Seven Men of Gascony by R.F. Delderfield

It is a useful way of avoiding giving favors she does not wish to give.

Death Glare: Nicholette is good at this.

Cannon Fodder : The character's profession.

Child Soldiers: Nicholette was raised in camp and followed the French army all her life.

Celibate Hero: Sergeant Jean is never shown seeking feminine companionship except in a fatherly(to Nicholette) or brotherly(to Nicholette's mother) way.

Or to put it another way, she was 'married' to The Squad and it sent three successive representatives.

Battle Couple: Nicholette was part of three battle couples.

Anyone Can Die: And almost everyone does.

A Father to His Men : Sergeant Jean is this to The Squad.

At the end, the scene returns to the old soldier, Gabriel, who gives his sketches to the priest for the benefit of posterity. Their adventures continue to and fro and, in the end, Gabriel and Nicholette are the only survivors and they marry and retire into respectable civilian life. He joins a squad of men and a pretty camp follower named Nicholette. Gabriel enlists in the French army, in the realization that Conscription would find him sooner or later. Then it jumps back to the soldier's memory of when he was a Gascon boy with artistic instincts, named Gabriel. It starts with an Old Soldier telling stories to a priest. Delderfield chronicling the deeds of a group of Napoleonic soldiers.

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Seven Men of Gascony by R.F. Delderfield