My Literary Crush

[fauxklore]

I've been rereading Rex Stout's Nero Wolfe novels and this little tidbit (from The Final Deduction) reminds me of why Archie Goodwin is still my biggest literary crush. The set-up is that Archie has to type up a transcript of some events for the police. Wolfe ia asking Archie to send orchids to two people and is settling in with a book.

Wolfe says, "Dendrobium chrysotoum for Miss Gillard and Laelia purpurata for Doxtor Vollmer. Tomorrow."

Archie's reply is "Right. And Sitassia readiya for you and Transcriptum underwoodum for me."