“"You know how to deal with senior officers?" "Respectfully." "Confuse them. Except for the ones who can't be confused, like Wellington."”

—  Bernard Cornwell

Lieutenant Jorge Vicente and Captain Richard Sharpe, p. 176
Sharpe (Novel Series), Sharpe's Escape (2003)

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