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Updated: June 6, 2025
As they reached the desk, a little man with short, black whiskers buzzed out from behind a glass screen, where there was another desk. 'Where have you been, Bannister, where have you been? You must not leave your work in this way. There are several letters waiting to be entered. Where have you been? 'Mr Bickersdyke sent for me, said Bannister, with the calm triumph of one who trumps an ace.
A toiler, not a flatfish. A sizzler, not a squab. Yes, I am a member. Will you tell Mr Bickersdyke that I am sorry, but I have been elected, and have paid my entrance fee and subscription. 'Thank you, sir. The waiter went downstairs and found Mr Bickersdyke in the lower smoking-room. 'The gentleman says he is, sir. 'H'm, said the bank-manager. 'Coffee and Benedictine, and a cigar.
My father will be round there soon. He looked over his shoulder. Mr Bickersdyke appeared to be wrapped in thought. 'A painful business, sighed Psmith. 'The man seems quite broken up. It had to be, however. The bank was no place for us. An excellent career in many respects, but unsuitable for you and me.
The whole painful affair reminds me of the story of Agesilaus and the Petulant Pterodactyl, which as you have never heard, I will now proceed to relate. Agesilaus Mr Bickersdyke made a curious clucking noise in his throat. 'I am boring you, said Psmith, with ready tact.
He always counted his runs. 'By Jove, as near as that? This is something like a finish. Mike left the first ball alone, and the second. They were too wide of the off-stump to be hit at safely. Then he felt a thrill as the third ball left the bowler's hand. It was a long-hop. He faced square to pull it. And at that moment Mr John Bickersdyke walked into his life across the bowling-screen.
'This is no time for half-measures, he said. 'We must do our utmost. We must burn our boats 'Excuse me, said a gentle voice. Mr Bickersdyke broke off. In the centre of the hall a tall figure had risen. Mr Bickersdyke found himself looking at a gleaming eye-glass which the speaker had just polished and inserted in his eye. The ordinary heckler Mr Bickersdyke would have taken in his stride.
I have some little influence with Comrade Bickersdyke. Wrongly, perhaps, added Psmith modestly, 'he thinks somewhat highly of my judgement. If he sees that I am opposed to this step, he may possibly reconsider it. What Psmith thinks today, is his motto, I shall think tomorrow. However, we shall see. 'I bet we shall! said Mike ruefully.
And he was not sure, either, whether he ought not to have added, 'Sir. Apparently such subtleties of address were not necessary, for Mr Bickersdyke did not start up and shout, 'This language to me! or anything of that kind. He merely said, 'Oh! And who are you? 'Jackson, said Mike. It was irritating, this assumption on Mr Bickersdyke's part that they had never met before. 'Jackson? Ah, yes.
I asked him how long ago it was that he had been on his fishing tour, because it was important to know in order to bring the charge home against Jerome. Well, after a bit, I was amazed, and pained, too, to hear Comrade Bickersdyke urging certain bravoes in the audience to turn me out.
Theoretically, Mr Bickersdyke had the power to dismiss any subordinate of his whom he did not consider satisfactory, but it was a power that had to be exercised with discretion. The manager was accountable for his actions to the Board of Directors. If he dismissed Psmith, Psmith would certainly bring an action against the bank for wrongful dismissal, and on the evidence he would infallibly win it.
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