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Title: Stranger
Fandom: Jeeves & Wooster
Rating: Gen
Notes: Bertie finds a novel implausible.


“Ugh!”

“The book does not give satisfaction, sir?”

“It does not, Jeeves! To borrow a phrase, my suspenders of disbelief are not quite snappy enough for that stocking!”

“If I may ask, sir, from whom is that phrase borrowed?”

“Our Gallic neighbours have few words for everything, Jeeves. I just can’t believe that the main character, a comely lass, has been betrothed five times, but each time her lady’s maid intervenes, and she doesn’t arrive at the altar.”

“But, sir…”

“Florence, Pauline, Honoria, Madeline, Bobbie…egad, Jeeves. I stand mistaken!”

“Yes, sir. The truth is often no more stranger than fiction.”

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