The Code of the Woosters

Harking back to Archimedes just once more, Jeeves’s description of him discovering the principle of displacement, though brief, had made a deep impression on me, bringing before my eyes a very vivid picture of what must have happened on that occasion. I had been able to see the man testing the bath water with his toe…stepping in…immersing the frame. I had accompanied him in spirit through all the subsequent formalities — the soaping of the loofah, the shampooing of the head, the burst of song…
And then, abruptly, as he climbs towards the high note, there is a silence. His voice has died away. Through the streaming suds you can see

Well, be that as it may,

Winged creatures of the night barged into me, but I gave them little attention.