0 00:00:10,000 --> 00:00:15,000 [V.6.] 1 00:01:37,695 --> 00:01:39,645 That's it That's it all right 2 00:01:53,495 --> 00:01:55,005 Atten-shun! 3 00:01:55,094 --> 00:01:57,044 Shoulder arms! 4 00:01:58,974 --> 00:02:01,355 General salute. Present arms! 5 00:02:08,215 --> 00:02:10,165 Morning, Hogan! 6 00:02:10,254 --> 00:02:12,204 Morning, Sir Arthur. 7 00:02:52,575 --> 00:02:55,365 Mon dieu! Milord Wellesley. 8 00:03:08,815 --> 00:03:10,765 Eyes down. 9 00:03:34,295 --> 00:03:36,325 On y va. 10 00:04:02,414 --> 00:04:05,044 (Women scream) 11 00:04:51,455 --> 00:04:53,405 Better late than never, Hogan. 12 00:04:53,495 --> 00:04:55,444 What's your name? 13 00:04:55,534 --> 00:04:57,485 Sharpe. Sergeant. 14 00:04:57,575 --> 00:04:59,124 2nd Battalion, 15 00:04:59,215 --> 00:05:01,675 - 95th Rifles sir - I'm much obliged to you. 16 00:05:01,775 --> 00:05:03,925 You did me a damn good turn. 17 00:05:05,934 --> 00:05:08,204 Now I'm going to do you a damn bad one. 18 00:05:08,295 --> 00:05:11,325 I'm giving you a field commission, Sharpe. 19 00:05:11,415 --> 00:05:14,445 From this moment on you're a lieutenant in the 95th 20 00:05:14,534 --> 00:05:16,285 Major Hogan 21 00:05:16,375 --> 00:05:20,124 - meet Mr. Sharpe. - Congratulations. Capital choice, sir. 22 00:05:20,215 --> 00:05:22,725 The minute I saw him I looked. 23 00:05:22,815 --> 00:05:26,725 Hogan says "Aye that fellow don't seem much but he's a natural-born officer" 24 00:05:26,814 --> 00:05:28,764 Of course, you know, Sir Arthur, 25 00:05:28,855 --> 00:05:31,204 he'll need a mentor. 26 00:05:31,295 --> 00:05:33,644 Hogan, you keep your hands off him. 27 00:05:34,815 --> 00:05:36,765 Hogan is an officer on... 28 00:05:36,855 --> 00:05:39,085 - Ahem! - On my staff. 29 00:05:40,175 --> 00:05:42,124 Your colonel will be informed. 30 00:05:42,214 --> 00:05:45,915 I'll request light duties till his wound be healed 31 00:05:46,015 --> 00:05:47,884 Good day to you both. 32 00:05:48,934 --> 00:05:52,365 Light duties, sir. Light duties it is. Absolutely. 33 00:05:55,535 --> 00:05:57,485 See here, Sharpe. 34 00:05:57,574 --> 00:06:02,325 Light duties means staying at headquarters and being snubbed by snobs. 35 00:06:02,415 --> 00:06:06,035 How would you like me to find you something else? 36 00:06:07,654 --> 00:06:09,605 As long as it's safe, sir. 37 00:06:09,695 --> 00:06:11,645 That's my boy. 38 00:06:15,775 --> 00:06:17,725 (Sharpe clears his throat) 39 00:06:18,775 --> 00:06:20,725 (Officers mutter and laugh) 40 00:06:27,894 --> 00:06:29,844 So the bankers won't budge? 41 00:06:29,935 --> 00:06:31,885 Afraid not, Sir Arthur. 42 00:06:31,974 --> 00:06:33,924 We need to find Rothschild. 43 00:06:34,974 --> 00:06:39,285 I'd like to suggest we add that fellow Sharpe to Dunnett's search party. 44 00:06:39,374 --> 00:06:43,444 I make a man an officer today and you want me to send him into the mountains tomorrow. 45 00:06:43,535 --> 00:06:45,644 - Have you no heart, Hogan? - No, sir. 46 00:06:46,694 --> 00:06:49,724 We need somebody to command Dunnett's sharpshooters, 47 00:06:49,815 --> 00:06:53,685 and Sharpe will be much happier up in the mountains than up in the mess. 48 00:06:53,774 --> 00:06:56,155 You know the problem, Sir Arthur. 49 00:06:56,255 --> 00:06:58,205 Not one of us. 50 00:07:00,094 --> 00:07:02,045 Lawford, let me see him. 51 00:07:06,415 --> 00:07:08,365 Lieutenant Sharpe. 52 00:07:15,134 --> 00:07:17,085 Don't be stupid. 53 00:07:27,695 --> 00:07:29,644 Lieutenant Sharpe, sir. 54 00:07:32,655 --> 00:07:35,605 Where did you get the uniform, Sharpe? 55 00:07:35,694 --> 00:07:37,605 Major Hogan, sir. 56 00:07:41,774 --> 00:07:43,724 What's that, Sharpe? 57 00:07:45,015 --> 00:07:48,044 - It's a shilling, sir. - The king's shilling, Sharpe. 58 00:07:48,135 --> 00:07:50,085 Our last shilling. 59 00:07:50,174 --> 00:07:52,124 London's late, the army's broke, 60 00:07:52,215 --> 00:07:54,244 and we owe the lads two months' wages. 61 00:07:54,335 --> 00:07:56,285 Next week, it'll be three. 62 00:07:56,374 --> 00:07:58,324 Bad for the morale. 63 00:07:58,415 --> 00:08:02,685 And more of our Spanish irregular support will melt away without cash. 64 00:08:02,775 --> 00:08:05,964 - What do you do when you're short of cash? - Do without, sir. 65 00:08:07,295 --> 00:08:09,244 You borrow, Richard. 66 00:08:09,334 --> 00:08:13,725 From a bank. Our banker is Nathan Rothschild of London. 67 00:08:13,815 --> 00:08:16,525 Nathan's brother James runs a banking service 68 00:08:16,614 --> 00:08:19,485 from Viennna to Lisbon under Boney's nose 69 00:08:21,614 --> 00:08:23,565 Ten weeks ago, 70 00:08:23,655 --> 00:08:25,605 James set out from Vienna 71 00:08:25,694 --> 00:08:27,644 with the bank draft. 72 00:08:27,735 --> 00:08:31,685 He was to travel across France, across the Pyr�n�es, and into Spain 73 00:08:31,774 --> 00:08:35,364 and make a rendezvous at a place called Casa Antigua. 74 00:08:35,455 --> 00:08:38,445 James Rothschild never turned up. 75 00:08:38,534 --> 00:08:40,484 - But... - Don't! 76 00:08:40,575 --> 00:08:44,244 Don't tell me James is a banker traveling across a country at war. 77 00:08:45,415 --> 00:08:48,405 James is no clerk. He's done this before. 78 00:08:48,494 --> 00:08:51,605 We know he got safely to Torrecastro, 79 00:08:51,694 --> 00:08:53,644 and from there headed south 80 00:08:53,735 --> 00:08:56,295 and is somewhere in these mountains. 81 00:08:58,935 --> 00:09:03,684 So we're going to send out a search party led by... 82 00:09:03,775 --> 00:09:06,335 - Dunnett. - Major Dunnett. 83 00:09:06,414 --> 00:09:08,845 It means going a hundred miles 84 00:09:08,934 --> 00:09:11,394 into occupied French territory. 85 00:09:13,614 --> 00:09:15,565 Care to come along, Sharpe? 86 00:09:15,655 --> 00:09:18,885 - But... - Good. Tomorrow, I go on ahead. Alone. 87 00:09:18,975 --> 00:09:21,325 It attracts less attention and gives me a chance 88 00:09:21,415 --> 00:09:24,205 to contact my Spanish agents who are searching, too. 89 00:09:24,295 --> 00:09:29,044 A small special force of Rifles attached to Dunnett's force will travel a day behind, 90 00:09:29,135 --> 00:09:31,085 in case I need help. 91 00:09:34,374 --> 00:09:36,324 That's where you come in, Richard. 92 00:09:36,415 --> 00:09:38,925 Want you to command the sharp shooters 93 00:09:40,454 --> 00:09:42,964 Sir Arthur. 94 00:09:43,055 --> 00:09:47,604 The men you will be commanding must know nothing of this mission in case of capture. 95 00:09:47,695 --> 00:09:51,044 That is a secret shared between you and your superior officers, 96 00:09:51,135 --> 00:09:54,124 Major Dunnett and Captain Murray 97 00:09:54,214 --> 00:09:58,525 Whatever happens, one of you must get through to Casa Antigua. 98 00:09:58,614 --> 00:10:01,764 You'll find them camped about three miles north of here. 99 00:10:01,855 --> 00:10:03,925 They like to live rough. 