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unearths some literary gems.
From What Price Gloria! by Geoffrey Clayton:
***"What's an Uncle or two among friends?"***[This is Lord Wivenhurst, who is constructed more or less along the lines of Wodehouse's Lord Emsworth.]As a rule it was but a matter of seconds for him to forget, not only the name, but also the presence of anyone with whom he was supposed to be conversing.***Here it was, barely half-past ten, and yet some egg-plant was already trying to rob her of her beauty sleep.***[Among the song-pitching crowd of New York. Gloria is actually a person.]"Do either of you happen to know Miss Gloria Lee?"..."Who's it published by?"***When Kitty threw a party it stayed thrown.***"Don't take any notice of Kitty....She always gets that way in the summer."[A good all-purpose excuse for the coming season!]***"Nobody ever got anywhere by letting things slide.""Oh, I don't know, you know," said Hugh. "Think of a trombone player"...."I will not think of a trombone player!"***[Bonus: Bozeman, Bibbens, and Yoost, Inc., music publishers]
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