Kindling cruelty

There’s nothing like a spirit of righteous retribution for kindling cruelty in a decent, kindly, God-fearing man – I, who am not one, and have never needed any virtuous excuse for my bestial indulgences, can tell you that.

Flashman in the Great Game, p.185, Pan edition, 4th printing, 1979.

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Honeymoon hints

‘Your highness,’ he said at last, ‘ will be kind to our treasure.’
Strange, my own father-in-law had struck something of the same note before I married Elspeth; it’s a polite way of suggesting you don’t make too much of a beast of yourself on the honeymoon.

Royal Flash, p.155, Pan edition, 8th printing, 1978.

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