Sharpe Quote
[Sharpe is bathing, Matthews sees the scars of his flogging on his back, and assumes he's a common soldier.]
Ensign Matthews: For what crime were you flogged?
Sharpe: Who are you, then?
Matthews: What business is it of yours, damn you! Gad, I'll have you flogged again, for you've not learned a lesson it seems.
Sharpe: Eh? Nah, I command the Light Company. You?
Matthews: [backpedaling] I regret, I am Matthews, sir, William. Ensign the South Essex.
Sharpe: Sharpe, Richard, Captain the 95th. I command the Light Company of the South Essex, for the time being. [His voice falters at the end, because the officer riding past is his replacement.]
Matthews: I do beg your pardon, sir.
Sharpe: You saw my back, Matthews. I was flogged for something I never did. You will often be blamed for something you might not have done. But, being an officer, you will never be flogged. Even for something that you will do.
Ensign Matthews: For what crime were you flogged?
Sharpe: Who are you, then?
Matthews: What business is it of yours, damn you! Gad, I'll have you flogged again, for you've not learned a lesson it seems.
Sharpe: Eh? Nah, I command the Light Company. You?
Matthews: [backpedaling] I regret, I am Matthews, sir, William. Ensign the South Essex.
Sharpe: Sharpe, Richard, Captain the 95th. I command the Light Company of the South Essex, for the time being. [His voice falters at the end, because the officer riding past is his replacement.]
Matthews: I do beg your pardon, sir.
Sharpe: You saw my back, Matthews. I was flogged for something I never did. You will often be blamed for something you might not have done. But, being an officer, you will never be flogged. Even for something that you will do.
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