A Pelican at Blandings

Part 01: “The summer day was drawing to a close and dusk had fallen on Blandings Castle.”

Part 02: “Selecting a volume from the shelf of pig books, his main source of mental refreshment, …”

Part 03: “It is possible that solitude and a further go at the pig book…”

Part 04: “At about the moment when Lady Constance was mounting the stairs…”

Part 05: “He went out into the hall, where the instrument was, …”

Part 06: “Gally stirred uneasily in his seat. He had always been a better raconteur than listener…”

Part 07: “The first person he saw on the platform was his brother Clarence…”

Part 08: “Up at the castle Beech was in his pantry sipping his evening glass of port…”

Part 09: “Two days elapsed before Linda Gilpin arrived.”

Part 10: “The Duke, a clear headed man, saw the objection to this immediately…”

Part 11: “Gally had had to change his plans. He had not been able to fulfil his intention…”

Part 12: “The Binks–Holloway anecdote was one of Gally’s best.”

Part 13: “‘I do not know why you call it revolting’, he said with dignity…”

Part 14: “The hollowness of John’s voice over the telephone…”

Part 15: “In order to avoid the glare of the sun, and the society of the Duke of Dunstable, …”

Part 16: “The train was just coming in as the car reached the station.”

Part 17: “Wilbur drank deeply of his gin and tonic to assist the marshalling of his thoughts.”

Part 18: “Night had fallen when John Halliday got back to London.”

Part 19: “‘Explain it from the beginning.’, he said.”

Part 20: “It wasn’t, however, till the following afternoon that John was at liberty to leave…”

Part 21: “He walked in a circle for a bit and must have mused to good purpose…”

Part 22: “It was Lord Emsworth who had so abruptly applied the closure…”

Part 23: “For three years in succession she’d been awarded the silver medal…”

Part 24: “The Duke of Dunstable prided himself on being a man who stood no nonsense…”

Part 25: “It was about time, reflected Gally, as he returned all fresh and rosy…”

Part 26: “The Duke found speech. ‘Do you know what time it is? …’”

Part 27: “To say that Lady Constance was glad to see her visitors…”

Part 28: “Lady Constance’s boudoir on the second floor of the castle…”

Part 29: “Thinking thus, he bubbled over with cheeriness…”

Part 30: “Several authorities have stated that the thing to do when your self control seems about to leave you…”

Part 31: “For possibly three minutes after they left Lady Constance’s boudoir…”

Part 32: “Linda Gilpin, returning from her visit from the old school, …”

Part 33: “…paused, with the air of one waiting for a round of applause.”

Part 34: “John, dressing in the room allotted to him on the second floor, …”

Part 35: “It was an awkward question for one so lacking in experience…”

Part 36: “Gally was in the hall when Linda came down from her room.”

Part 37: “One of the things he didn’t know was that as he and the table came together…”

Part 38: “Gally embarked on his narrative with the smooth suavity which had been wont to win all hearts…”

Part 39: “Even Gally, practised raconteur though he was, was obliged to stop occasionally…”

Part 40: “Lord Emsworth went to bed that night in something of a twitter.”

Part 41: “The explanation was absurdly simple.”

Part 42: “When she woke, it was still there, and her misgivings grew with breakfast, …”

Part 43: “At the time when his services had been desired, …”

Part 44: “It was Gally’s practice, when he favoured Blandings Castle with a visit, …”

Part 45: “Left alone, Gally returned to his meditations.”

Part 46: “Beech made the telling of his tale as succinct as possible, …”

Part 47: “’I see. And as a good secretary should, you look on him as a father…’”

Part 48: “‘Ready?’ asked Vanessa.”

Part 49: “The alarm clock beside Vanessa’s bed tinkled softly, …”

Part 50: “Vanessa performed the humane act as requested, …”

Part 51: “The following morning found Gally in his hammock, …”

Part 52: “At that moment, the rhythmic tooting of a horn…”

Part 53: “As Lady Constance seated herself at the desk and took pen in hand…”

Part 54: “Gally, in his hammock, had closed his eyes again…”

Part 55: “‘I was looking for you’, she said.”

Part 56: “The Duke was not laughing.”

Part 57: “Another summery day was drawing to a close…”