Well, there it is. That's Jeeves. Where others merely smite the brow a…

P. G. Wodehouse
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Well, there it is. That's Jeeves. Where others merely smite the brow and clutch the hair, he acts. Napoleon was the same. ✨ P.G. Wodehouse (2009). Joy in the Morning: (Jeeves & Wooster), p.181, Random House
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