All belly and beard

Admiral Tegethoff, a bluff old sport, all belly and beard, munched her knuckles and gave glad welcome to the begrimed and ragged peon whom she presented as the hoch und wohlgeboren Sir Harry Flashman, former aide, champion, and all-round hero of the campaign . . .



Flashman on the March, p.5, Harper Collins, paperback edition 2005.


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Beat the drum

…and when the press starts to beat the drum and the public are clamouring for the foreigner’s blood to be spilled – by someone other than themselves – they have a habit of looking around for their old champions.

Flashman at the Charge, p.12, Pan edition, 5th printing, 1979.

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