Not the Guards

'Not the Guards,' I said. 'I've a notion for the 11th Light Dragoons.'
He started at this. 'You've chosen a regiment already? By gad, here's a cool hand!'
I knew the 11th were at Canterbury, after long service in India, and unlikely for that reason to be posted abroad. I had my own notions of soldiering.



Flashman, p.19, Pan edition, 12th printing, 1979.

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