1 00:00:02,960 --> 00:00:04,960 Argh! 2 00:00:04,960 --> 00:00:06,880 Take cover! 3 00:00:07,960 --> 00:00:09,880 Defend the camp! 4 00:00:11,580 --> 00:00:13,660 I must beg of you a service, Colonel. 5 00:00:13,660 --> 00:00:17,740 Will you stay with the column? At least as far as Kalimgong. 6 00:00:17,740 --> 00:00:19,700 And you, madam, are a spoiled, 7 00:00:19,700 --> 00:00:23,060 wilful, petulant and selfish young fool. 8 00:00:23,060 --> 00:00:25,740 Count Vladimir Alexei Dragomirov. 9 00:00:25,740 --> 00:00:28,860 What's this man's father to you? He killed my wife! 10 00:00:28,860 --> 00:00:31,900 It's Dragomirov stealing the opium harvest. 11 00:00:31,900 --> 00:00:33,820 And blaming it on this rebel Chitu. 12 00:00:37,380 --> 00:00:40,580 I want them alive! Richard! 13 00:00:40,580 --> 00:00:43,660 If you go across that river, you're a dead man. 14 00:00:45,300 --> 00:00:47,220 GUNFIRE 15 00:00:52,860 --> 00:00:54,900 Fall back. 16 00:00:54,900 --> 00:00:56,900 Fall back, damn it! 17 00:00:56,900 --> 00:00:58,980 They're retreating! 18 00:00:58,980 --> 00:01:00,860 CHEERING 19 00:01:03,100 --> 00:01:05,060 You'll have to take 'em on, Pat. 20 00:01:05,060 --> 00:01:07,140 Me? Hold on a minute. 21 00:01:07,140 --> 00:01:09,300 No argument. 22 00:01:09,300 --> 00:01:13,100 Dragomirov will be looking for another place to cross. 23 00:01:14,740 --> 00:01:17,980 You keep to Tredinnick's map. 24 00:01:17,980 --> 00:01:20,260 I'll rejoin you as I may. 25 00:01:20,260 --> 00:01:22,140 Richard, what are you doing? 26 00:01:24,380 --> 00:01:26,300 She came back for me, Pat. 27 00:01:28,060 --> 00:01:29,980 She came back for me. 28 00:01:36,140 --> 00:01:38,100 Argh! 29 00:01:40,780 --> 00:01:43,700 I cannot reach the ball, sir. It is too deeply lodged. 30 00:01:43,700 --> 00:01:47,140 Can he be moved? If you wish him to bleed afresh with every step. 31 00:01:47,140 --> 00:01:50,740 Indeed, Mr Harper...I can. 32 00:01:50,740 --> 00:01:52,740 Robert! 33 00:01:52,740 --> 00:01:54,660 I will. 34 00:01:59,740 --> 00:02:02,740 If Lance-Naik Singh will lend me his shoulder. 35 00:02:04,740 --> 00:02:06,660 I can travel. 36 00:02:17,620 --> 00:02:19,580 (SINGS NONSENSE) 37 00:02:26,020 --> 00:02:28,220 With consideration, Mr Harper, 38 00:02:28,220 --> 00:02:30,860 I've come to the opinion the general is mad, sir. 39 00:02:30,860 --> 00:02:33,020 Have you ever met one that wasn't? 40 00:02:33,020 --> 00:02:35,220 Come on, Mr Beauclere, pick up the pace! 41 00:02:35,220 --> 00:02:37,140 That's the way, sir! 42 00:02:55,140 --> 00:02:57,620 Damn forlorn hope, I calls it. 43 00:02:57,620 --> 00:03:00,260 Staunch griping, Quilter, I will not hear it. 44 00:03:00,260 --> 00:03:03,660 There is always hope. While Colonel Sharpe was with us, sir. 45 00:03:03,660 --> 00:03:06,780 Not now. It's a bitter blow, I grant you. 46 00:03:06,780 --> 00:03:08,900 But all is not lost. 47 00:03:08,900 --> 00:03:12,100 We must trust to Mr Harper and support him in all things. 48 00:03:12,100 --> 00:03:14,300 He's no rank, sir. 49 00:03:14,300 --> 00:03:16,380 No. 50 00:03:16,380 --> 00:03:18,380 No, he has not. 51 00:03:18,380 --> 00:03:22,100 Yet he will, I think, get us through. 52 00:03:22,100 --> 00:03:24,020 Pray God you're right, sir. 53 00:03:25,140 --> 00:03:27,060 Pray God you're right. 54 00:03:28,980 --> 00:03:30,900 Uh-uh-uh. 55 00:03:30,900 --> 00:03:33,580 SPEAKING FRENCH 56 00:03:59,860 --> 00:04:01,740 TWIG CRACKS 57 00:04:27,860 --> 00:04:29,860 Stand by, you bastard! 58 00:04:29,860 --> 00:04:31,940 Stand back. 59 00:04:31,940 --> 00:04:33,860 Ah, the English colonel, huh? 60 00:04:35,500 --> 00:04:37,580 Soldat! 61 00:04:37,580 --> 00:04:39,700 Colonel Sharpe, is it not? 62 00:04:39,700 --> 00:04:41,940 No doubt, Count Dragomirov will reward me 63 00:04:41,940 --> 00:04:43,940 for bringing such a useful prisoner. 64 00:04:45,180 --> 00:04:47,820 Soldat! A moi! Your men are dead, Joubert. 65 00:04:49,740 --> 00:04:51,660 Just you and me now. No. 66 00:04:51,660 --> 00:04:53,620 Only me. 67 00:06:36,860 --> 00:06:38,860 It's all right, lass. 68 00:06:38,860 --> 00:06:40,820 From now on you're safe. 69 00:06:43,700 --> 00:06:45,820 I've given him as decent a burying as I can. 70 00:06:47,220 --> 00:06:49,100 Leastways, 71 00:06:50,220 --> 00:06:52,620 better than any he had a right to. 72 00:06:53,740 --> 00:06:55,740 You're bleeding. 73 00:06:55,740 --> 00:06:57,820 It's nowt. 74 00:06:57,820 --> 00:06:59,980 Let me see. 75 00:06:59,980 --> 00:07:03,540 If I do not staunch your bleeding, how far do you imagine we will get? 76 00:07:06,060 --> 00:07:08,700 See? It's nowt. 77 00:07:08,700 --> 00:07:11,820 Nonetheless, it must be cleaned and dressed. 78 00:07:11,820 --> 00:07:14,140 Your shirt? What? 79 00:07:14,140 --> 00:07:16,060 If you please. 80 00:07:26,460 --> 00:07:28,380 Bloody hell. 81 00:07:37,420 --> 00:07:39,340 From my wife's mum. 82 00:07:42,260 --> 00:07:44,260 The one you spoke of? 83 00:07:44,260 --> 00:07:46,220 Teresa? 84 00:07:47,300 --> 00:07:49,380 Teresa, aye. 85 00:07:49,380 --> 00:07:51,260 You had a daughter, you said? 86 00:07:52,300 --> 00:07:54,220 Aye. 87 00:07:59,460 --> 00:08:01,380 There. 88 00:08:02,740 --> 00:08:04,740 Antonia. 89 00:08:04,740 --> 00:08:06,700 That's her likeness. 90 00:08:08,060 --> 00:08:10,100 Pretty girl. 91 00:08:10,100 --> 00:08:12,100 Aye. 92 00:08:12,100 --> 00:08:14,060 Happen she took after her mother. 93 00:08:15,180 --> 00:08:17,100 And where is she now? 94 00:08:18,220 --> 00:08:20,220 With Teresa's family. 95 00:08:20,220 --> 00:08:22,140 Somewhere. 96 00:08:23,660 --> 00:08:25,580 I can't hope to look for her. 97 00:08:26,660 --> 00:08:28,660 Not in the army. 98 00:08:28,660 --> 00:08:31,060 Army is no place to raise a child. 99 00:08:34,420 --> 00:08:36,500 The light is failing. 100 00:08:36,500 --> 00:08:38,540 We'll make no more ground today. 101 00:08:38,540 --> 00:08:40,580 Wormwood, pitch camp. 102 00:08:40,580 --> 00:08:42,500 Pitch camp! 103 00:08:47,460 --> 00:08:49,620 Deever, 104 00:08:49,620 --> 00:08:52,620 you take first picket, two hours on, two hours off. 105 00:08:58,420 --> 00:09:01,100 You have been all my happiness. 106 00:09:01,100 --> 00:09:03,180 And a joy... 107 00:09:03,180 --> 00:09:05,260 far beyond my deserving. 108 00:09:05,260 --> 00:09:07,380 Hsst now. 109 00:09:07,380 --> 00:09:09,260 Hsst. 110 00:09:11,300 --> 00:09:14,300 You'll start my eyes watering with all your flattering. 111 00:09:15,420 --> 00:09:17,460 Stout heart, my girl. 112 00:09:17,460 --> 00:09:19,340 Stout heart. 113 00:09:27,860 --> 00:09:29,740 You've not ate owt, ma'am. 114 00:09:31,380 --> 00:09:33,540 I'm not hungry. 115 00:09:33,540 --> 00:09:36,980 You should eat all the same. Keep your strength up. 116 00:09:40,460 --> 00:09:42,900 Things will look brighter, come morning. 117 00:09:42,900 --> 00:09:46,580 I will forget I killed my fiance, do you mean? 118 00:09:48,020 --> 00:09:49,900 Here now, here, come on. 119 00:09:51,900 --> 00:09:54,660 It were either him or me. And I'm glad it weren't me. 120 00:09:55,860 --> 00:09:59,180 If it's any comfort, he got no more or less than he's deserving. 