Sharpe's Tiger (1997)
“Sharpe!” It was Colonel Gudin who, at nightfall, burst into the barracks room. “Come, quick! As you are, hurry!”
“What about me, sir?” Lawford asked. The Lieutenant had been idly reading his Bible as he lay on his cot.
“Come on, Sharpe!” Gudin did not wait to answer Lawford, but just ran across the barracks’ courtyard and out into the street which separated the European soldiers’ quarters from the Hindu temple. “Quick, Sharpe!” the Frenchman called back as he hurried past a pile of mud bricks t...hat were stacked at the street corner. Sharpe, dressed in tiger-striped tunic and boots, but with no hat, crossbelt, pouches, or musket, ran after the Colonel. He leapt over a half-naked man who was sitting cross-legged beside the temple wall, shoved a cow out of his way, then turned the corner and hurried after Gudin toward the Mysore Gate. Lawford had paused to tug on his boots and by the time he reached the street beside the temple, Sharpe had already vanished.
“Can you ride a horse?”MoreLess
“What about me, sir?” Lawford asked. The Lieutenant had been idly reading his Bible as he lay on his cot.
“Come on, Sharpe!” Gudin did not wait to answer Lawford, but just ran across the barracks’ courtyard and out into the street which separated the European soldiers’ quarters from the Hindu temple. “Quick, Sharpe!” the Frenchman called back as he hurried past a pile of mud bricks t...hat were stacked at the street corner. Sharpe, dressed in tiger-striped tunic and boots, but with no hat, crossbelt, pouches, or musket, ran after the Colonel. He leapt over a half-naked man who was sitting cross-legged beside the temple wall, shoved a cow out of his way, then turned the corner and hurried after Gudin toward the Mysore Gate. Lawford had paused to tug on his boots and by the time he reached the street beside the temple, Sharpe had already vanished.
“Can you ride a horse?”MoreLess
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