Spotted: Carry on, Jeeves by P.G. Wodehouse

Where: N-train

Who was reading: An Asian woman with a brittle, structured hairstyle, wearing a black jacket over ribbed sweater-tights. A quirk at the corner of her mouth undercut the severity of the hairstyle.

What was she smiling at? Could have been this line: “I tell you Bertie, I've examined the darned cloud with a microscope, and if it's got a silver lining it's some little dissembler.”

Or this: “Honoria, you see, is one of those robust, dynamic girls with the muscles of a welterweight and a laugh like a squadron of cavalry charging over a tin bridge. A beastly thing to face over the breakfast table. Brainy, moreover.”

Or even this: “'Yes, sir,' said Jeeves in a low, cold voice, as if he had been bitten in the leg by a personal friend.”

So embarrassing… I used to pronounce Wodehouse rhymes-with-“Toad-house”, as opposed to the way you “Should-house.”