121 00:10:01,140 --> 00:10:03,340 But have you killed many men? 122 00:10:08,660 --> 00:10:10,660 Did they deserve it? 123 00:10:10,660 --> 00:10:12,580 Some. 124 00:10:14,220 --> 00:10:16,420 But most were just poor soldiers 125 00:10:16,420 --> 00:10:18,860 who happened to wear a different uniform from me. 126 00:10:18,860 --> 00:10:20,900 But in a just cause? 127 00:10:20,900 --> 00:10:23,460 I'm not sure I ever heard of one. 128 00:10:23,460 --> 00:10:26,500 War is the business of kings, miss. 129 00:10:26,500 --> 00:10:28,660 Kings and governments. 130 00:10:28,660 --> 00:10:30,820 And however they dress it, in the end, 131 00:10:30,820 --> 00:10:33,540 the whys and the wherefores come down to one thing. 132 00:10:33,540 --> 00:10:35,420 Loot, booty, treasure. 133 00:10:36,980 --> 00:10:38,900 Us soldiers... 134 00:10:40,380 --> 00:10:42,420 ..we just do the dying for 'em. 135 00:10:46,440 --> 00:10:48,520 So nobody saw him go? 136 00:10:48,520 --> 00:10:50,640 Well, I saw a fellow head off, 137 00:10:50,640 --> 00:10:53,800 that took him on some post-culinary business. 138 00:10:56,040 --> 00:10:59,520 Mr Beauclere, you will take the company on. 139 00:11:02,160 --> 00:11:04,080 Mr Harper. 140 00:11:05,280 --> 00:11:08,280 You will forgive me, sir, but the column needs you here. 141 00:11:08,280 --> 00:11:10,360 Major Tredinnick is my officer. 142 00:11:10,360 --> 00:11:12,280 I will find him. 143 00:11:14,960 --> 00:11:16,960 WHINNYING 144 00:11:16,960 --> 00:11:18,880 HORSES APPROACHING 145 00:11:46,160 --> 00:11:48,320 You may kill me, Count, 146 00:11:48,320 --> 00:11:52,120 but if by God's good grace, Colonel Sharpe still lives, 147 00:11:53,880 --> 00:11:56,800 ..upon his steel shall you answer for your offences. 148 00:11:56,800 --> 00:11:58,880 Sharpe is dead. 149 00:11:58,880 --> 00:12:01,040 All your hope is in vain. 150 00:12:01,040 --> 00:12:05,000 However, tell me where the rest of your party can be found. 151 00:12:05,000 --> 00:12:07,080 I may yet spare your life. 152 00:12:07,080 --> 00:12:09,000 Betrayal is your creed. 153 00:12:10,680 --> 00:12:12,600 Not mine. 154 00:12:13,720 --> 00:12:15,640 You're a brave man. 155 00:12:21,600 --> 00:12:23,760 You see, ma'am? 156 00:12:23,760 --> 00:12:26,160 I told you all would look better by morning. 157 00:12:26,160 --> 00:12:28,320 We've come up on the track. 158 00:12:28,320 --> 00:12:31,360 A few hours riding should see us back to the column. 159 00:12:40,960 --> 00:12:43,000 Major, sahib! 160 00:12:43,000 --> 00:12:44,920 Major, sahib... 161 00:12:47,760 --> 00:12:49,640 Singh... 162 00:12:51,440 --> 00:12:53,480 You must tell... 163 00:12:53,480 --> 00:12:56,200 Mr Harper, tell him... 164 00:12:57,440 --> 00:12:59,720 ..Colonel Sharpe is dead. 165 00:13:00,840 --> 00:13:02,720 I heard the news off Dragomirov. 166 00:13:06,000 --> 00:13:08,120 Look to my wife. 167 00:13:09,560 --> 00:13:11,560 See her... 168 00:13:11,560 --> 00:13:13,640 safe through. 169 00:13:13,640 --> 00:13:15,560 Safe through... 170 00:13:17,720 --> 00:13:19,880 No harm will touch her while I breathe. 171 00:13:19,880 --> 00:13:21,800 I swear. 172 00:13:32,520 --> 00:13:34,720 Those were the major's words. 173 00:13:34,720 --> 00:13:37,440 I'm sorry to bear no better tidings, sir. 174 00:13:51,920 --> 00:13:53,880 No. 175 00:13:55,080 --> 00:13:57,960 Speak me no speeches, Lance-Naik Singh. 176 00:14:00,280 --> 00:14:03,120 By and by, I will hear all that there is to be heard, 177 00:14:03,120 --> 00:14:07,320 but just...just grant me a few private moments, 178 00:14:07,320 --> 00:14:09,640 just to gather myself. 179 00:14:09,640 --> 00:14:11,600 I beg you. 180 00:14:16,440 --> 00:14:19,960 Philippe was garrisoned for a short while upon the Ile-de-France. 181 00:14:21,160 --> 00:14:23,280 My father liked to gamble 182 00:14:23,280 --> 00:14:25,320 and when he could not cover his debts... 183 00:14:28,400 --> 00:14:30,600 Won you at cards? 184 00:14:30,600 --> 00:14:33,840 An unusual way to find a husband, I grant, but... 185 00:14:33,840 --> 00:14:36,880 I wasn't going to do any better. 186 00:14:36,880 --> 00:14:39,280 A shrewish reputation does not encourage 187 00:14:39,280 --> 00:14:41,440 eligible suitors to a woman's door. 188 00:14:41,440 --> 00:14:43,440 Headstrong maybe. 189 00:14:43,440 --> 00:14:45,400 But shrewish? Nah. 190 00:14:46,520 --> 00:14:48,560 I would not call you that. 191 00:14:48,560 --> 00:14:50,560 You called me worse. 192 00:14:50,560 --> 00:14:53,560 Spoiled, petulant, selfish... 193 00:14:53,560 --> 00:14:55,640 Ah. 194 00:14:55,640 --> 00:14:57,520 And yet you came after me. 195 00:14:59,640 --> 00:15:02,160 I made a promise with Viscount Sedgefield. 196 00:15:03,320 --> 00:15:05,200 Do you always keep your... 197 00:15:12,320 --> 00:15:15,520 Colonel Sharpe. Mademoiselle Bonnet. 198 00:15:15,520 --> 00:15:18,320 Unless I'm mistaken, with Major Joubert's horse. 199 00:15:18,320 --> 00:15:20,480 No foolish heroism, please. 200 00:15:20,480 --> 00:15:22,920 Lay down your arms and you'll be treated fairly. 201 00:15:45,200 --> 00:15:47,360 Our field headquarters. 202 00:15:47,360 --> 00:15:51,320 A finer billet than any other Company barracks, is it not? 203 00:15:52,520 --> 00:15:55,760 Take her to her quarters. I will stay with Colonel Sharpe. 204 00:15:55,760 --> 00:15:57,800 You will do as you are bid. 205 00:15:57,800 --> 00:15:59,800 There are some matters which lie 206 00:15:59,800 --> 00:16:02,520 between the colonel and myself we must resolve. 207 00:16:02,520 --> 00:16:05,600 The ladies of the palace will see you have all you require. 208 00:16:05,600 --> 00:16:07,560 Richard... 209 00:16:07,560 --> 00:16:09,960 It's all right, ma'am, you'll be safe enough. 210 00:16:11,080 --> 00:16:13,240 A fine piece. 211 00:16:13,240 --> 00:16:16,840 But I think a little headstrong, is she not? 212 00:16:16,840 --> 00:16:18,840 She knows her own mind. 213 00:16:18,840 --> 00:16:21,000 A habit, 214 00:16:21,000 --> 00:16:25,000 in my experience, as unwelcome in a woman as it is in a horse. 215 00:16:34,640 --> 00:16:37,040 Will you take a dish of tea, Mr Harper? 216 00:16:38,160 --> 00:16:40,360 When low on spirits, my Robert, 217 00:16:40,360 --> 00:16:42,480 he always took a dish to be restorative. 218 00:16:43,800 --> 00:16:46,000 I will, ma'am. Thank you, ma'am. 219 00:16:52,640 --> 00:16:55,320 We've made some good progress this morning. 220 00:16:55,320 --> 00:16:57,400 Have we not? 221 00:16:57,400 --> 00:16:59,960 We've done as well as we may, ma'am. 222 00:17:03,560 --> 00:17:05,640 But enough... 223 00:17:05,640 --> 00:17:07,640 would you think? 224 00:17:07,640 --> 00:17:10,520 To put us beyond the reach of... 225 00:17:10,520 --> 00:17:12,440 of that man? 226 00:17:16,000 --> 00:17:17,920 I hope so, ma'am. 227 00:17:19,040 --> 00:17:20,920 I really hope so. 228 00:17:20,920 --> 00:17:23,720 So, here you see my manufactory. 229 00:17:23,720 --> 00:17:26,720 This is where the raw juice of the poppy is prepared. 230 00:17:26,720 --> 00:17:28,760 Dried 231 00:17:28,760 --> 00:17:30,920 and shaped into these cakes. 232 00:17:33,200 --> 00:17:36,040 The work does not take great skill. 