I marmaladed a slice of toast with something of a flourish and I don't…

P. G. Wodehouse
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I 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 (1989). Aunts Omnibus, Hutchinson
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I 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 (1989). Aunts Omnibus, Hutchinson

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