Battle Flag. Bernard Cornwell

sense that it was now a smile of embarrassment rather than sarcasm. The same men could even see tears in the Colonel’s eyes.

      “Drunk as a bitch on the Fourth of July,” Truslow said in a tone of wonder.

      “I’m not sure,” Starbuck said. “I think he might be sober.”

      “Then he’s lost his damn wits,” Truslow opined.