Just a little Russian creek, and today in any English parish church you may see its name on stone memorials, on old tattered flags in cathedrals, in the metalwork of badges, and on nameplates of grimy black streets besides the factories. Alma.
Flashman at the Charge, p.63, Pan edition, 5th printing, 1979.
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