A drawing-room tenor

…Crixus was staring at me with the eager expectancy of a drawing-room tenor who has just finished butchering “The Flowers on Mother’s Grave”, and awaits applause.


Flashman and the Angel of the Lord, p.94, Harper Collins, 1995.


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When you least expect it

I should have remembered that men like Nicholas Ignatieff are dangerous anywhere – usually when you least expect it.

Flashman in the Great Game, p.46, Pan edition, 4th printing, 1979.

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Unexpected outcomes

Have you noticed that things are never quite as bad or good as you expect them to be – at least, not in the way that you expect?

Flash For Freedom!, p.250, Pan edition, 8th printing, 1980.

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