Bottsworth had always been like bellowing down a well in the hope of attracting the attention of one of the lesser infusoria at the bottom". A third example can be seen in "The Luck of the Stiffhams", when Lord Wivelscombe is experiencing a hangover: "He was in an overwrought state when a fly treading a little too heavily on the carpet is enough to make a man think he's one of the extras in All Quiet On The Western Front". In Wodehouse's stories, syntactic and lexical ambiguities often result in misunderstandings between characters that lead to comic interactions. This occurs in "The Amazing Hat Mystery", when Percy interprets Nelson's use of the word "abroad" as meaning "in foreign parts", rather than "in the land": "There is lawlessness and licence abroad.""And here in England too.""Well, naturally, you silly ass," said Nelson, with some asperity. "When I said abroad, I didn't mean abroad, I meant abroad". Parallel constructions are sometimes used in Wodehouse's stories, resulting in comic incongruous contradictions. An example of this occurs in "The Luck of the Stiffhams" (when Wivelscombe tells Geraldine he has seen a ghost):"You look as if you had seen a ghost.""I have seen a ghost.""The White Lady of Wivelscombe?""No, the Pink Secretary of Wivelscombe." One of the stylistic devices used in Wodehouse's stories to create humour is the pun. A pun plays a large role in "Noblesse Oblige", as the story depends on the similarity in pronunciation between the French mille and the English meal, as shown in the following quote from the story: "But you said you had to have a mille.""And a meal is just what I am going to have," replied the chap, enthusiastically. Some of Wodehouse's characters have names that give humorous effects in pronunciation, one example being Freddie Widgeon's uncle Lord Blicester (pronounced "blister"), who first appears in "Noblesse Oblige". Publication history In the Strand (UK), Gilbert Wilkinson illustrated "Tried in the Furnace", "Trouble Down at Tudsleigh", "The Amazing Hat Mystery", "Goodbye to All Cats", "The Luck of the Stiffhams", "Noblesse Oblige", "Archibald and the Masses", "The Code of the Mulliners", and "The Fiery Wooing of Mordred". Treyer Evans illustrated "Fate". In Cosmopolitan (US), Mario Cooper illustrated "Tried in the Furnace", "The Amazing Hat Mystery", "The Luck of the Stiffhams", "Noblesse Oblige", and "Archibald and the Masses". James Montgomery Flagg illustrated "Fate", "Trouble Down at Tudsleigh", "Goodbye to All Cats", and