Kimberly

“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

“It was ten against ten. So, as Svengal later recounted, it was no contest. He had the enemy outnumbered three to one.”
― John Flanagan, The Invaders

“So, you’ll be heading back to Castle Araluen tomorrow?” Halt asked. Gilan regarded him, head cocked to one side. “That’s what it says here,” he said, tapping the dispatch. “But how could you have known that?” Halt smiled. “Just a lucky guess,” he said.”
― John Flanagan, The Red Fox Clan

“Why not?” Then she thought further. “I wonder what Halt will say when we put it to him.” Alyss shrugged. “Well, it’s such a logical idea, he can hardly say no, can he?” “No!” said Halt. “No, no, no—and, just in case you missed it the first time, no.”
― John Flanagan, The Emperor of Nihon-Ja