1 00:01:29,740 --> 00:01:32,490 Where did you last see Lieutenant Graham, Pope? 2 00:01:33,620 --> 00:01:35,770 It were somewhere round here, Major Brand, sir. 3 00:01:35,860 --> 00:01:40,610 I weren't really watching too close on account of t'Frogs all around us cutting and stabbing. 4 00:01:40,700 --> 00:01:42,490 That's when I got this, sir. 5 00:01:42,580 --> 00:01:45,090 Aye, and when I woke up it were dark. 6 00:01:45,180 --> 00:01:48,250 The rest of the patrol were dead, Lieutenant Graham were missing. 7 00:01:48,340 --> 00:01:50,290 Then I came looking for you, sir. 8 00:01:52,420 --> 00:01:54,370 (Gunshots) 9 00:01:54,460 --> 00:01:56,530 - It's a bloody ambush! - Get down! 10 00:02:03,420 --> 00:02:05,010 Two to your left! 11 00:02:07,900 --> 00:02:09,330 No! Please! 12 00:02:09,420 --> 00:02:11,410 That's Graham. 13 00:02:11,500 --> 00:02:13,450 The buggers are using him as bait. 14 00:02:13,540 --> 00:02:15,410 - No! No! - I'll go. 15 00:02:15,500 --> 00:02:17,450 No, no, no, no, no. 16 00:02:17,540 --> 00:02:19,840 I'll go, Sharpe. 17 00:02:21,020 --> 00:02:23,370 SOLDIER: Go on Major Brand Go on sin 18 00:02:23,460 --> 00:02:24,730 SHARPE: Covering fine! 19 00:02:33,540 --> 00:02:36,000 Go on sin! You can do it! 20 00:02:36,100 --> 00:02:38,170 Go on! 21 00:02:46,820 --> 00:02:47,610 Go on! 22 00:02:53,900 --> 00:02:55,890 SOLDIER: Bloody got him! 23 00:02:55,980 --> 00:02:57,610 They've shot Major Brand! 24 00:03:02,020 --> 00:03:03,970 (Soldiers cheer) 25 00:03:11,260 --> 00:03:12,730 GRAHAM: Major Brand! 26 00:03:20,660 --> 00:03:22,250 Major Brand. 27 00:03:22,340 --> 00:03:24,290 Allez. Vite. 28 00:03:41,100 --> 00:03:42,770 Major! 29 00:03:43,620 --> 00:03:45,170 No! No! 30 00:03:47,020 --> 00:03:48,210 (Single shot) 31 00:03:53,620 --> 00:03:56,130 He's got him. 32 00:03:56,220 --> 00:03:58,170 (Soldiers shout) 33 00:04:22,180 --> 00:04:24,130 Harris! 34 00:04:25,740 --> 00:04:27,690 Steady. Steady. 35 00:04:29,020 --> 00:04:30,970 Hagman water 36 00:04:34,620 --> 00:04:36,610 It's too late, I'm afraid, Sharpe. 37 00:04:40,060 --> 00:04:41,410 You did your best, sir. 38 00:04:43,260 --> 00:04:45,210 You did more than your best. 39 00:04:51,820 --> 00:04:53,770 (Bugle call) 40 00:04:56,540 --> 00:04:58,410 What's the matter? 41 00:04:58,500 --> 00:05:00,450 Time to get up. 42 00:05:03,100 --> 00:05:05,050 Don't you hear your bugle? 43 00:05:06,900 --> 00:05:08,850 Bothers you, does it? 44 00:05:11,380 --> 00:05:14,530 Suppose I put something in your ear so you can't hear it? 45 00:05:26,300 --> 00:05:28,250 Stop it, Richard! 46 00:05:40,220 --> 00:05:42,170 Bagpipes could be worse. 47 00:05:45,820 --> 00:05:48,050 I hate the bugle because I hate the army. 48 00:05:49,580 --> 00:05:51,530 Because I hate the war. 49 00:05:53,820 --> 00:05:55,890 We all hate the war. 50 00:05:55,980 --> 00:05:57,930 No, you don't. You love it. 51 00:05:59,260 --> 00:06:01,210 I'm a soldier. 52 00:06:02,260 --> 00:06:04,610 What will you do when you go home, Richard? 53 00:06:11,060 --> 00:06:14,570 You'll still be a soldier... but there won't be a war. 54 00:06:16,260 --> 00:06:19,330 And if there's no war, then you won't be happy. 55 00:06:19,420 --> 00:06:21,370 What will you do all day? 56 00:06:23,700 --> 00:06:26,970 Well... I'll do what every other officer does. 57 00:06:29,140 --> 00:06:31,090 What every other husband does. 58 00:06:32,580 --> 00:06:34,530 Whatever that is. 59 00:06:36,500 --> 00:06:38,410 I'll tell you what they do, Richard. 60 00:06:38,500 --> 00:06:40,730 They ride, they hunt, 61 00:06:40,820 --> 00:06:43,810 they gamble they play cards 62 00:06:43,900 --> 00:06:47,290 They look after their gardens... their dogs, 63 00:06:47,380 --> 00:06:49,330 their libraries 64 00:06:50,580 --> 00:06:53,410 They wine and dine and make polite conversation. 65 00:06:55,380 --> 00:06:57,410 They cut a figure in society. 66 00:06:59,460 --> 00:07:03,730 Is that why you married me, Jane? To cut a figure in society? 67 00:07:06,700 --> 00:07:08,690 I thought you loved me for what I am. 68 00:07:08,780 --> 00:07:10,730 You know I love you. 69 00:07:12,020 --> 00:07:14,050 And you know I love you for yourself. 70 00:07:15,940 --> 00:07:21,010 I just... picture you in my mind's eye back home and I wonder how you'll fit in. 71 00:07:22,700 --> 00:07:27,010 Would you be happy making polite conversation about art and literature? 72 00:07:28,380 --> 00:07:30,330 You mean will I be able? 73 00:07:32,900 --> 00:07:34,810 So... 74 00:07:35,860 --> 00:07:39,250 ...what does this fellow Wordsworth do when he's home? 75 00:07:39,340 --> 00:07:41,290 What do you think he does? 76 00:07:41,380 --> 00:07:42,970 Um... 77 00:07:43,060 --> 00:07:45,010 Paints? 78 00:07:47,540 --> 00:07:50,000 (To himself) Oh, you bloody fool, Sharpe. 79 00:07:50,100 --> 00:07:52,730 Should have known he was a philosopher. 80 00:07:52,820 --> 00:07:54,770 Richard... 81 00:07:56,340 --> 00:07:59,250 I'm a stupid, silly snob. Can you forgive me? 82 00:08:00,780 --> 00:08:02,490 Can I forgive you over there? 83 00:08:20,540 --> 00:08:22,490 Major Sharpe 84 00:08:22,580 --> 00:08:24,530 Major Sharpe? 85 00:08:27,060 --> 00:08:30,130 Do your duty, Richard. I'm going to bathe. 86 00:08:32,980 --> 00:08:34,930 (Mutters) Bloody army. 87 00:08:36,140 --> 00:08:37,250 What is it, Harris? 88 00:08:37,340 --> 00:08:42,850 Beg your pardon, sir, but you're to report to General Wellington's tent at nine o'clock. 89 00:08:44,020 --> 00:08:46,770 Pat, what are you doing? 90 00:08:49,740 --> 00:08:51,970 Shh. Just carrying out orders, sir. 91 00:08:53,620 --> 00:08:57,240 Nosey told us to fraternize with the local population. 92 00:08:57,340 --> 00:09:00,850 Well, in future, when you're fraternizing with the local women, 93 00:09:00,940 --> 00:09:03,010 make sure they're women over 40. 94 00:09:03,100 --> 00:09:05,050 I'll think of that, sir. 95 00:09:07,300 --> 00:09:08,930 Harris. 96 00:09:09,020 --> 00:09:10,970 Sir? 97 00:09:12,060 --> 00:09:16,970 - Have you heard of somebody Wordsworth? - Oh, yes, sir. William Wordsworth. He's a poet. 98 00:09:17,060 --> 00:09:18,730 Not a philosopher? 99 00:09:18,820 --> 00:09:21,170 No, sir. Is that all, sir? 100 00:09:22,740 --> 00:09:24,690 (Quietly) Yeah. 101 00:09:31,660 --> 00:09:35,570 Forward march by the heft! By the heft! 102 00:09:37,460 --> 00:09:39,410 Morning, Ramona. 103 00:09:41,140 --> 00:09:43,090 Thanks for these. 104 00:09:45,540 --> 00:09:47,490 Something the matter? 105 00:09:49,220 --> 00:09:51,170 Something to do with Patrick? 106 00:09:54,140 --> 00:09:55,610 I can tell you? 107 00:09:57,100 --> 00:09:58,610 Yeah. Course you can. 108 00:09:58,700 --> 00:10:02,090 Things are not good in bed between Patrick and me. 109 00:10:03,340 --> 00:10:05,640 Well, you know er... 110 00:10:05,740 --> 00:10:07,370 We all have us ups and downs. 111 00:10:07,460 --> 00:10:09,920 Not me! No ups, no downs. 112 00:10:10,020 --> 00:10:11,530 Steady on. 113 00:10:11,620 --> 00:10:13,330 Look. Patrick Harper, 114 00:10:13,420 --> 00:10:17,170 my husband making a fool of himself 115 00:10:17,260 --> 00:10:19,210 over a gypsy girl. 116 00:10:19,300 --> 00:10:21,250 You know what I'd like to do to her? 117 00:10:26,380 --> 00:10:28,330 Mm. 118 00:10:48,060 --> 00:10:50,010 Mon colonel. 119 00:10:50,100 --> 00:10:52,050 Garde � vous! 120 00:11:29,220 --> 00:11:30,930 Ah, vous? 121 00:11:32,420 --> 00:11:34,490 Gaston! Gaston! 122 00:12:30,020 --> 00:12:32,450 I shall see you at supper some night, Mr. Shellington. 123 00:12:32,540 --> 00:12:37,050 - I do hope so, my dear lord. I do hope so. - Ah. 124 00:12:37,140 --> 00:12:41,490 There you are, Sharpe. I want you to meet Mr. Clarence Shellington of the London Gazette. 125 00:12:41,580 --> 00:12:44,490 This is Major Sharpe, one of our most er... 126 00:12:45,540 --> 00:12:47,650 Well, one of our officers. 127 00:12:47,740 --> 00:12:50,650 Delighted to make your acquaintance, Major Sharpe. 128 00:12:50,740 --> 00:12:52,810 Have you done anything heroic? 129 00:12:52,900 --> 00:12:54,850 I'm afraid not, Mr. Shellington. 130 00:12:56,780 --> 00:12:58,730 - My lord. - Sharpe. 131 00:13:01,100 --> 00:13:02,930 Shame on you Ross 132 00:13:03,020 --> 00:13:04,970 You should have had him stopped at the port. 133 00:13:05,060 --> 00:13:07,970 Poor fellow wants to give you a puff for the public back home. 134 00:13:08,060 --> 00:13:10,930 Puff? Rubbish. Have a look at that, Sharpe. 135 00:13:11,020 --> 00:13:14,800 It's from Colonel Brand, Sharpe. You know Colonel Brand, don't you? 136 00:13:14,900 --> 00:13:18,370 Yes, sir. I was with him in the ambush that won him his promotion, sir. 137 00:13:18,460 --> 00:13:22,410 Well, that ambush created quite a stir in London, as did your report. 138 00:13:22,500 --> 00:13:25,770 The Prince Regent heard of it and Brand did rather well from it. 139 00:13:25,860 --> 00:13:29,770 He raised a special reconnaissance troop. Brand's Boys, they call themselves. 140 00:13:29,860 --> 00:13:33,850 They spend their time far behind the French lines stirring up trouble, making mischief. 141 00:13:33,940 --> 00:13:36,890 That's no matter to me. This is what matters to me. 142 00:13:36,980 --> 00:13:40,850 This report, if it's true, could help us change the course of the war. 143 00:13:40,940 --> 00:13:44,480 Brand believes he's located General Calvet's main powder magazine. 