Those who think the earl a doddering old fool would suddenly begin to take him seriously.

These are not the acts of a doddering fool.

- but the doddering old fool had brought a stranger with him.

Phoebe was a doddering fool, but trusting - the only one in years to offer a kind word.

You'll look like a doddering old fool for raising a false alarm.

Am I to present the spectacle of a doddering old fool being hacked to bits, in my name?

It seemed that defeat had turned him into a doddering fool.

This is quite a feat, since he has clearly been directed to behave like a doddering old fool.

"Give the doddering old fool his hat," commanded the dragon.

But the Izmir is a doddering old fool who believes lies.