“I think the French are interested only in food and wine', Vicente said.
'I can think of something else,' Sharpe said, and received a stern look from Sarah.
'There is no food here, … just higher things.”

—  Bernard Cornwell

Source: Sharpe (Novel Series), Sharpe's Escape (2003)

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