Farewell to Legs Farewell to Legs "Farewell to Legs" is a short story by P. G. Wodehouse, which first appeared in the United States in the July 14, 1935 edition of "This Week", and in the United Kingdom in the May 1936 issue of the "Strand". It was included in the UK collection "Lord Emsworth and Others", (1937), and in the U.S. edition of "Young Men in Spats" (1936). It is a golf story, narrated by the Oldest Member. The title is a play on Ernest Hemingway's 1929 novel, "A Farewell to Arms". The betrothal of Evangeline Brackett to Angus McTavish is built,
The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber but the first is only wounded and retreats into the bush. Macomber now feels confident. They all three drink whisky in celebration. Margot even shows appreciation for Francis' kill, though, she quickly becomes unsettled as pointed out by Wilson, who again in interior monologue, turns his critical eye on Margot. He senses a shift in her viewpoint toward her husband. In his point of view, she now fears her husband's growing confidence. Wilson is proud of Francis and feels his job is done. He's helped Francis stand up to his adulterous wife. He’s helped him kill a buffalo. At no