Wednesday 21 April 2010

Memories of Tom Brown



…oh, aye, that brought back Master Brown to memory sharp enough. He was the mealy, freckled little villain who tried to steal my sweepstake ticket, damn him – a pious, crawling little toad-eater who prayed like clockwork and was forever sucking up to Arnold and Brooke – ‘yes, sir, please, sir, I’m a bloody Christian, sir’…



Flashman in the Great Game, p.334, Pan edition, 4th printing, 1979.




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