Sharpes Company by Bernard Cornwell

Author:Bernard Cornwell
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: Large type books, Action & Adventure, Large Print Editions, 1807-1814, Fiction, Great Britain, Peninsular War, Historical, War & Military, Military, 19th century, History
ISBN: 9781850574156
Publisher: MacMillan Publishing Company
Published: 1988-12-15T00:00:00+00:00

The army's going soft, so it is.' Harper laughed. 'And back to a bloody Private, too! They don't even call me a Rifleman in this bloody Regiment. Private bloody Harper.' He drank. 'And when do they think I stole the bloody things?"

'Tuesday.'

'God save Ireland! St Patrick's Day?'

'You were missing from the lines.'

'Jesus! I was with you. Drinking.'

'I know. I told them.'

There was silence between them, a companionable misery. From the slope below came the chink of pick-axes as the batteries were sunk below the topsoil. At least, Sharpe reflected, the two of them had plenty of drink. The Light Company had pooled their resources, scrounged and stolen more, and beneath the canvas shelters there were at least a dozen canteens of rum or wine. 'I'm sorry, Patrick.'

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