Everyone says that Jimmy is the same jolly chap as ever, even after coming into money.

So why does he agree to break into a house?

PG Woodhouse, today on the Classic Tales Podcast. Thank you for listening. Well I hate to say it. I mean I really hate to say it, but we'll be suspending the vintage episodes for a bit.

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Today's story is a standalone woodhouse title. It's not part of a series, and like a lot of his books,

contains both American and British characters. I hope you like it.

I particularly enjoy his reference to our Zen lupan in this first episode.

Keep an ear open for it.

And now, The Intrusion of Jimmy, Part 1 of 7, by P.G. Woodhouse. Chapter 1 Jimmy makes a bet.

The main smoking room of the Strollers Club had been filling for the last half hour and was now nearly full.

In many ways the strollers, though not the most magnificent, is the pleasantest club in New York.

Its ideals are comfort without pomp. And it is given over after 11 o'clock at night,

mainly to the stage. Everybody is young, clean-shaven, and full of conversation.

And the conversation strikes a purely professional note.

Everybody in the room on this July night had come from the theatre.

Most of those present had been acting, but a certain number had been to the

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