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"Lord Emsworth in congratulating himself that a sense of civic duty and a lively apprehension of what his sister would say if he resigned that office had kept him a Justice of the Peace. Representing, as he did, the majesty of the Law, he was in a position to deal summarily with this criminal. He would have to look it up in the book of instructions, of course, but he rather fancied he could give the chap fourteen day

"Something in the aspect of her back seemed to tell Monty Bodkin that she was either crying or about to cry, and he did not know what to do for the best... A man with a Gertrude Butterwick on his books cannot lightly put his arms round other waists and murmur ‘There, there!’ into other ears.
He coughed and said, ‘Er—well…’
Sue did not turn. He coughed again. Then, with a’ Well—I—er -ah…’ he sidled to the stairs."
Awk

Seemless transition of characters to catch-up a newly arrived character WRT subplot, masterful:

‘Wait here,’ she said.’ Mr Bodkin is sure to have dozens of spare studs. If you dare to move till I come back…’
She hurried from the room.
‘Connie fusses so,’ said Lord Emsworth equably.
He pottered back to the piano.
‘Clarence,’ said Lady Julia.
‘Eh?’

"Right from the moment when Hugo had mentioned that he had been acting as secretary to the Earl of Emsworth, he had had a sort of nebulous idea that there was a big and important message wrapped up in this information, if only he could locate it. His subconscious mind had been having a go at the problem ever since, and now it passed the solution up to headquarters."

Most amusing description of the thinking process

Lol "Minds like Monty Bodkin’s may not always work at express speed, but they are subject to the same subconscious processes as those of more brain-burdened men."