Word of a gentleman

I’ve also known from the age of three that “honour” and “solemn oath” and “word of a gentleman” are mere piss in the wind of greed, ambition, and fear.


Flashman and the Tiger, p.227, Harper Collins, paperback edition 2000.


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A rat like him

“Now, make your oath — and take care . . . aye, quid de quoque viro, et sui dicas, saepe cavetto,* mind — even with a rat like him!

*Take special care what you say of any man, and to whom it is said — Horace.


Flashman and the Angel of the Lord, p.55, Harper Collins, 1995.


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Hell and back

“You don’t know the Sikhs, sir, I do. They’ll fight their way to hell and back . . . for that little boy. And for their salt.”


Flashman and the Mountain of Light, p.212, Fontana Paperback edition, 1991.



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Oaths sworn

The Governor had been informed, with the result that brows were being clutched, oaths sworn, fist shaken, and sal volatile sold out in the shops, no doubt. there hadn’t been a sensation like this since the last Presbyterian Church jumble sale. But of course nothing was done.

Flashman's Lady, p.113, Pan edition, 1979.

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Damned beyond doubt

I don’t hold with oaths, much, and I’m not by nature, a truthful man, but on the three occasions that I’ve sworn blood brotherhood it has seemed a more solemn thing than swearing on the Bible. Arnold was right; I’m damned beyond a doubt.

Flashman at the Charge, p.244, Pan edition, 5th printing, 1979.

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