Suspicious agricultural activity

I’ve told you my score against Gordon-Cumming — a natural detestation of his supercilious vanity, his unconcealed dislike of me, above all the suspicion that he’d ploughed with my heifer . . .


Flashman and the Tiger, p.240, Harper Collins, paperback edition 2000.


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As only a coward can

I detested her in that moment, as only a coward can when he hears the truth to his face.

Flashman at the Charge, p.283, Pan edition, 5th printing, 1979.

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Mutual feelings

This was Lucan, his own brother-in-law; they detested each other, which isn’t to be wondered at since they were both detestable, Cardigan particularly.

Flashman at the Charge, p.43, Pan edition, 5th printing, 1979.

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