Before the War you took your secretary to Paris and called her your wife. Now, in order to wriggle through the tax-gatherer's net, you take your wife to Paris and call her your secretary. (Stormont Mancroft, 2nd Baron Mancroft)

Before the War you took your secretary to Paris and called her your wife. Now, in order to wriggle through the tax-gatherer's net, you take your wife to Paris and call her your secretary.

Stormont Mancroft, 2nd Baron Mancroft

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