"Tell me all," he said.
"All what?"
"All about yourself. who was the recent Higginbotham?"
"Oh, a man. Very rich. From up North. I met him when I was in 'Follow the Girl.' I went back to the stage after you and I parted brass-rags. He passed on last July."
"Marry again?"
"Ass! If I had, would my name still be Higginbotham?"
"Something in that," agreed his lordship.
"I mean, a girl doesn't call herself Higginbotham unless she has to."
(from Doctor Sally, by Sir Pelham Wodehouse)
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