Sharpe's Ransom by Bernard Cornwell

Author:Bernard Cornwell [Bernard Cornwell]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Sharpe; Richard (Fictitious character), Peninsular War; 1807-1814, Historical fiction, War stories; English, Historical & Mythological Fiction, Short Stories, Short Stories (single author), Fiction, Napoleonic Wars; 1800-1815, Great Britain, Historical, General & Literary Fiction, Genre Fiction
ISBN: 9780972222013
Publisher: Sharpe Appreciation Society
Published: 2003-09-29T15:00:00+00:00

The big man, who hated Sharpe because he was English, had just been going into the inn when he saw Sharpe appear, but he waited in the cold long enough to spit into the roadway as Sharpe passed.

"BONJOUR, Monsieur Malan," Sharpe said cordially, but Malan just ducked into the tavern and slammed the door. Sharpe hauled on the reins, turning the cart down the alley beside the inn. "You don't use the main road?" Lebecque asked suspiciously. "Short cut," Sharpe said. "Sooner we're done, sooner we're warm again." "My God, it's cold," Lebecque grumbled. The corporal tugged his coat tighter about his thin body, and Sharpe knew the heavy coat would make it much harder for Lebecque to extricate the pistol. Sharpe was relying on that, but afterwards? God only knew how he would manage the rescue. The alley turned into a narrow lane that passed the butcher's yard and then ran downhill between banks topped with hedges. It turned sharply east at the top of the slope and then came to a steep and wooded stream. Sharpe would normally have jumped off the cart and walked the horses down the hill, but this day he let the cart's weight drive the beasts down the slope so they were going at a fast trot when they reached the bend above the stream. "Careful!" Lebecque snapped.

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