‘Ah, believe me, until you have anchored off Singapore, or cruised the tropical coasts of Sumatra and Java and Borneo, and seen the glorious China Sea, where it is always morning – oh, my dear, you have seen nothing!’
Nonsense, of course; the Orient stinks. Always did.
Flashman's Lady, pp.53-54, Pan edition, 1979.
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