"Gravity, muzzle velocity, density, intensity, one for his nob, and bullshit baffles brains! There - into the… — George MacDonald Fraser
"Gravity, muzzle velocity, density, intensity, one for his nob, and bullshit baffles brains! There - into the breach, old Whatsit, and if all else fails we'll fix a bayonet on the bloody thing and charge! Fire at Will, he's hiding in the cellar, the cowardly sod!"
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