144 00:13:44,580 --> 00:13:48,610 It's in the Rocha cave system 30 miles behind the French lines 145 00:13:48,700 --> 00:13:51,890 - What do you say to that Sharpe? - Let's blow it up, sir. 146 00:13:51,980 --> 00:13:54,130 How would you rate Brand as a field officer? 147 00:13:54,220 --> 00:13:57,920 - One of the best I've ever seen, sir. - You won't complain if he leads the mission? 148 00:14:01,140 --> 00:14:02,530 Of course not, sir. 149 00:14:02,620 --> 00:14:06,450 You think you and Brand can blow the French powder magazine, do you? 150 00:14:07,540 --> 00:14:10,370 - Yes, sir. - You're a damn fool, Sharpe. 151 00:14:10,460 --> 00:14:12,010 Oh. Thank you, sir. 152 00:14:12,100 --> 00:14:16,610 Only one man in the British Army can blow that magazine, and that is Major S Pyecroft. 153 00:14:16,700 --> 00:14:20,010 - And Pyecroft won't blow it for us. - Why not sin? 154 00:14:20,100 --> 00:14:22,660 Presumably he's still a serving officer? 155 00:14:22,740 --> 00:14:26,610 He's a serving officer with half his face missing, and his left hand as well. 156 00:14:26,700 --> 00:14:28,250 What happened to him? 157 00:14:28,340 --> 00:14:31,370 Pyecroft and another officer were working on a bomb. 158 00:14:31,460 --> 00:14:33,760 The other officer made a mistake on the fuse. 159 00:14:33,860 --> 00:14:37,250 Pyecroft spends his time in the desert, as an exploring officer. 160 00:14:37,340 --> 00:14:38,930 Who was the other officer, sir? 161 00:14:40,020 --> 00:14:41,770 Was 162 00:14:44,900 --> 00:14:49,840 I want you and Ross to set out at dawn tomorrow and fetch Major Pyecroft back to camp. 163 00:14:49,940 --> 00:14:52,290 - Dismissed - Sir. 164 00:14:52,380 --> 00:14:53,770 Oh, and, Sharpe? 165 00:14:53,860 --> 00:14:57,400 Show Shellington round the camp. I can't spare another officer. 166 00:14:57,500 --> 00:15:00,370 - Yes, sir. - Oh and Sharpe? 167 00:15:00,460 --> 00:15:03,020 You'd better brace yourself. He's a poet. 168 00:15:03,100 --> 00:15:05,050 A poet, sir? 169 00:15:05,140 --> 00:15:07,090 My wife'll be delighted. 170 00:15:08,340 --> 00:15:10,290 Really? 171 00:15:10,380 --> 00:15:16,010 I'd rather call for the surgeon and have him cut off my goddamned foot with a saw. 172 00:15:16,100 --> 00:15:18,050 - Dismissed - Sir. 173 00:15:19,620 --> 00:15:21,570 We're wasting our time, sir. 174 00:15:22,900 --> 00:15:26,890 - Pyecroft won't touch explosives. - Then you'll have to make him, Ross. 175 00:15:26,980 --> 00:15:29,050 Why me, sir? 176 00:15:29,140 --> 00:15:31,090 Because you know how to hurt him. 177 00:15:34,020 --> 00:15:36,050 You and Pyecroft were close, eh, Ross? 178 00:15:36,140 --> 00:15:38,440 We were good friends, sir. 179 00:15:38,540 --> 00:15:40,730 Just like you and me, Ross, eh? 180 00:15:41,980 --> 00:15:43,490 Find him. 181 00:15:43,580 --> 00:15:45,530 My lord. 182 00:16:18,740 --> 00:16:20,530 Colonel Brand, 183 00:16:20,620 --> 00:16:22,250 so far, so good. 184 00:16:22,340 --> 00:16:26,450 Now you must convince Wellington to send Ross with you on the mission 185 00:16:26,540 --> 00:16:28,770 (Horse neighs) 186 00:16:28,860 --> 00:16:31,650 Bloody gypsies! They'll have seen us. Merde! 187 00:16:37,020 --> 00:16:40,330 Papa! 188 00:16:40,420 --> 00:16:43,370 MAN: Hyah! Hyah! 189 00:16:54,300 --> 00:16:56,250 Hyah! 190 00:17:14,260 --> 00:17:16,170 Papa! Papa! 191 00:17:21,700 --> 00:17:23,650 (Gunshot) 192 00:17:25,420 --> 00:17:27,010 Vete, Zara! Vete! 193 00:17:52,980 --> 00:17:54,490 (Screaming) 194 00:17:54,580 --> 00:17:55,850 (Gunshot) 195 00:18:08,580 --> 00:18:10,530 Bring the horse. 196 00:18:36,260 --> 00:18:38,210 Mama! 197 00:18:41,220 --> 00:18:43,170 Papa! 198 00:18:49,260 --> 00:18:51,210 Mama! 199 00:18:54,300 --> 00:18:56,250 Mama. 200 00:19:14,940 --> 00:19:16,690 (Horse approaches) 201 00:20:11,700 --> 00:20:16,090 I have to persuade Pyecroft to use explosives again, which he swore not to do. 202 00:20:16,180 --> 00:20:18,050 And he's going to be at the beck and call 203 00:20:18,140 --> 00:20:20,730 of your hero, that bugger Brand. 204 00:20:21,860 --> 00:20:24,810 Brand's a brave man, sir. I've seen him in action. 205 00:20:24,900 --> 00:20:26,970 He's been out there for a good few years. 206 00:20:27,060 --> 00:20:29,050 Every time he comes back, he's a hero. 207 00:20:29,140 --> 00:20:31,770 Gone to his head, Sharpe. He's a law unto himself. 208 00:20:31,860 --> 00:20:34,850 From what I hear, sometimes he is outside the law. 209 00:20:34,940 --> 00:20:37,930 Maybe he uses rough methods, but he gets results. 210 00:20:38,020 --> 00:20:40,690 - So do you. - Maybe I do, Sharpe, 211 00:20:40,780 --> 00:20:43,240 - but I don't take pleasure in it. - You're a damn liar. 212 00:21:04,820 --> 00:21:06,690 You'll have to wait this time, Ross. 213 00:21:10,740 --> 00:21:12,770 Come on, Pyecroft, you old buzzard. 214 00:21:15,020 --> 00:21:18,210 You and Pyecroft were good friends, weren't you? 215 00:21:18,300 --> 00:21:20,250 Just like you and me, Sharpe. 216 00:21:22,580 --> 00:21:24,410 Yes, sir. 217 00:21:27,340 --> 00:21:30,370 Though I walk through the shadow of the valley of death, 218 00:21:30,460 --> 00:21:32,530 I shall fear no evil. 219 00:21:34,580 --> 00:21:38,330 Receive O Lord the souls of these poor unknown gypsies 220 00:21:38,420 --> 00:21:41,290 and send down thy vengeance upon their murderers. 221 00:21:44,860 --> 00:21:50,410 En el nombre del Padre, del Hijo y del Espiritu Sancto. Amen. 222 00:22:27,460 --> 00:22:31,290 Dear Lord, what are you going to do for this poor girl? 223 00:23:28,580 --> 00:23:30,530 There he is, sir. 224 00:23:31,900 --> 00:23:34,010 Ah that's him all night 225 00:23:34,100 --> 00:23:36,130 Ha-ha! Well, I'll be damned! 226 00:23:36,220 --> 00:23:38,210 Septimus has got a girl with him. 227 00:23:39,260 --> 00:23:41,770 - Septimus? - Silly, ain't it? 228 00:23:43,780 --> 00:23:45,410 (Gunshot) 229 00:23:49,820 --> 00:23:51,770 (Gunshot) 230 00:23:53,940 --> 00:23:55,970 SHARPE: Good God he'll never make it 231 00:24:04,660 --> 00:24:07,730 The best I can do is down one of them, sir. What about the other four? 232 00:24:07,820 --> 00:24:09,450 Septimus will think of something. 233 00:24:21,620 --> 00:24:25,320 Come on! Come on! 234 00:24:56,100 --> 00:24:58,050 Good to see you, Septimus. 235 00:24:59,700 --> 00:25:01,890 Wish I could say the same. 236 00:25:01,980 --> 00:25:03,930 Major Sharpe. 237 00:25:04,020 --> 00:25:05,690 Thank you, Sharpe. Good shot. 238 00:25:05,780 --> 00:25:07,650 - Sir. - You're probably wondering 239 00:25:07,740 --> 00:25:09,250 why I called you in from the hills. 240 00:25:09,340 --> 00:25:13,210 No, I'm not wondering. You want me to blow something up. The answer is no. 241 00:25:13,300 --> 00:25:15,170 I don't use explosives any more 242 00:25:15,260 --> 00:25:19,490 - You could have fooled me back there, sir. - Those explosives are for my personal use. 243 00:25:20,780 --> 00:25:22,370 Who's the girl? 244 00:25:22,460 --> 00:25:27,250 She's a gypsy. Her parents were murdered. She's too frightened to tell me what happened. 245 00:25:27,340 --> 00:25:29,170 We've got gypsies at the camp 246 00:25:29,260 --> 00:25:31,210 She can stay. Gypsies look after their own. 247 00:25:31,300 --> 00:25:35,690 So they do, Hector. We could all profit from their example... 248 00:25:35,780 --> 00:25:38,570 especially when cutting fuses. 249 00:25:44,940 --> 00:25:46,890 After you... Hector. 250 00:25:54,860 --> 00:25:56,810 DRILL SERGEANT: Come on, come on! 251 00:26:22,180 --> 00:26:24,850 I'm tired and I'm thirsty. 252 00:26:24,940 --> 00:26:27,050 Take me home. 253 00:26:27,140 --> 00:26:28,690 Who is that? 254 00:26:28,780 --> 00:26:31,370 That's Pyecroft 255 00:26:31,460 --> 00:26:33,410 And his gypsy girl. 256 00:26:36,060 --> 00:26:37,770 Why's he wearing that awful hood? 257 00:26:39,820 --> 00:26:41,850 Maybe cos he's twice her age. 258 00:26:41,940 --> 00:26:43,890 I think I should get one of them. 259 00:26:45,460 --> 00:26:47,890 SOLDIER: Colonel Brand! 260 00:27:13,980 --> 00:27:16,170 Welcome to Wellington's camp, Colonel Brand. 261 00:27:22,100 --> 00:27:24,050 Sharpe, isn't it? 262 00:27:24,140 --> 00:27:26,370 I mean Major Sharpe. I beg your pardon. 263 00:27:26,460 --> 00:27:28,690 - You've risen in the ranks - So have you, sir. 264 00:27:28,780 --> 00:27:31,010 Congratulations, Major. 265 00:27:31,100 --> 00:27:34,370 - Thank you, sir. - And who is this good-looking woman? 266 00:27:36,460 --> 00:27:39,810 May I introduce my wife? Mrs. Jane Sharpe, sir. 267 00:27:39,900 --> 00:27:42,170 Pleased to meet you, ma'am. 268 00:27:42,260 --> 00:27:45,290 May I say you are as beautiful as your husband is brave. 269 00:27:45,380 --> 00:27:50,210 Bravery is a subject on which I hear you speak with some authority, Colonel Brand. 270 00:27:50,300 --> 00:27:54,850 Well, my fame follows me like a bucket tied to a dog's tail, my lady. 271 00:27:54,940 --> 00:27:58,450 It makes a great deal of noise but is damned inconvenient. 272 00:27:58,540 --> 00:28:01,000 A bon mot! I must make a note of that. 273 00:28:01,100 --> 00:28:04,370 This is Mr. Clarence Shellington, sir. He works for the London Gazette. 274 00:28:04,460 --> 00:28:07,730 - He wants to write about you sin - Your servant, Shellington. 