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Quotation from Kidnapped by Robert Louis Stevenson
“David,” said he, “I love you like a brother. And O, man,” he cried in a kind of ecstasy, “am I no a bonny fighter”
Kidnapped, Chapter X (1886 text)
After the round-house fight, Alan's love for David and his vanity spill out together, the two sides of his character in one breath.
Citation: "David,” said he, “I love you like a brother. And O, man,” he cried in a kind of ecstasy, “am I no a bonny fighter" — Robert Louis Stevenson, Kidnapped, Chapter X (1886 text). (id kidnapped-q4)
Portrait: RLS Kidnapped 1886 US, Robert Louis Stevenson, Public domain.
