Via return of post

      “My views sir? Can’t think I have many . . . oh, I don’t know, though. Wouldn’t mind suggesting to Her Majesty’s ministers that next time they get a letter from a touchy barbarian despot, it might save ’em a deal of trouble if they sent him a civil reply via return of post . . . ”



Flashman on the March, p.287, Harper Collins, paperback edition 2005.


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General or Colonel So-and-so

These Russian civil servants are a bad lot – pompous, stupid and rude at best. They come in various grades, each with a military title – so that General or Colonel So-and-so turns out to be someone who neglects the parish sanitation or keeps inaccurate records of livestock.

Flashman at the Charge, p.128, Pan edition, 5th printing, 1979.

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