275 00:28:08,820 --> 00:28:12,570 May I make an appointment to speak to you on behalf of my readers, sir? 276 00:28:12,660 --> 00:28:14,610 Why not do it over dinner? 277 00:28:14,700 --> 00:28:17,260 May I invite you two gentlemen to dine tonight? 278 00:28:17,340 --> 00:28:19,290 What do you say, Colonel Brand? 279 00:28:19,380 --> 00:28:23,160 I accept, madam. But I warn you, I'm a simple soldier. 280 00:28:23,260 --> 00:28:25,820 No fancy dishes. All I require is a good claret. 281 00:28:27,220 --> 00:28:28,570 And you Mr. Shellington? 282 00:28:28,660 --> 00:28:32,570 Bread and water and your company, madam, would suffice. 283 00:28:33,980 --> 00:28:37,680 By the way, Sharpe, where can my men find water well away from camp? 284 00:28:37,780 --> 00:28:42,490 - You're not camping in the main line, sir? - No. My men keep themselves to themselves. 285 00:28:42,580 --> 00:28:43,970 It's a matter of morale. 286 00:28:44,060 --> 00:28:47,730 Well, you'll find fresh water and good shelter behind those trees, sir. 287 00:28:47,820 --> 00:28:50,010 Good. Thank you. 288 00:28:52,300 --> 00:28:56,650 Damn it, Jane. They're dining with us tonight. Who's going to organize the cooking? 289 00:28:56,740 --> 00:28:59,330 We have to find somebody who knows about Frog dishes, 290 00:28:59,420 --> 00:29:02,690 - which fork goes with which knife... - Of course we shall. 291 00:29:05,660 --> 00:29:07,610 Fiddle and pipe 292 00:29:25,340 --> 00:29:27,290 SHARPE: What's going on? 293 00:29:28,620 --> 00:29:33,170 If I find any of you near this gypsy girl again, I'll confine you to camp for a year. 294 00:29:33,260 --> 00:29:35,610 Now, clear off! The lot of you. 295 00:29:39,180 --> 00:29:40,130 Harris. 296 00:29:43,620 --> 00:29:45,810 As you were, Harris. 297 00:29:45,900 --> 00:29:50,010 Now... I'm having some guests for dinner tonight. 298 00:29:50,100 --> 00:29:52,450 How would you like to be chef, eh? 299 00:29:52,540 --> 00:29:55,810 Serve at table, talk Frog, a little la-di-da, eh? 300 00:29:55,900 --> 00:29:58,200 Not very much, sir. 301 00:29:58,300 --> 00:30:00,450 But if you give me Conchita's apple... 302 00:30:03,060 --> 00:30:06,010 That's how it started in the Garden of Eden, Harris. 303 00:30:14,580 --> 00:30:16,490 Buenos d�as, se�orita. 304 00:30:16,580 --> 00:30:18,530 Se�ora, not Se�orita. 305 00:30:20,180 --> 00:30:21,730 And I have a child. 306 00:30:21,820 --> 00:30:24,730 - Pity it's not mine. - Ramona? 307 00:30:26,300 --> 00:30:28,730 See you again... Se�orita. 308 00:30:34,060 --> 00:30:36,360 So who's that ugly buzzard? 309 00:30:36,460 --> 00:30:39,130 How should I know? Never saw him before. 310 00:30:39,220 --> 00:30:41,330 You never saw him before? 311 00:30:41,420 --> 00:30:45,850 Well, by God, you've been doing some winking and twinkling for a married woman. 312 00:30:45,940 --> 00:30:47,530 Married woman? Me? 313 00:30:47,620 --> 00:30:51,160 No, for two months, I have no ups, no downs. 314 00:30:54,660 --> 00:31:00,090 We are here. 60 miles north, this river marks the boundaries of our forces. 315 00:31:01,180 --> 00:31:04,530 30 miles north of the river is the Rocha fort and powder magazine 316 00:31:04,620 --> 00:31:07,290 housing General Calvet's supplies. 317 00:31:07,380 --> 00:31:11,370 50 miles to the east is General Calvet's main camp. 318 00:31:11,460 --> 00:31:17,410 Now, our task is simple. To move north, capture the fort, blow the powder magazine, 319 00:31:17,500 --> 00:31:21,490 and make it back to camp before Calvet's men can intercept us over the mountains. 320 00:31:21,580 --> 00:31:25,930 Congratulations, Brand. It's ambitious and it's rather impressive. 321 00:31:26,020 --> 00:31:30,050 There is one thing, sir. It seems a pity to blow the fort without making a full inventory. 322 00:31:30,140 --> 00:31:31,810 You mean for intelligence purposes? 323 00:31:31,900 --> 00:31:33,930 Perhaps I didn't make myself clear. 324 00:31:34,020 --> 00:31:39,490 General Calvet is rumored to have gathered his stores as well as his ammunition at the fort. 325 00:31:39,580 --> 00:31:43,170 An inventory would give us a picture of Napoleon's intentions in the area. 326 00:31:43,260 --> 00:31:45,610 Perhaps I should go on the mission, sir. 327 00:31:45,700 --> 00:31:48,490 Sniff round the fort, make a full survey of the stores. 328 00:31:48,580 --> 00:31:52,410 Put it all together it would give us a glimpse into Calvet's mind 329 00:31:52,500 --> 00:31:55,850 I would be risking my head of intelligence on nothing more than a rumor 330 00:31:55,940 --> 00:31:58,930 that the Rocha fort is the center of Calvet's storage system. 331 00:31:59,020 --> 00:32:02,170 Yes, sir, I think it might well be a risk worth taking, eh, Brand? 332 00:32:02,260 --> 00:32:06,650 I can assure you, my lord... my information is never wrong. 333 00:32:08,180 --> 00:32:10,210 Very well. 334 00:32:10,300 --> 00:32:13,770 Colonel Brand and his men will set out at dawn the day after tomorrow. 335 00:32:13,860 --> 00:32:16,970 They will scout one day ahead of the main body of infantry, 336 00:32:17,060 --> 00:32:20,530 to be commanded by Major Sharpe. Sharpe will also be responsible 337 00:32:20,620 --> 00:32:24,610 for the security of a party of sappers and engineers to be commanded by Major Pyecroft. 338 00:32:24,700 --> 00:32:27,260 Will that be all, sir? I've had a long journey 339 00:32:27,340 --> 00:32:30,770 and should like to make myself presentable enough to dine with Major Sharpe 340 00:32:30,860 --> 00:32:34,850 - and his wife tonight - I'm obliged for the information. Dismissed. 341 00:32:38,900 --> 00:32:41,730 Colonel Brand seems to think very highly of you, Sharpe. 342 00:32:41,820 --> 00:32:44,380 Seems so, sir. 343 00:32:44,460 --> 00:32:47,330 Well, don't let it go to your head. 344 00:32:47,420 --> 00:32:49,770 One minute you're showing poets round the camp, 345 00:32:49,860 --> 00:32:53,010 the next you're throwing dinner parties for senior officers. 346 00:32:53,100 --> 00:32:56,090 You're cutting quite a figure in society, Sharpe. 347 00:32:56,180 --> 00:32:57,730 Thank you, sir. 348 00:32:57,820 --> 00:32:59,850 Major Pyecroft to see you, sir. 349 00:33:03,980 --> 00:33:08,050 I respectfully request not to be assigned to this mission as explosives officer, sir. 350 00:33:08,140 --> 00:33:10,290 Request denied, Major Pyecroft. 351 00:33:10,380 --> 00:33:12,650 A man under duress may not do his best work, sir. 352 00:33:12,740 --> 00:33:15,930 Let me make something clear to you, Pyecroft. 353 00:33:16,020 --> 00:33:18,050 You have two choices. 354 00:33:18,140 --> 00:33:20,370 Either you blow up the Rocha powder magazine 355 00:33:20,460 --> 00:33:25,530 or I'll return you to the regular army list and find an excuse to send you back to London. 356 00:33:25,620 --> 00:33:30,090 See how you like it in your leather hood with children pointing at you in the street. 357 00:33:30,180 --> 00:33:32,410 (Clears throat) 358 00:33:34,340 --> 00:33:36,570 Well? 359 00:33:36,660 --> 00:33:38,610 I'll blow the magazine, sir. 360 00:33:39,780 --> 00:33:41,930 Dismissed. 361 00:33:47,380 --> 00:33:49,330 Sir. 362 00:33:52,620 --> 00:33:54,570 What do you think, Ross? 363 00:33:55,620 --> 00:33:58,530 Colonel Brand has offered us an interesting opportunity. 364 00:33:58,620 --> 00:34:00,010 Can we exploit it? 365 00:34:00,100 --> 00:34:02,810 Too early to say. 366 00:34:02,900 --> 00:34:05,250 I'll only find out by going on the mission. 367 00:34:06,380 --> 00:34:10,410 By then it may be too late, Ross. Too late for you. 368 00:34:10,500 --> 00:34:12,450 (Sneezes) 369 00:34:14,180 --> 00:34:15,850 That's what you pay me for, sir. 370 00:34:17,460 --> 00:34:20,690 May I compliment you on an excellent meal, my lady? 371 00:34:20,780 --> 00:34:25,800 It tasted all the sweeter since we spent the last six weeks foraging for food behind enemy lines. 372 00:34:25,900 --> 00:34:28,170 How wonderful to live like a gypsy. 373 00:34:29,260 --> 00:34:32,090 And... what a good idea for a portrait. 374 00:34:33,860 --> 00:34:35,690 Would you sit for me, dear lady? 375 00:34:37,020 --> 00:34:39,400 Some rings, a scarf. 376 00:34:39,500 --> 00:34:43,170 Oh, please say you will. The Romanies are so romantic. 377 00:34:43,260 --> 00:34:44,970 I'm sorry to hear you say that. 378 00:34:46,500 --> 00:34:49,570 I myself hold no regard for the culture of the gypsy race. 379 00:34:49,660 --> 00:34:54,570 Nor I. I merely meant that they were a good source of poetic inspiration. 380 00:34:56,380 --> 00:35:00,490 I shall be glad to get myself up if you wish to paint my portrait. 381 00:35:00,580 --> 00:35:04,280 I'm sure Mr. Shellington's admiration of the Romany race is purely artistic. 382 00:35:04,380 --> 00:35:05,690 Absolutely. 383 00:35:06,940 --> 00:35:10,090 Absolutely, my dear lady. How aptly put. 384 00:35:10,180 --> 00:35:13,330 You don't see gypsies as a suitable subject for poetry, Shellington? 385 00:35:13,420 --> 00:35:16,890 The sublime is my only subject, Colonel Brand. 386 00:35:16,980 --> 00:35:21,090 I'm glad to hear it. Soldiers should confine themselves to shooting. 387 00:35:21,180 --> 00:35:24,850 Poets should confine themselves to the sublime. 388 00:35:24,940 --> 00:35:28,690 Pray, what do you think is the proper subject for painters? 