32. Choke

"Here Bertie!"

I winced slightly at the shrill quality of Ms. Bassett's voice. Approaching the table with a lively gait she placed a bowl of… something, in front of my master. She had cornered me earlier and insisted that she would be the one procuring food for Mr. Wooster this evening.

What was I to do?

"Ah! Well. Yes. Um. Carrying on."

Trembling slightly, Mr. Wooster took a spoonful of the… ahem, 'soup'…

And promptly spat it upon the floor.

"Bertie!"

"Oh! Ah… wonderful soup Madeline I uh… thought the buggy critters might like some."

"Bertie, how sweet!"

Smooth sir.