“Honoria, you see, is one of those robust, dynamic girls with the muscles of a welterweight and a laugh like a squadron of cavalry charging over a tin bridge. A beastly thing to face over the breakfast table. Brainy, moreover.”

—  P.G. Wodehouse , book Carry On, Jeeves

Carry On, Jeeves (1925)

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