389 00:35:28,780 --> 00:35:32,400 I think painters should confine themselves to nature. 390 00:35:32,500 --> 00:35:33,890 Sunsets and suchlike. 391 00:35:33,980 --> 00:35:36,050 You are a student of nature, sir? 392 00:35:36,140 --> 00:35:39,090 Absolutely. Do you know why? 393 00:35:40,580 --> 00:35:42,810 Because I am a soldier. 394 00:35:43,900 --> 00:35:46,690 What's the first thing you notice about nature, Shellington? 395 00:35:48,780 --> 00:35:53,050 You notice that the strong animals survive and the weak fall away. 396 00:35:53,140 --> 00:35:55,090 That's how the world is 397 00:35:56,380 --> 00:36:00,530 The strong survive and the weak die. That's how it should be. 398 00:36:00,620 --> 00:36:02,370 That way you breed a strong race. 399 00:36:04,820 --> 00:36:09,170 Survival of the strongest is the principle upon which I conduct my troop. 400 00:36:09,260 --> 00:36:11,130 I work my men hand 401 00:36:12,180 --> 00:36:14,090 Those that can keep up I promote 402 00:36:15,180 --> 00:36:18,130 Those that can't I have no use for 403 00:36:19,220 --> 00:36:22,130 What about the wounded, sir? 404 00:36:22,220 --> 00:36:24,250 Wounded? 405 00:36:24,340 --> 00:36:28,410 In battle, sir, some men are killed, some survive and some men are wounded. 406 00:36:28,500 --> 00:36:30,930 The wounded are always the greatest burden. 407 00:36:31,020 --> 00:36:32,730 What do you do about them? 408 00:36:32,820 --> 00:36:34,770 We leave them, Sharpe. 409 00:36:36,060 --> 00:36:39,370 This is war. War is no place for the weak. 410 00:36:39,460 --> 00:36:41,570 That's a big change. 411 00:36:41,660 --> 00:36:44,010 Change? What do you mean? 412 00:36:44,100 --> 00:36:48,170 When I first met you, sir... you tried to rescue a wounded man under fire. 413 00:36:51,060 --> 00:36:53,410 Well, let's just say I felt lucky that day. 414 00:37:07,660 --> 00:37:09,530 Out late, my little lady. 415 00:37:09,620 --> 00:37:12,050 I'm not your little lady. 416 00:37:12,140 --> 00:37:17,000 That's right, you're Sergeant Harper's little lady, but he don't treat you right, do he? 417 00:37:17,100 --> 00:37:21,450 You would understand better what happened if you were married, Sergeant Pope. 418 00:37:21,540 --> 00:37:23,090 Married? Me? 419 00:37:23,180 --> 00:37:25,370 Oh, no, I like to stay free as a bird. 420 00:37:25,460 --> 00:37:27,410 Huh. What kind of bird? 421 00:37:28,740 --> 00:37:30,530 A cuckoo. 422 00:37:30,620 --> 00:37:33,490 I like to... lay my eggs in a nest and then I moves on. 423 00:37:34,540 --> 00:37:36,490 I'd love to lay an egg in your nest. 424 00:37:39,820 --> 00:37:41,850 Come here, you bitch! 425 00:37:53,100 --> 00:37:55,050 You whore! 426 00:37:56,300 --> 00:37:58,250 (Harper groans) 427 00:38:04,420 --> 00:38:06,650 I'm not a whore. 428 00:38:06,740 --> 00:38:08,690 I am the wife of Patrick Harper. 429 00:38:10,780 --> 00:38:14,090 I'm sorry you can't stay longer, sir. We won't keep you from your bed. 430 00:38:15,460 --> 00:38:16,930 Bed? 431 00:38:17,020 --> 00:38:20,010 I'm not for bed. I shall go back now and turn out the guard. 432 00:38:21,300 --> 00:38:25,690 I turn them out three times a night. Do it myself. Keeps them on their toes. 433 00:38:27,300 --> 00:38:29,290 Well, good night, sir. 434 00:38:29,380 --> 00:38:32,570 Good night, Sharpe. Good night, my lady. 435 00:38:33,700 --> 00:38:35,410 Till tomorrow, Shellington. 436 00:38:35,500 --> 00:38:40,210 As Shakespeare says in Hamlet: Good night, dear Prince. 437 00:38:44,700 --> 00:38:46,250 Your carriage awaits, 438 00:38:46,340 --> 00:38:48,090 Mr. Shellington 439 00:38:49,140 --> 00:38:52,370 It was so pleasant to have you here tonight, Mr. Shellington. 440 00:38:52,460 --> 00:38:56,370 To hear polite conversation, talk of poetry. 441 00:38:56,460 --> 00:38:58,170 I hope we will see you again. 442 00:38:58,260 --> 00:39:01,490 I shall see you all night in my dreams, 443 00:39:01,580 --> 00:39:03,530 dear lady 444 00:39:22,020 --> 00:39:23,970 Wasn't it a wonderful evening? 445 00:39:30,180 --> 00:39:32,130 (Door opens and closes) 446 00:39:39,060 --> 00:39:42,330 May I be excused as soon as I put everything to rights, sir? 447 00:39:44,180 --> 00:39:48,330 - What's your rush, Harris? - I've an appointment with a young lady, sir. 448 00:39:50,020 --> 00:39:51,970 Well, good luck to you, then. 449 00:39:54,340 --> 00:39:56,290 Mr. Shellington, sir... 450 00:39:59,060 --> 00:40:01,170 What about him, Harris? 451 00:40:01,260 --> 00:40:03,890 Well, his quotation from Shakespeare was incorrect. 452 00:40:03,980 --> 00:40:07,450 The phrase is from Hamlet, but it's not "Good night, dean Prince," 453 00:40:07,540 --> 00:40:09,610 it's "Good night sweet Prince" 454 00:40:11,700 --> 00:40:13,610 What's your point, Harris? 455 00:40:13,700 --> 00:40:17,400 My point, sir, is that Shellington does not know a lot about literature, 456 00:40:17,500 --> 00:40:19,250 but he knows a lot about women. 457 00:40:32,260 --> 00:40:34,250 Good night, dear Prince. 458 00:40:43,340 --> 00:40:45,290 Good night, sweet Prince. 459 00:40:53,500 --> 00:40:55,250 Conchita. 460 00:41:13,740 --> 00:41:15,690 (Distant bugle) 461 00:41:27,940 --> 00:41:30,010 Garrotte. 462 00:41:30,100 --> 00:41:34,330 The Portuguese use it a lot. Your fellow Harris probably saw them do it when he was in Lisbon. 463 00:41:35,660 --> 00:41:38,290 You think Harris could have done this... sir? 464 00:41:39,420 --> 00:41:42,650 Well, it seems he was fond of one of the gypsies. 465 00:41:42,740 --> 00:41:46,490 He probably tried to make love to her, the others came along and he killed them all. 466 00:41:52,220 --> 00:41:53,850 Who reported this murder? 467 00:41:53,940 --> 00:41:55,730 I did, sir. 468 00:41:57,820 --> 00:42:00,250 So, Harris goes to her caravan in the dead of night, 469 00:42:00,340 --> 00:42:03,810 chokes her to death, and he calls you in? 470 00:42:03,900 --> 00:42:05,850 Make sense to you, sir? 471 00:42:07,020 --> 00:42:10,290 It does seem you may have been a bit hasty, Provost Marshal. 472 00:42:14,940 --> 00:42:16,290 Thank you, sir. 473 00:42:16,380 --> 00:42:20,000 I will have to arrange a court of inquiry, possibly a court martial. 474 00:42:21,060 --> 00:42:24,050 In the meantime, this man will be confined to camp 475 00:42:24,140 --> 00:42:26,090 and will be in your care. 476 00:42:30,620 --> 00:42:33,130 Good of you to go out on a limb like that, sir. 477 00:42:33,220 --> 00:42:35,490 Forget it. 478 00:42:35,580 --> 00:42:39,250 Just as we must hope that Pyecroft can forget his poor gypsy girl. 479 00:42:41,340 --> 00:42:43,290 What gypsy girl was that, sir? 480 00:42:44,620 --> 00:42:47,490 Wasn't Pyecroft's gypsy girl murdered last night? 481 00:42:49,020 --> 00:42:50,970 What makes you think that, sir? 482 00:42:51,060 --> 00:42:54,290 I thought she was staying here with the others. 483 00:42:54,380 --> 00:42:57,530 No, sir, she was staying with Pyecroft last night, sir. 484 00:42:58,860 --> 00:43:00,810 Lucky for her. 485 00:43:02,620 --> 00:43:05,130 So, Pyecroft got himself a gypsy. 486 00:43:06,980 --> 00:43:09,730 Who else would have him, eh? 487 00:43:09,820 --> 00:43:12,970 I'll be on my way, Sharpe. Call on my assistance any time. 488 00:43:13,060 --> 00:43:15,520 Thank you sin 489 00:43:17,740 --> 00:43:19,530 You're in big bloody trouble, Harris. 490 00:43:19,620 --> 00:43:22,330 I know, sir. Prima facie doesn't look good, sir. 491 00:43:22,420 --> 00:43:24,370 Prima facie? What do you mean, prima facie? 492 00:43:24,460 --> 00:43:26,570 Latin, sir. Prima facie. At first sight. 493 00:43:26,660 --> 00:43:28,610 Look, shut up, Harris. 494 00:43:30,060 --> 00:43:31,850 What have you got to say for yourself? 495 00:43:31,940 --> 00:43:34,500 Nil desperandum, sir. Never say die. 496 00:43:34,580 --> 00:43:39,370 Harris, until this matter is resolved, you're my responsibility. 497 00:43:42,460 --> 00:43:46,210 While I'm on this mission... you will act as manservant to my wife. 498 00:43:47,700 --> 00:43:50,610 You're letting a suspected murderer look after your wife, sir? 499 00:43:50,700 --> 00:43:55,560 Harris, I am posting you to my household as I would post you to a position on a battlefield. 500 00:43:57,740 --> 00:43:59,690 Yes, sir! 501 00:44:34,540 --> 00:44:35,930 The ring sir The ring 502 00:44:38,860 --> 00:44:41,650 Here I am Colonel Brand as we arranged 503 00:44:44,540 --> 00:44:46,290 Well, this won't do at all. 504 00:44:46,380 --> 00:44:51,010 You must don a most heroic uniform and sit on a most heroic horse. 505 00:44:51,100 --> 00:44:53,930 The readers of the Gazette pay two pennies for my paper, sir, 506 00:44:54,020 --> 00:44:55,650 and they expect to see the sublime. 507 00:44:58,100 --> 00:45:01,410 Don't worry, Shellington, I'll give your readers their money's worth. 508 00:45:06,620 --> 00:45:08,920 Put it away, Pyecroft. 509 00:45:14,540 --> 00:45:16,490 Sit down. 510 00:45:20,180 --> 00:45:22,640 I want you to put your mind to this, Pyecroft. 511 00:45:23,940 --> 00:45:27,370 Last night, somebody came into the camp and killed three gypsies. 512 00:45:27,460 --> 00:45:29,730 A man and two women. No apparent reason. 513 00:45:29,820 --> 00:45:33,570 Zara told me the men that killed her mother and father spoke English. 