Saturday, November 23, 2013

A bit too much of Mrs. Waddington

She was not tall, but she had bulged so generously in every possible direction that, when seen for the first time, she gave the impression of enormous size. No theatre, however little its programme had managed to attract the public, could be said to be "sparsely filled" if Mrs. Waddington had dropped in to look at the show. Public speakers, when Mrs. Waddington was present, had the illusion that they were addressing most of the population of the United States.

(from The Small Bachelor, by Sir Pelham Wodehouse)

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