Встречают по одежке
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kuthПрекрасный "документ" образца 1912 года, описывающий, так сказать, быт настоящего джентльмена. Для тех, кто полагает, что Вудхауз, иронизируя, слегка преувеличил
- Jeeves," I said coldly. The man was still standing like a statue by the door. "How many suits of evening clothes have I?
- We have three suits full of evening dress, sir; two dinner jackets----
- Three.
- For practical purposes two only, sir. If you remember we cannot wear the third. We have also seven white waistcoats.
- And shirts?
- Four dozen, sir.
- And white ties?
- The first two shallow shelves in the chest of drawers are completely filled with our white ties, sir.
Итак...
- Jeeves," I said coldly. The man was still standing like a statue by the door. "How many suits of evening clothes have I?
- We have three suits full of evening dress, sir; two dinner jackets----
- Three.
- For practical purposes two only, sir. If you remember we cannot wear the third. We have also seven white waistcoats.
- And shirts?
- Four dozen, sir.
- And white ties?
- The first two shallow shelves in the chest of drawers are completely filled with our white ties, sir.
Итак...
