A drawing-room tenor

…Crixus was staring at me with the eager expectancy of a drawing-room tenor who has just finished butchering “The Flowers on Mother’s Grave”, and awaits applause.


Flashman and the Angel of the Lord, p.94, Harper Collins, 1995.


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Chairs to mend!

I didn’t know which side he was on, but it didn’t seem to matter; I believe if I’d shouted ‘Chairs to mend!’ they’d have cheered just as loud.

Royal Flash, p.148, Pan edition, 8th printing, 1978.

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