514 00:45:33,660 --> 00:45:37,530 She heard them shouting. And she's seen her parents' horses in this camp. 515 00:45:37,620 --> 00:45:41,370 They cut a ring from her mother's finger, shaped like a snake. 516 00:45:41,460 --> 00:45:43,410 She made a drawing of it for me. 517 00:45:45,660 --> 00:45:47,690 When they discover their mistake 518 00:45:47,780 --> 00:45:49,730 they'll come after her. 519 00:45:51,660 --> 00:45:54,250 You can't take Zara on this mission with you, Pyecroft. 520 00:45:56,220 --> 00:45:58,170 She can stay with Ramona. 521 00:45:58,260 --> 00:46:00,820 She'll be safe here. 522 00:46:00,900 --> 00:46:02,970 Much obliged, Sharpe. 523 00:46:26,260 --> 00:46:28,250 Sir. 524 00:46:28,340 --> 00:46:30,090 Sharpe. 525 00:46:30,180 --> 00:46:31,930 I'm concerned about this mission, sir. 526 00:46:32,020 --> 00:46:35,640 Attempting to blow up a French powder magazine is reasonable cause for concern. 527 00:46:35,740 --> 00:46:39,490 It's not that, sir. It's the man leading the mission that worries me. 528 00:46:39,580 --> 00:46:42,250 You agreed. Are you questioning His Lordship's orders? 529 00:46:42,340 --> 00:46:44,610 - No, sir, but... - Go back and prepare your men. 530 00:46:44,700 --> 00:46:46,650 Leave the thinking to me. 531 00:46:49,300 --> 00:46:51,250 Yes, sir. 532 00:46:59,740 --> 00:47:01,450 Right double up! 533 00:47:02,500 --> 00:47:04,250 Fall in! 534 00:47:20,380 --> 00:47:22,330 Don't worry, Harper. 535 00:47:23,580 --> 00:47:25,530 Your turn will come. 536 00:47:28,020 --> 00:47:29,970 Let's get them moving. 537 00:47:34,500 --> 00:47:36,770 HARPER: Company shoulder arms! 538 00:47:36,860 --> 00:47:38,810 Right face! 539 00:47:40,820 --> 00:47:43,010 Left wheel quick march! 540 00:50:25,420 --> 00:50:27,370 BRAND: Clesson's got the bait 541 00:50:39,060 --> 00:50:41,010 Alors, mes enfants. 542 00:51:08,340 --> 00:51:12,570 I'm sorry about keeping you from the rest of the camp, but I have my reasons. 543 00:51:12,660 --> 00:51:14,610 No need to apologize, Sharpe. 544 00:51:15,780 --> 00:51:17,730 I'm used to being on my own. 545 00:51:35,220 --> 00:51:38,130 Well... you won't be on your own tonight. 546 00:51:49,660 --> 00:51:51,010 Thank you, Sharpe. 547 00:52:50,420 --> 00:52:52,370 (Whistles) 548 00:52:59,060 --> 00:53:01,090 Brings back fond memories, eh, sir? 549 00:53:02,980 --> 00:53:04,930 I beg your pardon, sir. 550 00:53:05,020 --> 00:53:06,770 It's all right. 551 00:53:07,820 --> 00:53:09,770 Just keep an eye on 'em, eh? 552 00:53:11,100 --> 00:53:13,560 - I don't know who's about. - Don't you worry, sir. 553 00:53:13,660 --> 00:53:16,010 Me and this old lass, we'll look after 'em. 554 00:53:39,020 --> 00:53:42,090 It is entitled Thinking Of Tomorrow's Battle. 555 00:53:44,380 --> 00:53:48,160 Shouldn't it be called Thinking Of Going Home, Mr. Shellington? 556 00:53:48,260 --> 00:53:52,010 The people who buy the Gazette want to read about the spirit of war, Major Sharpe, 557 00:53:52,100 --> 00:53:54,210 and that is what I'm here to sketch. 558 00:54:00,780 --> 00:54:02,690 Spirit of war eh? 559 00:54:02,780 --> 00:54:04,210 Very good. 560 00:54:05,460 --> 00:54:09,290 - Carry on, Mr. Shellington. - Good night, Major Sharpe. 561 00:54:09,380 --> 00:54:10,650 Good night, sweet Prince. 562 00:54:27,140 --> 00:54:28,690 Congratulations Colonel 563 00:54:28,780 --> 00:54:32,170 You must be able to smell the garlic. 564 00:54:57,020 --> 00:54:58,810 Charge! 565 00:54:58,900 --> 00:55:01,090 (Battle cries) 566 00:55:09,940 --> 00:55:13,010 La poudre. La poudre, elle est foutue. 567 00:55:30,420 --> 00:55:32,010 Surrender? Yeah, course you can. 568 00:55:41,980 --> 00:55:43,930 Get 'em moving over here! 569 00:55:47,700 --> 00:55:49,570 Non. Non. 570 00:55:50,620 --> 00:55:54,050 Non s'il vous plait Non monsieur! Non s'il vous plait! 571 00:56:04,220 --> 00:56:06,170 Frogs... 572 00:56:20,660 --> 00:56:22,530 What is it? 573 00:56:22,620 --> 00:56:25,080 - What is it? - Best stay back, Mr. Shellington. 574 00:56:25,180 --> 00:56:27,930 A few dead Frogs down there. It's not a pretty sight. 575 00:56:28,020 --> 00:56:30,250 Don't be silly, Mr. Sharpe. 576 00:56:30,340 --> 00:56:32,290 That's what I came to see. 577 00:56:32,380 --> 00:56:34,250 The spirit of war. 578 00:56:34,340 --> 00:56:35,890 The sights of war. 579 00:56:35,980 --> 00:56:37,930 The sounds of war. 580 00:56:39,180 --> 00:56:41,450 The sounds of war, Mr. Shellington? 581 00:56:41,540 --> 00:56:44,130 You'll hear the sound of war down there all night 582 00:56:44,220 --> 00:56:46,810 It's a very soft sound. 583 00:56:46,900 --> 00:56:49,090 And a very dirty sound. 584 00:56:53,980 --> 00:56:55,930 (Hushed chatter) 585 00:57:01,940 --> 00:57:03,890 OFFICER: Column... halt! 586 00:57:03,980 --> 00:57:05,650 Stay still! 587 00:57:05,740 --> 00:57:07,770 Stay where you are lads Stay back 588 00:57:28,980 --> 00:57:30,930 SHARPE: Sir Pyecroft 589 00:57:37,300 --> 00:57:39,250 You notice anything? 590 00:57:39,340 --> 00:57:42,090 - What, Sharpe? - There's no losses on our side. 591 00:57:43,380 --> 00:57:45,330 Not a Redcoat amongst 'em. 592 00:57:46,780 --> 00:57:49,010 Brand's the only one ahead of us. 593 00:57:49,100 --> 00:57:51,050 Must have taken them by surprise. 594 00:57:52,220 --> 00:57:54,170 Maybe. 595 00:57:58,140 --> 00:58:00,090 Hold your hand out, sir. 596 00:58:07,620 --> 00:58:09,570 Have a look at them, Pyecroft. 597 00:58:17,700 --> 00:58:20,450 What the devil are you looking for, Sharpe? 598 00:58:20,540 --> 00:58:22,490 The man who ran the furthest. 599 00:58:24,700 --> 00:58:26,650 There he is. 600 00:58:38,780 --> 00:58:43,370 - How do you think this man died? - Slashed to death with a saber, for God's sake. 601 00:58:43,460 --> 00:58:45,410 What are you playing at, Sharpe? 602 00:58:46,740 --> 00:58:48,690 Take a closer look, sir. 603 00:58:54,340 --> 00:58:56,170 Good God. 604 00:58:57,220 --> 00:58:59,170 Sharpe Ross 605 00:59:05,620 --> 00:59:07,570 What is it, Pyecroft? 606 00:59:09,140 --> 00:59:12,530 On the right, regulation powder issued to us. 607 00:59:18,460 --> 00:59:22,240 On the left... the powder issued to these poor buggers. 608 00:59:25,460 --> 00:59:29,690 Just a pinch of powder. The rest was dust, sand, God knows what other rubbish. 609 00:59:29,780 --> 00:59:32,730 Whoever armed these poor devils knew they were going to die here. 610 00:59:32,820 --> 00:59:34,770 They didn't have a chance. 611 00:59:36,540 --> 00:59:39,490 - This was slaughter. - All right, what's going on? 612 00:59:39,580 --> 00:59:42,250 Whoever set up this massacre was working wi' the French. 613 00:59:42,340 --> 00:59:44,900 - Bad powder, no British casualties... - Sharpe. 614 00:59:44,980 --> 00:59:46,850 It's all a bloody fraud! 615 00:59:46,940 --> 00:59:48,890 It's Brand, isn't it? Has to be. 616 00:59:48,980 --> 00:59:51,280 And you knew all along. You and bloody Wellington. 617 00:59:51,380 --> 00:59:54,410 - Yes, we... we had our suspicions. - You bloody knew! 618 00:59:54,500 --> 00:59:56,690 - Why didn't you tell me? - We had to be sure. 619 00:59:56,780 --> 00:59:58,930 Sure?! Look around you. 620 00:59:59,020 --> 01:00:02,850 This isn't soldiery. He couldn't even do it cleanly. The man's a bloody butcher. 621 01:00:02,940 --> 01:00:05,650 You're damned impudent, but you're absolutely right. 622 01:00:05,740 --> 01:00:07,690 Call Brand in. We are going home. 623 01:00:07,780 --> 01:00:09,690 - Oh, no, we're not, sir. - Oh? 624 01:00:09,780 --> 01:00:13,650 It's a trap. They've baited it with a really big cheese, the Rocha powder magazine. 625 01:00:13,740 --> 01:00:14,960 We are going home! 626 01:00:15,060 --> 01:00:17,650 No, we're bloody not! We're going to get Brand 627 01:00:17,740 --> 01:00:21,650 and we're going to blow up that Frog bloody magazine. Pyecroft? 628 01:00:21,740 --> 01:00:24,970 You get me in there, Sharpe, I think it could be arranged. 629 01:00:25,060 --> 01:00:26,730 We're going to use bloody big bait. 630 01:00:26,820 --> 01:00:28,410 Oh? What? 631 01:00:28,500 --> 01:00:30,770 - You. - Me?! 632 01:00:30,860 --> 01:00:33,530 Yes, you... sir. 633 01:00:36,140 --> 01:00:39,010 OFFICER: Come on, get a move on. Over here, you two. 634 01:00:42,100 --> 01:00:44,050 Get these bodies out of the way. 635 01:00:48,020 --> 01:00:51,290 Oh, looks bad. I think he could do with seeing the surgeon. 636 01:00:51,380 --> 01:00:53,650 Best brown paper and paraffin oil, sir. 637 01:00:53,740 --> 01:00:56,970 - That'll do it - What are we going to do with him, Sharpe? 638 01:00:58,220 --> 01:01:01,450 - Send him home, sir. - Home? He'll need an escort. 639 01:01:02,500 --> 01:01:05,410 Send two of Brand's men with him. They know the terrain. 640 01:01:05,500 --> 01:01:09,010 Which is a perfect excuse for bringing Brand back 641 01:01:09,100 --> 01:01:12,050 ROSS: What if he doesn't want to go back to Wellington's camp? 642 01:01:12,140 --> 01:01:14,570 Oh, he'll want to, sir. 643 01:01:14,660 --> 01:01:16,530 Where am I? 644 01:01:16,620 --> 01:01:19,530 - Might even try to seduce my wife. - What? 645 01:01:21,540 --> 01:01:23,610 Oh, I remember. 646 01:01:23,700 --> 01:01:26,080 I should see a surgeon. 647 01:01:26,180 --> 01:01:29,450 Don't worry, Shellington, we'll soon have you back home. 648 01:01:32,260 --> 01:01:35,250 You know our friend here's going to be hanging round your house? 