SHARPE’S Father, Dear Mr. Cornwell This is fun! I’ll give it another try. I should have looked closely at the fact that Sharpe’s dad was not a historical person and you never wrote about him, so he is completely fictional and totally hidden in the riddle: TAKE ME OUT AND YOU IN AND A HORSE APPEARS IN THIS HAPPY PERSON (pity though, would have loved him to have gen. Baird as his father) The happy person is JACK (Happy Jack) I could only find one horse withe ME in his name: Burmese, Elisabeth II ‘s favorite horse. If me is exchanged for you we get the name Buryouse or probable Buruse or maybe even Byjoux. Jack Buryouse, stealer of jewels? Ironical because Sharpe did follow his father in that profession. I’ll give it another try if this proves wrong again! JACK Buruse then. Love, Constance