Flashman and the art of Chinese calligraphy

. . . a little chap was waiting with a bag of silver and a scroll, which I was invited to sign with a paint-brush. When in Rome . . . I painted him a small cat sitting on a wall, he beamed and I strode out to the cart . . .


Flashman and the Dragon, p.95, Fontana Paperback edition, 1986.



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