You probably think that being a guest in your aunt's house I would hesitate to butter you all over the front lawn and dance on the fragments in hobnailed boots, but you are mistaken. It would be a genuine pleasure. By an odd coincidence I brought a pair of hobnailed boots with me! ' So saying, and recognising a good exit line when he saw one, he strode out, and after an interval of tense meditation I followed him. (Spode to Wooster). P.g. Wodehouse
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The quote is about how Spode would be delighted to be invited to Lucy's house for tea. After all, he had brought his favourite pair of hobnailed boots with him just in case he had to spend the afternoon dancing on the fragments of the broken china in the garden.

Source: Jeeves And Wooster Omnibus: The Mating Season / The Code Of The Woosters / Right Ho, Jeeves

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