A Pelican at Blandings - P. G. Wodehouse read by Martin Jarvis

A Pelican at Blandings

Other by P. G. Wodehouse read by Martin Jarvis

Released 12 June 2006

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CD 1
1
Part 01: “The summer day was drawing to a close and dusk had fallen on Blandings Castle.”
5:04
2
Part 02: “Selecting a volume from the shelf of pig books, his main source of mental refreshment, …”
8:18
3
Part 03: “It is possible that solitude and a further go at the pig book…”
2:43
4
Part 04: “At about the moment when Lady Constance was mounting the stairs…”
7:28
5
Part 05: “He went out into the hall, where the instrument was, …”
8:35
6
Part 06: “Gally stirred uneasily in his seat. He had always been a better raconteur than listener…”
2:43
7
Part 07: “The first person he saw on the platform was his brother Clarence…”
5:50
8
Part 08: “Up at the castle Beech was in his pantry sipping his evening glass of port…”
6:40
9
Part 09: “Two days elapsed before Linda Gilpin arrived.”
6:14
10
Part 10: “The Duke, a clear headed man, saw the objection to this immediately…”
4:26
11
Part 11: “Gally had had to change his plans. He had not been able to fulfil his intention…”
4:51
12
Part 12: “The Binks–Holloway anecdote was one of Gally’s best.”
4:38
13
Part 13: “‘I do not know why you call it revolting’, he said with dignity…”
4:34
14
Part 14: “The hollowness of John’s voice over the telephone…”
6:58
CD 2
1
Part 15: “In order to avoid the glare of the sun, and the society of the Duke of Dunstable, …”
6:40
2
Part 16: “The train was just coming in as the car reached the station.”
2:17
3
Part 17: “Wilbur drank deeply of his gin and tonic to assist the marshalling of his thoughts.”
6:17
4
Part 18: “Night had fallen when John Halliday got back to London.”
7:42
5
Part 19: “‘Explain it from the beginning.’, he said.”
2:54
6
Part 20: “It wasn’t, however, till the following afternoon that John was at liberty to leave…”
4:44
7
Part 21: “He walked in a circle for a bit and must have mused to good purpose…”
4:05
8
Part 22: “It was Lord Emsworth who had so abruptly applied the closure…”
4:43
9
Part 23: “For three years in succession she’d been awarded the silver medal…”
4:40
10
Part 24: “The Duke of Dunstable prided himself on being a man who stood no nonsense…”
4:20
11
Part 25: “It was about time, reflected Gally, as he returned all fresh and rosy…”
5:26
12
Part 26: “The Duke found speech. ‘Do you know what time it is? …’”
3:47
13
Part 27: “To say that Lady Constance was glad to see her visitors…”
4:56
14
Part 28: “Lady Constance’s boudoir on the second floor of the castle…”
4:46
15
Part 29: “Thinking thus, he bubbled over with cheeriness…”
5:08
16
Part 30: “Several authorities have stated that the thing to do when your self control seems about to leave you…”
6:29
CD 3
1
Part 31: “For possibly three minutes after they left Lady Constance’s boudoir…”
5:21
2
Part 32: “Linda Gilpin, returning from her visit from the old school, …”
7:57
3
Part 33: “…paused, with the air of one waiting for a round of applause.”
6:14
4
Part 34: “John, dressing in the room allotted to him on the second floor, …”
5:37
5
Part 35: “It was an awkward question for one so lacking in experience…”
4:23
6
Part 36: “Gally was in the hall when Linda came down from her room.”
7:17
7
Part 37: “One of the things he didn’t know was that as he and the table came together…”
5:06
8
Part 38: “Gally embarked on his narrative with the smooth suavity which had been wont to win all hearts…”
2:50
9
Part 39: “Even Gally, practised raconteur though he was, was obliged to stop occasionally…”
8:10
10
Part 40: “Lord Emsworth went to bed that night in something of a twitter.”
7:04
11
Part 41: “The explanation was absurdly simple.”
7:24
12
Part 42: “When she woke, it was still there, and her misgivings grew with breakfast, …”
5:08
13
Part 43: “At the time when his services had been desired, …”
5:43
CD 4
1
Part 44: “It was Gally’s practice, when he favoured Blandings Castle with a visit, …”
4:34
2
Part 45: “Left alone, Gally returned to his meditations.”
5:44
3
Part 46: “Beech made the telling of his tale as succinct as possible, …”
7:49
4
Part 47: “’I see. And as a good secretary should, you look on him as a father…’”
4:15
5
Part 48: “‘Ready?’ asked Vanessa.”
6:16
6
Part 49: “The alarm clock beside Vanessa’s bed tinkled softly, …”
7:28
7
Part 50: “Vanessa performed the humane act as requested, …”
6:23
8
Part 51: “The following morning found Gally in his hammock, …”
5:01
9
Part 52: “At that moment, the rhythmic tooting of a horn…”
5:41
10
Part 53: “As Lady Constance seated herself at the desk and took pen in hand…”
4:25
11
Part 54: “Gally, in his hammock, had closed his eyes again…”
4:13
12
Part 55: “‘I was looking for you’, she said.”
5:35
13
Part 56: “The Duke was not laughing.”
5:08
14
Part 57: “Another summery day was drawing to a close…”
6:18