No, it's from the Greyfriars school stories by Frank Richards - Billy Bunter was always trying to borrow funds from his classmates on the basis of an impending (imaginary) postal order from one of his (imaginary) titled relations.
Though, speaking of Wodehouse, I was tempted to use one of Ukridge's cadging lines instead - "That is not the spirit that wins!".
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Date: 2006-03-06 04:40 pm (UTC)Though, speaking of Wodehouse, I was tempted to use one of Ukridge's cadging lines instead - "That is not the spirit that wins!".