简介：Pyrennees,September1813 LostintheSpanishhills,Sharpe'smencomeacrosstheattackedremainsofanEnglishwagontrainandthenthesackedvillageofCasaAntiga.TheyfindoutthatbothwereattackedbytheWolfBrigade,namedaftertheircommander,Brig.Gen.GuyLoup.Meanwhile,WellingtonhasbeengiventheRoyalIrishCompany,ledbytheircolonel,LordKiely,thepalaceguardofKingFerdinandVIIofSpain.Theyarerawtroopsandoflittleuse,soWellingtonpoststhemnexttotheFrenchlinesandtasksSharpewithknockingthemintoshape.Hebelievestheywilldesert,andthesoonerthebetter. Sharpestartstoteachthemhowtofight,andsureenough,thedesertionstarts.IntentonretrievingsomeammunitioncapturedbyLoupfromthewagontrain,SharpeandKielygotothetownwhereLoupisbased.Theyareattacked,losingmanymen.TheyalsofindthebodiesoftheirdesertersthathavebeenbutcheredbyLoup. LordKielyinvitesSharpetodinner.AlsoatthetableareKiely'swifeandaSpanishpartisan,DonaJuanita,whoisKiely'slover.Afterthedinner,LadyKielybegsSharpetopersuadeherhusbandtoendtheaffair. Loupattacksatnightandafearsomebattleensues.TheIrishCompanyfightshimoff,andSharpewantstofollowthroughwithacounter-attack.LadyKielyrevealstoherhusbandthatsheispregnantandhesendsherhometosafety.Instead,sheiscapturedbyLoup.SharpeattacksLoup'stown,buttheyreadyforhim.Hehasbeenbetrayed.…