233 00:17:36,040 --> 00:17:39,880 But it requires some attention on the part of the worker. 234 00:17:40,880 --> 00:17:43,080 Purity is all. 235 00:17:43,080 --> 00:17:46,760 A moment's inattention and the whole batch may be ruined past saving. 236 00:17:48,560 --> 00:17:50,520 This fellow here for example. 237 00:17:52,640 --> 00:17:55,000 His daydreaming has already cost me dearly. 238 00:17:56,600 --> 00:18:00,440 Do you know how much opium China imports, Colonel Sharpe? 239 00:18:01,520 --> 00:18:04,960 Some 20,000 to 30,000 chests a year. 240 00:18:06,200 --> 00:18:08,360 A year! 241 00:18:08,360 --> 00:18:13,000 I have from this season alone already 1,100 chests. 242 00:18:13,000 --> 00:18:17,560 And the raw material for some 800 or 900 more. 243 00:18:17,560 --> 00:18:20,920 £35 a chest. 244 00:18:22,200 --> 00:18:24,240 £70,000. 245 00:18:24,240 --> 00:18:26,280 With so much at stake, 246 00:18:26,280 --> 00:18:28,360 do you truly suppose that I intend 247 00:18:28,360 --> 00:18:30,360 to allow your friends to make Calcutta? 248 00:18:31,560 --> 00:18:34,520 Yet, I will strike a bargain with you. 249 00:18:34,520 --> 00:18:37,600 Save me the inconvenience of hunting them down 250 00:18:37,600 --> 00:18:39,680 and I will spare them. 251 00:18:39,680 --> 00:18:41,840 They will be my guests here 252 00:18:41,840 --> 00:18:44,560 until what business I have in India is concluded. 253 00:18:44,560 --> 00:18:46,600 Thereafter, 254 00:18:46,600 --> 00:18:48,640 they will be set free. 255 00:18:48,640 --> 00:18:50,760 You have my word. 256 00:18:50,760 --> 00:18:52,800 I've heard benefit of your word before. 257 00:19:02,160 --> 00:19:04,360 Meantime... 258 00:19:04,360 --> 00:19:08,280 I advise you to spend the rest of the day in consideration. 259 00:19:08,280 --> 00:19:10,200 WHIMPERING 260 00:19:17,000 --> 00:19:18,920 (SPEAKS NATIVE TONGUE) 261 00:19:20,560 --> 00:19:22,560 Argh! 262 00:19:22,560 --> 00:19:24,480 With or without your help... 263 00:19:25,600 --> 00:19:27,800 ..be assured, Colonel, 264 00:19:27,800 --> 00:19:29,800 I shall find the rest of your company. 265 00:19:29,800 --> 00:19:31,720 WHIMPERING 266 00:19:35,120 --> 00:19:37,200 Mr Harper, the men are of the opinion 267 00:19:37,200 --> 00:19:39,240 we should parlay with Count Dragomirov. 268 00:19:40,480 --> 00:19:43,880 What measure of mercy are the men hoping to receive? 269 00:19:43,880 --> 00:19:47,120 The same as we got off Dragomirov at the river? 270 00:19:47,120 --> 00:19:49,200 The same as Major Tredinnick? 271 00:19:49,200 --> 00:19:51,280 We're for Calcutta. 272 00:19:51,280 --> 00:19:53,920 You go back to your section and you tell them so. 273 00:19:53,920 --> 00:19:56,080 This is a fool's errand. 274 00:19:56,080 --> 00:19:59,200 And damned fools be we for following Sharpe. 275 00:19:59,200 --> 00:20:02,280 That'd be Colonel Sharpe to you, Wormwood. 276 00:20:02,280 --> 00:20:05,200 Colonel or no, he's gone. You'll not see him again. 277 00:20:05,200 --> 00:20:08,320 For all his high cockalorum, good riddance to the bastard. 278 00:20:10,480 --> 00:20:12,640 You keep your tongue behind your teeth. 279 00:20:12,640 --> 00:20:15,120 As you were, you sons of whores. 280 00:20:17,520 --> 00:20:19,440 Attend me now! 281 00:20:21,240 --> 00:20:24,880 If there is any man here who wants to turn back 282 00:20:24,880 --> 00:20:26,920 and seek quarter with Dragomirov, 283 00:20:26,920 --> 00:20:29,080 then he should step forward. 284 00:20:29,080 --> 00:20:33,480 And I will gladly argue the same point with him. 285 00:20:33,480 --> 00:20:36,800 So get this into your thick skulls. 286 00:20:36,800 --> 00:20:38,960 We, all of us, 287 00:20:38,960 --> 00:20:42,560 know far too much about Dragomirov to be allowed to live. 288 00:20:44,320 --> 00:20:46,320 Now get him on his feet. 289 00:20:46,320 --> 00:20:48,520 And let's go to... Argh! 290 00:20:48,520 --> 00:20:52,200 Mr Harper. Sergeant Harper, what's wrong? 291 00:20:52,200 --> 00:20:54,800 Stones, inside, stones. 292 00:20:54,800 --> 00:20:56,920 It must be cut from him. No, no cutting. 293 00:20:56,920 --> 00:20:58,840 There's another way. 294 00:21:02,920 --> 00:21:04,800 RAPID DRUMMING 295 00:21:27,520 --> 00:21:29,480 APPLAUSE 296 00:21:32,600 --> 00:21:34,600 Ah, Mademoiselle Bonnet. 297 00:21:34,600 --> 00:21:36,680 What a picture you are. 298 00:21:36,680 --> 00:21:38,600 Please. 299 00:21:41,000 --> 00:21:42,920 You all right, lass? 300 00:21:44,800 --> 00:21:46,720 You will take wine? 301 00:21:47,840 --> 00:21:49,760 A sherbet water perhaps, then? 302 00:21:53,880 --> 00:21:57,680 When I leave this country, Colonel, I will do as a rich man. 303 00:21:58,840 --> 00:22:00,880 You could do the same. 304 00:22:00,880 --> 00:22:02,920 In Major Joubert, 305 00:22:02,920 --> 00:22:04,800 you have robbed me of a useful ally. 306 00:22:05,920 --> 00:22:07,840 And I must find a replacement. 307 00:22:09,400 --> 00:22:11,400 Me? 308 00:22:11,400 --> 00:22:13,600 Why not? 309 00:22:13,600 --> 00:22:15,600 You have served the best years of your life 310 00:22:15,600 --> 00:22:17,400 in the service of a mad, old king 311 00:22:17,400 --> 00:22:20,080 and a country which knows you not. 312 00:22:20,080 --> 00:22:22,120 To what reward? 313 00:22:22,120 --> 00:22:24,040 Rank? 314 00:22:25,600 --> 00:22:28,280 The grudgeful tolerations of your betters? 315 00:22:28,280 --> 00:22:30,160 PIPING 316 00:22:31,360 --> 00:22:33,520 Ah, now this fellow you should enjoy. 317 00:22:33,520 --> 00:22:37,040 For which he will require the assistance of a beautiful woman. 318 00:22:37,040 --> 00:22:39,920 Mademoiselle, if you would be so good. 319 00:22:52,880 --> 00:22:55,520 He wishes for you to stand upon him, my dear. 320 00:23:18,920 --> 00:23:20,880 APPLAUSE 321 00:23:22,840 --> 00:23:24,800 Ma'am? Richard. 322 00:23:24,800 --> 00:23:27,440 Wine...will revive her. 323 00:23:30,160 --> 00:23:32,080 I'm quite sincere, Colonel. 324 00:23:33,480 --> 00:23:35,920 A soldier of your resourcefulness and renown 325 00:23:35,920 --> 00:23:38,560 would be an asset to my enterprise. 326 00:23:38,560 --> 00:23:40,480 I'm a soldier. 327 00:23:41,560 --> 00:23:43,560 Not a murderer. 328 00:23:43,560 --> 00:23:45,480 And what is soldiering, Colonel? 329 00:23:46,600 --> 00:23:48,680 But legal murder. 330 00:23:48,680 --> 00:23:50,600 Huh? 331 00:23:53,080 --> 00:23:55,080 I can see you are still reluctant 332 00:23:55,080 --> 00:23:57,040 to tell me where I might find your fellows. 333 00:23:58,480 --> 00:24:01,760 I can understand you might be stubborn enough 334 00:24:01,760 --> 00:24:04,080 to allow yourself to suffer. 335 00:24:07,280 --> 00:24:09,200 But Miss Bonnet? 336 00:24:18,160 --> 00:24:20,360 Believe me, 337 00:24:20,360 --> 00:24:23,600 in her present state, she will do exactly as they please. 338 00:24:23,600 --> 00:24:27,440 The sherbet water, Colonel, was laced with opium. 339 00:24:28,560 --> 00:24:30,480 All right. 340 00:24:30,480 --> 00:24:32,360 All right, damn you. 341 00:24:32,360 --> 00:24:34,280 Where are they? 342 00:24:35,200 --> 00:24:37,160 I'll take you to 'em. 343 00:24:37,160 --> 00:24:39,160 Just tell me where they are to be found. 344 00:24:39,160 --> 00:24:41,440 You must let me negotiate terms. 