Truely an Ignorant Bastard

Mr. and Mrs. Kadizzle are now plowing through the Flashman series.  The books are entertaining and so much of Flashman's life is like our typical politician.  Flashman is as phony and big a chicken as ever existed, but he manages to portray himself as a hero.

In his current pickle he has been forced to impersonate the man about to become the King of Denmark.  On his fist night as the fake Carl Gustaf, Flashman decides he can get away with having sex with the chamber maid.  The chamber maid of course thinks Flashman is Carl Gustaf.  After they procreate, this is what Flashman has to say about the event.

"I've sometimes wondered what the result of that encounter was, and if there is some sturdy peasant somewhere in Holstein called Carl who puts on airs in the belief that he can claim royal descent. If there is, he can truly be called an ignorant bastard".