George MacDonald Fraser Quote
Elgin himself looked ten years younger, now that he’d cast the die, but I thought exuberance had got the better of him when he strode into the saloon later, threw The Origin of Species on the table and announced:It’s very original, no doubt, but not for a hot evening. What I need is some trollop.I couldn’t believe my ears, and him a church-goer, too. Well, my lord, I dunno, says I. Tientsin ain’t much of a place, but I’ll see what I can drum up —Michel’s been reading Doctor Thorne since Taku, cried he. He must have finished it by now, surely! Ask him, Flashman, will you? So I did, and had my ignorance, enlightened.
George MacDonald Fraser
Elgin himself looked ten years younger, now that he’d cast the die, but I thought exuberance had got the better of him when he strode into the saloon later, threw The Origin of Species on the table and announced:It’s very original, no doubt, but not for a hot evening. What I need is some trollop.I couldn’t believe my ears, and him a church-goer, too. Well, my lord, I dunno, says I. Tientsin ain’t much of a place, but I’ll see what I can drum up —Michel’s been reading Doctor Thorne since Taku, cried he. He must have finished it by now, surely! Ask him, Flashman, will you? So I did, and had my ignorance, enlightened.