Do you know,' said a thoughtful Bean, ‘I'll bet that if all the girls Freddie Widgeon has loved were placed end to end-not that I suppose one could do it-they would reach half-way down Piccadilly.'
‘Further than that,' said the Egg. ‘Some of them were pretty tall. (P. G. Wodehouse)

Do you know,' said a thoughtful Bean, ‘I'll bet that if all the girls Freddie Widgeon has loved were placed end to end-not that I suppose one could do it-they would reach half-way down Piccadilly.' ‘Further than that,' said the Egg. ‘Some of them were pretty tall.

P. G. Wodehouse

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