Thou art no fool

      Ilderim glanced at me witheringly, and bit his nail in scorn.
      ‘Bloody Lance,’ says he, ‘ye may be as the bravest rider in the British Army and God knows thou art no fool – but with women thou art a witless infant.’

Flashman in the Great Game, p.173, Pan edition, 4th printing, 1979.

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