A lesser moustache, under the impact of that quick, agonised expulsion of breath, would have worked loose at the roots.
P. G. WodehouseIt is true of course, that I have a will of iron, but it can be switched off if the circumstances seem to demand it.
P. G. WodehouseMen capable of governing empires fail to control a small white ball, which presents no difficulties whetever to others with one ounce more brain than a cuckoo clock. I wish to goodness I knew the man who invented this infernal game. I'd strangle him. But I suppose he's been dead for ages. Still, I could go and jump on his grave.
P. G. WodehouseI marmaladed a slice of toast with something of a flourish and I don't suppose I have ever come much closer to saying 'Tra la la' as I did the lathering for I was feeling in mid season form this morning.
P. G. Wodehouse