Bloody murder

...I tried to take stock of what was, you'll allow, an unusual situation. Here I was, in the summer residence of the Emperor of Austria, loaded for bear, waiting for bloody murder to break out in his policies...


Flashman and the Tiger, p.130, Harper Collins, paperback edition 2000.


Tags: Flashman, Flashman quotes, murder.

Talked cricket

So we talked cricket, while waiting for the attempted murder of the Austrian Emperor.



Flashman and the Tiger, p.128, Harper Collins, paperback edition 2000.


Tags: Flashman, Flashman quotes, cricket.