345 00:24:43,600 --> 00:24:47,080 Patrick Harper won't surrender to anybody but me. 346 00:24:47,080 --> 00:24:48,960 Argh! 347 00:25:00,760 --> 00:25:02,840 All right, all right. 348 00:25:02,840 --> 00:25:04,840 Let him rest a while. 349 00:25:04,840 --> 00:25:06,920 Take your ease, sahib. 350 00:25:06,920 --> 00:25:08,920 You're killing him. 351 00:25:08,920 --> 00:25:11,000 It is the stone that is killing him. 352 00:25:11,000 --> 00:25:13,160 It must be passed or he will die. 353 00:25:13,160 --> 00:25:15,480 It'll burst his heart. Yet it must be tried. 354 00:25:16,720 --> 00:25:18,720 Mr Harper, sahib, 355 00:25:18,720 --> 00:25:20,640 once more if you will. 356 00:25:26,280 --> 00:25:28,800 What good do you think I'll do you dead? 357 00:25:28,800 --> 00:25:30,960 Ach, you'll be safe enough. 358 00:25:30,960 --> 00:25:35,560 Provided you don't give the serpents cause to strike. 359 00:25:36,760 --> 00:25:39,760 I wish you an uncomfortable night. 360 00:25:39,760 --> 00:25:41,720 HISSING 361 00:26:05,520 --> 00:26:07,400 Enough music now. 362 00:26:09,520 --> 00:26:12,080 Leave off your goddamn caterwauling. 363 00:26:35,400 --> 00:26:38,640 See her to her quarters. Yes, sahib. 364 00:26:38,640 --> 00:26:40,560 (GROANS) 365 00:27:12,520 --> 00:27:14,440 HISSING 366 00:27:30,080 --> 00:27:32,040 CRACKS 367 00:27:37,680 --> 00:27:39,760 Ma'am. Ma'am! 368 00:27:39,760 --> 00:27:41,760 Come on. 369 00:27:41,760 --> 00:27:43,960 Come on, lass. 370 00:27:43,960 --> 00:27:45,840 It's time we were gone from this place. 371 00:28:02,280 --> 00:28:04,240 Water, sahib? 372 00:28:05,520 --> 00:28:07,680 How are you this day? 373 00:28:07,680 --> 00:28:10,560 I must say you look much improved for your labours. 374 00:28:11,800 --> 00:28:14,960 How did I get here? I've no recollection of the journey. 375 00:28:14,960 --> 00:28:18,000 We carried you, sahib. As you have carried us all so far. 376 00:28:18,000 --> 00:28:20,000 And in such discomfort. 377 00:28:20,000 --> 00:28:22,080 Is it gone? 378 00:28:22,080 --> 00:28:24,080 You are rid of the stone, sahib. 379 00:28:24,080 --> 00:28:26,280 Thank you. 380 00:28:26,280 --> 00:28:29,200 All by your own effort. No cutting was necessary. 381 00:28:29,200 --> 00:28:31,160 How? 382 00:28:31,160 --> 00:28:34,000 My grandfather was once taken of the stones, sahib. 383 00:28:34,000 --> 00:28:36,120 A wise man in the village cured him 384 00:28:36,120 --> 00:28:39,040 and imparted to me the secret by which he was delivered. 385 00:28:40,160 --> 00:28:42,240 Indian magic. 386 00:28:42,240 --> 00:28:45,360 No, sahib. Indian medicine. 387 00:28:45,360 --> 00:28:49,360 Really, sahib, the Europeans are a very superstitious people. 388 00:28:51,080 --> 00:28:53,160 I suppose. 389 00:28:53,160 --> 00:28:55,160 Shh. 390 00:28:55,160 --> 00:28:57,360 Do you hear that? 391 00:28:57,360 --> 00:28:59,240 HORSE WHINNYING Horses. 392 00:28:59,240 --> 00:29:01,440 Company! 393 00:29:01,440 --> 00:29:03,480 Stand to! Stand to. 394 00:29:21,320 --> 00:29:23,240 I weren't expecting flags, 395 00:29:23,240 --> 00:29:25,840 but I thought to find a warmer welcome than this. 396 00:29:25,840 --> 00:29:27,960 Colonel Sharpe. 397 00:29:27,960 --> 00:29:31,280 Alive. By God, sir, we had took you to be lost. 398 00:29:31,280 --> 00:29:33,200 I don't understand, sir. 399 00:29:34,400 --> 00:29:38,040 Lance-Naik Singh had it off Major Tredinnick that you were dead. 400 00:29:38,040 --> 00:29:40,400 And why should Major Tredinnick think so? 401 00:29:43,320 --> 00:29:45,320 What? 402 00:29:45,320 --> 00:29:47,240 Where is the major? 403 00:29:54,600 --> 00:29:57,200 I'm grieved to learn of your loss, ma'am. 404 00:29:57,200 --> 00:29:59,120 Truly. 405 00:30:00,320 --> 00:30:03,520 You are restored to us as my husband would have wished. 406 00:30:03,520 --> 00:30:06,200 In that there is comfort. And not some little hope. 407 00:30:08,240 --> 00:30:11,480 The major was as fine an officer as I've met, ma'am. 408 00:30:15,880 --> 00:30:17,840 Thank you, Colonel. 409 00:30:19,400 --> 00:30:21,240 For his part, I know, 410 00:30:22,400 --> 00:30:24,280 he held you in like esteem. 411 00:30:28,160 --> 00:30:30,320 By all reports, 412 00:30:30,320 --> 00:30:33,280 it would seem that you have struck a blow for our cause. 413 00:30:33,280 --> 00:30:35,360 In that there is some justice. 414 00:30:35,360 --> 00:30:37,440 In truth, ma'am, 415 00:30:37,440 --> 00:30:40,360 what justice he had were of Miss Bonnet's doing. 416 00:30:43,640 --> 00:30:45,560 Well, I will give her my thanks. 417 00:31:04,960 --> 00:31:07,920 God, Richard, you gave us a rare fright. 418 00:31:07,920 --> 00:31:09,840 Best get moving. 419 00:31:11,720 --> 00:31:13,600 Pat. 420 00:31:36,520 --> 00:31:38,440 An hour, would you say? 421 00:31:41,960 --> 00:31:43,880 Less. 422 00:31:50,120 --> 00:31:52,120 Watch it, lads. Look out. 423 00:31:52,120 --> 00:31:54,040 Look out. 424 00:31:55,160 --> 00:31:57,120 How much powder have we got? 425 00:32:03,600 --> 00:32:06,480 When I draw my blade. You don't have to tell me twice. 426 00:32:06,480 --> 00:32:08,480 Not before. Understood? 427 00:32:08,480 --> 00:32:10,400 On your way, then. 428 00:32:26,920 --> 00:32:28,920 So... 429 00:32:28,920 --> 00:32:31,120 you have found your friends. 430 00:32:31,120 --> 00:32:33,720 It was thoughtful of you to lead me to them. 431 00:32:34,920 --> 00:32:38,320 I told you, I should hunt you down, Colonel Sharpe. 432 00:32:38,320 --> 00:32:40,360 And here we are. 433 00:32:40,360 --> 00:32:42,280 Turn your men about, Dragomirov! 434 00:32:43,440 --> 00:32:46,840 Go back! While you've still got a chance. 435 00:32:46,840 --> 00:32:48,840 I offered you friendship, 436 00:32:48,840 --> 00:32:51,040 a share of the spoils. 437 00:32:51,040 --> 00:32:55,160 What do you think you can achieve? One sword against 50. 438 00:32:55,160 --> 00:32:58,240 Aye, one sword, but warranted never to fail. 439 00:32:59,400 --> 00:33:02,800 Come on, then, you yellow bastards. What are you waiting for? 440 00:33:02,800 --> 00:33:04,960 Cavalry? 441 00:33:04,960 --> 00:33:06,880 I've shit 'em. No. 442 00:33:06,880 --> 00:33:08,960 It's too easy. 443 00:33:08,960 --> 00:33:10,960 Wait, you fools, rein in. 444 00:33:10,960 --> 00:33:13,080 Rein in! 445 00:33:13,080 --> 00:33:14,960 EXPLOSION 446 00:33:19,080 --> 00:33:21,000 SHOUTING AND WHINNYING 447 00:33:38,560 --> 00:33:40,880 Clear the way, Goddamn you, clear the way. 448 00:33:40,880 --> 00:33:43,040 Get it cleared! 449 00:33:43,040 --> 00:33:46,320 Send out a scouting party, see if there is another way around. 450 00:34:00,520 --> 00:34:02,400 Praise God. 451 00:34:03,720 --> 00:34:05,640 Praise God. 452 00:34:06,760 --> 00:34:08,680 Lance-Naik Singh. 453 00:34:09,800 --> 00:34:11,560 Sir. 454 00:34:11,560 --> 00:34:14,640 Take a couple of Company troops and find the head man. 455 00:34:14,640 --> 00:34:17,160 Have him understand we intend him no injury. 456 00:34:17,160 --> 00:34:20,240 We wish only to resupply. All and any goods to be paid for. 457 00:34:20,240 --> 00:34:22,200 Sir. 458 00:34:23,240 --> 00:34:25,320 Take what rest you can. 459 00:34:25,320 --> 00:34:27,320 We must be on our way again shortly. 