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P. G. Wodehouse

 Stiff Upper Lip, Jeeves

Hence the leap for life.

A thing I never know, and probably never will, is what to say when somebody says 'You!' to me.

I had hoped with these words to start his conscience working on all twelve cylinders, but something seemed to have gone wrong with the machinery, for he remained as calm and unmoved as the fish on ice he so closely resembled.

Let the atmosphere at lunch or dinner be what you might call difficult, and my appetite tends to dwindle.

After bending an ear to this for a while I was able to see what was causing it. I had fed sparsely at the dinner table, with the result that I had become as hungry as dammit.

the smaller the ex-magistrate, the louder the dressing-gown. His was a bright purple number with yellow frogs,

Spode fell to earth he knew not where and lay there looking peaceful

And don't forget that Spode, though crushed to earth, will rise again

I met Roderick just now, and he asked me if I knew where you were, because he wants to tear you limb from limb owing to his having seen you kiss the cook.'

Gussie's jaw fell with a dull thud.

'You never told me that,' he said to me, and one spotted the note of reproach in his voice.

'No, sorry, I forgot to mention it. But it's true. You'd better start coping. Run like a hare, is my advice

As I told you, I have always loved her, and her happiness is very dear to me. It is everything to me. To give her a moment's pleasure I would cut myself in pieces.'

I couldn't follow him there, but before I could go into the question of whether girls enjoy seeing people cut themselves in pieces he had resumed