We Woosters freeze like the dickens when we seek sympathy and meet wit…

P. G. Wodehouse
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We Woosters freeze like the dickens when we seek sympathy and meet with cold reserve. Nothing further Jeeves, I said with quiet dignity. ✨ P.G. Wodehouse (2009). The Inimitable Jeeves: (Jeeves & Wooster), p.210, Random House
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We Woosters freeze like the dickens when we seek sympathy and meet with cold reserve. Nothing further Jeeves, I said with quiet dignity. ✨ P.G. Wodehouse (2009). The Inimitable Jeeves: (Jeeves & Wooster), p.210, Random House

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