460 00:34:27,320 --> 00:34:29,400 Our way, Colonel? 461 00:34:29,400 --> 00:34:31,320 But this is my mission. 462 00:34:32,480 --> 00:34:35,200 If Dragomirov finds you here, he'll kill you. 463 00:34:35,200 --> 00:34:38,920 He must do what he must do. As shall I. 464 00:34:38,920 --> 00:34:41,080 You'll do as you're damn well told. Reverend. 465 00:34:41,080 --> 00:34:43,080 Argh! 466 00:34:43,080 --> 00:34:45,160 Madame? 467 00:34:45,160 --> 00:34:47,280 My child. 468 00:34:47,280 --> 00:34:49,840 My child is coming. Come on. 469 00:34:56,320 --> 00:34:58,360 Colour Wormwood! 470 00:34:58,360 --> 00:35:00,400 Secure the village. 471 00:35:00,400 --> 00:35:02,680 You heard him. Get on with it. 472 00:35:03,800 --> 00:35:05,800 Deever, lose your monkey. 473 00:35:08,480 --> 00:35:10,560 The child is good with me, Colour. 474 00:35:10,560 --> 00:35:12,560 It's against King's Regulations. 475 00:35:12,560 --> 00:35:14,520 I ain't leaving her! 476 00:35:14,520 --> 00:35:17,680 You'll do as I damn well say! Or you'll find yourself on a charge! 477 00:35:17,680 --> 00:35:19,680 It's all right, Private Deever. 478 00:35:19,680 --> 00:35:21,640 She can bide with me. 479 00:35:22,840 --> 00:35:25,160 I'll find some women of the village to look to her. 480 00:35:32,480 --> 00:35:34,560 See she's took care of. 481 00:35:34,560 --> 00:35:36,480 I will. 482 00:35:39,400 --> 00:35:41,320 Argh! 483 00:35:57,200 --> 00:36:01,880 I'm...I'm anxious to know how soon we might be on our way, ma'am. 484 00:36:01,880 --> 00:36:04,840 How soon? Richard, the child is the wrong way about. 485 00:36:05,960 --> 00:36:08,160 Ah, but you can help? 486 00:36:08,160 --> 00:36:10,880 I don't know. I have helped deliver a child before, 487 00:36:10,880 --> 00:36:12,920 but not like this. 488 00:36:12,920 --> 00:36:14,960 It may turn of its own will. 489 00:36:14,960 --> 00:36:17,000 What if it doesn't? 490 00:36:17,000 --> 00:36:19,040 It will be a difficult time. 491 00:36:19,040 --> 00:36:21,040 In either case, she cannot be moved. 492 00:36:21,040 --> 00:36:23,000 Argh! 493 00:36:26,920 --> 00:36:30,520 494 00:36:32,600 --> 00:36:34,600 Let's do it again. 495 00:36:34,600 --> 00:36:36,680 One... 496 00:36:36,680 --> 00:36:38,600 497 00:36:39,800 --> 00:36:42,280 Is she sure? Aye. 498 00:36:42,280 --> 00:36:44,480 Well, that's that, then. 499 00:36:44,480 --> 00:36:47,440 Come on. Let's have a turn about the place. 500 00:37:12,080 --> 00:37:14,960 It isn't much, Pat, but it will have to serve. 501 00:37:16,040 --> 00:37:18,240 We can hardly press on now. 502 00:37:18,240 --> 00:37:20,440 It'd be a real pity to falter at the last. 503 00:37:20,440 --> 00:37:24,120 You do know the next garrison is only a two-day hard march? 504 00:37:24,120 --> 00:37:26,240 We haven't got two days. 505 00:37:26,240 --> 00:37:29,240 Like as not, Dragomirov will be upon us tomorrow. 506 00:37:30,280 --> 00:37:32,360 It's here or nowhere. 507 00:37:32,360 --> 00:37:34,360 It's as fine a place as any. 508 00:37:34,360 --> 00:37:36,440 But I had hoped to see Ramona again. 509 00:37:36,440 --> 00:37:39,440 And shall, Pat. And shall. 510 00:37:39,440 --> 00:37:42,280 I suppose we've soldiered long enough and hard enough 511 00:37:42,280 --> 00:37:44,240 for you to not start lying to me now. 512 00:37:44,240 --> 00:37:47,360 But Dragomirov's troopers are well seasoned. 513 00:37:47,360 --> 00:37:49,880 And what's more, they outnumber us six to one. 514 00:37:49,880 --> 00:37:52,040 Good riflemen's odds. 515 00:37:52,040 --> 00:37:55,000 Aye. Except we've got no bloody riflemen. 516 00:38:04,880 --> 00:38:06,960 Argh! 517 00:38:06,960 --> 00:38:08,880 SCREAMING 518 00:38:22,320 --> 00:38:24,360 Argh! 519 00:38:24,360 --> 00:38:26,480 HARPER: What's happening? 520 00:38:26,480 --> 00:38:29,160 It's all right, lass. It's all right, come on. 521 00:38:29,160 --> 00:38:31,760 What in the name of God is going on? You're safe. 522 00:38:31,760 --> 00:38:34,800 Dragomirov's. Scouting party. 523 00:38:34,800 --> 00:38:36,720 Bring him down! 524 00:38:38,920 --> 00:38:41,920 (SPEAKS BENGALI) 525 00:38:43,880 --> 00:38:45,960 What's he say? 526 00:38:45,960 --> 00:38:48,120 My Bengali is not so good, sir. 527 00:38:48,120 --> 00:38:50,680 He thinks you were trying to harm the girl. Me? 528 00:38:50,680 --> 00:38:53,600 No, mate, you've got it wrong, it were these buggers. 529 00:38:53,600 --> 00:38:55,520 (SPEAKS BENGALI) 530 00:38:57,480 --> 00:38:59,520 He is her father, sir, I think. 531 00:38:59,520 --> 00:39:01,560 Lower your rifles. 532 00:39:01,560 --> 00:39:03,440 Put them down. 533 00:39:05,480 --> 00:39:07,640 (SPEAKS HINDI) 534 00:39:07,640 --> 00:39:10,320 What did you ask him? His name, sir. 535 00:39:10,320 --> 00:39:12,520 My name is Chitu. 536 00:39:12,520 --> 00:39:14,840 And you're right, your Bengali is terrible. 537 00:39:15,750 --> 00:39:18,550 Why would he come here? My village grows no opium. 538 00:39:18,550 --> 00:39:20,590 It's us he's after. 539 00:39:20,590 --> 00:39:22,630 Then go. 540 00:39:22,630 --> 00:39:24,550 Leave us alone. 541 00:39:25,670 --> 00:39:27,590 You're not welcome here. 542 00:39:28,790 --> 00:39:30,830 You're bringing trouble to my village. 543 00:39:32,710 --> 00:39:34,630 We can't go. 544 00:39:36,310 --> 00:39:38,430 There is a good amount of powder and shot. 545 00:39:39,550 --> 00:39:41,470 Some canister also. 546 00:39:43,550 --> 00:39:45,510 Whether the powder is still good... 547 00:39:48,030 --> 00:39:50,030 Bugger the powder. 548 00:39:50,030 --> 00:39:52,110 The thing has only got one wheel. 549 00:39:52,110 --> 00:39:54,110 Lance-Naik Singh, 550 00:39:54,110 --> 00:39:56,030 see what you can do. 551 00:40:01,510 --> 00:40:03,550 How many are you? 552 00:40:03,550 --> 00:40:05,590 CHITU: All that you see. 553 00:40:05,590 --> 00:40:07,630 Will they fight? 554 00:40:07,630 --> 00:40:09,670 They are farmers. 555 00:40:09,670 --> 00:40:11,550 So were I once. 556 00:40:13,750 --> 00:40:15,630 The day comes a man has to decide. 557 00:40:16,790 --> 00:40:19,590 Whether he stands to protect what he holds dear... 558 00:40:20,790 --> 00:40:23,270 ..or bows himself under another's will. 559 00:40:29,590 --> 00:40:31,670 Musket at half cock. 560 00:40:31,670 --> 00:40:33,590 Close the pan. 561 00:40:34,710 --> 00:40:36,630 Ram the cartridge. 562 00:40:40,190 --> 00:40:43,190 And...present arms. 563 00:40:53,510 --> 00:40:55,510 WORMWOOD: Look at him, eh. 564 00:40:55,510 --> 00:40:57,910 Look. Bloody fool. 565 00:40:59,790 --> 00:41:02,550 Anyone with sense would leave the bastard to it, eh, lads? 566 00:41:03,670 --> 00:41:05,870 Desertion is a hanging, Colour. 567 00:41:05,870 --> 00:41:09,270 You think anyone will survive the morrow to peach? 568 00:41:09,270 --> 00:41:11,870 Who's gonna stop us, eh? 569 00:41:11,870 --> 00:41:15,110 I reckon we'll take our chances alongside Colonel Sharpe. 570 00:41:15,110 --> 00:41:17,150 Is that what it is like, lads? 571 00:41:17,150 --> 00:41:19,190 Aye. 572 00:41:19,190 --> 00:41:21,070 Ah, well. 573 00:41:22,710 --> 00:41:24,870 Maybe you're right. 