crumpet sighed. ‘Poor old Pongo!’ ‘Pongo?’ ‘That was Pongo Twistleton.MoreLess
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