Название: Sharpe’s Trafalgar
Автор: Bernard Cornwell
Издательство: HarperCollins
Жанр: Сказки
Серия: The Sharpe Series
isbn: 9780007338740
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Sharpe also stood, ducking his head under the low beams. ‘Thank you, sir.’
‘I’ve no doubt I’ll see you at dinner soon. The baron seems fond of your company. You know him well?’
‘I met him once or twice in India, sir.’
‘He seems a strange man, not that I know him at all. But an aristocrat? Dirtying his hands with trade?’ Cromwell shuddered. ‘I suppose they do things differently in Hanover.’
‘I imagine they do, sir.’
‘Thank you, Mister Sharpe.’ Cromwell tucked his keys into a pocket and nodded to indicate that Sharpe could leave.
Major Dalton was on the quarterdeck, revelling in the gun practice. ‘No one’s matched your marksmanship, Sharpe,’ the Scotsman said. ‘I’m proud of you! Upholding the honour of the army.’
Lady Grace gave Sharpe one of her disinterested glances, then turned back to look at the horizon. ‘Tell me, sir,’ Sharpe said to the major, ‘would you trust an East India captain?’
‘If you can’t trust such a man, Sharpe, then the world is coming to an end.’
‘We wouldn’t want that, sir, would we?’
Sharpe gazed at Lady Grace. She stood beside her husband, lightly touching his arm to keep her balance on the swaying deck. Dog and cat, he thought.
And he felt like being scratched.
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