gin-and-vermouth

Updated: June 17, 2025

Didn't notice how time was slipping." Over the soup, Freddie was still a prey to gloom. For once the healing gin-and-vermouth had failed to do its noble work. He sipped sombrely, so sombrely as to cause comment from his host. "Pipped?" enquired Algy solicitously. "Pretty pipped," admitted Freddie. "Backed a loser?" "No." "Something wrong with the old tum?" "No. . . . Worried." "Worried?"

P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse - The Little Warrior