Furtive looks

…when great men wax confidential I find myself taking furtive looks over my shoulder. I just had to think of Palmerston.


Flashman and the Dragon, p.130, Fontana Paperback edition, 1986.



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Great men are chancy

I had mixed feelings about meeting him; great men are chancy, and best viewed from a distance as the parade goes by.



Flashman and the Dragon, p.90, Fontana Paperback edition, 1986.



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We rogues know

Between ourselves, I didn’t care for him all that much; for one thing, he had greatness, in his way, and I don’t cotton to that; for another, although he was always amiable and considerate, I guess he was leery of me. He knew a rogue when he saw one—and we rogues know when we’ve been seen.

Flashman and the Redskins, p.195, Pan Books edition, 1983.

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