Monday, 30 August 2010

Simple and shrewd



They were an odd lot, those frontiersmen, simple and shrewd enough, and as easy—and as difficult—to impose upon as children are. But I was glad Wootton would be our guide; being a true-bred rascal and coward myself, I know a good man when I see one—and he was the best.


Flashman and the Redskins, p.63, Pan Books edition, 1983.



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