As a general rule

Well, as a general rule anyone can insult me and see how much it pays him, especially if he’s large and ugly and carrying a tulwar*.

* A sword.

Flashman in the Great Game, p.73, Pan edition, 4th printing, 1979.

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Ain't such a thing

She, the little ninny, was all for it, giving him a dazzling smile and protesting he was too, too kind – this aged satyr who was old enough to be her father and had vice leering out of every wrinkle in his face. Of course, where climbing little snobs like Elspeth are concerned, there ain’t such a thing as an ugly peer of realm…

Flashman at the Charge, p.27, Pan edition, 5th printing, 1979.

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