649 01:01:36,580 --> 01:01:39,040 So will Harris, Pat. 650 01:01:55,820 --> 01:01:57,770 You know what I want, don't you? 651 01:02:00,820 --> 01:02:02,770 You need Zara as bait for Brand. 652 01:02:08,340 --> 01:02:10,290 I'll have to ask her, Sharpe. 653 01:02:13,180 --> 01:02:15,330 You know what the answer to that'll be. 654 01:02:17,460 --> 01:02:21,930 She's a Romany. She wants revenge for her parents' death. 655 01:02:28,980 --> 01:02:30,930 They want us to go back, sir. 656 01:02:32,020 --> 01:02:33,530 Why are they calling you back? 657 01:02:33,620 --> 01:02:38,770 I don't know. But it means I get to stay at Sharpe's camp tonight. 658 01:02:40,100 --> 01:02:42,050 Ross is very important to me. 659 01:02:43,340 --> 01:02:47,890 You will remember that I have made you what you are... and I could destroy you. 660 01:02:47,980 --> 01:02:49,930 You'll get what you want. 661 01:02:51,300 --> 01:02:53,930 But remember, you need me more than I need you. 662 01:02:55,580 --> 01:02:57,610 Don't ever threaten me again. 663 01:03:06,940 --> 01:03:08,570 Will there be anything else, ma'am? 664 01:03:09,740 --> 01:03:12,200 No, thank you, Harris. 665 01:03:12,300 --> 01:03:14,410 - You may go. - Thank you, ma'am. 666 01:03:23,500 --> 01:03:26,450 There is something else Harris 667 01:03:29,260 --> 01:03:31,770 - Yes, ma'am? - Sit down, Harris. 668 01:03:39,100 --> 01:03:42,010 I wanted to talk to you about Major Sharpe. 669 01:03:42,100 --> 01:03:44,130 You've known him longer than I have. 670 01:03:44,220 --> 01:03:47,810 Soldiers don't discuss their commanding officers with strangers, ma'am. 671 01:03:47,900 --> 01:03:49,850 Stranger? 672 01:03:51,380 --> 01:03:53,730 Is that what I am, a stranger? 673 01:03:53,820 --> 01:03:56,330 His wife... a stranger? 674 01:03:56,420 --> 01:03:58,370 I'm sorry. 675 01:03:58,460 --> 01:04:01,170 I merely meant that you're not a soldier, ma'am. 676 01:04:03,420 --> 01:04:05,490 - Now, if you'll excuse me. - Please, Harris. 677 01:04:07,260 --> 01:04:09,450 Talk to me. 678 01:04:09,540 --> 01:04:11,690 Tell me what you think of him. 679 01:04:11,780 --> 01:04:15,010 Not as a major but as a man. 680 01:04:16,540 --> 01:04:18,010 What makes you love him? 681 01:04:18,100 --> 01:04:20,290 Ma'am... 682 01:04:20,380 --> 01:04:23,330 Why would you follow him to the death? 683 01:04:23,420 --> 01:04:25,330 Loyalty. 684 01:04:26,380 --> 01:04:28,680 We're loyal to him, he's loyal to us. 685 01:04:28,780 --> 01:04:30,610 In life and in death. 686 01:04:31,700 --> 01:04:34,930 We trust him with our lives and he trusts us with his life. 687 01:04:35,020 --> 01:04:37,690 And with his wife. 688 01:04:37,780 --> 01:04:39,570 He trusts you with his wife. 689 01:04:56,420 --> 01:04:57,810 (Door closes) 690 01:05:28,060 --> 01:05:29,810 SHARPE: Deeply obliged to you, sir. 691 01:05:29,900 --> 01:05:31,850 Glad to see the back of him. 692 01:05:31,940 --> 01:05:34,970 Think nothing of it. He shouldn't be out here anyway. 693 01:05:37,300 --> 01:05:40,130 I'm glad you called me back. I should be keeping an eye on Ross. 694 01:05:40,220 --> 01:05:42,450 SHARPE: Yeah 695 01:05:42,540 --> 01:05:44,770 Thinks the French are trying to trap us. 696 01:05:48,620 --> 01:05:51,970 - Mind if I ask you another favor, sir? - Not at all. 697 01:05:52,060 --> 01:05:55,250 Between you and me, sir, the lads are nervous about that powder wagon. 698 01:05:55,340 --> 01:05:58,850 I've told Pyecroft to take it up to the woods for the night. 699 01:05:58,940 --> 01:06:01,450 Take his gypsy girl with him 700 01:06:01,540 --> 01:06:05,850 I'd be damn grateful if you could put on a special guard for him, sir. 701 01:06:05,940 --> 01:06:08,450 I'll take care of it myself. 702 01:06:08,540 --> 01:06:10,490 Thank you very much, sir. 703 01:06:16,100 --> 01:06:18,170 POPE: What's going on here eh? 704 01:06:18,260 --> 01:06:21,090 We feed Frogs to the crows. 705 01:06:21,180 --> 01:06:24,610 We don't. They're soldiers, same as us. 706 01:06:24,700 --> 01:06:28,730 Soldiers? You call that bedraggled lot soldiers? 707 01:06:28,820 --> 01:06:30,770 That'll do, Pope. 708 01:06:31,860 --> 01:06:34,530 Aren't you the fellows they call... Chosen Men? 709 01:06:35,860 --> 01:06:38,970 The scourge of the French Sure there isn't some mistake? 710 01:06:39,060 --> 01:06:43,850 You seem a bit... soft-hearted to be Chosen Men. 711 01:06:45,420 --> 01:06:47,570 Chosen Men are men of honor. 712 01:06:47,660 --> 01:06:51,280 Men who'll fight any enemy to the death... but still bury them. 713 01:06:53,220 --> 01:06:54,970 They have respect. 714 01:07:18,540 --> 01:07:21,610 - Vive la France! ALL: Vive la France! Vive la France! 715 01:07:21,700 --> 01:07:26,610 Vive la France! Vive la France! Vive la France! 716 01:08:02,860 --> 01:08:04,290 Boo 717 01:08:06,780 --> 01:08:08,330 We want you to tell us things, Pope. 718 01:08:09,380 --> 01:08:11,290 I'll tell you nowt. 719 01:08:11,380 --> 01:08:13,840 I'm going to take you into the woods, laddie. 720 01:08:13,940 --> 01:08:15,770 You'll go in a man... 721 01:08:15,860 --> 01:08:18,160 How you come out is entirely up to you. 722 01:08:19,220 --> 01:08:21,170 Get out! 723 01:08:25,780 --> 01:08:28,490 There's about two ounces of explosives here 724 01:08:28,580 --> 01:08:31,810 Not quite enough to kill you just enough to make a nasty hole 725 01:08:31,900 --> 01:08:35,130 Rather unpleasant with all these rats Wolves maybe 726 01:08:36,260 --> 01:08:40,490 It's a seven-minute fuse. You'll call for me in about four. 727 01:08:40,580 --> 01:08:43,650 I'll return in about six... if you're lucky. 728 01:09:24,540 --> 01:09:26,490 (Cocks gun) 729 01:09:29,860 --> 01:09:31,130 Did you kill her? 730 01:09:33,260 --> 01:09:34,240 Get up! 731 01:09:50,180 --> 01:09:52,090 It were all Brand's doing! 732 01:09:53,140 --> 01:09:55,770 Stop the fuse now, Major. 733 01:09:55,860 --> 01:09:59,890 He told me about it. And he told me that if I told, nobody would believe me. 734 01:09:59,980 --> 01:10:01,650 Look, please, Major! 735 01:10:02,700 --> 01:10:05,050 For the love of God, stop that fuse! 736 01:10:05,140 --> 01:10:07,700 He's a French spy! He's a murderer! 737 01:10:07,780 --> 01:10:10,130 He made me a murderer 738 01:10:10,220 --> 01:10:13,330 He made me a spy too He's made all of us murderers 739 01:10:13,420 --> 01:10:15,370 - and spies - Never! 740 01:10:17,420 --> 01:10:19,490 Murderers... maybe. 741 01:10:20,940 --> 01:10:25,170 We did well out of Brand, plenty of loot, lots of women, but we're not spies. 742 01:10:26,460 --> 01:10:28,730 Pope, maybe... but not me. 743 01:10:29,980 --> 01:10:31,730 Not me or the men. 744 01:10:32,780 --> 01:10:35,340 Please, Major, I've told you everything I know! 745 01:10:36,380 --> 01:10:38,650 Do you think he's told us everything, Sharpe? 746 01:10:38,740 --> 01:10:43,570 No. He hasn't told us why the Frogs put their powder magazine at risk. 747 01:10:43,660 --> 01:10:45,850 - What are we doing here? - Ross 748 01:10:45,940 --> 01:10:49,810 They want Major General Ross because he knows Wellington's strategy. 749 01:10:51,300 --> 01:10:54,970 The Frogs were going to jump on you tomorrow night. No prisoners except Ross. 750 01:10:56,820 --> 01:10:59,730 The next morning, me and Brand find you all dead. 751 01:10:59,820 --> 01:11:03,890 Take on the garrison at the fort... and report back to Wellington as heroes. 752 01:11:04,940 --> 01:11:08,090 Well, I'm convinced, but it won't convince a court martial. 753 01:11:08,180 --> 01:11:10,330 They'll say he said it under duress. 754 01:11:10,420 --> 01:11:13,930 Besides he can always take it all back 755 01:11:14,020 --> 01:11:16,930 Brand has ways of bringing pressure 756 01:11:17,020 --> 01:11:18,810 POPE: Please Major Sharpe! 757 01:11:19,860 --> 01:11:21,810 Stop the fuse! 758 01:11:24,060 --> 01:11:25,810 Stop the fuse! 759 01:11:27,060 --> 01:11:30,530 Look, he took me in. He took us all in. 760 01:11:31,580 --> 01:11:35,010 He took you in too, didn't he, eh, Sharpe? Eh? 761 01:11:35,100 --> 01:11:39,050 Remember? When he "rescued" Lieutenant Graham. 762 01:11:39,140 --> 01:11:41,090 You thought he were a hero 763 01:11:41,180 --> 01:11:43,130 Eh? 764 01:11:43,220 --> 01:11:45,010 Well the French set that up 765 01:11:46,100 --> 01:11:49,130 - And then you got him promoted - So I did. 766 01:11:55,180 --> 01:11:57,130 I'll have to make up for it now. 767 01:12:04,980 --> 01:12:06,930 I don't know why I bother. 768 01:12:07,980 --> 01:12:10,540 - They'll shoot you anyway. - They might not. 769 01:12:10,620 --> 01:12:12,170 I'll turn king's evidence. 770 01:12:12,260 --> 01:12:14,210 I might get away with a flogging. 771 01:12:15,700 --> 01:12:17,610 They play fair, you know. 772 01:12:20,100 --> 01:12:22,660 I think I can make you a better offer than that. 773 01:12:23,740 --> 01:12:27,170 How about you and Harper just go off, eh? 774 01:12:41,420 --> 01:12:43,880 Suit you, Pat? 775 01:12:43,980 --> 01:12:45,890 That suits me just fine. 776 01:12:46,940 --> 01:12:48,890 There you go. 777 01:12:51,500 --> 01:12:54,650 Just watch him, Pat. He's a crafty little bastard. 778 01:13:22,460 --> 01:13:23,890 Come here, you bastard! 