100 00:10:07,574 --> 00:10:09,445 They expect you at dawn tomorrow. 101 00:10:09,535 --> 00:10:11,365 Give this to Captain Murray. 102 00:10:15,575 --> 00:10:19,275 Major Dunnett is an officer of the old school, Sharpe. 103 00:10:20,655 --> 00:10:23,684 He may not erm... He may not approve 104 00:10:23,775 --> 00:10:26,004 of my raising an officer from the ranks 105 00:10:26,095 --> 00:10:28,045 Yes, sir. 106 00:10:28,134 --> 00:10:30,084 He may not erm... 107 00:10:30,175 --> 00:10:32,805 mind his manners. 108 00:10:33,855 --> 00:10:35,805 So you must mind yours. 109 00:10:35,894 --> 00:10:37,525 Sir. 110 00:10:38,974 --> 00:10:41,044 Good luck, Mr. Sharpe. 111 00:10:43,255 --> 00:10:45,205 Er Richard 112 00:10:46,775 --> 00:10:48,725 The shilling. 113 00:10:59,694 --> 00:11:01,645 Will he do, Hogan? 114 00:11:01,735 --> 00:11:03,685 Do or die, sir. 115 00:11:39,494 --> 00:11:42,605 Teresa. Quitalos. Venga, rapido! 116 00:11:45,694 --> 00:11:48,155 (Gunshots) 117 00:11:48,254 --> 00:11:50,844 (Battle cries) 118 00:11:56,575 --> 00:11:58,525 Arriba! 119 00:12:05,575 --> 00:12:08,134 Arriba 120 00:12:09,295 --> 00:12:11,964 Allez! Attention! 121 00:12:21,175 --> 00:12:23,124 Attention 122 00:12:46,334 --> 00:12:47,604 Regroupez-vous! 123 00:12:47,695 --> 00:12:49,325 Regroupez-vous 124 00:13:17,854 --> 00:13:19,805 Chosen Men, Sharpe. 125 00:13:19,895 --> 00:13:21,845 They may look like a band of gypsies 126 00:13:21,934 --> 00:13:25,005 but they're the finest marksmen in King George's army. 127 00:13:40,335 --> 00:13:42,285 (Snores) 128 00:13:45,535 --> 00:13:47,285 Oi! 129 00:13:47,374 --> 00:13:49,125 Soldier. 130 00:13:49,215 --> 00:13:51,165 Who goes there? 131 00:13:52,454 --> 00:13:54,404 Lieutenant Sharpe. 132 00:13:54,495 --> 00:13:56,445 95th Rifles. 133 00:13:58,214 --> 00:14:00,445 Forgive me, sir. I didn't see you proper. 134 00:14:02,974 --> 00:14:05,564 - And who are you? - Isaiah Tongue. 135 00:14:05,655 --> 00:14:07,605 Chosen Man, sir. 136 00:14:07,695 --> 00:14:10,644 Chosen Man? Where are the others, Tongue? 137 00:14:12,335 --> 00:14:14,285 In the barn, sir. 138 00:14:16,454 --> 00:14:18,685 Sleeping on sentry's a shooting charge. 139 00:14:18,774 --> 00:14:20,844 If I catch you again, I'll do it myself. 140 00:14:26,135 --> 00:14:28,165 He could have had you shot, Sergeant. 141 00:14:28,255 --> 00:14:32,004 Not me. Major Dunnett doesn't like officers made up from the ranks. 142 00:14:32,095 --> 00:14:35,564 Come on, Isaiah. I want to see what happens when he wakes Harper. 143 00:14:50,255 --> 00:14:52,765 Up! 144 00:14:52,854 --> 00:14:55,205 Up you lazy bastards 145 00:14:55,294 --> 00:14:57,244 (Snoring continues) 146 00:15:03,694 --> 00:15:05,644 Up! 147 00:15:06,735 --> 00:15:08,204 Come on! 148 00:15:12,615 --> 00:15:14,885 Blessings are guarding you, friend. 149 00:15:17,654 --> 00:15:20,845 Can't you see I'm an officer, you bloody bogtrotter? 150 00:15:20,935 --> 00:15:23,564 And I'm Napoleon Bonaparte. 151 00:15:35,495 --> 00:15:37,924 Has anybody seen the new officer? 152 00:15:38,014 --> 00:15:41,085 Major Dunnett told me to find him. 153 00:15:50,054 --> 00:15:52,004 Name? Rank? 154 00:15:53,095 --> 00:15:56,084 Patrick Michael Harper. Chosen Man, sir. 155 00:15:56,175 --> 00:15:58,125 You? Chosen Man? 156 00:15:58,214 --> 00:15:59,844 Show me. 157 00:16:05,935 --> 00:16:07,885 What's this? 158 00:16:07,974 --> 00:16:09,924 Liquor? 159 00:16:10,015 --> 00:16:11,965 Liquor displeases the Lord. 160 00:16:12,054 --> 00:16:14,965 Give it here, Harper, so I can destroy it. 161 00:16:15,054 --> 00:16:17,204 Oh, blimey. A bloody Methodist. 162 00:16:21,095 --> 00:16:23,474 That's best brandy, sir. 163 00:16:33,375 --> 00:16:35,325 Top of the morning, Harper. 164 00:16:46,615 --> 00:16:48,565 Who the blazes are you sir? 165 00:16:51,334 --> 00:16:53,284 Lieutenant Sharpe, sir. 166 00:16:54,334 --> 00:16:55,924 These are my orders. 167 00:16:57,534 --> 00:16:59,364 Sharpe. 168 00:16:59,455 --> 00:17:02,324 Sharpe? Are you the fellow 169 00:17:02,414 --> 00:17:05,324 - that Wellesley raised from the ranks? - Sir. 170 00:17:05,415 --> 00:17:09,034 These papers are in order, sir. Seems Sharpe distinguished himself. 171 00:17:09,134 --> 00:17:12,045 Not here he hasn�t 172 00:17:12,134 --> 00:17:14,125 Brawling with common soldiers! 173 00:17:14,214 --> 00:17:17,565 - It won't do Sharpe - No, sir. 174 00:17:17,654 --> 00:17:19,604 (Clears throat) 175 00:17:19,695 --> 00:17:22,525 Harper, you struck an officer. 176 00:17:22,615 --> 00:17:25,484 - It's a shooting matter - I woke him up, sir. 177 00:17:25,575 --> 00:17:29,444 He thought I was an intruder. All my fault, sir. 178 00:17:29,535 --> 00:17:31,914 If you say so. 179 00:17:32,015 --> 00:17:34,524 But we have standards here Sharpe 180 00:17:34,615 --> 00:17:39,685 An officer must behave like a gentleman. Even if he is not a gentleman. 181 00:17:39,774 --> 00:17:42,404 - Yes, sir. - We march in an nor 182 00:17:42,495 --> 00:17:44,445 Form a rearguard. 183 00:17:49,695 --> 00:17:51,645 Full kit in five minutes! 184 00:17:57,254 --> 00:17:59,204 Sweet is the silent mouth, Cooper. 185 00:17:59,295 --> 00:18:01,245 Didn't say a word, did I? 186 00:18:01,334 --> 00:18:03,565 Strange officer, that. Sharpe. 187 00:18:04,855 --> 00:18:06,805 He's not a proper officer. 188 00:18:08,295 --> 00:18:10,245 Proper bastard, though. 189 00:18:24,054 --> 00:18:26,844 - Name? - Cooper. Sir. 190 00:18:26,934 --> 00:18:28,885 Where are you from, Cooper? 191 00:18:28,975 --> 00:18:31,765 - Shoreditch, sir. - Previous employment? 192 00:18:33,495 --> 00:18:37,164 By way of a trader, sir. In property... 193 00:18:37,255 --> 00:18:39,124 and the like. 194 00:18:39,214 --> 00:18:41,845 Would that be other people's property, Cooper? 195 00:18:45,575 --> 00:18:47,524 - You. - Daniel Hagman. 196 00:18:47,614 --> 00:18:49,644 County of Cheshire. Poacher. 197 00:18:49,735 --> 00:18:52,644 So, you're a good shot, then, are you, Hagman? 198 00:18:52,735 --> 00:18:54,844 Aye, I can shoot, sir. 199 00:18:56,654 --> 00:18:58,604 Go on, then. 200 00:18:58,695 --> 00:19:00,645 Show me. 201 00:19:14,775 --> 00:19:17,204 You've defaced the king's uniform, Hagman. 202 00:19:18,295 --> 00:19:20,245 I can put you on a charge for that. 203 00:19:24,894 --> 00:19:28,364 - Well? - Harris. From Wheatley in Oxfordshire. 204 00:19:28,455 --> 00:19:29,885 And previously? 205 00:19:29,974 --> 00:19:33,365 A courtier to my Lord Bacchus and an unremitting debtor. 206 00:19:35,254 --> 00:19:37,204 You're a rake and a wastrel, Harris. 207 00:19:37,295 --> 00:19:39,805 Is there anything you can do? 208 00:19:39,894 --> 00:19:42,195 I can read, sir. 209 00:19:47,815 --> 00:19:49,125 Isaiah Tongue, sir. 210 00:19:49,214 --> 00:19:52,285 Yes, I know that. Where are you from, 211 00:19:52,375 --> 00:19:54,325 - Tongue? - Dunno, sir. 212 00:19:54,414 --> 00:19:56,205 Speak up, man! 213 00:19:56,294 --> 00:19:58,244 Don't know, sir. 214 00:19:58,335 --> 00:20:00,285 What about your family? 