…I’ve noticed that there are few things that a middle-aged man will go in such awe of as an imperious young wife; he’ll face a wounded buffalo, or go headlong into a sabre charge, be he’ll turn pale and stutter at the thought of saying, ‘ I’d rather not, dearest.’
Flash For Freedom!, p.178, Pan edition, 8th printing, 1980.
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