 They arrive shortly after Lassan's murder, by assassins instructed by Ducos, disguised as British riflemen.Lassan's widowed sister, Lucille Castineau, a witness to the murder, mistakenly identifies Sharpe as the killer, and on Sharpe's arrival at the farm, shoots and injures him.Learning of her mistake from Frederickson, Lucille takes the two fugitives in, and nurses Sharpe.