Kimberly

“Don’t annoy me, little dog, Tug seemed to say. I know your mother.”
― John Flanagan, Halt's Peril

“This Lady Pauline,” he began, “she must be a fearful person. She sounds like a terrible sorceress.” His face was deadpan, but Will sensed the underlying amusement and replied in kind. “She’s very slim and beautiful. But she has amazing power. Some time ago, she persuaded Halt to have a haircut for their wedding.” Malcolm, who had noticed Halt’s decidedly slapdash hair styling, raised his eyebrows. “A sorceress indeed.”
― John Flanagan, Halt's Peril

“Malcolm doesn’t know everything,” he said shortly. Will couldn’t help grinning. “And you do?” “Of course I do,” Halt replied. “ That’s a well-known fact.”
― John Flanagan, Halt's Peril

“George!” he said, the relief evident in his voice. “Are you all right?” “No! I am not!” George replied with considerable spirit. “I have a whacking great arrow stuck through my arm and it hurts like the very dickens! How could anybody be all right in those circumstances?”
― John Flanagan, The Emperor of Nihon-Ja