Monday, 23 January 2012
Valkyrian proportions
So it was with a light heart and my hat on three hairs that I found myself strolling under the famous lime trees to the Brandenburg Thor a few weeks later, taking a long slant at the Thier Garten in the June sunshine, and marvelling at the Valkyrian proportions of German women...
Flashman and the Tiger, p.27, Harper Collins, paperback edition 2000.
Tags: Flashman, Flashman quotes, proportions.
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