"To hell with the handkerchief," said Walter Mitty scornful… - James Thurber

"To hell with the handkerchief," said Walter Mitty scornfully. He took one last drag on his cigarette and snapped it away. Then, with that faint, fleeting smile playing about his lips, he faced the firing squad; erect and motionless, proud and disdainful, Walter Mitty the Undefeated, inscrutable to the last.

James Thurber

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James Grover Thurber (8 December 1894 – 2 November 1961) was an American humorist and cartoonist.

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