soon-to-be-familiar

Updated: June 3, 2025

I had kept my eyes open for him from the beginning, and when I discovered that he was not at school, I had felt alarmed. Had Cynthia sent me down here, to work as I had never worked before, on a wild-goose chase? Then, one morning, Mr Abney drew me aside after breakfast. 'Ah Mr Burns. It was the first time that I had heard those soon-to-be-familiar words.

P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse - The Little Nugget