Whatever may be said in favour of the Victorians, it is pretty generally admitted that few of them were to be… — P.G. Wodehouse
Whatever may be said in favour of the Victorians, it is pretty generally admitted that few of them were to be trusted within reach of a trowel and a pile of bricks.
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