P.g. WodehouseLady Constance's lips tightened, and a moment passed during which it seemed always a fifty-fifty chance that a handsome silver ink-pot would fly through the air in the direction of her brother's head.
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When Lord Peter Wimsey said, “Lady Constance's lips tightened, and a moment passed during which it seemed always a fifty-fifty chance that a handsome silver ink-pot would fly through the air in the direction of her brother's head,” he was referring to the fact that Constance was famously known for her temper. On many occasions she lost her temper and threw things at people.
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