'Jeeves,' I said sternly, 'pull yourself together. This is mere babble from the sickbed.' 'I fear I can suggest no other plan of action, sir, which will extricate Mr Sipperley from his dilemma.' 'But think! Reflect! Why, even I, in spite of having had a disturbed night and a most painful morning with the minions of the law, can see that the scheme is a loony one. To put the finger on only one leak in the thing, it isn't me these people want to see; it's Mr Sipperley. They don't know me from Adam.' 'So much the better, sir. For what I am suggesting is that you go to Cambridge, affecting actually to be Mr Sipperley.' This was too much. 'Jeeves,' I said, and I'm not half sure there weren't tears in my eyes, 'surely you can see for yourself that this is pure banana oil. It is not like you

