Sharpe's Battle - 12 by Bernard Cornwell

Author:Bernard Cornwell
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Published: 2010-01-29T21:07:30+00:00

El Castrador nodded. "The bull rose?"

"A horn in the small of the man's back," Sharpe confirmed. "Well, I am the bull, señor, and I confess to being wounded, but Loup's back is turned. So tonight, when he thinks we're too weak to move, we march."

"But only to watch him," the partisan said cautiously. He had been scorched by

Loup too often to risk a fight.

"To watch," Sharpe lied, "just to watch."

He was truthful with Harper. He took his friend to the top of the gatehouse tower from where the two riflemen stared across the eastern valley towards the hazed country where the village of San Cristobal was hidden. "I don't honestly know why I'm going," Sharpe confessed, "and we've got no orders to go and I'm not even sure we can do a damned thing when we get there. But there's a reason for going." He paused, suddenly feeling awkward. Sharpe found it hard to articulate his more private thoughts, perhaps because to do so exposed a vulnerability and few soldiers were good at doing that, and what he wanted to say was that a soldier was only as good as his last battle and Sharpe's last battle had been this disaster that had left San Isidro smoking and bloody. And there were plenty of carping fools in the army who would be glad that the upstart from the ranks had at last got his comeuppance, all of which meant that Sharpe must strike back at Loup or else lose his reputation as a lucky and victorious soldier.

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