foot-in-the-grave

Updated: May 4, 2025

"But I must come in for the title and the estate when the old boy, my cousin, 'shuffles off this mortal coil, and in the meantime the governor stands to me decently enough, and I'm pretty jolly all round." "Tell us about Stephen Gower," says Dulce, after a pause, "He interests me, I don't know why. What is he like?" "He is 'A greenery yallery Grosvenor gallery Foot-in-the-grave young man."

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