Not so fancy footwork

He advanced a pace, squinting up where I was pointing – and the next instant his courting tackle was half-way up inside his torso, impelled by my right boot, he was flying across the cabin, screaming, and Flashy was out and racing…

Flashman's Lady, p.200, Pan edition, 1979.

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Country folk

He was a peasant, with a face like a walnut, and when he saw me he brought up short and stood glowering at me, the way country folk do at everyone who hasn’t got dung on his boots.

Royal Flash, p.187, Pan edition, 8th printing, 1978.

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