Sharpe's Prey: Richard Sharpe and the Expedition to Denmark, 1807 by Bernard Cornwell

Author:Bernard Cornwell
Format: mobi
ISBN: 9780060084530
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 2003-04-03T00:00:00+00:00

"Why are you smiling?" Astrid asked as she came back to the balcony.

"I was remembering being a child," he lied.

"So it was happy?"

"No. They beat us too much."

"These children are beaten," Astrid said, "if they steal or tell lies. But it is not frequent."

"They used to whip us," Sharpe said, "till the blood ran."

Astrid frowned as if she was not sure whether to believe him. "My mother always said the English were cruel."

"World's cruel," Sharpe said.

"Then we must try to be kind," Astrid said firmly.

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