Tuesday, 12 May 2009
A trot-along look
Well, well, thinks I, little Vicky remembers my whiskers after all these years. I recalled how she had mooned tearfully at me when she pinned my medal on, back in ’42 – they’re all alike you know, can’t resist a dashing boy with big shoulders and a trot-along look in his eye.
Flashman at the Charge, p.31, Pan edition, 5th printing, 1979.
Flashman
Flashman quotes
Queen Victoria
whiskers
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