Indiscretions of Archie by P. G. Wodehouse
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Indiscretions of Archie by P. G. Wodehouse

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It wasn’t Archie’s fault really. It’s true he went to America and fell in love with Lucille, the daughter of a millionaire hotel proprietor and if he did marry her–well, what else was there to do?From his point of view, the whole thing was a thoroughly good egg; but Mr. Brewster, his father-in-law, thought differently, Archie had neither money nor occupation, which was distasteful in the eyes of the industrious Mr. Brewster; but the real bar was the fact that he had once adversely criticised one of his hotels. Archie does his best to heal the breach; but, being something of an ass, genus priceless, he finds it almost beyond his powers to placate “the man-eating fish” whom Providence has given him as a father-in-law.

It wasn’t Archie’s fault really. It’s true he went to America and fell in love with Lucille, the daughter of a millionaire hotel proprietor and if he did marry her–well, what else was there to do?From his point of view, the whole thing was a thoroughly good egg; but Mr. Brewster, his father-in-law, thought differently, Archie had neither money nor occupation, which was distasteful in the eyes of the industrious Mr. Brewster; but the real bar was the fact that he had once adversely criticised one of his hotels. Archie does his best to heal the breach; but, being something of an ass, genus priceless, he finds it almost beyond his powers to placate “the man-eating fish” whom Providence has given him as a father-in-law.

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02 A Shock for Mr. Brewster

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01 Distressing Scene in a Hotel

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03 Mr. Brewster Delivers Sentence

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04 Work Wanted

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06 The Bomb

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07 Mr. Roscoe Sheriff Has an Idea

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09 A Letter from Parker

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10 Doing Father a Bit of Good

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12 Bright Eyes – And a Fly

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13 Rallying Round Percy

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14 The Sad Case of Looney Biddle

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15 Summer Storms

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16 Archie Accepts a Situation

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17 Brother Bill’s Romance

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18 The Sausage Chappie

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19 Reggie Comes To Life

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20 The Sausage Chappie Clicks

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