You’re not ninety-two

‘But then, you’re not ninety-two,’ he added with satisfaction. ‘and probably never will be, because you won’t look after yourselves as I have done. Mens sana in corpore sano* as they used to tell us at Rugby, and if you believe that you’ll believe anything.’

*A healthy mind in a healthy body (Speedicut)


Mr American, pp.385-6, Pan Books, paperback edition 1982.


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Tea clipper

‘Is the Keppel wench there? Fine buttocks she’d got. But — tea! I’m eighty-eight next May, and I attribute my longevity to an almost total abstinence from tea. Except the jasmine variety — used to drink that out East . . . ’


Mr American, pp.188-9, Pan Books, paperback edition 1982.


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Feared the worst

…if I’ve lived this long it’s because I’ve always feared the worst and been ready for it.

Flashman's Lady, p.83, Pan edition, 1979.

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