"So here you are," said Sir Gregory, having completed his tale. "What do you make of it?"
George Cyril Wellbeloved was a man who went in for a certain verbal polish in his conversation. "To speak expleasantly, sir," he said, "I think the old ___ meant to do the dirty on us."
It would perhaps have been more fitting had Sir Gregory at this point said, "Come, come, my man, be more careful with your language," but the noun ___ expressed so exactly what he himself was thinking of the Hon. Galahad Threepwood that he could not bring himself to chide and rebuke. As a matter of fact, though ___ is admittedly strong stuff, he had gone even further than his companion, labelling Gally in his mind as a ***** and a !!!!!.
(from Pigs Have Wings, by Sir Pelham Wodehouse)
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