574 00:41:24,870 --> 00:41:26,950 It was an idle thought. An unworthy one. 575 00:41:28,070 --> 00:41:29,990 Think no more of it. 576 00:41:31,910 --> 00:41:34,030 God knows, Silas Wormwood... 577 00:41:34,030 --> 00:41:36,270 wouldn't leave his boys unfriended, eh? 578 00:41:36,270 --> 00:41:38,190 Eh? 579 00:41:46,590 --> 00:41:48,630 I keep thinking there's summat I forgot. 580 00:41:50,070 --> 00:41:52,030 I think maybe there is one thing. 581 00:42:02,590 --> 00:42:04,790 I've been told I've done you some injury. 582 00:42:04,790 --> 00:42:06,870 Told? 583 00:42:06,870 --> 00:42:09,030 At least it would appear so. 584 00:42:09,030 --> 00:42:12,070 I cannot speak to those things of which you're charged. 585 00:42:12,070 --> 00:42:13,990 But for my...misjudgement... 586 00:42:15,590 --> 00:42:17,750 ..and the treatment you've had of me by it, 587 00:42:19,150 --> 00:42:21,310 I offer apology. 588 00:42:21,310 --> 00:42:24,110 You've no cause to like the name of Hakeswill. 589 00:42:25,670 --> 00:42:27,590 No. That's true. 590 00:42:29,390 --> 00:42:31,750 But as a man, you've done me no wrong. 591 00:42:34,950 --> 00:42:36,870 Tomorrow, there is gonna be a battle. 592 00:42:38,110 --> 00:42:40,910 I need every man able to face Dragomirov. 593 00:42:40,910 --> 00:42:42,830 Will you fight? Free me. 594 00:42:42,830 --> 00:42:45,030 Give me a rifle. 595 00:42:45,030 --> 00:42:47,390 You shall see whether I can fight or not. 596 00:42:47,390 --> 00:42:49,510 I cannot free you. 597 00:42:49,510 --> 00:42:52,350 You're in the army's charge and I dare not interfere. 598 00:42:53,510 --> 00:42:55,430 Yet you shall have a rifle. 599 00:42:56,590 --> 00:42:58,510 Tomorrow. 600 00:43:07,750 --> 00:43:09,790 Fine night. 601 00:43:09,790 --> 00:43:11,830 Rain come morning. On the wind. 602 00:43:11,830 --> 00:43:14,030 Aye. It's that. 603 00:43:15,350 --> 00:43:17,470 Been long a soldier, Private Deever? 604 00:43:17,470 --> 00:43:19,390 Nine years, sir. 605 00:43:22,710 --> 00:43:24,590 What did you do before that? 606 00:43:25,750 --> 00:43:27,830 Nothing, sir. 607 00:43:27,830 --> 00:43:29,910 The army is all I know. 608 00:43:29,910 --> 00:43:32,870 See, my Grampus fought for the British at Lexington. 609 00:43:34,030 --> 00:43:36,070 I'll be damned. 610 00:43:36,070 --> 00:43:38,230 How my family come to England, sir. 611 00:43:40,070 --> 00:43:43,070 And there's been a Deever in service to His Majesty ever since. 612 00:43:45,950 --> 00:43:47,870 Sir. 613 00:43:53,070 --> 00:43:55,030 For the child, sir. 614 00:43:56,150 --> 00:43:58,190 It ain't much, but it's all I own. 615 00:43:58,190 --> 00:44:00,070 If... 616 00:44:03,590 --> 00:44:05,950 I'll fight easier knowing she's took care of. 617 00:44:09,110 --> 00:44:10,990 I'll just hold onto it for you, Dan. 618 00:44:13,670 --> 00:44:15,590 Till after the battle. 619 00:44:23,510 --> 00:44:25,510 What's to do, Colour? 620 00:44:25,510 --> 00:44:27,590 To do? 621 00:44:27,590 --> 00:44:29,750 To do... 622 00:44:29,750 --> 00:44:31,910 You must flee, man, that's what to do. 623 00:44:31,910 --> 00:44:34,430 Flee? Sharpe wants to kill you. 624 00:44:35,510 --> 00:44:37,470 That can't be. 625 00:44:37,470 --> 00:44:40,710 I just heard him talking with that slack-bellied Irishman. 626 00:44:40,710 --> 00:44:42,870 I'm not taking any chances, says he. 627 00:44:42,870 --> 00:44:45,070 Ye are to hang before the battle, says he. 628 00:44:45,070 --> 00:44:47,070 I don't understand. 629 00:44:47,070 --> 00:44:49,150 What is to understand? 630 00:44:49,150 --> 00:44:51,310 I'll not have murder done. 631 00:44:51,310 --> 00:44:54,230 Not to my brave boy. Not while you are in my charge, no. 632 00:44:54,230 --> 00:44:56,350 By God, I'd sooner swing for it. 633 00:44:56,350 --> 00:44:58,910 But where shall I go? I've set you a mount. 634 00:44:58,910 --> 00:45:00,830 Behind the byre yonder. 635 00:45:01,910 --> 00:45:03,910 Get as far away as you can, lad. 636 00:45:03,910 --> 00:45:06,110 And don't stop riding. 637 00:45:06,110 --> 00:45:08,550 And don't never come near no redcoats no more. 638 00:45:08,550 --> 00:45:10,590 Else the army will have your neck. 639 00:45:10,590 --> 00:45:12,630 Go now. 640 00:45:12,630 --> 00:45:14,510 Go! 641 00:45:16,470 --> 00:45:18,550 All quiet? 642 00:45:18,550 --> 00:45:20,470 All quiet, sir. 643 00:45:22,990 --> 00:45:26,230 It's a bloody miracle you worked with this cannon, Lance-Naik. 644 00:45:27,390 --> 00:45:29,550 I was taught of a great engineer, sir. 645 00:45:29,550 --> 00:45:31,710 From him I learned there is no problem, 646 00:45:31,710 --> 00:45:35,750 however so great it first appears, to which the answer cannot be found. 647 00:45:35,750 --> 00:45:39,110 You liked him? He was my officer, sir. 648 00:45:42,870 --> 00:45:44,870 It's gonna be hot work tomorrow. 649 00:45:44,870 --> 00:45:46,950 No doubt, sir. 650 00:45:46,950 --> 00:45:48,870 Your position must hold. 651 00:45:51,070 --> 00:45:52,990 Yes, sir. 652 00:45:57,510 --> 00:45:59,550 Sir. 653 00:45:59,550 --> 00:46:01,590 If I may ask. 654 00:46:01,590 --> 00:46:03,510 How fares the memsahib? 655 00:46:04,630 --> 00:46:06,630 She's in the best of care. 656 00:46:06,630 --> 00:46:08,710 Miss Bonnet is doing all she can. 657 00:46:08,710 --> 00:46:10,710 I made the major sahib a promise. 658 00:46:10,710 --> 00:46:12,630 That no harm would befall her. 659 00:46:13,990 --> 00:46:16,390 You'll best serve her by holding your post. 660 00:46:16,390 --> 00:46:18,550 GUNSHOT 661 00:46:18,550 --> 00:46:21,030 Guards! Guards! The prisoner has escaped. 662 00:46:23,110 --> 00:46:25,190 Corporal Hakeswill has gone, sir. 663 00:46:25,190 --> 00:46:27,750 Turned loose all the horses and left not a one behind. 664 00:46:27,750 --> 00:46:29,670 And you said I had him wrong? 665 00:46:30,870 --> 00:46:33,350 I knew the bastard weren't to be trusted. Sir... 666 00:46:33,350 --> 00:46:35,550 I don't want to hear it, Pat. 667 00:46:35,550 --> 00:46:38,590 For all we know, he'll find Dragomirov and sell us to him. 668 00:46:38,590 --> 00:46:40,750 We might get him back, sir. 669 00:46:40,750 --> 00:46:43,070 Colour Wormwood has rode out after him. 670 00:46:43,070 --> 00:46:44,990 Rode out? Yeah. 671 00:46:44,990 --> 00:46:46,710 And how's that? 672 00:46:46,710 --> 00:46:49,830 When Corporal Hakeswill has turned all the horses loose? 673 00:46:49,830 --> 00:46:51,870 I don't know, sir, but he did. 674 00:46:51,870 --> 00:46:54,030 All right, Deever. 675 00:46:54,030 --> 00:46:55,830 Back to your post. Sir. 676 00:47:03,470 --> 00:47:05,390 WOMAN SHOUTING IN PAIN 677 00:47:30,790 --> 00:47:32,950 Will you hear us confession, Reverend? 678 00:47:32,950 --> 00:47:34,990 Confession? 679 00:47:34,990 --> 00:47:37,710 He can't take confession, Croop. 680 00:47:37,710 --> 00:47:39,830 No, Private Quilter, you are mistaken. 681 00:47:39,830 --> 00:47:41,750 Confession is sanctioned 682 00:47:41,750 --> 00:47:44,030 in The Order for the Visitation of the Sick. 683 00:47:44,030 --> 00:47:46,110 See. 684 00:47:46,110 --> 00:47:48,030 What did you want to tell me about? 