779 01:13:23,980 --> 01:13:25,930 Come here! 780 01:13:55,500 --> 01:13:57,450 Sir. 781 01:14:09,060 --> 01:14:12,760 What shall I do to show how much I love her? 782 01:14:14,740 --> 01:14:17,770 How many millions of sighs can suffice? 783 01:14:19,940 --> 01:14:23,130 That that wins others' hearts never can move her. 784 01:14:23,220 --> 01:14:27,850 Those common methods of love she'll despise. 785 01:14:28,900 --> 01:14:32,650 (Crash of crockery) - I do beg your pardon, ma'am. 786 01:14:45,500 --> 01:14:47,130 Whoa! 787 01:14:50,100 --> 01:14:51,290 Sharpe! 788 01:14:52,940 --> 01:14:55,530 Let me and my boys go in and finish off the fort. 789 01:14:55,620 --> 01:15:00,930 I bet you'd like that. Butchering another pathetic bunch of French deserters. 790 01:15:01,020 --> 01:15:02,970 Better for you, surely, Sharpe. 791 01:15:04,060 --> 01:15:05,730 That's not soldiering. 792 01:15:05,820 --> 01:15:07,770 Pat. 793 01:15:26,460 --> 01:15:28,690 Parlez-vous anglais? 794 01:15:28,780 --> 01:15:30,610 I speak little English. 795 01:15:30,700 --> 01:15:32,690 What do you want? 796 01:15:32,780 --> 01:15:35,210 The French colonel has left you here to die. 797 01:15:37,060 --> 01:15:39,010 He's given you bad powder. 798 01:15:40,060 --> 01:15:43,290 The powder is so bad, it cannot carry a bullet 799 01:15:43,380 --> 01:15:45,330 strong enough to kill me. 800 01:15:48,100 --> 01:15:50,400 I wish you to try. 801 01:15:50,500 --> 01:15:53,530 Tirez! Tirez! 802 01:16:12,580 --> 01:16:14,610 That's soldiering. 803 01:16:15,660 --> 01:16:19,690 HARPER: Column forward 804 01:16:33,300 --> 01:16:34,810 March south as quickly as you can. 805 01:16:35,860 --> 01:16:40,980 If you see a British soldier, surrender. You shall be safe. 806 01:16:41,060 --> 01:16:43,620 Merci, monsieur. 807 01:16:43,700 --> 01:16:45,650 En avant. 808 01:16:47,020 --> 01:16:51,570 If you meet up with your French colonel, tell him we are three times their number. 809 01:16:51,660 --> 01:16:53,090 D'accord. 810 01:16:53,180 --> 01:16:55,410 Feeding false information to the enemy. 811 01:16:56,460 --> 01:16:57,810 That's soldiering. 812 01:16:59,820 --> 01:17:01,770 Lock 'em up. 813 01:17:01,860 --> 01:17:03,810 Go on move on! 814 01:17:03,900 --> 01:17:06,200 We're prepared to fight alongside you, Sharpe. 815 01:17:06,300 --> 01:17:09,370 I wouldn't want to be caught dead in the same grave as you. 816 01:17:09,460 --> 01:17:12,970 Come on move you swine you swine! Go on keep moving! 817 01:17:23,100 --> 01:17:25,560 Come and see this, Sharpe. Pyecroft. 818 01:17:43,420 --> 01:17:45,850 Stand still 819 01:17:46,900 --> 01:17:49,810 Keep your hands together Move it 820 01:17:52,900 --> 01:17:55,360 The powder's probably on the other side of this door. 821 01:17:55,460 --> 01:17:57,840 - I'll have to blow it open. - Blow it open, then. 822 01:17:57,940 --> 01:17:59,810 And risk setting off the whole magazine? 823 01:17:59,900 --> 01:18:03,970 - You're supposed to be the expert, aren't you? - Frogs, sir. 824 01:18:04,060 --> 01:18:06,010 (Drums) 825 01:18:21,700 --> 01:18:25,810 SHARPE: Five to one lads! What do you say? - Five to one against us 826 01:18:25,900 --> 01:18:30,570 the first time they come, but after that, the odds turn in our favor. 827 01:18:31,980 --> 01:18:33,610 What do you say, lads? 828 01:18:34,660 --> 01:18:37,810 - What do you say, lads? ALL: Yeah! 829 01:18:37,900 --> 01:18:39,850 Show the Colors! 830 01:19:00,820 --> 01:19:02,770 En rang! 831 01:19:05,060 --> 01:19:07,010 En rang! 832 01:19:07,100 --> 01:19:12,040 Hagman, call Major General Ross for a field court martial. On the double. 833 01:19:12,140 --> 01:19:14,330 Aye, sir. 834 01:19:21,860 --> 01:19:25,480 Hector, there... there's something I've been meaning to tell you. 835 01:19:25,580 --> 01:19:29,200 It may have been my fault. I may have cut the fuses too short. 836 01:19:31,060 --> 01:19:33,410 Not like you to cut short fuses, Septimus. 837 01:19:38,060 --> 01:19:40,930 We're getting married, Zara and I, if we get out of this. 838 01:19:42,020 --> 01:19:46,130 You'll have to be my best man, Hector. Can't have a best man who cuts a short fuse, eh? 839 01:19:46,220 --> 01:19:47,930 It would be a great honor, Septimus. 840 01:19:49,700 --> 01:19:51,690 My dear. 841 01:19:54,660 --> 01:19:58,730 Are you mad, Sharpe? A court martial with the Frogs beating at the door? 842 01:19:58,820 --> 01:20:01,650 That's why I want a court martial, sir. 843 01:20:01,740 --> 01:20:03,970 I want Colonel Brand tried as a traitor. 844 01:20:04,060 --> 01:20:06,010 I want him tried for six murders. 845 01:20:06,100 --> 01:20:08,450 Captain Crake will act for the defense. 846 01:20:08,540 --> 01:20:10,650 If I can think of anything to say. 847 01:20:10,740 --> 01:20:12,730 Very well, Sharpe. 848 01:20:12,820 --> 01:20:17,050 But there'll be a record of this trial. I want it done by the book. I want witnesses, I want proof. 849 01:20:17,140 --> 01:20:19,570 Then let's get started straightaway, sir. 850 01:20:20,980 --> 01:20:22,650 Very well. 851 01:20:22,740 --> 01:20:25,690 You have ten minutes for the prosecution and no more. 852 01:20:25,780 --> 01:20:28,410 I call my first witness, sir. Zara the gypsy girl. 853 01:20:40,420 --> 01:20:43,370 Whoever murdered her mother found it on her finger. 854 01:20:44,540 --> 01:20:46,970 Did you even wear such a ring Colonel Brand? 855 01:20:48,700 --> 01:20:50,890 Of course not, you damn fool. 856 01:20:53,540 --> 01:20:57,210 This is a sketch drawn by Mr. Shellington 857 01:20:57,300 --> 01:20:59,530 of Colonel Brand 858 01:20:59,620 --> 01:21:02,850 on the morning of the 10th October. It's signed and dated. 859 01:21:03,900 --> 01:21:05,970 It shows that Colonel Brand 860 01:21:06,060 --> 01:21:07,810 was wearing Zara's mother's ring 861 01:21:11,740 --> 01:21:13,330 This is a sketch 862 01:21:13,420 --> 01:21:16,960 drawn by Mr. Shellington on the following day... 863 01:21:17,060 --> 01:21:19,490 by which time Colonel Brand had realized 864 01:21:19,580 --> 01:21:22,570 that Zara had most likely heard or seen her mother being murdered. 865 01:21:23,660 --> 01:21:25,810 As you can see, sir... 866 01:21:25,900 --> 01:21:27,810 the ring is now gone. 867 01:21:27,900 --> 01:21:31,170 Got anything to say to that, Colonel Brand? 868 01:21:31,260 --> 01:21:34,450 I've never seen the ring before in my life. 869 01:21:38,980 --> 01:21:40,930 Turn out your pockets, Brand. 870 01:21:46,620 --> 01:21:48,570 (Clink) 871 01:21:58,180 --> 01:22:00,210 I knew you were too mean to throw it away. 872 01:22:01,300 --> 01:22:03,250 That's not proof. 873 01:22:04,300 --> 01:22:06,250 Pope must have put it in my pocket. 874 01:22:18,260 --> 01:22:20,490 Before we leave these sketches, sir... 875 01:22:22,140 --> 01:22:24,090 ...one more detail. 876 01:22:26,100 --> 01:22:29,330 You see this braided cord on the riding crop wrapped around his hands? 877 01:22:29,420 --> 01:22:31,850 See the braid? 878 01:22:31,940 --> 01:22:36,250 The same X marks that we found on the gypsy girls' necks back at the camp. 879 01:22:37,700 --> 01:22:40,650 That we found on the neck of the deserter yesterday. 880 01:22:40,740 --> 01:22:42,250 The same mark. 881 01:22:46,060 --> 01:22:48,010 You're excused, my child. 882 01:22:50,900 --> 01:22:53,250 That's just the first of the details, sir. 883 01:22:55,020 --> 01:22:58,290 I now intend to read a testimony of the late Sergeant Pope. 884 01:22:58,380 --> 01:23:03,320 It's quite conclusive, sir. I think you'll agree, having heard it, that we have a prima-facie case 885 01:23:03,420 --> 01:23:05,880 to convict Colonel Brand and sentence him 886 01:23:05,980 --> 01:23:08,810 - Get on with it, Sharpe. BRAND: I protest 887 01:23:08,900 --> 01:23:11,090 This isn't a proper court martial. 888 01:23:11,180 --> 01:23:15,010 Oh, come on, Brand. We're doing our best. There is a bloody war on! 889 01:23:16,260 --> 01:23:18,130 SHARPE: Colonel Brand is no hero 890 01:23:19,220 --> 01:23:21,680 He's a murderer a traitor 891 01:23:22,780 --> 01:23:24,850 ...and a spy. 892 01:23:24,940 --> 01:23:28,640 I don't know his motives. But I can guess. 893 01:23:29,980 --> 01:23:32,770 I suspect you'll find he has debts back home. 894 01:23:32,860 --> 01:23:37,690 Mortgage, gambling debts, maybe a blackmailer he has to pay off Who knows? 895 01:23:37,780 --> 01:23:43,490 Maybe he was just mad for money. Sold his soul for French gold. 896 01:23:45,660 --> 01:23:47,610 I demand the death penalty 897 01:23:49,700 --> 01:23:51,810 That concludes the case for the prosecution. 898 01:23:51,900 --> 01:23:55,130 Captain Crake, do you have anything to say for the defense? 899 01:23:55,220 --> 01:23:57,490 Nothing in his defense. 900 01:23:59,660 --> 01:24:01,770 Nothing in mine. 901 01:24:01,860 --> 01:24:04,210 Colonel Brand, do you wish to say something? 902 01:24:04,300 --> 01:24:08,370 Do you really think anyone in London will stand for this? 903 01:24:08,460 --> 01:24:10,530 You know how it'll look. 904 01:24:10,620 --> 01:24:13,450 A zealous officer being persecuted 905 01:24:13,540 --> 01:24:15,570 by small and petty men 906 01:24:15,660 --> 01:24:18,530 The Frogs, sir. Frog column advancing! 907 01:24:29,420 --> 01:24:31,370 Prince of Wales's Own Volunteers 908 01:24:31,460 --> 01:24:33,450 we'll give 'em three volleys. 909 01:24:33,540 --> 01:24:35,490 Then fire at will. 910 01:24:38,340 --> 01:24:39,850 Then we'll give 'em cold steel. 