Death At The Excelsior And Other Stories - The Original Classic Edition. Wodehouse P

boneless. There was nothing in the words to alarm a man, but his practised ear had seemed to detect a certain unpleasant dryness in the speaker's tone. Sid Marks, the all-powerful leader of the Frith Street Gang, was a youth whose company the Spider had always avoided with some care.

       The great Sid, seated in state at a neighbouring hostelry, fixed his visitor with a cold and questioning eye. Mr. Buffin looked nervous and interrogative. Mr. Marks spoke.

       "Your pal Keating pinched Porky Binns this mornin'," said Sid. The Spider's heart turned to water.

       "You and that slop," observed Sid dreamily, "have been bloomin' thick these days."