He was an odd fish, the guv'nor, and he and I had always been wary of each other. He was a nabob's grandson, you see, old Jack Flashman having made a fortune in America out of slaves and rum, and piracy too, I shouldn't wonder...Flashman, p. 16, Pan edition, 12th printing, 1979.
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I LOVE FLASHMAN
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