Blandings Castle, that seat of the delightful dreamy old peer Lord Emsworth, that stately home of England that attracted imposters like other homes attracted mice. There was Psmith as Ralston McTodd. Psmith by himself was enough, but repeating “Across the Pale parabola of joy..” he as quite another thing.
There was Ashe Marston and Joan Valentine who started the trend, which continued when Beefy Bingham came down as Mr Popjoy. Daolly Henderson, of the pink tights , daughter the delightful Sue Brown came next disguised as Miss Myra Schoonmaker in the performance of a lifetime.
All small fish though compared to the master , Lord Ickenham. Of Course Uncle Fred has experience in imposting. Apart from a circus dwarf and Gina Lolobrigida,whom he could not mimic- one owing to the height, the other “her unique shape” he had prior experience imposting as George Robinson, householder of 14 Nasturtium Road, East Dulwich, the local vet, Mr JB Bulstrode, neighbor of the Robinson, all in the course o one afternoon. But his illustrious career included impostings of a con, Sir Roderick Glossop, Miner Brabazon-Plank major, even while helping the career of the heir of the Twistleton-Twisteltons.
It was a beautiful time in English literature, written by a man who made humor reach the same level of a Mozart aria, the heights of pure genius.
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