Code of the Woosters, P.G. Wodehouse

A re-read, and it still makes me laugh out loud, although I will admit I'm picturing the BBC series in some of the scenes. On being cornered breaking and entering, by a small and angry dog:

"Are you afraid of a tiny little dog, Jeeves?"
He corrected me respectfully, giving it as his opinion that the undersigned was not a tiny little dog, but well above the average in muscular development. In particular, he drew my attention to the animal's teeth.
I reassured him:
"I think you would find that if you were to make a sudden spring, his teeth would not enter into the matter. You could leap on to the bed, snatch up a sheet, roll him up in it before he knew what was happening, and there we would be."
"Yes, sir."
"Well, are you going to make a sudden spring?"
"No, sir."

Grade: A

Originally posted 2006