Sharpe's Gold
“In the hallway of the house a clock ticked heavily, but in the ground-floor room, lit by candles, the only sound was the rustling of paper until the tall, hooked-nosed man leaned back and tapped a long finger on the table's edge.
'The siege has not begun?' 'No, my lord." The General leaned forward and drew a square map towards him, scraping it over the table, and put the long finger on a white space in its centre.
'Here?' Major Michael Hogan leaned into the candlelight. The map showed t...he country from Celorico, where they sat, across the border to Ciudad Rodrigo. Crawling up the map, dividing it into three, were the Coa and Agueda rivers, and the long finger was pointing between the rivers, north of Almeida.
'As best we can judge, my lord.' 'And what is there, pray?' The General's finger relaxed and traced an unconscious line down to the writing on the bottom. Drawn by Maj. Kearsey. Q'Master Gen's Dep't. Hogan wondered idly when Kearsey had drawn the map, but it did not matter.MoreLess
'The siege has not begun?' 'No, my lord." The General leaned forward and drew a square map towards him, scraping it over the table, and put the long finger on a white space in its centre.
'Here?' Major Michael Hogan leaned into the candlelight. The map showed t...he country from Celorico, where they sat, across the border to Ciudad Rodrigo. Crawling up the map, dividing it into three, were the Coa and Agueda rivers, and the long finger was pointing between the rivers, north of Almeida.
'As best we can judge, my lord.' 'And what is there, pray?' The General's finger relaxed and traced an unconscious line down to the writing on the bottom. Drawn by Maj. Kearsey. Q'Master Gen's Dep't. Hogan wondered idly when Kearsey had drawn the map, but it did not matter.MoreLess
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