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Best Lighting | 1994 | Arthur
Obadiah Hakeswill has been in five of the Sharpe books, making him, along with Pierre Ducos, the most frequently recurring Sharpe villain.
Differences with the original novel: Prior to the main story, Sharpe had been in England.At the Battle of Ciudad Rodrigo, Sharpe and Harper take out a French gun within the city walls. Here Colonel Lawford is wounded.Matthews is killed by Hakeswill while Sharpe is assisting Major Hogan's engineers with destroying a dam in the river in front of the walls of Badajoz.During the Storming of Badajoz, Sharpe's riflemen are still wearing South Essex uniforms, not 95th Rifles jackets.Captain Robert Knowles is killed defending Teresa and Antonia.Harper threatens to scratch the eyes of the picture Hakeswill hides in his shako and pretends is his mother.Sharpe and Teresa get married on the morning after the Seige of Badajoz.Sally Clayton is not killed by Hakeswill in the end.
Originally, it was a character named Robert Knowles who is shot by Hakeswill. The TV series changed it to Price being the victim.
This episode takes place in 1812.
Harper's Nock volley gun may have its uses but it would make a very impractical substitute for a battle rifle. Besides being very heavy, difficult to aim, and shooting with a remarkably heavy recoil, it also took at least seven times as long to reload. While the loading process could be sped up by not reloading all of the seven barrels, this would incur a loss of power since it only shot small pistol caliber balls, and with low accuracy since it was a smooth-bore weapon, not a rifle. These guns were purchased by the navy for shipboard use, but even the navy soon replaced them.
"Richard Sharpe: I'm a soldier, sir, not a bloody clerk! I fetch, I forage, and I take punishment drills! It's "yes sir, no sir, can I dig your latrine, sir?" and it's not bloody soldiering! Major Nairn: It *is* bloody soldiering! What the hell do you think soldiering is? Just because you've been allowed to swan about like a bloody pirate for years...! Richard Sharpe: Look, sir, when you fling us up against those walls, you'll be glad there's some pirates in there, and not just bloody clerks!"
"[Harper, framed by Hakeswill for theft, is being flogged] Drummer Boy: Ninety-three! Ninety-four! Ninety-five! [Harper has spit out his gag and is grinning widely as the lash lands] Drummer Boy: Ninety-six! Ninety-seven! Ninety-eight! Ninety-nine! One hundred! One hundred and all's done, sir! [Harper is released. Still grinning, he starts to walk away] Colonel Windham: Harper? Come back here. Sgt. Patrick Harper: Sir? Colonel Windham: You're a brave man. I salute you for it. [He tosses Harper a golden guinea. Harper catches it] Sgt. Patrick Harper: Thank you, sir. Thank you. [He walks past Sharpe] Richard Sharpe: You all right? [Harper's grin remains, but his voice quavers] Sgt. Patrick Harper: [whispering] Jesus, it hurts like hell! I couldn't have taken much more."
