Friday, 4 March 2011

A frenzy of entreaty



      Well, you know what follows when a beautiful young women, threatened by brutal enemies, turns to me in a frenzy of entreaty, hand outstretched and eyes imploring; if she’s lucky I may roar for the bobbies as I slide over the sill.


Flashman and the Dragon, p.254, Fontana Paperback edition, 1986.



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