Wanting in the head

It was obvious to me that I had fallen in with a lunatic, and possibly a dangerous one, but since in my experience seaman are wanting in the head I wasn’t over-concerned.

Flash For Freedom!, pp.44-45, Pan edition, 8th printing, 1980.

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Half panic, half lunacy

This myth called bravery, which is half panic, half lunacy (in my case, all panic), pays for all; in England you can’t be a hero and bad. There’s practically a law against it.

Flashman, p.276, Pan edition, 12th printing, 1979.

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