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- From: nsridhar@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Natarajan Sridhar)
- Subject: Psmith and Monty Bodkin
- Message-ID: <1993Jan26.202717.8892@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu>
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- Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 20:27:17 GMT
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- I say, Wodeheads, those of you who have scanned "Psmith Journalist" and a
- Monty Bodkin saga (was it "Pearls, Girls, and Monty Bodkin" ?) ought to
- have noticed the identical ending in either tales. The main character is
- perched on the top storey of a rundown building, with certain thugs trying
- to gain access to the hero via a small trapdoor. I remember Psmith (or Monty)
- addressing one such intruder with "Ah, the stout Cortez surveys the Pacific"
- (or something of the sort) before beaning him with some blunt object.
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- Sorry about the fuzzy details; it's been a while since I read my last PGW.
-
- My query is: what's the deal ? Did that particular sequence of events inspire
- the creation of Psmith ? Or did PGW like the whole scenario so much that he felt
- compelled to include it in two tales ?
-
- **sridhar**
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