215 00:20:00,374 --> 00:20:02,485 Don't know, sir. 216 00:20:04,134 --> 00:20:06,084 Previous employment? 217 00:20:06,175 --> 00:20:08,125 Army, sir. 218 00:20:09,334 --> 00:20:11,284 Just army. 219 00:20:19,815 --> 00:20:21,765 Why are you here, Harper? 220 00:20:25,054 --> 00:20:27,614 You boneheaded Paddy! 221 00:20:38,135 --> 00:20:39,765 So... 222 00:20:39,855 --> 00:20:41,804 The Chosen Men, eh? 223 00:20:41,895 --> 00:20:43,845 Well... 224 00:20:43,935 --> 00:20:45,924 I didn't choose you. 225 00:20:46,015 --> 00:20:47,965 But remember this 226 00:20:49,215 --> 00:20:51,165 I know you all 227 00:20:51,254 --> 00:20:53,204 I�ve always known you 228 00:20:53,295 --> 00:20:56,164 you and your kind all my life 229 00:20:58,295 --> 00:21:00,245 All I know is how to fight. 230 00:21:01,295 --> 00:21:05,484 So if there's any man amongst you expecting a quick ramble through this war, 231 00:21:05,575 --> 00:21:07,525 now's the time. 232 00:21:10,015 --> 00:21:11,965 Be sure now. 233 00:21:13,734 --> 00:21:15,764 Right. Join the column. 234 00:21:15,855 --> 00:21:17,805 At the double, left face! 235 00:21:17,895 --> 00:21:19,844 Trail arms! 236 00:21:19,934 --> 00:21:21,885 Quick march! 237 00:21:50,975 --> 00:21:53,164 Halt! 238 00:22:27,575 --> 00:22:29,525 Company, halt! 239 00:22:31,734 --> 00:22:33,685 It's that way, sir. 240 00:22:33,775 --> 00:22:36,764 We'll wait for dawn. Sergeant Williams! 241 00:22:36,855 --> 00:22:38,805 Sir! 242 00:22:38,894 --> 00:22:40,844 - We'll make camp now. - Sir! 243 00:22:43,534 --> 00:22:45,484 All right, lads, make camp. 244 00:22:45,575 --> 00:22:48,885 Fletcher, Jones, Edwards - fetch firewood. 245 00:22:48,974 --> 00:22:51,325 Morris and Brown - sentries. 246 00:22:51,414 --> 00:22:53,845 Column dismissed! 247 00:22:57,855 --> 00:22:59,805 Not you Sharpe 248 00:22:59,895 --> 00:23:02,275 Take your men up that slope 249 00:23:02,374 --> 00:23:05,245 and see what the terrain is like for tomorrow. 250 00:23:08,575 --> 00:23:10,525 Well, you heard him. 251 00:23:13,094 --> 00:23:18,085 See? We haven't got a proper officer so we get pushed about like potboys. 252 00:23:38,974 --> 00:23:40,924 (Hammering) 253 00:23:59,815 --> 00:24:01,765 He's not a proper officer. 254 00:24:03,455 --> 00:24:05,405 Never seems to tire. 255 00:24:07,335 --> 00:24:09,285 Hard to catch him off guard. 256 00:24:11,254 --> 00:24:13,964 He let you off light, Sharpe, back in the village. 257 00:24:14,054 --> 00:24:16,005 So why so hard? 258 00:24:16,095 --> 00:24:18,524 He's just not right, Cooper. 259 00:24:20,254 --> 00:24:22,205 He's not happy being an officer. 260 00:24:23,935 --> 00:24:27,364 And mark my words he'll bring us bad luck 261 00:24:31,974 --> 00:24:33,925 We'll do it tomorrow. 262 00:24:35,975 --> 00:24:37,925 In the mountains. 263 00:24:48,495 --> 00:24:50,325 (Trigger clicks) 264 00:25:05,615 --> 00:25:06,724 Vale. 265 00:25:09,055 --> 00:25:10,805 The fire's started. 266 00:25:19,895 --> 00:25:21,165 (Battle cries) 267 00:25:22,255 --> 00:25:23,645 Prepare to fight 268 00:25:29,215 --> 00:25:31,165 Down 269 00:25:31,254 --> 00:25:33,284 Get down! 270 00:25:33,375 --> 00:25:35,125 Or I'll kill him 271 00:25:41,255 --> 00:25:43,165 Rifles! To me! 272 00:26:09,015 --> 00:26:11,575 (High-pitched neighing) 273 00:26:21,055 --> 00:26:22,404 Oh, my God. 274 00:27:27,895 --> 00:27:29,965 Young Perkins, sir. 275 00:27:32,855 --> 00:27:34,805 Not a sound. 276 00:27:40,694 --> 00:27:42,085 No! No! 277 00:28:36,534 --> 00:28:40,484 Perkins, I want you to protect this pennant with your life. 278 00:28:42,174 --> 00:28:44,124 Yes, sir. 279 00:28:45,215 --> 00:28:47,324 Never say die, Perkins. 280 00:28:48,374 --> 00:28:50,324 Never again, sir. 281 00:28:54,815 --> 00:28:56,885 They'll be back for them two. 282 00:28:56,975 --> 00:28:58,924 Up! Keep moving! 283 00:28:59,014 --> 00:29:00,965 No stoppin' till dark. 284 00:29:33,814 --> 00:29:35,764 Tin whistle plays 285 00:29:52,815 --> 00:29:54,885 You're in my light, damn you, Hagman! 286 00:29:54,974 --> 00:29:56,924 I beg your pardon, sir. 287 00:29:57,015 --> 00:29:58,965 But it's Captain Murray. 288 00:30:00,494 --> 00:30:02,444 He's poorly, sir. 289 00:30:15,495 --> 00:30:17,445 Harris. 290 00:30:23,895 --> 00:30:25,845 Figure me this, Harris. 291 00:30:27,254 --> 00:30:30,485 Where is the bugger planning on taking us? 292 00:30:47,614 --> 00:30:50,124 Sorry to be so much trouble. 293 00:30:53,095 --> 00:30:55,084 You did well today, Sharpe. 294 00:30:56,975 --> 00:30:59,434 I did my duty, sir. 295 00:31:00,935 --> 00:31:02,885 (Laughs) 296 00:31:06,695 --> 00:31:08,645 We're lost. 297 00:31:08,734 --> 00:31:11,405 And we've lost Hogan's trail. 298 00:31:14,374 --> 00:31:16,324 Try to find your way... 299 00:31:17,374 --> 00:31:19,324 ...to Casa Antigua. 300 00:31:19,415 --> 00:31:22,245 I'll find it, sir. 301 00:31:27,815 --> 00:31:30,445 Don't be too hard on the men, Sharpe. 302 00:31:33,135 --> 00:31:35,165 How can say this without offence? 303 00:31:35,255 --> 00:31:39,324 You see the lads don't like an officer who's come from the ranks 304 00:31:41,895 --> 00:31:44,045 They want an officer to be privileged... 305 00:31:45,775 --> 00:31:48,334 ...to be set apart from them... 306 00:31:51,615 --> 00:31:53,565 touched by grace 307 00:31:55,214 --> 00:31:57,484 They think of you as one of them Sharpe 308 00:31:57,575 --> 00:31:59,525 one of the damned 309 00:32:01,614 --> 00:32:03,564 know now hard it must be 310 00:32:07,895 --> 00:32:09,844 Sorry. 311 00:32:09,934 --> 00:32:11,885 Of course I don't... 312 00:32:11,975 --> 00:32:13,925 I don't know. 313 00:32:15,134 --> 00:32:18,885 I'm just trying to think of some practical advice after I've gone. 314 00:32:23,495 --> 00:32:25,444 Oh, yes. 315 00:32:26,655 --> 00:32:28,725 Get Patrick Harper on your side. 316 00:32:30,494 --> 00:32:32,444 Is that an order, sir? 317 00:32:34,655 --> 00:32:36,605 (Laughs) 318 00:32:42,495 --> 00:32:44,445 I want you to have my sword. 319 00:32:47,895 --> 00:32:49,885 Maybe if the men see you carry it... 320 00:32:49,974 --> 00:32:52,684 They'll think I'm a proper officer? 321 00:32:52,775 --> 00:32:56,444 No, they'll think I liked you. 322 00:32:58,095 --> 00:33:00,045 Thank you, sir. 323 00:33:06,855 --> 00:33:09,645 Bloody silly place to die. 324 00:34:14,454 --> 00:34:16,404 Captain Murray's dead. 325 00:34:16,495 --> 00:34:18,445 Bury him. 326 00:34:21,495 --> 00:34:23,445 And what then, him? 327 00:34:24,495 --> 00:34:26,445 We're lost, aren't we? 328 00:34:28,375 --> 00:34:31,244 So we'll be heading south towards Lisbon and home. 329 00:34:31,335 --> 00:34:33,405 My orders are we continue north. 330 00:34:33,494 --> 00:34:35,764 What for? What are we doing up here anyhow? 