‘What does it mean, Mr Flashman?’ says the Queen.
‘It is a Hindu greeting, marm,’ says the Duke, and my guts turned over as I recalled that he had served in India.
Flashman, p.272, Pan edition, 12th printing, 1979.
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Monday, 23 June 2008
Without thinking I said
...he opened his eyes and said did I speak the language, and would I say something in it. So without thinking I said the first words that came into my head: ‘Hamare ghali ana, achha din,’ which is what the harlots chant at passers-by, and means ‘Good day, come into our street.’ He [Prince Albert] seemed very interested, but the man beside him stiffened and stared hard at me.
‘What does it mean, Mr Flashman?’ says the Queen.
‘It is a Hindu greeting, marm,’ says the Duke, and my guts turned over as I recalled that he had served in India.
Flashman, p.272, Pan edition, 12th printing, 1979.
‘What does it mean, Mr Flashman?’ says the Queen.
‘It is a Hindu greeting, marm,’ says the Duke, and my guts turned over as I recalled that he had served in India.
Flashman, p.272, Pan edition, 12th printing, 1979.
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