The exquisite code of politeness of the Woosters prevented me clipping her one on the ear-hole, but I would have given a shilling to be able to do it. There seemed to me something deliberately fat-headed in the way she persisted in missing the gist.
P. G. Wodehouse (2008). “Right Ho, Jeeves (EasyRead Edition)”, p.133, ReadHowYouWant.com