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Hakeswill when the sergeant betrays Lawford and Sharpe. The two are captured and Sharpe is tortured until Lawford reveals their mission. Gudin then tells them that the spy they sought in the city had been killed weeks before and fed to Tippoo's pet tigers. They are then imprisoned with McCandless and Hakeswill. During their imprisonment, Lawford teaches Sharpe to read and write.
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Lawford, then sets the mine off prematurely. As a result, many of Tippoo's best soldiers are killed or stunned, and the British enter the breach in the walls. Rao decides to abandon Tippoo and withdraws his men. Sharpe returns to Hakeswill and throws him to Tippoo's tigers, though they inexplicably ignore him. Sharpe then encounters Tippoo, who is trying to flee the city, kills him and loots his corpse.
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