Whet your prevarications

There’s nothing more discouraging than lying to a poker face, when what you need is gasps and whistles and cries of “I’ll be damned!” and “What happened then?” to whet your prevarications.

Flashman and the Dragon, pp.36-37, Fontana Paperback edition, 1986.

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The only sober man

…and if there was one thing I’ll say for him, he got richer quicker than the only sober man in a poker game.

Flash For Freedom!, p.16, Pan edition, 8th printing, 1980.

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