Sense of Humour (Masterplots II: Short Story Series, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: V. S. Pritchett
- First Published: 1936
- Type of Plot: Sketch
- Time of Work: The 1930's
- Setting: A small English town
- Principal Characters: Arthur Humphrey, Muriel MacFarlane, Colin Mitchell
- Genres: Short fiction, Sketch
- Subjects: Love or romance, Sex or sexuality, Depression, economic, 1930’s, England or English people, Funeral rites or ceremonies, Stereotypes, Ireland or Irish people, Sales personnel
- Locales: England
The Story
Arthur Humphrey is a smooth-talking, plausible traveling sales representative in a new territory. He decides to stay in the new town over the weekend, planning to go to church on Sunday—“Presbyterians in the morning, Methodists in the evening”—hoping to impress the locals with his piety and teetotalism, so they will remember him when he solicits orders on Monday. Bored on a rainy Saturday afternoon, he flirts with Muriel MacFarlane, the hotel clerk. In the middle of their chat, Colin Mitchell, Muriel's boyfriend, pulls up in front of the hotel on a new, loud...
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