I'll not deny it

      They say that Yankees are the smartest salesmen in the world, and I’ll not deny it.


Flashman and the Angel of the Lord, p.169, Harper Collins, 1995.


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A leader you can trust

   ‘Turn back, sir! We can’t leave Kirk behind!’
   ‘Can’t we by God?’ growls Spring. ‘You just watch me, mister. If the bastard can’t run, that’s his look-out!’
    Spoken like a man, captain, thinks I; give me a leader you can trust any day. and even Comber, his face contorted with pain , could see it was no go; they were swarming on the bank, and had Kirk spreadeagled; we could see them wrenching his clothes off, squealing with laughter, while close by a couple of them hade even started kindling a fire. They were smart housewifely lasses those, all right.

Flash For Freedom!, p.84, Pan edition, 8th printing, 1980.

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