It was not until the affair with the Neapolitan corpses that Major Grant became very concerned about Mr Strange the magician. Before this time Grant had been satisfied that Strange’s education in warfare, while doubtless a rude and abrupt one, was proceeding as might be expected. It is a hard thing to watch other men die around you and come out yourself alive, but it is a hard thing that every soldier must develop a tolerance for, alongside pot-holed roads and an empty belly.
Title: A peculiarity of the Iberian Peninsula
Author: equestrianstatue
Characters: Colquhoun Grant/Jonathan Strange
Summary: It was not until the affair with the Neapolitan corpses that Major Grant became very concerned about Mr Strange the magician. Before this time Grant had been satisfied that Strange’s education in warfare, while doubtless a rude and abrupt one, was proceeding as might be expected.
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