Jeeves and Wooster 1x4

How Does Gussie Woo Madeline?
(or, Hunger Strike)

Season 1, Episode 4

& Wooster: I had definite doubts about Gussie's chances. But now hope begins to dawn. He's the sort of chap* Madeline might scoop up* with a spoon.
    Jeeves: This is indeed good news, sir.
    Wooster: I wouldn't go so far as to say she actually writes poetry, but when a girl suddenly asks you out of a clear blue sky if you don't think that the stars are God's daisy chain, well, you do begin to wonder, Jeeves.
    Jeeves: Indeed, sir.


& Augustus 'Gussie' Fink-Nottle: Oh, Bertie! Life would be so much simpler if we were newts*!
    Wooster: Yes, well, I've said the same thing myself a hundred times.
    Gussie: Do you know how the male newt proposes, Bertie? He stands before the female newt, vibrating his tail and bending his body in a semi-circle.
    Wooster: No!
    Gussie: Yes. Like this...
    Wooster: Well, it's a change from champagne and flowers.


& Wooster: Life is full of sadness, Jeeves.
    Jeeves: Yes, sir.
    Wooster: Still, there it is.

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& Wooster: Be fair, Tuppy. Remember the time you said her new hat made her look like a Pekinese?
    Hildebrande 'Tuppy' Glossop: Yes, well... It did make her look like a Pekinese. But that wasn't vulgar abuse, just sound, constructive criticism.


& Wooster: Right, this is the plan. I recommended to Tuppy that at dinner he lay off the food.
    Jeeves: Sir?
    Wooster: Tut*, Jeeves! Have you forgotten the telegram to Fink-Nottle, steering him away from the sausages and ham? This is more of the same thing. Pushing away the scoff* is a recognized sign of love. Nothing elaborate*, you see.
    Jeeves: No, sir.
    Wooster: Nothing strange or bizarre or far-fetched, just nature's remedy. It cannot fail to bring home the gravy*, surely you must see that. You don't think my scheme will work?
    Jeeves: I fear Miss Angela may merely attribute Mr Glossop's abstinence* to indigestion*.
    Wooster: I say, Jeeves. I've just had another thought.
    Jeeves: Oh, I am relieved*, sir.


& Jeeves: I trust your dinner plan was a success, sir.
    Wooster: Howling, Jeeves, as you'll no doubt be surprised to hear. Tuppy and Miss Travers are reunited in the drawing room.
    Jeeves: This is indeed good news, sir. Ill-informed servants' hall gossip had it that the cook, Anatole, had given his notice, sir.
    Wooster: Yes, well, I'm not in a position to comment on chitchat, Jeeves, but I suppose it's always a possibility. Anatole is foreign, Jeeves.
    Jeeves: Really, sir?
    Wooster: And, therefore, excitable*.
    Jeeves: I shall bear it in mind, sir.


-- Dict:
chap — малый
scoop up — начерпать
newt — тритон
Tut — Ах ты; (Выражать неодобрение)
scoff — насмешка; зубоскалить
elaborate — сложный
gravy — легкая нажива; (подливка; легкая нажива; взятка)
abstinence — воздержание; пост
indigestion — расстройство желудка; несварение; нарушение пищеварения
relieve — облегчать; успокаивать
excitable — легковозбудимый


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