Thursday, 3 February 2011
Tossing oranges
…a line of Probyn’s riders, Sikhs and Afghans in shirt-sleeves, taking turns to ride full tilt past an officer who was tossing oranges in the air — they were taking ’em with their sabres on the fly, roars of applause greeting each successful cut.
“Fane’s boys will be doing it with grapes tomorrow, I expect,” says Probyn.
Flashman and the Dragon, p.157, Fontana Paperback edition, 1986.
Tags: Flashman, Flashman quotes, applause.
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