He had a cheroot going again; he glanced around, drawing on it, before continuing. ‘I was watching you; I do not think you are a calm man.’
Heaven alone knew what could have given him that impression. To demonstrate my sang-froid I uttered a falsetto moan of inquiry.
Flashman's Lady, p.263, Pan edition, 1979.
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