The spine, and I do not attempt to conceal the fact, had become soluble, in the last degree.
P. G. WodehouseI laughed derisively. "For goodness' sake, don't start gargling now. This is serious." "I was laughing." "Oh, were you? Well, I'm glad to see you taking it in this merry spirit." "Derisively," I explained.
P. G. WodehouseA girl who bonnets a policeman with an ashcan full of bottles is obviously good wife-and-mother timber.
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