Out from under

I was out from under the canopy like a startled stoat...

Flashman and the Redskins, p.244, Pan Books edition, 1983.

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Truckled in my manly way

…he gave a wary start at sight of me—it’s remarkable how many people do—and then asked guardedly how I did. I truckled in my manly way, while he watched me as though he thought I was there to pinch the silver.

Flashman and the Redskins, p.229, Pan Books edition, 1983.

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Flashman's steely nerves

      ‘Oh, Harry, do not move I pray! There is another of those natives quite close!’
      I turned my head and almost gave birth.

Flashman's Lady, p.294, Pan edition, 1979.

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