Endless pictures of German royalty

They don’t often invite me to Balmoral nowadays, which is a blessing; those damned tartan carpets always put me off my food, to say nothing of the endless pictures of German royalty and that unspeakable statue of the Prince Consort standing knock-kneed in a kilt.

Flashman in the Great Game, p.11, Pan edition, 4th printing, 1979.

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Best things

The best things I found however, were the port, and the claret, in which the Scotch have a nice taste, although I never took to whisky.





Flashman, p. 51, Pan edition, 12th printing, 1979.

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I disliked Scotland

I disliked Scotland and the Scots; the place I found wet and the people rude. They had fine qualities which bore me - thrift and industry and long-faced holiness.




Flashman, p. 51, Pan edition, 12th printing, 1979.

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