The Sultan's Daughter (2014)
“The six soldiers closed round him, the Sergeant gave an order and the firing party set off.
As they marched through the cantonment, men lounging in the doorways of the huts and others cleaning arms or harness stared at Roger with curiosity. Apparently the fact that he was a civilian carrying a spade and obviously under arrest was enough to tell them that he was going to his death. Evidently, too, a rumour had already run round the camp that he was an English spy, for several of them shook their fists at him, with shouts of ‘A la mort, cochon!’ and ‘Sale Anglais’. He was well aware of the hatred with which the French regarded Britain; so their abuse meant nothing to him, and his whole mind was occupied in an attempt to think of an eleventh-hour ruse by which he might save himself, or at least postpone his execution.
His hot meal and three hours’ sleep had restored him physically, but the shock of finding that none of the men from the Army of Italy had even heard of him, and the abrupt ...way in which General Desmarets had dealt with his case, had robbed him temporarily of his wits.MoreLess
As they marched through the cantonment, men lounging in the doorways of the huts and others cleaning arms or harness stared at Roger with curiosity. Apparently the fact that he was a civilian carrying a spade and obviously under arrest was enough to tell them that he was going to his death. Evidently, too, a rumour had already run round the camp that he was an English spy, for several of them shook their fists at him, with shouts of ‘A la mort, cochon!’ and ‘Sale Anglais’. He was well aware of the hatred with which the French regarded Britain; so their abuse meant nothing to him, and his whole mind was occupied in an attempt to think of an eleventh-hour ruse by which he might save himself, or at least postpone his execution.
His hot meal and three hours’ sleep had restored him physically, but the shock of finding that none of the men from the Army of Italy had even heard of him, and the abrupt ...way in which General Desmarets had dealt with his case, had robbed him temporarily of his wits.MoreLess
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