P. G. Wodehouse Quotes

The least thing upset him on the links. He missed short putts because of the uproar of the butterflies in the adjoining meadows.

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• The least thing upset him on the links. He missed short putts because of the uproar of the butterflies in the adjoining meadows.

  

  P. G. Wodehouse
  • Short
  • Him
  • Upset