331 00:34:35,855 --> 00:34:39,844 Did you ask Major Dunnett or Captain Murray to explain their orders, Harper? 332 00:34:39,934 --> 00:34:44,125 No. But with all due respect, Captain Murray and Major Dunnett were proper officers. 333 00:34:44,214 --> 00:34:46,674 Now they're dead, there's no shame in going home. 334 00:34:48,334 --> 00:34:50,765 We go north at dawn to Casa Antigua. 335 00:34:52,575 --> 00:34:54,525 Carry on, Harper. 336 00:34:59,854 --> 00:35:01,805 We've been having a chat. 337 00:35:03,215 --> 00:35:05,165 We? 338 00:35:05,254 --> 00:35:07,964 Me and the lads. 339 00:35:08,055 --> 00:35:09,114 And? 340 00:35:09,214 --> 00:35:11,164 We're not continuing north. 341 00:35:11,255 --> 00:35:13,684 We want to go south. 342 00:35:13,774 --> 00:35:16,924 - MEN: Aye - What the hell do I care what you want? 343 00:35:17,015 --> 00:35:18,804 Eh? 344 00:35:18,895 --> 00:35:21,525 Who the hell do you think you are Harper? 345 00:35:21,614 --> 00:35:24,285 Do you think the British army is a bloody d-d? 346 00:35:24,374 --> 00:35:27,844 Democracy, sir. Comes from the Greek word demos. It means... 347 00:35:27,934 --> 00:35:29,884 Shut up, Harris! 348 00:35:34,615 --> 00:35:36,565 Dismiss. 349 00:35:38,894 --> 00:35:41,355 I See Captain Murry gave you his sword, sir. 350 00:35:42,854 --> 00:35:47,795 The Captain always said a sword like that put the fear of God in the French. 351 00:35:49,895 --> 00:35:51,845 We're going south, sir. 352 00:35:51,934 --> 00:35:54,524 We'd like you to come with us. 353 00:35:55,615 --> 00:35:57,565 And suppose I don't? 354 00:35:59,694 --> 00:36:01,645 And I get to Lisbon and report you? 355 00:36:03,055 --> 00:36:05,005 They shoot mutineers, Harper. 356 00:36:07,375 --> 00:36:09,884 Best if you come with us, sir. 357 00:36:12,095 --> 00:36:14,045 I go south or you kill me? 358 00:36:16,294 --> 00:36:18,964 That's it? 359 00:36:24,615 --> 00:36:26,565 Very well. 360 00:36:26,654 --> 00:36:29,164 Fetch my pack, Harper. 361 00:36:58,414 --> 00:37:00,364 You Irish scum. 362 00:37:24,974 --> 00:37:26,924 Go on! Finish him off! 363 00:37:28,054 --> 00:37:30,684 - Harper - Come on Harper 364 00:37:31,934 --> 00:37:35,844 - Hit him - He's all yours now Come on 365 00:37:35,934 --> 00:37:37,964 (Men groan) 366 00:37:39,735 --> 00:37:41,685 Come on You've got him now 367 00:37:49,934 --> 00:37:51,324 Come on, Pat! 368 00:37:54,215 --> 00:37:56,165 Come on! 369 00:37:58,095 --> 00:38:00,555 Come on, Mr. Sharpe, sir. 370 00:38:02,814 --> 00:38:04,445 Go on! 371 00:38:07,255 --> 00:38:08,844 (Gunshot) 372 00:38:14,094 --> 00:38:16,655 Who the devil are you? 373 00:38:17,934 --> 00:38:20,725 Allow me to introduce Comandante Teresa, 374 00:38:20,814 --> 00:38:24,125 the commander of the guerrillas who fight the French here 375 00:38:24,214 --> 00:38:25,485 And who are you, sir? 376 00:38:25,574 --> 00:38:28,445 I am Major Blas Vivar, Count of Matamoro, 377 00:38:28,535 --> 00:38:34,005 Major General in the Royal Army of His Most Catholic Majesty, Ferdinand VII, King of Spain. 378 00:38:34,094 --> 00:38:36,044 And you sir? 379 00:38:36,135 --> 00:38:38,085 Lieutenant Sharpe. 380 00:38:38,174 --> 00:38:39,924 95th Rifles. 381 00:38:40,015 --> 00:38:42,004 Only a lieutenant? 382 00:38:43,374 --> 00:38:46,995 Perhaps they do not promote you because you fight with your men? 383 00:38:48,814 --> 00:38:50,764 That man is a mutineer, sir. 384 00:38:50,855 --> 00:38:53,005 He'll be taken back to Lisbon and shot. 385 00:38:54,654 --> 00:38:57,005 Tongue, tie him up and take him to the barn. 386 00:39:06,895 --> 00:39:08,845 Spain and England, we are allies. 387 00:39:08,934 --> 00:39:12,125 TERESA: What are you doing here? 388 00:39:12,215 --> 00:39:17,725 Don't tell me a stupid lie about being lost 100 miles behind French lines, Lieutenant. 389 00:39:17,814 --> 00:39:20,445 We're looking for the village of Casa Antigua. 390 00:39:20,535 --> 00:39:22,484 That is all I can tell you. 391 00:39:24,055 --> 00:39:29,044 If you were French, I would take a knife and you would tell me all I wanted to know. 392 00:39:30,695 --> 00:39:32,645 But we are allies. 393 00:39:32,734 --> 00:39:36,485 Allies? Do allies keep secrets from each other? 394 00:39:38,814 --> 00:39:40,884 Lovers keep secrets from each other, 395 00:39:42,335 --> 00:39:44,765 yet they still make love. 396 00:39:49,815 --> 00:39:51,765 Er... 397 00:39:53,695 --> 00:39:56,124 Perhaps� perhaps we can help each other 398 00:39:56,215 --> 00:39:58,514 That is what allies are for. 399 00:39:58,614 --> 00:40:00,564 Good. 400 00:40:00,655 --> 00:40:03,215 I'm on my way north to the town of Torrecastro, 401 00:40:03,295 --> 00:40:07,644 carrying important documents from my government to those who resist the French. 402 00:40:07,735 --> 00:40:12,805 The village of Casa Antigua is on our way north, so we can travel together... under my command. 403 00:40:15,174 --> 00:40:17,124 I thought she was in command? 404 00:40:17,214 --> 00:40:19,405 Teresa is seeing us safely 405 00:40:19,495 --> 00:40:21,444 through the mountains 406 00:40:21,534 --> 00:40:23,804 Now I'm the senior officer here 407 00:40:23,895 --> 00:40:26,644 Do you agree to travel under my command? 408 00:40:28,174 --> 00:40:29,725 Yeah. 409 00:40:29,814 --> 00:40:32,885 - OTHER MEN: Yeah - I think your men agree. 410 00:40:32,975 --> 00:40:34,964 You ask your men what to do? 411 00:40:35,055 --> 00:40:38,674 Yes. I don't always do it, but I ask. 412 00:40:38,774 --> 00:40:41,124 Don't you? 413 00:40:41,214 --> 00:40:43,444 Or do you just beat them until they do it? 414 00:40:46,734 --> 00:40:48,684 Agreed. 415 00:40:48,775 --> 00:40:51,154 But only until Casa Antigua. 416 00:40:51,254 --> 00:40:52,964 Good. 417 00:40:53,054 --> 00:40:55,005 We march in an hour. We must hurry. 418 00:40:55,095 --> 00:40:58,365 The French colonel will send the scouts after us at dawn. 419 00:40:58,454 --> 00:41:02,404 How do you know it's a colonel? Why not a captain? 420 00:41:02,495 --> 00:41:04,444 Or a major? 421 00:41:05,695 --> 00:41:07,645 Unless you watched us yesterday. 422 00:41:09,174 --> 00:41:11,405 Watched us die and did nothing. 423 00:41:11,495 --> 00:41:13,324 I'm sorry. 424 00:41:14,415 --> 00:41:16,365 So am I. 425 00:41:19,975 --> 00:41:21,925 Now, listen. 426 00:41:22,014 --> 00:41:24,205 I'm in charge here. 427 00:41:25,295 --> 00:41:27,245 Not them, not Harper. 428 00:41:28,295 --> 00:41:30,245 I'm in command. 429 00:41:30,334 --> 00:41:32,285 You follow me. 430 00:41:33,854 --> 00:41:35,804 Speak French, Harris? 431 00:41:35,895 --> 00:41:37,845 Oui, certainement, je parle... 432 00:41:37,934 --> 00:41:40,045 That'll do. I want two boards 433 00:41:40,134 --> 00:41:44,805 and some pitch. Hagman, I want a lantern, a pound of gunpowder and a pound of old iron. 434 00:41:44,895 --> 00:41:46,285 Cooper, 435 00:41:46,374 --> 00:41:48,325 go on sentry. 