He looked up at the reddening sky and said with a self-deprecating laugh, You put me to shame, Seraphina. Your bravery always has.It's not bravery; it's bullheaded bumbling.He shook his head, staring off into the middle distance. I know courage when I see it, and when I lack it.

~ Rachel Hartman

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He was not at the moment in very good odour at Bow Street. Such epithets as Blockhead and Blunderer had been used in connection with his last case. 'Jeremiah Stubbs, miss,’ said the Runner. ‘I am here in the execution of my dooty.

~ Georgette Heyer

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