"Really, Sir Bertram," retorted Miss Hampton-fforbes, "Another suggestion like that and I shall have to strike you with my muff. I must warn you, sir, that it is zinc-lined!"
What a coincidence! That is in fact Miss Euphemia L. Hampton-fforbes's middle name.
And what Sir Bertram calls himself whilst trying on his late mother's Worth peignoirs in the privacy of his own dressing room after one too many brandy-and-sodas at the club...
"Really, Sir Bertram," retorted Miss Hampton-fforbes, "Another suggestion like that and I shall have to strike you with my muff. I must warn you, sir, that it is zinc-lined!"
A muff strike?
ReplyDeleteIt's been done.
They called it Lysistrata.
What a coincidence! That is in fact Miss Euphemia L. Hampton-fforbes's middle name.
ReplyDeleteAnd what Sir Bertram calls himself whilst trying on his late mother's Worth peignoirs in the privacy of his own dressing room after one too many brandy-and-sodas at the club...