Getting the best of an earl

     Lord Ickenham mused. This was a complication he had not taken into his calculations. "I see. Yes, I appreciate the difficulty."

    "Me, too."

    "This opens up a new line of thought. You'd better leave everything to me."

    "I don't see that you can do anything."

    "That is always a rash observation to make to an ickenham. As I once remarked to another young friend of mine, this sort of situation brings out the best in me. And when you get the best in Frederick Altamont Cornwallis Twistleton, fifth Earl of good old Ickenham, you've got something."

(from Service With a Smile, by Sir Pelham Wodehouse)