Showing posts with label gambit. Show all posts
Showing posts with label gambit. Show all posts
Wednesday, 28 March 2012
The Flashman gambit
“I'll be jiggered!” cries he. “It's the Flashman gambit . . . grovel and whine — then strike when your man's off guard!”
Flashman and the Tiger, p.148, Harper Collins, paperback edition 2000.
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Monday, 26 July 2010
The Flashman Gambit
…suddenly I saw that there was only one way, and a slender hope at that, but it was that or unspeakable death. The Flashman Gambit – when in doubt, run.
Flashman's Lady, p.271, Pan edition, 1979.
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