"If you believe in a God, miss, pray now."
"You don't?"
"I believe in the Baker rifle and in the 1796 Pattern heavy cavalry sword, so long as you grind down the back blade so that the point don't slide off a Frog's ribs. If you you don't grind down the back blade, miss, then you might as well just beat the bastards to death with it."


Captain Richard Sharpe and Miss Sarah Fry, p. 205 - Sharpe (Novel Series) - Sharpe's Escape (2003)

Bernard Cornwell Quotes

If you believe in a God, miss, pray now. You don't? I believe in the Baker rifle and in the 1796 Pattern heavy cavalry sword, so long as you grind...

If you believe in a God, miss, pray now. You don't? I believe in the Baker rifle and in the 1796 Pattern heavy cavalry sword, so long as you grind...

If you believe in a God, miss, pray now. You don't? I believe in the Baker rifle and in the 1796 Pattern heavy cavalry sword, so long as you grind...

If you believe in a God, miss, pray now. You don't? I believe in the Baker rifle and in the 1796 Pattern heavy cavalry sword, so long as you grind...