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2 | Returning from Seringapatam, Sharpe and Harper agree to escort Madame Bonnet, a fiesty Frenchwoman, and find themselves travelling with a ragtag column of soldiers and civilians. Beset by bandits, Sharpe takes command of the column and soon learns his enemies are not what they appear. |
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6 | * ActuallyPrettyFunny: At the end, Simmerson acknowledges that [[IOweYouMyLife he's alive thanks to Sharpe]], who snarkily quips back "We all make mistakes". Simmerson scowls and grumbles for a moment, before seeing the funny side and [[TensionCuttingLaughter lapsing into a good humoured chuckle]]. |
7 | %%* BaldOfEvil: Dragomirov and Wormwood. |
8 | * BigBad: Colonel Count Vladimir Dragomirov. |
9 | * BigDamnHeroes: Barabas returns in the nick of time with British cavalry to drive off Dragomirov's forces. |
10 | * BitchInSheepsClothing: Dragomirov introduces himself as a friendly and professional officer who is just protecting his men from bandits; it later turns out that the "bandits" are actually local villagers and Dragomirov is actually a ruthless drug baron who has been terrorising the area and killing anyone who finds out about his criminal dealings. |
11 | * EnsignNewbie: Percival Beauclerc. Also counts as a ChildSoldier (his actor was 15). |
12 | * ExposedToTheElements: Sir Henry Simmerson is found tied up naked in a fort. |
13 | * FireForgedFriends: Sharpe and Simmerson find themselves actually fighting the bad guys as part of the same unit, and after the battle, Simmerson is a good deal friendlier to Sharpe than ever before, actually shaking his hand and calling him "Richard". |
14 | --> '''Harper:''' Now I've seen ''everything''. Simmerson shaking you by the hand and calling you Richard. |
15 | -->'''Sharpe''': [[WeWantOurJerkBack I think I'd sooner the bastard he were]]. |
16 | * FrameUp: Wormwood's men confess to helping him frame Barabas. |
17 | * HeroicBastard: Barabas Hakeswill is nothing like his monstrous father Obadiah. |
18 | * SinsOfOurFathers: Sharpe happens to run into the bastard son of his late nemesis Hakeswill, currently under arrest for a theft he didn't commit. Sharpe beats the poor guy up until Harper stops him, but in the end Hakeswill Jr. saves the day and Sharpe and Harper's lives. |
19 | * SlashedThroat: Wormwood’s fate, courtesy of Harper. |
20 | * SnakePit: Sharpe gets tied up in one of these by Dragomirov. |
21 | * TookALevelInKindness: Sir Henry Simmerson, as a result of being left for dead and saved [[IOweYouMyLife by Sharpe]]. |
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