685 00:47:49,710 --> 00:47:51,750 We is bad men, sir. 686 00:47:51,750 --> 00:47:53,670 Go on. 687 00:47:55,070 --> 00:47:57,070 Very bad men, sir. 688 00:47:57,070 --> 00:47:58,990 Is that all? 689 00:48:00,110 --> 00:48:02,190 No, sir. 690 00:48:02,190 --> 00:48:04,190 It's the... 691 00:48:04,190 --> 00:48:06,390 Tell him. 692 00:48:06,390 --> 00:48:09,790 The crime of which Corporal Hakeswill stands accused, sir... 693 00:48:09,790 --> 00:48:11,790 He never done it, sir. 694 00:48:11,790 --> 00:48:13,990 It was Colour Wormwood, sir. 695 00:48:13,990 --> 00:48:16,630 How do you know this? Because we helped him do it, sir. 696 00:48:16,630 --> 00:48:18,870 Not the killing, sir. That was his alone. 697 00:48:18,870 --> 00:48:21,390 But the robbing, sir, that we did. 698 00:48:21,390 --> 00:48:23,950 Now the bastard has run off and left us to it, sir. 699 00:48:29,150 --> 00:48:31,830 If we is bound for glory... 700 00:48:33,190 --> 00:48:35,310 ..and anyone else survives, 701 00:48:35,310 --> 00:48:38,390 they could speak on our part at the court martial, sir. 702 00:48:38,390 --> 00:48:41,390 Else we thought you could take a deposition of us, sir. 703 00:48:41,390 --> 00:48:43,790 That we could put our mark to. 704 00:48:55,310 --> 00:48:57,350 Who in God's name, are you? 705 00:48:57,350 --> 00:48:59,390 Colour Wormwood, sir. 706 00:48:59,390 --> 00:49:01,430 At your service. 707 00:49:01,430 --> 00:49:03,590 My service? 708 00:49:03,590 --> 00:49:06,510 You're searching for Colonel Sharpe, are you not? 709 00:49:06,510 --> 00:49:08,630 I'll tell you all you needs to know, sir. 710 00:49:08,630 --> 00:49:10,670 How his forces are deployed. 711 00:49:10,670 --> 00:49:12,590 Where his defence is weakest. 712 00:49:14,550 --> 00:49:17,670 And what would you have in return for this service? 713 00:49:17,670 --> 00:49:19,670 Wormwood. Bastard! 714 00:49:19,670 --> 00:49:21,590 Bastard! 715 00:49:23,710 --> 00:49:25,710 We're well shot of him. 716 00:49:25,710 --> 00:49:27,670 Aye, but with Barabbas gone, 717 00:49:27,670 --> 00:49:30,070 we're two men short before we've even started. 718 00:50:07,430 --> 00:50:10,430 Richard bloody Sharpe. 719 00:50:13,070 --> 00:50:15,510 Well, make your damn report, if you please. 720 00:50:15,510 --> 00:50:18,150 Well? I'm waiting. 721 00:50:18,150 --> 00:50:20,230 Everything is as you disposed, sir. 722 00:50:20,230 --> 00:50:22,670 You will recall that you have elected 723 00:50:22,670 --> 00:50:25,110 to defend the western flank of the village. 724 00:50:26,510 --> 00:50:28,670 Sir Henry. 725 00:50:28,670 --> 00:50:30,910 If you are ready, we should get to our post. 726 00:50:30,910 --> 00:50:33,990 Sir Henry? Sir Henry? 727 00:50:33,990 --> 00:50:39,430 And who are you, sir, to address me in such familiar terms? 728 00:50:39,430 --> 00:50:43,870 This is the Field Marshal Lord Chitu, sir. 729 00:50:44,990 --> 00:50:46,910 Field marshal, eh? 730 00:50:48,310 --> 00:50:50,230 Your servant, my Lord, of course. 731 00:50:56,870 --> 00:50:59,950 By Jesus, this is some army we've put together. 732 00:50:59,950 --> 00:51:02,710 Shirkers and bedlamites. 733 00:51:02,710 --> 00:51:04,710 The halt and the mad. 734 00:51:04,710 --> 00:51:06,750 Do we begin, sir? 735 00:51:06,750 --> 00:51:09,310 All in good time, Colour Wormwood. 736 00:51:09,310 --> 00:51:11,670 Let them see us first. 737 00:51:11,670 --> 00:51:13,750 And despair. 738 00:51:13,750 --> 00:51:15,830 Sir. 739 00:51:15,830 --> 00:51:17,750 I must speak with you. 740 00:51:18,870 --> 00:51:20,750 Can it not wait, Mr Beauclere? 741 00:51:22,310 --> 00:51:24,230 Very well, but make it quick. 742 00:51:27,070 --> 00:51:28,990 Come away, then. 743 00:51:34,750 --> 00:51:36,950 I have not yet been assigned a position. 744 00:51:36,950 --> 00:51:39,110 My men have their orders. 745 00:51:39,110 --> 00:51:42,230 Lance-Naik Singh has his orders. Even General Simmerson... 746 00:51:42,230 --> 00:51:44,430 Mr Beauclere... I must know, sir. 747 00:51:45,910 --> 00:51:47,830 Is it because of my father? 748 00:51:49,710 --> 00:51:51,590 I thought you must have... 749 00:51:55,910 --> 00:51:57,830 He did not fall as I have said. 750 00:51:59,110 --> 00:52:01,710 He did not storm the breach. 751 00:52:01,710 --> 00:52:03,750 Nor capture the marshal's baton. 752 00:52:03,750 --> 00:52:05,710 But rather... 753 00:52:07,230 --> 00:52:09,310 ..he died as Colour Wormwood reported. 754 00:52:10,430 --> 00:52:12,470 You are not your father. 755 00:52:12,470 --> 00:52:14,510 No, sir. 756 00:52:14,510 --> 00:52:16,390 But I look very alike. 757 00:52:18,070 --> 00:52:19,950 At least my mother says. 758 00:52:22,750 --> 00:52:27,030 How a man counts upon the eye, Mr Beauclere, means less than nothing. 759 00:52:28,190 --> 00:52:30,190 It's what's in his heart that matters. 760 00:52:31,390 --> 00:52:33,870 Which is why the most important job of all 761 00:52:33,870 --> 00:52:35,950 I kept for you. 762 00:52:35,950 --> 00:52:38,070 For me, sir? 763 00:52:38,070 --> 00:52:40,590 Who else would I entrust to defend the mission, 764 00:52:40,590 --> 00:52:42,510 and give protection to the ladies? 765 00:52:43,630 --> 00:52:45,630 Get to it now. 766 00:52:45,630 --> 00:52:47,550 Aye, sir. 767 00:52:53,550 --> 00:52:56,030 A few words from yourself wouldn't go amiss. 768 00:52:56,030 --> 00:52:58,150 Maybe steady the lads' nerves. 769 00:53:01,310 --> 00:53:03,230 Aye. 770 00:53:04,310 --> 00:53:06,230 Company! Take heed. 771 00:53:08,630 --> 00:53:10,910 I know the buggers look smart. 772 00:53:10,910 --> 00:53:13,070 But take it from me, 773 00:53:13,070 --> 00:53:16,030 that's all they are, strutting peacocks. 774 00:53:17,150 --> 00:53:19,310 At the Battle of Waterloo, 775 00:53:19,310 --> 00:53:22,590 the South Essex Regiment stood all day. 776 00:53:22,590 --> 00:53:25,070 They beat off two brigades of cavalry, 777 00:53:25,070 --> 00:53:27,550 and Bonaparte's Imperial Guard. 778 00:53:28,790 --> 00:53:31,070 All you have to do is stand. 779 00:53:32,190 --> 00:53:34,870 Stand! Let the cavalry come on. 780 00:53:35,950 --> 00:53:38,750 Stand. Hold fire... 781 00:53:38,750 --> 00:53:42,550 until the horses are within ten paces. 782 00:53:43,910 --> 00:53:45,910 Stand 783 00:53:45,910 --> 00:53:47,870 and the day will be ours. 784 00:53:48,750 --> 00:53:50,710 Sharpe! 785 00:53:50,710 --> 00:53:52,710 Colonel Sharpe, sir! 786 00:53:52,710 --> 00:53:54,790 787 00:53:54,790 --> 00:53:56,790 788 00:53:56,790 --> 00:54:00,030 Watkin! Get out of there! 789 00:54:00,030 --> 00:54:03,350 Brothers, brothers, lay down your arms. 790 00:54:04,470 --> 00:54:06,630 Today is the Sabbath. 791 00:54:06,630 --> 00:54:10,070 To spill blood this day would be impious. 792 00:54:10,070 --> 00:54:13,910 The Sabbath, you say? Life, sir. Chance. 793 00:54:13,910 --> 00:54:18,550 Then you of any should know God does not work upon a Sunday. 794 00:54:23,110 --> 00:54:25,030 Bastard. 795 00:54:27,750 --> 00:54:29,670 Take cover! 796 00:54:33,870 --> 00:54:35,790 WHINNYING AND SHOUTING 797 00:54:36,910 --> 00:54:38,990 Get them barricades back! 798 00:54:38,990 --> 00:54:40,910 SHOUTING 799 00:54:45,070 --> 00:54:47,470 Stand, you buggers. Stand. 800 00:54:49,070 --> 00:54:50,990 Present. 