Quick ServiceAn artist, Joss Weatherby, falls in love with Sally Fairmile, who is engaged to Lord Holbeton. Wnen imperious American widow Beatrice Chavender eats a forkful of inferior ham at her sister's country house near London, it affects the lives of everyone around her-- her sister, her brother-in-law, her sister's butler, her sister's poor relation, Sally, Sally's fiance Lord Holbeton, and, most of all, Mrs. Chavender's own one-time fiance, 'Ham King' J.B. Duff, whose rotten product spoils her breakfast. - Publisher. |
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Page 32
... Loose Chippings , Sussex . " " Have Miss Hesseltyne find out the number . " " I know it . Loose Chippings 803. " " Then I'll call up this Steptoe from the club , and see if we can do a deal . I'm going to my osteopath now . He may be ...
... Loose Chippings , Sussex . " " Have Miss Hesseltyne find out the number . " " I know it . Loose Chippings 803. " " Then I'll call up this Steptoe from the club , and see if we can do a deal . I'm going to my osteopath now . He may be ...
Page 44
... Loose Chippings , Sussex - telephone number Loose Chippings 803 ? " " Yes . How odd that you should know . " " I've just been having a pleasant reunion with Mrs Chavender . She and I are old buddies . Well , this is the most ...
... Loose Chippings , Sussex - telephone number Loose Chippings 803 ? " " Yes . How odd that you should know . " " I've just been having a pleasant reunion with Mrs Chavender . She and I are old buddies . Well , this is the most ...
Page 173
... Loose Chippings . And he was just thinking what a real pleasure it would be to touch off a stick of dynamite under the late Anthony Briggs and - more generally - that it would be all right with him if the entire town of Loose Chippings ...
... Loose Chippings . And he was just thinking what a real pleasure it would be to touch off a stick of dynamite under the late Anthony Briggs and - more generally - that it would be all right with him if the entire town of Loose Chippings ...
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Adam's apple Alsatian Anthony Briggs asked BILL THE CONQUEROR BLANDINGS CASTLE breakfast room buns butler charity gambling Chav Chavender Chavender's Chibnall Claines Hall course craps dinner door Duff and Trotter Duff's eyebrows eyes face fact feeling fellow felt garden party Gardenia Tea Shoppe George Holbeton girl give going happened head heard heart Howard Steptoe Hullo idea J. B. Duff Jimmy Joss Weatherby Joss's knew Listen look Loose Chippings Lord Holbeton m'lord madam marry mean mind Miss Fairmile Miss Hesseltyne Miss Pym morning moustache MULLINER SPEAKING never nice night P. G. WODEHOUSE Paramount Ham paused Pekinese portrait Rose and Crown Sally Fairmile seemed sherry shirt singing sort soul speak staring Steptoe's stuff suppose sure talk tell There's thing thought told valet voice waiting waitress what's window woman wonder words young