Wednesday 18 July 2012

As dangerous a man



      That was the worse part. Up there, on the top floor, was not only as dangerous a man as I’d ever met, but a top-hole shikari, a night-bird, a trained and skilful hunter who could catch the sound of grass growing.


Flashman and the Tiger, pp.305-6, Harper Collins, paperback edition 2000.


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