436 00:41:53,975 --> 00:41:55,924 - And, Perkins... - Sir? 437 00:41:57,294 --> 00:41:59,364 Dig a proper grave for Captain Murray. 438 00:42:00,854 --> 00:42:02,804 Yes, sir. 439 00:42:16,375 --> 00:42:18,325 - Out! - That box on the horse. 440 00:42:19,414 --> 00:42:21,364 They never take their eyes off it. 441 00:42:23,094 --> 00:42:26,244 I heard your man telling you it was full of old documents. 442 00:42:26,335 --> 00:42:28,765 Well, that's not so. 443 00:42:29,895 --> 00:42:32,844 You see, a lot of documents is a lot of paper. 444 00:42:32,934 --> 00:42:34,884 And paper's heavy. 445 00:42:36,215 --> 00:42:39,284 But they lift that box as if it's as light as a feather... 446 00:42:39,375 --> 00:42:41,325 sir. 447 00:42:44,294 --> 00:42:46,244 Take him out, Tongue. 448 00:42:52,775 --> 00:42:56,245 - What's French for "keep out", Harris? - D�fense d'entrer, sir. 449 00:42:56,335 --> 00:42:58,284 Right. Come with me. 450 00:43:13,214 --> 00:43:15,165 Say a short prayer, Tongue. 451 00:43:19,535 --> 00:43:21,485 Yea... 452 00:43:22,535 --> 00:43:24,004 I say yea. 453 00:43:29,375 --> 00:43:31,325 Yea. 454 00:43:33,214 --> 00:43:34,885 COOPER: French scouts, sir 455 00:43:34,974 --> 00:43:36,924 About a mile back! 456 00:43:38,255 --> 00:43:40,205 Fall in, Rifles. 457 00:43:54,935 --> 00:43:55,885 French, sir 458 00:44:39,095 --> 00:44:41,045 Bad 459 00:44:41,134 --> 00:44:43,485 Why is that colonel chasing you? 460 00:44:43,574 --> 00:44:45,724 He's chasing you 461 00:44:46,854 --> 00:44:48,805 A full troop of French cavalry? 462 00:44:48,894 --> 00:44:50,845 A full colonel? 463 00:44:52,615 --> 00:44:54,845 No, they're after you. 464 00:44:54,934 --> 00:44:56,884 Why? 465 00:44:56,974 --> 00:44:59,274 Because of what's in that chest 466 00:44:59,374 --> 00:45:01,324 Why? 467 00:45:01,415 --> 00:45:04,685 Because that chest is full of papers and the colonel is a great reader? 468 00:45:04,775 --> 00:45:06,725 That's why? 469 00:45:15,414 --> 00:45:17,364 I don't think you're escorting me 470 00:45:19,094 --> 00:45:21,045 I think I'm escorting you 471 00:45:21,135 --> 00:45:23,085 amigos. 472 00:46:00,894 --> 00:46:02,844 Perkins! 473 00:46:02,935 --> 00:46:04,885 Get this old goat moving! 474 00:46:04,975 --> 00:46:06,924 Look alive, boy! 475 00:46:07,015 --> 00:46:08,965 Sir. 476 00:46:22,495 --> 00:46:24,445 Move, you bastards! 477 00:46:36,695 --> 00:46:38,645 Get up! 478 00:46:47,254 --> 00:46:49,245 Saved you for the firing squad, Harper. 479 00:46:59,455 --> 00:47:03,764 Perkins tells me that you were once a common soldier, a sergeant. 480 00:47:03,854 --> 00:47:06,805 - So I was. - Strange. 481 00:47:06,894 --> 00:47:09,274 In Spain, an officer must be "of the blood". 482 00:47:09,374 --> 00:47:11,725 Un caballero. 483 00:47:11,814 --> 00:47:14,195 Righteous but charming A gentleman 484 00:47:14,295 --> 00:47:16,755 Sorry, wrong house, Miss. 485 00:47:16,854 --> 00:47:19,205 Is that why you have trouble with your men? 486 00:47:19,295 --> 00:47:21,675 Perkins told you that, did he? 487 00:47:21,774 --> 00:47:25,314 Yes. He said you were a proper bastard. 488 00:47:26,414 --> 00:47:28,365 He's right. 489 00:47:28,454 --> 00:47:30,405 You may as well know the rest. 490 00:47:30,494 --> 00:47:33,365 My mother was a whore. I was born in a brothel. 491 00:47:33,454 --> 00:47:37,284 Grew up in an orphanage and hope to die in the army. Right? 492 00:47:37,374 --> 00:47:41,724 But the boy Perkins says you saved the life of General Wellesley. 493 00:47:41,815 --> 00:47:43,765 And the Irishman, Harper, 494 00:47:43,854 --> 00:47:47,525 he says that when the English wish to honor a man of courage, 495 00:47:47,614 --> 00:47:50,044 they call him a proper bastard. 496 00:47:50,135 --> 00:47:52,965 You listen to soldiers' gossip, ma'am. 497 00:47:53,054 --> 00:47:55,004 Yes, I do. 498 00:47:55,095 --> 00:47:57,045 You see, 499 00:47:57,134 --> 00:47:59,084 we have two ears but only one mouth. 500 00:47:59,175 --> 00:48:03,325 So a good leader will listen twice as much as he shouts. 501 00:48:24,295 --> 00:48:26,245 I beg your pardon, Mr. Sharpe. 502 00:48:26,334 --> 00:48:28,365 But she's as dry as a bone. 503 00:48:29,815 --> 00:48:32,194 She sparks every time, she does. 504 00:48:51,055 --> 00:48:53,005 That rifle does you credit, Hagman. 505 00:48:53,095 --> 00:48:55,554 Thank you, Mr. Sharpe. 506 00:48:55,654 --> 00:48:57,955 Oil sir 507 00:48:58,055 --> 00:49:00,044 The secret is not to spare the oil. 508 00:49:01,495 --> 00:49:03,725 So General Wellesley says. 509 00:49:03,815 --> 00:49:05,124 Aye. 510 00:49:14,095 --> 00:49:16,654 Ow! Damn knee! 511 00:49:16,735 --> 00:49:18,685 Old leg wound, Hagman. 512 00:49:18,774 --> 00:49:20,724 Rain plays the devil with it. 513 00:49:20,815 --> 00:49:25,164 Aye. Brown paper and paraffin oil is the only cure for a contrary leg. 514 00:49:25,255 --> 00:49:27,205 I has a contrary arm 515 00:49:27,294 --> 00:49:30,725 on account of an argument with a French hussar... 516 00:49:32,135 --> 00:49:34,085 Oh, bugger it! Which we had... 517 00:49:36,374 --> 00:49:38,324 ...at the Battle of Vimieiro. 518 00:49:38,415 --> 00:49:40,365 And which argument 519 00:49:40,454 --> 00:49:42,404 he lost, 520 00:49:42,495 --> 00:49:44,955 on account of me blowing his head off his neck. 521 00:49:46,055 --> 00:49:48,005 But it do itch fierce of a rainy day. 522 00:49:48,094 --> 00:49:50,044 And I find nothing works so well 523 00:49:51,174 --> 00:49:54,564 as paraffin oil and best brown paper. 524 00:49:54,654 --> 00:49:57,165 - Aye. - Oh, aye. 525 00:50:22,934 --> 00:50:24,365 526 00:51:07,575 --> 00:51:09,525 She's beautiful, is she not? 527 00:51:12,374 --> 00:51:14,324 Yes. 528 00:51:14,415 --> 00:51:16,365 You never loved a woman? 529 00:51:16,455 --> 00:51:18,404 No. 530 00:51:18,494 --> 00:51:20,445 Not after I paid for it. 531 00:51:23,055 --> 00:51:25,125 So she's like no woman you ever met? 532 00:51:28,855 --> 00:51:31,924 I think you should try to forget her. Because, you see... 533 00:51:34,375 --> 00:51:36,324 ...she's no longer a woman. 534 00:51:38,215 --> 00:51:40,285 She was the best student in Salamanca. 535 00:51:40,374 --> 00:51:42,564 She came home to her father's estate. 536 00:51:42,655 --> 00:51:44,925 She was young and happy and hopeful. 537 00:51:46,535 --> 00:51:49,885 She read books and played music for her mother and sister, 538 00:51:49,975 --> 00:51:53,924 and laughed while she waited for some nobleman 539 00:51:54,014 --> 00:51:55,965 to come and ask her hand in marriage. 540 00:51:58,414 --> 00:52:01,204 The French came instead. 541 00:52:02,934 --> 00:52:04,884 She hid and watched all they did. 542 00:52:04,975 --> 00:52:07,125 She saw them blind her father. 543 00:52:07,215 --> 00:52:11,644 She saw them rape her mother and sister Maria who begged the French to kill them. 544 00:52:13,454 --> 00:52:15,404 They spared her sister 545 00:52:15,495 --> 00:52:17,445 but killed her mother. 