Sharpe 16 - Sharpe's Honour
“`It's an execution, Stokeley, not a god-damned christening.'Stokeley decided it would be best not to mention that in his family refreshments were served for both functions. `Very good, my Lord.' He decided he had never seen his master in a worse temper.Nor had he, indeed. The damage that could be done to the tenuous alliance between British and Spanish was immense. No Spanish soldier, so far as Wellington knew, had any love for the Marques de Casares el Grande y Melida Sadaba, but his murder ha...d transformed him into a martyr of Spain. The damned churchmen had been quick off the mark, as usual, preaching their anti-protestant diatribes, but Wellington prided himself that he had been just as quick. The culprit had been tried, a hanging would take place, and all before the sun that had risen on the murdered man would set. The Spanish, ready to mount elaborate protests, had found the wind taken from their sails. They declared themselves satisfied with his Lordship's swift retribution.The Spanish soldiers who were marched into the plaza of the small town were glad of the break in their routine.MoreLess
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