Jeeves And Wooster Say What Ho! - Anne Dudley

Aha, you see that great big horn thing, Jeeves?

-One could ghastly miss it, sir.

Well, now you have to speak into that.

Or sing into it.

Or play the trombone into it.

If you want to make a record, that is.

-I see, sir.

If not, of course, best to leave the

dash thing alone.

-Quite, sir.

Now, I don’t quite know about this, Jeeves,

as it happens.

Apparently there’s a fellow in a white coat

at the other end of the horn thing.

Beyond the wall, if you take my meaning.

-I see, sir.

And what this fellow does is

he turns this handle

as you sing into the horn thing.

-Or play the trombone, sir.

Or play the trombone.

And as it turns this handle

this wax record goes round and

sort of… well, makes a record of your

trombone playing.

-I think that that system has now been somewhat

superseded, sir.

Really, Jeeves?

The disk is nowadays more often

revolved by electricity I understand, sir.

This giving more uniform rotational speed.

Yes, I, I… I think that’s enough

about electricity, Jeeves.

-Very good, sir.

Electricity is all very fine, Jeeves.

But will it replace the bicycle?

-Possibly not, sir.