ukridge’s dog college

“He seemed to shrink into his mackintosh like a snail surprised while eating lettuce.”

—P.G. WODEHOUSE, “UKRIDGE’S DOG COLLEGE” FROM UKRIDGE

Why it’s beautiful

I wish I were alive in 1800s England so I could call every raincoat a mackintosh. And “like a snail…” is a model simile. Unexpected, but vividly clear.