Killadar

As ever, when Dodd thought of the Killadar, he felt a surge of anger.

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The Killadar cried aloud as he tripped and fell backwards, but Bappoo had kept hold of Beny Singh's yellow silk robe and now he held on tight so that the Killadar did not fall.

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"There was a fight, " Dodd said, and waited while one of the servants translated for the Killadar.

Sharpe's Fortress Cornwell, Bernard 1999

The Killadar must have reckoned that the sight of the women would soften Bappoo's heart, but the Prince's face just became harder.

Sharpe's Fortress Cornwell, Bernard 1999

By then Beny Singh, the Killadar, had already poisoned his wives, lovers and daughters.

Sharpe's Fortress Cornwell, Bernard 1999

Dodd smiled as the Killadar ran, then turned and walked towards Hakeswill who was posted in the bastion above the innermost gate.

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It might have been clumsy, but it was also lucky, for the Killadar had stumbled on a body and was lurching forward, his tulwar flailing as he sought his balance, and the tip of Hakeswill's blade ripped into his throat so that a spray of blood pulsed onto the dead and the dying.

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Dodd was tempted to cut the Killadar down here and now, but the murder would have been witnessed by members of the garrison who were still loyal to Beny Singh, and so instead Dodd greeted the Killadar with a respectful bow.

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"Murdered, probably, " Bappoo said with amusement, 'and Beny Singh became Killadar and took the dead man's daughter as his concubine.

Sharpe's Fortress Cornwell, Bernard 1999

It is the fortress in the sky, the impregnable refuge, the place that has never fallen to our enemies, and Beny Singh is now its Killadar.

Sharpe's Fortress Cornwell, Bernard 1999