546 00:52:19,174 --> 00:52:21,885 At the end, she was raped as well. 547 00:52:25,255 --> 00:52:28,725 When the French were gone, she buried her mother. 548 00:52:28,814 --> 00:52:31,165 And on her grave, 549 00:52:31,255 --> 00:52:33,204 she made a sacred oath. 550 00:52:33,295 --> 00:52:35,245 Death to the French. 551 00:52:39,014 --> 00:52:40,964 She plays no music now. 552 00:52:41,055 --> 00:52:43,965 Nor reads books. Nor smiles or sings. 553 00:52:45,414 --> 00:52:47,364 But rides the hills 554 00:52:47,455 --> 00:52:49,405 and hunts the French 555 00:52:49,495 --> 00:52:51,444 and hopes to die. 556 00:52:51,534 --> 00:52:53,485 But today... 557 00:52:55,655 --> 00:52:57,605 ...I saw her smile. 558 00:52:57,694 --> 00:53:00,404 She smiled at you. 559 00:53:02,334 --> 00:53:04,284 It almost broke my heart. 560 00:53:04,375 --> 00:53:07,245 For that alone, I thank you. 561 00:53:08,815 --> 00:53:11,275 Buenas noches. 562 00:53:14,455 --> 00:53:16,564 (Harper plays a lament) 563 00:53:24,335 --> 00:53:26,605 No that one's a bit sad 564 00:53:26,694 --> 00:53:28,644 I'll play a reel for Miss Teresa. 565 00:53:28,735 --> 00:53:30,685 "Salamanca." 566 00:53:55,535 --> 00:53:59,005 - Who goes there? - Sharpe. 95th, the Rifles. 567 00:53:59,094 --> 00:54:01,205 Advance and be recognized. 568 00:54:04,294 --> 00:54:06,244 Pass, friend. 569 00:54:06,335 --> 00:54:08,285 Stand easy, Cooper. 570 00:54:13,574 --> 00:54:15,524 Can I ask you a question, sir? 571 00:54:18,334 --> 00:54:20,765 Where did you learn to fight so dirty, sir? 572 00:54:20,855 --> 00:54:23,234 Same place as you, Cooper. 573 00:54:23,334 --> 00:54:25,604 Saturday night in the gutters. 574 00:54:27,974 --> 00:54:29,924 Long way from home, sir. 575 00:54:30,974 --> 00:54:33,124 It never was much of a home, Cooper. 576 00:54:34,255 --> 00:54:36,204 No, sir. 577 00:54:36,294 --> 00:54:38,245 That it weren't. 578 00:54:38,335 --> 00:54:41,164 Did you volunteer for this lot, Cooper? 579 00:54:42,214 --> 00:54:45,164 Er, no, not exactly, sir. 580 00:54:46,334 --> 00:54:48,284 I was invited to join 581 00:54:48,375 --> 00:54:50,325 by a magistrate. 582 00:54:51,895 --> 00:54:56,725 583 00:54:58,054 --> 00:55:02,245 584 00:55:03,415 --> 00:55:08,485 585 00:55:08,574 --> 00:55:12,684 586 00:55:19,375 --> 00:55:24,684 587 00:55:24,775 --> 00:55:30,245 588 00:55:30,334 --> 00:55:35,964 589 00:55:36,055 --> 00:55:39,965 590 00:55:40,055 --> 00:55:42,405 591 00:56:54,334 --> 00:56:56,285 Who untied you, Harper? 592 00:56:56,375 --> 00:56:58,564 Miss Teresa, sir. 593 00:57:00,335 --> 00:57:02,285 What have you got there? 594 00:57:02,374 --> 00:57:04,324 Oh, it's just a little wild bird. 595 00:57:05,655 --> 00:57:08,245 Won't it fly away? 596 00:57:08,335 --> 00:57:10,284 No. 597 00:57:10,374 --> 00:57:12,605 It trusts me. 598 00:57:14,535 --> 00:57:16,805 But you're going to put it in a cage. 599 00:57:16,894 --> 00:57:18,844 It's cold. 600 00:57:18,935 --> 00:57:21,085 It knows it'll get some crumbs in a cage. 601 00:57:21,174 --> 00:57:23,604 Thought wild things liked their freedom 602 00:57:26,455 --> 00:57:29,365 Freedom to starve is no freedom, sir. 603 00:57:29,454 --> 00:57:31,725 Is that why you joined the British army, Harper? 604 00:57:33,254 --> 00:57:35,204 Maybe 605 00:57:37,495 --> 00:57:40,524 Can't be easy to be Irish. Wearing the uniform 606 00:57:40,615 --> 00:57:42,565 of England 607 00:57:42,654 --> 00:57:44,724 No harder than it is for yourself, sir, 608 00:57:44,815 --> 00:57:48,484 having to walk into the officers' mess wearing the uniform of a gentleman. 609 00:57:51,374 --> 00:57:53,324 You fight dirty, Harper. 610 00:57:54,494 --> 00:57:56,444 So do you, sir. 611 00:57:56,535 --> 00:57:58,914 Morning Miss Teresa 612 00:57:59,015 --> 00:58:01,445 Good morning. Morning, Lieutenant. 613 00:58:01,535 --> 00:58:04,094 Morning, Miss. Hope you slept well. 614 00:58:04,175 --> 00:58:06,125 I slept safely. 615 00:58:06,214 --> 00:58:07,844 Thank you. 616 00:58:17,335 --> 00:58:20,165 Now, there's a woman worth fighting dirty for, sir. 617 00:59:05,534 --> 00:59:07,485 Do you smell danger? 618 00:59:07,575 --> 00:59:09,925 I smell French cavalry. 619 00:59:10,015 --> 00:59:11,964 Horse sweat and saddle rot. 620 00:59:13,494 --> 00:59:16,365 - They were here. - Nonsense. Casa Antigua is ahead. 621 00:59:16,454 --> 00:59:18,755 My own people, they would have warned us 622 00:59:20,535 --> 00:59:22,485 Smoke. 623 00:59:22,574 --> 00:59:25,035 Village on fire! 624 00:59:25,135 --> 00:59:28,124 - My village. Vamos! Vamos! - No, it could be a trap. 625 00:59:28,214 --> 00:59:30,675 - Is this the only way into the village? - Yes. 626 00:59:30,775 --> 00:59:34,845 I'll send scouts ahead. Let my men do it. That's what they're trained for. 627 00:59:34,934 --> 00:59:36,884 - Do as he says, Major. - Cooper! 628 00:59:36,975 --> 00:59:38,925 Scouts ahead. Lively! 629 00:59:39,015 --> 00:59:42,964 Major, I'll leave you to secure your precious box and Rifleman Harper. 630 00:59:43,055 --> 00:59:45,084 Teresa, you bring your men with me. 631 00:59:45,175 --> 00:59:48,124 - Miguel, Paco, aqui. - Los dem�s, conmigo. 632 00:59:56,534 --> 00:59:58,765 Retira el cofre. 633 01:00:02,374 --> 01:00:04,324 Venga, movete. 634 01:00:54,574 --> 01:00:56,524 Carlo, Jos�! 635 01:01:10,854 --> 01:01:12,645 (Battle cries) 636 01:01:48,014 --> 01:01:49,964 Mierda. 637 01:01:51,055 --> 01:01:53,005 Yargh! 638 01:02:27,974 --> 01:02:28,925 Harris! 639 01:02:44,774 --> 01:02:48,244 You say you are an Irishman, a prisoner. 640 01:02:48,335 --> 01:02:52,004 Why should you be loyal to the British dogs 641 01:02:52,095 --> 01:02:54,655 who want to take you to Lisbon to shoot you? 642 01:02:54,734 --> 01:02:57,444 Jesus, you took the words out of my mouth. 643 01:02:57,535 --> 01:02:59,485 I can help you. 644 01:02:59,574 --> 01:03:01,524 Give me the box. 645 01:03:01,615 --> 01:03:03,565 Right. 646 01:03:03,654 --> 01:03:05,084 Fine. 647 01:03:05,175 --> 01:03:07,125 But what do I get? 648 01:03:09,334 --> 01:03:11,285 You will be rich. 649 01:03:11,375 --> 01:03:13,565 And if I don't? 650 01:03:15,294 --> 01:03:17,244 You will be dead. 651 01:03:17,335 --> 01:03:21,004 Hm. Well, you're having the best of the argument so far. 652 01:03:22,735 --> 01:03:25,245 Who are you? What are you doing here? 653 01:03:25,334 --> 01:03:29,644 I'm George Parker, traveling with my wife Agatha and my niece Louisa. 654 01:03:29,735 --> 01:03:31,685 We're Methodist missionaries. 655 01:03:35,135 --> 01:03:37,085 Any more of us lot around? 656 01:03:46,855 --> 01:03:51,005 Tell me, Major, why was the colonel trying to draw you away from the canyon? 657 01:03:51,095 --> 01:03:54,245 - Draw me away? - Yes. I speak quite good French. 