<P> In C.J. Mathews' "My Awful Dad" (1881) the name Vere de Vere is used humorously as a stereotypical name of a member of the nobility: "You shall sit next to Evangeline Clara Vere de Vere, nee Tadpole, the grand double - jointed sentimental comic clog and pump dancer ." </P> <P> In the 1917 P.G. Wodehouse short story "The Romance of an Ugly Policeman," there is this passage: "Ellen Brown was a nice girl, but she had a temper, and there were moments when her manners lacked rather noticeably the repose which stamps the caste of Vere de Vere ." </P>

Kind hearts are more than coronets and simple faith than norman blood