911 01:24:50,420 --> 01:24:52,410 Push the ladders back! 912 01:25:26,660 --> 01:25:28,890 Take their satchel bombs, six-second fuse. 913 01:25:35,700 --> 01:25:37,650 They're six-second fuses. 914 01:26:01,500 --> 01:26:03,050 En avant! 915 01:26:20,980 --> 01:26:23,410 They're running lads! They're running! 916 01:26:32,340 --> 01:26:34,290 (Cheering) 917 01:26:43,780 --> 01:26:46,810 - They'll be back. - I'm getting too old for this, sir. 918 01:26:48,460 --> 01:26:50,810 - Never say die, Hagman. - (Hagman gasps) 919 01:26:54,020 --> 01:26:55,970 Too old, are you, Hagman? 920 01:26:58,620 --> 01:27:00,570 Here. 921 01:27:04,220 --> 01:27:06,130 The court martial has reached its verdict. 922 01:27:06,220 --> 01:27:10,810 Colonel Brand has been convicted on six counts of murder and has been sentenced to death. 923 01:27:10,900 --> 01:27:15,050 The sentence to be carried out in a manner to be determined at a later date. 924 01:27:15,140 --> 01:27:19,530 In other words, when we get out of here. If we get out of here. 925 01:27:19,620 --> 01:27:21,570 Court martial dismissed. 926 01:27:27,020 --> 01:27:30,210 Guilty. Sentence is death. 927 01:27:30,300 --> 01:27:33,490 Wellington'll have to confirm that sentence, Crake. 928 01:27:33,580 --> 01:27:35,650 And they'll never make it back to camp. 929 01:27:37,820 --> 01:27:40,090 Well, you've had your fun, Sharpe. 930 01:27:40,180 --> 01:27:43,530 But it'll be over in the next few minutes when the Frogs come over the wall. 931 01:27:43,620 --> 01:27:45,410 Then you'll need a friend 932 01:27:46,460 --> 01:27:50,570 I'll be your friend, but you're going to have to beg. Because they'll torture you. 933 01:27:50,660 --> 01:27:52,530 They'll torture you and torture Ross 934 01:27:54,140 --> 01:27:56,290 You'll be begging me to make them stop. 935 01:27:56,380 --> 01:27:58,810 And, by God, I'm going to make you beg, Sharpe! 936 01:28:02,420 --> 01:28:04,370 (Fading yell and splash) 937 01:28:15,260 --> 01:28:19,130 - Did you see that, Harper? - Who, me? No, I saw nothing, sir. 938 01:28:19,220 --> 01:28:21,520 Did you see what happened to Colonel Brand? 939 01:28:21,620 --> 01:28:26,450 Oh, he's a funny fish, sir. I just saw him jump headlong into the wishing well. 940 01:28:26,540 --> 01:28:29,410 Why do you think he'd want to do something like that, sir? 941 01:28:29,500 --> 01:28:31,450 Thank you, Harper. 942 01:28:33,900 --> 01:28:35,850 (Orders shouted in French) 943 01:28:44,140 --> 01:28:46,290 You shouldn't have done that, Sharpe. 944 01:28:48,460 --> 01:28:50,410 Yes, I should. 945 01:28:53,740 --> 01:28:56,120 Pyecroft thinks he's found a way out. 946 01:28:56,220 --> 01:28:57,890 A tunnel that leads out onto the hill. 947 01:28:57,980 --> 01:29:02,840 Trouble is... we'll need a garrison to provide a rearguard, let the rest of us get away. 948 01:29:05,820 --> 01:29:07,770 I think I can find that garrison. 949 01:29:16,300 --> 01:29:18,730 How would you like to die like soldiers? 950 01:29:26,660 --> 01:29:29,290 - Good luck, Crake. - Good luck, Sharpe. 951 01:29:33,380 --> 01:29:34,930 SHARPE: Come on! Come on! 952 01:29:37,540 --> 01:29:39,490 Come on! 953 01:29:45,420 --> 01:29:47,690 It blows in ten minutes, Sharpe. 954 01:29:55,020 --> 01:29:58,530 310... 311... 312... 955 01:29:58,620 --> 01:30:02,370 Right, lads! Let's show these Frogs how to fight! Show the Colors. 956 01:30:28,020 --> 01:30:29,970 Down, lads! 957 01:30:38,340 --> 01:30:41,730 581... 582 958 01:30:42,820 --> 01:30:46,130 ...583... 584... 959 01:30:47,180 --> 01:30:50,960 ...585... 586... 960 01:30:51,060 --> 01:30:53,890 587... 588... 961 01:31:03,500 --> 01:31:06,530 598... 599... 962 01:31:06,620 --> 01:31:09,130 home. 963 01:31:09,220 --> 01:31:13,210 - 601... 602... - This time you cut them too long, Septimus. 964 01:31:13,300 --> 01:31:15,050 (Pyecroft chuckles) 965 01:31:36,060 --> 01:31:38,490 Non! 966 01:31:54,700 --> 01:31:56,490 How about a song, Hagman? 967 01:31:56,580 --> 01:31:59,930 Arma virumque cano... summat. 968 01:32:01,060 --> 01:32:03,890 - Sing of arms and the man. - Very impressive, Sharpe. 969 01:32:03,980 --> 01:32:06,440 It's of a gentleman soldier 970 01:32:06,540 --> 01:32:09,000 As a sentry he did stand 971 01:32:09,100 --> 01:32:14,450 He kindly saluted a fair maid by the waving of his hand 972 01:32:14,540 --> 01:32:19,210 So boldly then he kissed her and he passed it as a joke 973 01:32:20,260 --> 01:32:24,890 And he drilled her into his sentry box wrapped up in a soldier's cloak 974 01:32:56,220 --> 01:32:57,360 (Laughs) 975 01:33:14,900 --> 01:33:16,450 (Belches) 976 01:33:17,740 --> 01:33:19,690 I dreamed of you last night... 977 01:33:21,180 --> 01:33:23,130 ...and the muse came to me. 978 01:33:24,220 --> 01:33:26,680 And I... wrote you this poem. 979 01:33:28,580 --> 01:33:30,130 I trust you will not be offended. 980 01:33:32,300 --> 01:33:35,840 I dreamed of you... how shall I say... 981 01:33:38,260 --> 01:33:40,210 ...undraped. 982 01:33:41,620 --> 01:33:43,530 Oh, Mr. Shellington. 983 01:33:44,580 --> 01:33:46,610 I don't know if I dare let you read it. 984 01:33:52,820 --> 01:33:57,570 "My Love in her attire... doth show her wit, 985 01:33:59,660 --> 01:34:01,330 It doth so well become her. 986 01:34:02,820 --> 01:34:05,770 For every season she has dressings fit, 987 01:34:07,140 --> 01:34:09,490 For winter, spring, and summer. 988 01:34:10,860 --> 01:34:13,090 No beauty she doth miss 989 01:34:13,180 --> 01:34:16,090 When all her robes are on... 990 01:34:16,180 --> 01:34:18,130 HARRIS: But beauty's self she is 991 01:34:18,220 --> 01:34:20,450 When all her robes are gone." 992 01:34:20,540 --> 01:34:21,890 A fine poem. 993 01:34:21,980 --> 01:34:25,890 First published as A Poetical Rhapsody in 1602 994 01:34:25,980 --> 01:34:29,290 Originally attributed to Anonymous of all people 995 01:34:29,380 --> 01:34:32,770 But, personally, I think it was written by Francis Davison. 996 01:34:32,860 --> 01:34:35,240 Francis Davison, eh? 997 01:34:37,460 --> 01:34:39,410 I'm so sorry. 998 01:34:41,340 --> 01:34:43,370 We poets share a common muse. 999 01:34:45,620 --> 01:34:48,610 Poetry is like an apple tree. 1000 01:34:48,700 --> 01:34:53,370 And we poets, like birds of the air, 1001 01:34:53,460 --> 01:34:56,410 alight and feed on it where we may. 1002 01:35:16,740 --> 01:35:18,690 Francis Davison, eh? 1003 01:35:21,020 --> 01:35:22,970 Wrote it on a candlefly, did he? 1004 01:35:26,340 --> 01:35:29,450 "Light to the silly fly, 1005 01:35:29,540 --> 01:35:34,400 To the dear light I fly of your disdainful eyes, 1006 01:35:34,500 --> 01:35:36,450 But in a diverse wise 1007 01:35:36,540 --> 01:35:39,130 She with the flame doth play 1008 01:35:40,180 --> 01:35:41,890 By night alone 1009 01:35:41,980 --> 01:35:45,570 And I, both night and day." 1010 01:35:49,180 --> 01:35:51,130 That's me. 1011 01:35:52,340 --> 01:35:54,900 A silly fly drawn to the candlelight. 1012 01:35:57,340 --> 01:36:00,130 I nearly got my wings burned, didn't I, Harris? 1013 01:36:00,220 --> 01:36:03,330 I don't think so. He's not that hot. 1014 01:36:09,260 --> 01:36:11,210 I know you. How are you, then? 1015 01:36:24,940 --> 01:36:27,090 Anything to report, Rifleman Harris? 1016 01:36:27,180 --> 01:36:29,130 Nothing serious, sir. 1017 01:36:29,220 --> 01:36:32,570 Small skirmish. He went off with his tail between his legs. 1018 01:36:35,140 --> 01:36:37,850 You're relieved of guard duty, Harris. 1019 01:36:37,940 --> 01:36:39,850 Return to your unit. 1020 01:36:39,940 --> 01:36:41,890 Yes, sir! Thank you, sir. 1021 01:36:47,380 --> 01:36:49,610 - Good to see you, lad. - Likewise, Dan. 1022 01:36:52,180 --> 01:36:53,850 Well done, Harris. 1023 01:37:47,260 --> 01:37:49,720 Is he dead, Patrick? 1024 01:37:49,820 --> 01:37:52,890 He'll never lay a hand on you again. Ever. 1025 01:37:53,940 --> 01:37:57,170 OFFICER: Corporal take your men to the quartermaster 1026 01:37:59,740 --> 01:38:01,690 Did you think of me? 1027 01:38:05,940 --> 01:38:07,890 All the time? 1028 01:38:11,300 --> 01:38:13,250 All the time. 1029 01:38:19,940 --> 01:38:21,810 When we get back to England... 1030 01:38:22,860 --> 01:38:24,810 ...it will be like this. 1031 01:38:25,900 --> 01:38:27,850 All the time. 1032 01:38:30,380 --> 01:38:32,330 We'll have a house with a garden. 1033 01:38:34,060 --> 01:38:36,010 We'll have friends to stay. 1034 01:38:38,100 --> 01:38:40,050 We could read books together. 1035 01:38:41,940 --> 01:38:43,570 Play the piano. 1036 01:38:43,660 --> 01:38:45,610 (Bugle) 1037 01:38:49,900 --> 01:38:51,850 One day. 1038 01:39:01,780 --> 01:39:03,490 - Well done, Pyecroft. - My lord. 1039 01:39:03,580 --> 01:39:06,650 No problems with the explosives this time, Ross? 1040 01:39:06,740 --> 01:39:10,970 No, sir. Horse Guards will need to know about Colonel Brand, sir. 1041 01:39:12,300 --> 01:39:15,170 Tell them he died a hero's death and let's get on with the war. 1042 01:39:15,260 --> 01:39:17,210 - My lord. - Gentlemen. 1043 01:39:25,140 --> 01:39:28,680 1044 01:39:29,220 --> 01:39:32,330 1045 01:39:32,820 --> 01:39:36,440 1046 01:39:36,540 --> 01:39:39,690 1047 01:39:40,940 --> 01:39:44,250 1048 01:39:44,980 --> 01:39:49,130 1049 01:39:49,580 --> 01:39:52,930 1050 01:39:53,020 --> 01:39:57,130