steely-fronted

Updated: May 19, 2025

At the first bewildering "Q?" from that steely-fronted maid the ritual overpowers you and you bow before porridge, kippers, bacon and eggs, stewed fruit, marmalade, toast, more toast, more marmalade, as helpless as the rabbit before the proverbial boa except that in this case the rabbit swallows its own asphyxiator.

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