At the age of eleven or thereabouts women acquire a poise and an abili…

P. G. Wodehouse
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At the age of eleven or thereabouts women acquire a poise and an ability to handle difficult situations which a man, if he is lucky, manages to achieve somewhere in the later seventies. ✨ P. G. Wodehouse (2009). Uneasy Money: Easyread Super Large 18pt Edition, p.349, ReadHowYouWant.com
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At the age of eleven or thereabouts women acquire a poise and an ability to handle difficult situations which a man, if he is lucky, manages to achieve somewhere in the later seventies. ✨ P. G. Wodehouse (2009). Uneasy Money: Easyread Super Large 18pt Edition, p.349, ReadHowYouWant.com

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