And had one of the officer class been present to see it Rifleman Harris would no doubt have suffered such a fate. But they weren't. So he didn't. The contemporary RGJs are very proud of their tradition of recruiting very streetwise soldiers I see no reason why their precursors would have been any more stupid.<br>
<br>Victory and life for beloved Mr Sharpe commanding officer or poncy officer-class notion of honour? No contest really.<br><br>(Harris himself died later in the same game throwing himself in front of Sharpe to take a French bullet '<i>Look out Sir! Aaaargh' </i>sort of thing)<br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Simon Phipp <br>
Alan Richards:<br>
> When I played BRP Sharpe a few years ago Sharpe himself (another PC) was<br>
> duelling a damn frog officer and clearly losing so I shot the froggie.<br>
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Then you should have been strung up from the nearest tree, you bounder!<br>
Cheating in a duel is fine if you can get away with it, but it isn't really the done thing.<br>
See Ya<br>
<br>
Simon</blockquote></div><br>