Monday, 28 February 2011
Implacable zeal
…always the same concentration, the same implacable zeal for perfection. No wonder she became mistress of all China — or that the Emperor died of her mattress gymnastics. Ten years? It’s a marvel he lasted ten days.
Flashman and the Dragon, pp.238-39, Fontana Paperback edition, 1986.
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