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201:, and that she has thus returned it. Beach then informs him that Colonel Fanshawe has telephoned, requesting Lord Emsworth's judicial services as he has caught a prowler lurking outside his house. Realising Emsworth has been captured, Gally sends Beach to the rescue, armed with a 208:
Beach returns, somewhat shaken but successful, and when Connie brings up the idea of replacing him, Gally easily silences her by telling the tale of Emsworth's imprisonment in Fanshawe's coal-cellar, and Beach's full knowledge of this potential embarrassment to the family name.
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Freddie gets a telegram from his wife, informing him of her plan to return to Blandings the following day, and in his shock on reading it tumbles down the stairs, taking Gally with him. They are both laid up with sprained ankles, so Gally insists his unwilling brother
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she covets, although the dog belongs to Aggie - he believes he can replace it without her noticing. As Freddie leaves with his gift, Gally hears worrying news - his sister
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warns his nephew Freddie of the dangers of consorting with attractive young girls while his wife is away, but Freddie, hungry for the sale, opts to give Valerie an
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is back at Blandings on Dog-Joy business, and his wife Aggie, finding country life a little dull, has headed to the
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Gally is visited in his sickbed by Valerie, who reveals that the dog has upset her father by attacking his beloved
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bigwig Colonel Fanshawe, to invest in Freddie's dog biscuits for his sizeable pack of hounds.
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Under the title "First Aid for Freddie", the story was illustrated by Bill Charmatz in
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The story was adapted into the fifth episode of the second series of
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McIlvaine, Eileen; Sherby, Louise S.; Heineman, James H. (1990).
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P. G. Wodehouse: A Comprehensive Bibliography and Checklist
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Index

Short story
P. G. Wodehouse
Comedy
Playboy
short story
P. G. Wodehouse
Playboy
Blandings Castle
Lord Emsworth
Plum Pie
Argosy
Freddie Threepwood
French Riviera
hunting
Gally
Alsatian
Connie
Beach
Clarence
Marling Hall
spaniel
Mickey Finn
Ralph Richardson
Stanley Holloway
The World of Wodehouse
Blandings
Timothy Spall
Jennifer Saunders
Jack Farthing
Tim Vine

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