658 01:03:54,334 --> 01:03:58,805 I heard him tell his men to set fire to the village to draw you away from the canyon. 659 01:03:58,894 --> 01:04:02,285 That chest. You've lost that chest, Major. 660 01:04:04,775 --> 01:04:09,165 I will give you one hundred guineas in gold 661 01:04:09,255 --> 01:04:12,524 and safe passage to America. 662 01:04:12,614 --> 01:04:14,565 America! 663 01:04:14,655 --> 01:04:16,605 That'd be nice. 664 01:04:16,694 --> 01:04:20,125 But you see, the King of England owes me last month's wages. 665 01:04:20,214 --> 01:04:25,124 There is no way I could rest easy in America knowing that bastard owed me a shilling. 666 01:04:27,055 --> 01:04:30,484 You would die for a shilling? 667 01:04:30,575 --> 01:04:33,004 That's what I signed on to do. 668 01:04:35,934 --> 01:04:38,084 You will have to do it, then. 669 01:04:38,174 --> 01:04:40,045 It's a grand day for it. 670 01:06:01,935 --> 01:06:03,965 Chapter and verse, Rifleman Harper. 671 01:06:04,055 --> 01:06:08,244 Well, sir, I met this old fella who was dressed like an undertaker, sir. 672 01:06:08,335 --> 01:06:10,285 There were two other fellas with him 673 01:06:10,374 --> 01:06:13,244 - and they asked me to hand over that old box - So? 674 01:06:15,455 --> 01:06:17,404 We had a bit of a barney, sir. 675 01:06:19,415 --> 01:06:21,365 Rifleman Harper, 676 01:06:21,454 --> 01:06:24,125 you have powder burns on your face. 677 01:06:24,214 --> 01:06:27,684 These are the telltale signs of a half-loaded rifle 678 01:06:27,774 --> 01:06:29,724 A common mistake 679 01:06:29,815 --> 01:06:31,724 understandable among raw recruits 680 01:06:31,815 --> 01:06:34,684 who sometimes discharge their ramrod in the heat of battle, 681 01:06:34,775 --> 01:06:37,564 but unforgivable in a Chosen Man. 682 01:06:38,655 --> 01:06:43,725 - It's called going off at half-cock, Harper! - Yes, sir. Sorry, sir. 683 01:06:43,814 --> 01:06:46,245 (Horses approaching) 684 01:06:46,334 --> 01:06:48,284 Fall in, Rifleman Harper. 685 01:06:49,495 --> 01:06:51,445 Yes, sir. 686 01:06:51,535 --> 01:06:53,484 Thank you very much, sir. 687 01:06:55,375 --> 01:06:57,325 Wait. 688 01:06:57,414 --> 01:07:00,644 Do you not wish your officer to give you some high honors? 689 01:07:00,734 --> 01:07:02,684 Oh, but he did. 690 01:07:02,775 --> 01:07:04,725 He told me to fall in. 691 01:07:09,454 --> 01:07:11,404 Lieutenant Sharpe, 692 01:07:12,454 --> 01:07:14,685 I think it better if you now take command. 693 01:07:15,774 --> 01:07:16,724 Get down! 694 01:07:20,214 --> 01:07:22,445 That fella's the dead spit of you, Major. 695 01:07:25,174 --> 01:07:27,124 Something you want to tell me? 696 01:07:29,374 --> 01:07:31,324 And what are your orders? 697 01:07:31,415 --> 01:07:34,165 Open that chest and tell me what's going on. 698 01:07:35,454 --> 01:07:37,805 I'm sorry, not until we reach Torrecastro. 699 01:07:40,295 --> 01:07:42,855 My orders are to meet someone at Casa Antigua. 700 01:07:42,935 --> 01:07:44,885 But if they are not here... 701 01:07:46,294 --> 01:07:49,915 Your fellow countrymen need your protection to Torrecastro. 702 01:07:53,095 --> 01:07:55,045 Naturally, 703 01:07:55,134 --> 01:07:57,404 as officer commanding, I travel by coach. 704 01:07:59,054 --> 01:08:01,005 Just like a proper officer. 705 01:08:39,934 --> 01:08:43,204 Then it transpired that my poor uncle had left a small legacy 706 01:08:43,294 --> 01:08:45,725 for the purpose of spreading the message of Methodism 707 01:08:45,814 --> 01:08:50,445 to the Papists. Ireland was well spread so it had to be Spain. 708 01:08:50,535 --> 01:08:52,885 So here we are 709 01:08:52,975 --> 01:08:55,434 Mrs. Parker and sowing the seed 710 01:09:03,174 --> 01:09:04,644 (Tinderbox lighter strikes) 711 01:09:11,734 --> 01:09:13,884 (Sniffs) 712 01:09:18,134 --> 01:09:20,284 I didn't know Methodists smoked. 713 01:09:20,375 --> 01:09:22,325 Oh, it's for my lungs. 714 01:09:29,335 --> 01:09:31,485 (Speaks Yiddish) 715 01:09:31,575 --> 01:09:33,525 (She chokes and coughs) 716 01:09:34,734 --> 01:09:37,004 (She replies in Yiddish) 717 01:09:37,095 --> 01:09:39,045 (Louisa coughs) 718 01:11:48,215 --> 01:11:50,084 Sorry. 719 01:11:50,175 --> 01:11:52,125 Sorry, I can't. 720 01:11:53,454 --> 01:11:55,405 Not yet. 721 01:11:56,495 --> 01:11:58,954 Sorry. 722 01:12:08,214 --> 01:12:10,164 (Monks chanting in distance) 723 01:12:30,374 --> 01:12:32,324 Glory to the father 724 01:12:32,414 --> 01:12:34,925 and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit. 725 01:12:35,015 --> 01:12:36,964 As it was in the beginning 726 01:12:37,055 --> 01:12:39,005 and now and ever 727 01:12:39,095 --> 01:12:41,044 and forever and ever 728 01:12:41,134 --> 01:12:43,085 Amen 729 01:12:43,175 --> 01:12:45,884 God, attend to my helper 730 01:12:45,975 --> 01:12:49,725 Lord, make haste to help me. 731 01:12:49,814 --> 01:12:53,725 Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit 732 01:12:53,815 --> 01:12:55,405 Amen. 733 01:12:55,495 --> 01:12:58,644 As it was in the beginning, and now and forever 734 01:12:58,735 --> 01:13:00,805 and forever and ever. 735 01:13:00,894 --> 01:13:02,204 Amen. 736 01:13:05,095 --> 01:13:07,044 Rifles! 737 01:13:09,014 --> 01:13:10,965 Load. 738 01:13:31,574 --> 01:13:33,804 Now I know why they join for life, Cooper. 739 01:13:35,334 --> 01:13:37,285 (Silence) 740 01:13:48,614 --> 01:13:50,565 A meal in a monastery is a bit erm... 741 01:13:50,655 --> 01:13:54,275 Papist for my Methodist tastes, dear Major. 742 01:13:54,375 --> 01:13:58,725 MAJOR: the abbot is a Cistercian, but civilized for all that. 743 01:14:03,335 --> 01:14:05,285 A toast. 744 01:14:05,375 --> 01:14:07,324 Death to the French! 745 01:14:07,414 --> 01:14:09,004 ALL: Death to the French! 746 01:14:09,095 --> 01:14:10,725 (Major Laughs) 747 01:14:11,894 --> 01:14:13,845 Why do you not drink? 748 01:14:15,735 --> 01:14:17,684 I never liked that toast, Major. 749 01:14:17,775 --> 01:14:21,245 I am a soldier, not an assassin. 750 01:14:21,334 --> 01:14:23,284 Another toast, then. 751 01:14:23,374 --> 01:14:25,124 A safe journey 752 01:14:25,214 --> 01:14:27,445 to Torrecastro. MAJOR: Torrecastro 753 01:14:27,534 --> 01:14:29,524 LOUISA: Torrecastro 754 01:14:30,615 --> 01:14:33,765 Will you not laugh if I tell you a story about Torrecastro 755 01:14:33,854 --> 01:14:36,644 - dear Miss Parker? - I love stories. 756 01:14:37,774 --> 01:14:39,725 You have the soul of a Spaniard. 757 01:14:41,254 --> 01:14:43,204 (Clears throat) Excuse me. 758 01:14:43,294 --> 01:14:46,915 Duty calls. I must see to the sentries. 759 01:14:48,975 --> 01:14:50,925 Excuse me, ladies. 760 01:14:57,095 --> 01:14:58,644 When will you pay me 761 01:14:58,694 --> 01:15:01,564 Says the bells of Old Bailey 762 01:15:02,814 --> 01:15:04,764 When I grow rich 763 01:15:04,855 --> 01:15:07,415 Says the bells of Shoreditch 764 01:15:09,095 --> 01:15:11,124 When will the... Oi, blimey! - Sh! 765 01:15:11,215 --> 01:15:14,085 Is that you in the dress, sir? Nice. 766 01:15:14,175 --> 01:15:18,244 - Give me your picklock, Cooper. - Picklock, sir? Catch me with a picklock? 