Word of a gentleman

I’ve also known from the age of three that “honour” and “solemn oath” and “word of a gentleman” are mere piss in the wind of greed, ambition, and fear.


Flashman and the Tiger, p.227, Harper Collins, paperback edition 2000.


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A besotted Bohemian

Well, I didn't, in fact, but I ain't a besotted Bohemian. He sighed, long and solemn, like an old horse farting.


Flashman and the Tiger, p.56, Harper Collins, paperback edition 2000.


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Curious ceremonial expression

…and the senior men mounted in full fig, wearing that curious ceremonial expression of solemn intensity, as thought they were trying mot to fart.

Flashman and the Dragon, p.286, Fontana Paperback edition, 1986.


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