Case #10: Video

[19centconstable]

[George's hair is being untamed again. It may actually be plotting something. I wouldn't trust it not to fake left and then dart right, that's all I'm saying.

More importantly: George is wearing this. And jeans.]

My tea shirt [and you can hear the t-e-a in his pronunciation] has a mustache.

[George looks confused. And a little enthralled. And slightly suspicious.]

And Mr. Spinola has an interest in working with the infirmary.

[George glances down at his shirt again.]

I do believe it's staring at me.

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And why won't it stay in place?

[19centconstable.livejournal.com]

It depends: what does it mean?

That wouldn't be very gentlemanly of me.

[what_ho_jeeves]

It's like soup, but French.

Well, the trick is to convince her to let you out of it, to free you from your obligation willingly. That way you don't break any promises to a beazel, because that's not a very preux thing to do, but you don't have to go through with an unpleasant task either.

[19centconstable.livejournal.com]

Why on Earth would we be in soup? That would take an awful lot of soup, and aterwards it would have been wasted.

I certainly wouldn't want to be un-preux. ...Would I?

[what_ho_jeeves]

No no no, soup is just a meta-whatsits for trouble. [He thinks about that.] I don't really know why. Soup isn't particularly troublesome, although I do suppose it's tricky to eat without slurping and sounding like an utter twit.

I am an excellent judge of character, George, and you're as preux as they come.

Now, do you want me to think of a way to extricate yourself from your tea shirt wearing obligations or not? Jeeves isn't the only one who can come up with fruity schemes.

[19centconstable.livejournal.com]

All I know is: if I ever wasted enough soup to need to be fished out of, my aunts would never let me hear the end of it.

Well what would you suggest?

[what_ho_jeeves]

Maybe that's why soup means trouble. Some chap somewhere had an enormous tureen, fell in, and his aunts gave him a thorough ticking off for it.

How does this sound: first, you seek out the filly who got you into the tea shirt in the first place and take her out to get a drink. Then, once the drinks are got you propose some sort of toast. While glasses are raised, I accidentally knock into the beazel from behind--not too hard, of course--so that she splashes her drink on your shirt. Since it was her drink that ended up on your front, she'll feel guilty and insist that you immediately dismiss yourself to put on fresh clothes.

[Bertie beams, very proud of himself.]

[19centconstable.livejournal.com]

I'd say it was his own fault for having that much soup in front of him. That's just plain greed.

That is rather clever, only the nature of the pact was that I dress "modernly" for three days, so I do have additional shirts, and neither of them are much better.

[what_ho_jeeves]

Perhaps he was hosting a party.

Oh dear, I don't think I could bump into the filly three times. No, that might rouse suspicions.

Could you dress as a modern gentleman going to a fancy dress party as an old-fashioned bobby?

[19centconstable.livejournal.com]

No cook would let the host of a party anywhere near enough to the kitchen to fall into anything.

That would definitely be cheating.

[what_ho_jeeves]

You're right on that. It a dashed shame Jeeves isn't here. He'd explain the mystery of the soup before one could say..."mystery of the soup."

It wouldn't be cheating if you really were going to a fancy dress party. We'd just need to find one.

[19centconstable.livejournal.com]

Is he a detective?

I think I should just tough it out for the next two days.

[what_ho_jeeves]

He's my valet. But he's the brainiest bird you ever shall meet, if you ever meet him, that is. He knows dashed near everything.

I believe you may be right. Sorry I couldn't be of more help, old chap. Keep a stiff upper lip about your temporary vestment vexation, what? Like some smart fellow said, "Bravery never goes out of fashion."

[19centconstable.livejournal.com]

Really? How did he learn it all?

I do appreciate the attempt anyway Mr. Wooster. If not for the other shirts, I'm sure your first suggestion would have worked.