"Admirable," said Crispin, correcting his choice of adjectives. "I cannot praise your ingenuity too highly."
"Nor me," said Jerry. "It just shows . . ." He paused and Chippendale asked what it just showed.
"How right you were about the sun coming smiling through," said Jerry. He had been about to say that it just showed that you can't judge a man's brainpower by his looks, because even one who closely resembles the more unpleasant type of barnyard fowl in appearance can nevertheless possess the mental qualities of a great general, but he reflected in time that this might give offense.
(from The Girl in Blue, by Sir Pelham Wodehouse)
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