And from Nebraska, too

     ‘I don’t know what you’re talking about, General’
     ‘My God, you’re dense. And from Nebraska, too. She’s my great-niece, ain’t she? You don’t think she’d do the dirty deed herself if she could get some simpleton to do it for her? Of course, she won’t care to admit it, even to herself, but it’s true, just the same. I know my own kind.’
     ‘I don’t believe that for a moment,’ said Mr Franklin. ‘Why she wanted to share the blame — you heard her — she’d have gone to prison like a shot.’
     ‘Yes, I heard her,’ said Sir Harry. ‘Heard myself, in similar situations — when I reckoned it was safe.’


Mr American, p.437, Pan Books, paperback edition 1982.


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More of Flashy on politicians

“… it takes a peculiar combination of the imbeciles, the toady, and the braggart to run for office in the first place.”


Flashman and the Angel of the Lord, p.350, Harper Collins, 1995.


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Bakery admonishment

Of all the cake-headed tricks...

Flashman and the Redskins, p.246, Pan Books edition, 1983.

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Fowl language

Having the brain of a backward hen…

Flashman and the Redskins, p.211, Pan Books edition, 1983.

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A perfect shield

In her, ignorance and stupidity formed a perfect shield against the world: this, I suppose, is innocence.


Flashman, p.58, Pan edition, 12th printing, 1979.

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