What Ho!
"I mean," you say charitably "if you're committed to this dangerous adventure, the least I can do is help."
"That's the spirit, Postletwaite!" he smiles happily at you and thumps your back enthusiastically.
"So, um, do you need me to distract everyone while you sneak in and swipe the begonias?"
Fatty looks startled. "Oh, no, I can do that, I suppose. No, I need you to steal the begonias yourself."
"ME?"
"Well, I can't very well do it, can I?"
"Why the deuce not?"
"You're the stealthy one. Remember how you and Guppy used to sneak into the Dons' dining hall back at Eton to snitch the good jam?" He salivates a bit, remembering "Me, on the other hand, I have a much more majestic style of walking. I'm afraid I just am not light footed enough."
"True." The thought of Fatty trying to levitate his avoirdupois silently across a greenhouse floor did seem improbable.
"Then you'll do it?"
You think of being bound in lifelong wedlock with Cuddy. Visions of early morning wakeup calls interspersed with regimes for healthy living flash through your mind.
"That's the spirit, Postletwaite!" he smiles happily at you and thumps your back enthusiastically.
"So, um, do you need me to distract everyone while you sneak in and swipe the begonias?"
Fatty looks startled. "Oh, no, I can do that, I suppose. No, I need you to steal the begonias yourself."
"ME?"
"Well, I can't very well do it, can I?"
"Why the deuce not?"
"You're the stealthy one. Remember how you and Guppy used to sneak into the Dons' dining hall back at Eton to snitch the good jam?" He salivates a bit, remembering "Me, on the other hand, I have a much more majestic style of walking. I'm afraid I just am not light footed enough."
"True." The thought of Fatty trying to levitate his avoirdupois silently across a greenhouse floor did seem improbable.
"Then you'll do it?"
You think of being bound in lifelong wedlock with Cuddy. Visions of early morning wakeup calls interspersed with regimes for healthy living flash through your mind.