exprusses

Updated: May 4, 2025

'Eight-thirty, was the porter's appalling reply. For a moment Charteris felt quite ill. No train till eight-thirty! Then was he indeed lost. But it couldn't be true. There must be some sort of a train between now and then. 'Are you certain? he said. 'Surely there's a train before that? 'Why, yes, sir, said the porter gleefully, 'but they be all exprusses.

P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse - Tales of St. Austin's