801 00:54:53,470 --> 00:54:55,470 Fire! 802 00:54:55,470 --> 00:54:57,430 Fire! 803 00:55:58,910 --> 00:56:00,910 Oh, my. 804 00:56:00,910 --> 00:56:02,990 Oh, my... 805 00:56:02,990 --> 00:56:05,190 I believe I am killed, ma'am. 806 00:56:05,190 --> 00:56:07,190 Fall back! I do my duty. 807 00:56:07,190 --> 00:56:10,670 Duty? The officer gave orders that I must hold my position. 808 00:56:10,670 --> 00:56:12,750 Well, then... 809 00:56:12,750 --> 00:56:14,950 I guess if you can do it, I can. 810 00:56:49,550 --> 00:56:51,550 Just my f... 811 00:56:51,550 --> 00:56:53,470 ..luck. 812 00:56:57,550 --> 00:57:00,030 Another round. Quickly. That's the last of it! 813 00:57:01,150 --> 00:57:03,230 The position is lost. 814 00:57:03,230 --> 00:57:05,270 Go back to the mission. 815 00:57:05,270 --> 00:57:07,430 They will have need of you. 816 00:57:07,430 --> 00:57:09,270 I shall hold the east as long as I may. 817 00:57:15,070 --> 00:57:17,150 To me! Fall back! 818 00:57:17,150 --> 00:57:19,070 Fall back! 819 00:57:21,550 --> 00:57:23,430 TRUMPETING 820 00:57:26,710 --> 00:57:28,790 Barabbas? 821 00:57:28,790 --> 00:57:30,670 Into 'em! Get into 'em! 822 00:57:37,950 --> 00:57:42,630 By God, man, you cut that fine. Two days of riding in one night, sir. 823 00:57:42,630 --> 00:57:44,590 No sight were ever more welcome. 824 00:57:53,910 --> 00:57:55,910 Colour? 825 00:57:55,910 --> 00:57:57,830 Private Quilter. 826 00:58:06,510 --> 00:58:09,030 You just did a poor fool, Wormwood. 827 00:58:09,030 --> 00:58:10,910 But now you'll have to deal with a man. 828 00:58:42,030 --> 00:58:43,950 You bastard! 829 00:59:04,510 --> 00:59:06,430 Ungh! 830 00:59:25,070 --> 00:59:26,990 You've lost, Dragomirov. 831 00:59:28,910 --> 00:59:30,790 For all your bloody squadron. 832 00:59:31,910 --> 00:59:33,990 You've lost. 833 00:59:33,990 --> 00:59:35,990 If I'm for hell, Sharpe, 834 00:59:35,990 --> 00:59:37,910 then you are coming with me. 835 01:00:33,270 --> 01:00:35,190 One blade, Dragomirov. 836 01:00:37,750 --> 01:00:39,670 Warranted never to fail. 837 01:00:58,310 --> 01:01:00,230 How stands the day, sir? 838 01:01:03,190 --> 01:01:05,110 The day is ours. 839 01:01:06,990 --> 01:01:08,990 Did I... 840 01:01:08,990 --> 01:01:11,430 do my duty, sir? 841 01:01:17,310 --> 01:01:19,230 Aye. 842 01:01:22,310 --> 01:01:24,230 And more besides. 843 01:01:26,950 --> 01:01:28,870 Will you write my mother ,sir? 844 01:01:30,830 --> 01:01:33,350 I would have her know our name was not dismayed. 845 01:01:36,510 --> 01:01:38,750 You will write and tell her so yourself... 846 01:01:38,750 --> 01:01:40,830 when you are able. 847 01:01:40,830 --> 01:01:42,750 Miss Bonnet tells me I shall mend. 848 01:01:45,190 --> 01:01:47,630 But blood demands soldiers deal plain. 849 01:01:50,470 --> 01:01:52,430 Am I to die, sir? 850 01:01:59,070 --> 01:02:00,990 Might I then... 851 01:02:02,110 --> 01:02:04,030 ..presume upon your hand, sir... 852 01:02:05,630 --> 01:02:07,550 ..till the moment is passed. 853 01:02:13,350 --> 01:02:15,390 It's been 854 01:02:15,390 --> 01:02:17,950 the greatest honour of my life 855 01:02:17,950 --> 01:02:19,830 to serve beside you. 856 01:02:21,790 --> 01:02:23,870 The honour is mine. 857 01:02:23,870 --> 01:02:25,870 Argh! 858 01:02:25,870 --> 01:02:27,790 Easy. Easy, lad. 859 01:02:31,870 --> 01:02:34,030 You might give him a kiss, ma'am. 860 01:02:40,190 --> 01:02:42,670 Here's 40 shillings on the drum... 861 01:02:43,870 --> 01:02:46,030 ..for those who'll volunteer to come... 862 01:02:47,110 --> 01:02:49,550 ..to list and fight the foe today... 863 01:02:51,510 --> 01:02:54,910 ..over the hills...and far away. 864 01:03:27,270 --> 01:03:29,350 He saved us. 865 01:03:29,350 --> 01:03:31,270 When they came. 866 01:03:36,910 --> 01:03:38,830 BABY CRYING 867 01:03:42,190 --> 01:03:44,110 A girl. 868 01:03:48,110 --> 01:03:50,030 A child of the storm. 869 01:03:56,310 --> 01:03:58,590 A dozen he killed, a dozen. 870 01:04:02,070 --> 01:04:04,230 Chitu. 871 01:04:04,230 --> 01:04:07,110 Your Grace, Sharpe, Your Grace. Damn your eyes, sir. 872 01:04:07,110 --> 01:04:09,270 Have you no etiquette? 873 01:04:09,270 --> 01:04:12,670 You address a peer of the realm. Remember your place, sir. 874 01:04:12,670 --> 01:04:15,350 With you restored to your place, Sir Henry, 875 01:04:15,350 --> 01:04:17,390 how could a man forget it? 876 01:04:17,390 --> 01:04:19,830 You did it, Colonel Sharpe. 877 01:04:21,470 --> 01:04:23,390 We did it. 878 01:04:37,230 --> 01:04:40,230 I hope you're not intending to go without saying goodbye. 879 01:04:40,230 --> 01:04:42,550 A soldier is born to farewells, Corporal. 880 01:04:42,550 --> 01:04:46,030 It's to be sergeant, sir. All charges dropped and a promotion. 881 01:04:46,030 --> 01:04:48,790 My compliments, Sergeant Hakeswill. 882 01:04:48,790 --> 01:04:51,990 That's enough, Sergeant. You must come back to your bed now. 883 01:04:53,190 --> 01:04:55,630 When a princess says she wants you back in bed, 884 01:04:55,630 --> 01:04:57,590 you'd best step to, Sergeant. 885 01:05:03,510 --> 01:05:05,550 Are you ready, then? 886 01:05:05,550 --> 01:05:07,470 Aye. 887 01:05:09,390 --> 01:05:11,310 Just give me a minute. 888 01:05:38,910 --> 01:05:40,830 What will you do? 889 01:05:42,230 --> 01:05:44,310 Go home. 890 01:05:44,310 --> 01:05:46,310 And you? 891 01:05:46,310 --> 01:05:48,390 I have a farm in Normandy. 892 01:05:48,390 --> 01:05:50,390 In Normandy? 893 01:05:50,390 --> 01:05:52,590 It's funny. 894 01:05:52,590 --> 01:05:56,670 I was raised from a child to hate all of you rosbif. 895 01:05:58,190 --> 01:06:00,230 But you... 896 01:06:00,230 --> 01:06:02,270 are a good man, 897 01:06:02,270 --> 01:06:04,390 Colonel Sharpe. 898 01:06:04,390 --> 01:06:07,110 For all you would have the world think otherwise. 899 01:06:07,110 --> 01:06:09,190 If you say so, ma'am. 900 01:06:09,190 --> 01:06:11,230 Perhaps 901 01:06:11,230 --> 01:06:13,150 one day I shall visit you. 902 01:06:14,670 --> 01:06:16,590 I should like that. 903 01:06:18,110 --> 01:06:20,030 Until then... 904 01:06:22,110 --> 01:06:24,070 ..au revoir. 905 01:06:41,670 --> 01:06:43,590 Leaving us, Sharpe? 906 01:06:45,670 --> 01:06:47,590 The opium has been recovered. 907 01:06:48,750 --> 01:06:51,230 The land restored to peace. Job's done. 908 01:06:51,230 --> 01:06:53,510 It would appear I owe you my life. 909 01:06:54,630 --> 01:06:56,670 We all make mistakes, Sir Henry. 910 01:06:56,670 --> 01:06:58,550 (GROWLS) 911 01:07:01,910 --> 01:07:03,870 Quite so, quite so. 912 01:07:05,430 --> 01:07:07,390 God speed you safe home... 913 01:07:08,510 --> 01:07:10,430 ..Richard. 914 01:07:24,230 --> 01:07:26,430 Well, I have now seen it all. 915 01:07:26,430 --> 01:07:29,710 Simmerson calling you "Richard" and shaking you by the hand. 916 01:07:29,710 --> 01:07:31,870 I think I'd sooner the bastard he were. 917 01:07:31,870 --> 01:07:35,830 Aye, but if Simmerson can change like that, there's hope for us all. 918 01:07:35,830 --> 01:07:38,830 Buggered if I'm changing. There's nowt wrong with me. 919 01:07:38,830 --> 01:07:40,830 Amen to that. 920 01:07:40,830 --> 01:07:42,910 Amen to that. Are we for home? 921 01:07:42,910 --> 01:07:44,950 Aye. 922 01:07:44,950 --> 01:07:47,230 And maybe this time we'll get there.