‘Sir,’ says I, trying to sound furious, with my legs on the point of giving way, ‘I fail to understand you. I am a British officer and, I hope, a gentleman. . .’
‘Oh, I don’t doubt it,’ says he, ‘but even that isn't conclusive proof that you’re a rascal…
Flash For Freedom!, p.132, Pan edition, 8th printing, 1980.
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