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The Matrimonial Sweepstakes
A STORY OF THE INTEREST BELOW STAIRS IN A YOUNG LADY'S CHOICE OF A HUSBAND
BY P. G. WODEHOUSE
ANY man under thirty years of age who tells you he is not afraid of an English butler lies. Carpers may cavil at this statement. Possibly cavilers may carp. I seem to hear them at it. All around me, I repeat, I seem to hear the angry murmur of carpers caviling and cavilers carping. Nevertheless, it is true. He may not show his fear. Outwardly he may be brave, aggressive even, perhaps to the extent of calling the great man “Say!” But in his heart, when he meets that cold, blue, introspective eye, he quakes.
The effect that Keggs, the butler at the Keiths’, had on Marvin Rossiter was to make him feel as if he had been caught laughing in a cathedral. He fought against the feeling. He asked himself who Keggs was, anyway; and replied defiantly that Keggs was a menial, and an overfed menial. But all the while he knew that logic was useless.
When the Keiths invited him to their country house he had been delighted. They were among his oldest friends. He liked Mr. Keith. He liked Mrs. Keith. He loved Elsa Keith, and had from boyhood up. If ever there was a visit that h
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