767 01:15:18,335 --> 01:15:21,804 They did. But when you got out of Newgate prison, you got another set. 768 01:15:21,894 --> 01:15:24,244 - That's the one the officer wants. - Come on! 769 01:15:24,335 --> 01:15:26,285 Do I get it back, sir? 770 01:15:27,335 --> 01:15:29,125 Trust me. 771 01:15:29,215 --> 01:15:32,964 It's very hard to trust a man who wants to borrow your picklock, sir. 772 01:16:14,255 --> 01:16:15,475 (Door creaks) 773 01:16:24,095 --> 01:16:25,925 So... 774 01:16:26,014 --> 01:16:28,085 You could not wait until Torrecastro 775 01:16:30,375 --> 01:16:32,834 Very well, you shall hear the story. 776 01:16:35,494 --> 01:16:37,444 A thousand years ago 777 01:16:37,535 --> 01:16:40,605 the Muslims swept across Spain on their way to Rome 778 01:16:41,855 --> 01:16:46,204 My ancestors made a stand in these mountains at a hard rock we call Torrecastro. 779 01:16:46,294 --> 01:16:48,484 They were many. We were few. 780 01:16:48,574 --> 01:16:50,484 We died hard. 781 01:16:50,574 --> 01:16:52,564 At sunset my ancestor dying 782 01:16:52,654 --> 01:16:56,325 called on Sant'lago, St James, the saint of Spain. 783 01:16:56,414 --> 01:17:00,035 Sant'lago came. He came with a banner of blood 784 01:17:00,135 --> 01:17:03,365 and a bright sword, and he slew the invaders in their thousands. 785 01:17:03,454 --> 01:17:07,154 And we dipped his banner in the blood and cried ot "Sant'lago 786 01:17:07,254 --> 01:17:10,324 Child of thunder! Child of battle!" 787 01:17:13,095 --> 01:17:15,044 The gonfalon. 788 01:17:15,134 --> 01:17:17,085 The banner of blood, 789 01:17:17,175 --> 01:17:19,124 kept in my family for 1,000 years, 790 01:17:19,214 --> 01:17:21,965 lest we needed Sant'lago to keep his promise. 791 01:17:22,055 --> 01:17:24,004 What promise, Major? 792 01:17:24,094 --> 01:17:29,004 His promise that he would come again if Spain were invaded, as soon as we raise his banner 793 01:17:29,095 --> 01:17:31,844 - over the cape of Torrecastro - Get to the point, Major. 794 01:17:31,934 --> 01:17:34,964 There's only a small French garrison in Torrecastro. 795 01:17:35,054 --> 01:17:37,124 The people of the town know the legend, 796 01:17:37,215 --> 01:17:39,164 secretly believe it. 797 01:17:39,254 --> 01:17:42,205 As soon as we raise the banner over the little chapel, 798 01:17:42,294 --> 01:17:45,164 the people will rise up against the French invader. 799 01:17:45,255 --> 01:17:47,845 Rise up? For a rag on a pole? 800 01:17:47,934 --> 01:17:49,885 Are you mad, Major? 801 01:17:49,974 --> 01:17:52,354 No, it's a legend, Mr. Sharpe. 802 01:17:52,454 --> 01:17:54,405 The people believe in it. 803 01:17:54,494 --> 01:17:56,764 As soon as the gonfalon is unfurled, 804 01:17:56,855 --> 01:17:59,765 Sant'lago will surely come with fire and sword. 805 01:18:01,014 --> 01:18:04,554 But it takes time to raise the banner. And before it is unfurled... 806 01:18:04,655 --> 01:18:06,604 The French will come with the saber. 807 01:18:06,695 --> 01:18:08,124 Exactly 808 01:18:08,214 --> 01:18:10,164 That's why we need you. 809 01:18:10,255 --> 01:18:14,035 Will you help us fight off the French long enough to raise the banner? 810 01:18:14,135 --> 01:18:16,244 You lied to us, Major. 811 01:18:18,535 --> 01:18:20,485 And you, Miss. 812 01:18:21,814 --> 01:18:24,565 You picked us up and we marched with you, 813 01:18:24,654 --> 01:18:26,604 fought for you. 814 01:18:26,694 --> 01:18:28,644 And for what? 815 01:18:28,735 --> 01:18:30,684 For a stupid superstition. 816 01:18:30,774 --> 01:18:33,364 For a... for a rag in a bag. 817 01:18:33,454 --> 01:18:36,644 Not a rag, but the last flag of Spain. 818 01:18:36,734 --> 01:18:38,684 Be damned to you and your rag, sir. 819 01:18:40,015 --> 01:18:41,965 My Rifles march at dawn. 820 01:18:42,054 --> 01:18:44,004 South, sir. 821 01:18:46,535 --> 01:18:48,484 Good night, Miss. 822 01:18:48,575 --> 01:18:50,524 Lieutenant Sharpe! 823 01:18:53,055 --> 01:18:55,005 Surprised to see me Richard? 824 01:18:55,095 --> 01:18:58,205 Oh you've done a grand job a grand job 825 01:18:58,294 --> 01:19:00,645 But now, at dawn tomorrow, 826 01:19:00,734 --> 01:19:02,725 with the help of my agent, 827 01:19:02,815 --> 01:19:05,484 Comandante Teresa whom believe you've already met 828 01:19:05,575 --> 01:19:09,605 I want you to seize the chapel of Torrecastro and hold it against all-comers 829 01:19:09,695 --> 01:19:13,314 until Major Vivar has raised the gonfalon of Sant'lago 830 01:19:13,415 --> 01:19:15,794 over the chapel roof. 831 01:19:15,894 --> 01:19:17,844 Seize Torrecastro? 832 01:19:19,015 --> 01:19:21,245 With six men and a straggle of Spaniards? 833 01:19:22,295 --> 01:19:24,245 It can't be done. 834 01:19:24,334 --> 01:19:26,684 May I remind you of our main mission, sir? 835 01:19:28,094 --> 01:19:30,965 - To find a missing gentleman - Not now, Richard. 836 01:19:31,055 --> 01:19:33,765 Our mission is Torrecastro. 837 01:19:34,814 --> 01:19:36,764 Spain is a sleeping tiger. 838 01:19:36,855 --> 01:19:39,884 If the people of Torrecastro rise up, even for an hour, 839 01:19:39,975 --> 01:19:42,125 the shock will shake the whole of Spain. 840 01:19:42,215 --> 01:19:44,724 - Carry on, sir. - Rise p? 841 01:19:44,815 --> 01:19:49,044 Do you really believe men will fight and die for a rag on a pole, sir? 842 01:19:49,135 --> 01:19:51,085 You do, Richard. 843 01:19:51,974 --> 01:19:53,524 You do. 844 01:20:10,134 --> 01:20:14,085 Richard! I knew you would not march to Torrecastro for a superstition. 845 01:20:14,175 --> 01:20:18,845 I'm like you. I don't believe in virgins or holy candles, but I believe in Spain. 846 01:20:18,934 --> 01:20:21,965 I had to choose between Spain and Richard Sharpe. 847 01:20:22,055 --> 01:20:24,684 - I had no choice! - You did your duty. 848 01:20:24,775 --> 01:20:26,965 Now I must do mine. 849 01:20:32,454 --> 01:20:36,524 Keep him safe and I will light a candle in Torrecastro, Holy Mother. 850 01:20:49,975 --> 01:20:51,925 Why didn't you tell him before? 851 01:20:52,015 --> 01:20:54,575 His burden is great enough. 852 01:20:54,654 --> 01:20:56,404 Besides, 853 01:20:56,495 --> 01:20:58,564 it would ruin his voyage of discovery. 854 01:21:05,935 --> 01:21:10,164 COOPER: Prime the pan, close the steel, butt to the ground 855 01:21:10,255 --> 01:21:12,714 Charge the barrel, spit the ball, 856 01:21:13,775 --> 01:21:15,605 Pop it in with your thumb. 857 01:21:15,694 --> 01:21:17,884 Draw the ramrod, ram it home. 858 01:21:18,934 --> 01:21:20,565 Put it back in its hole. 859 01:21:20,654 --> 01:21:23,245 Bring her back and she's ready to fire 860 01:21:23,334 --> 01:21:25,564 - You wanted to see me, sir? - Yeah, er... 861 01:21:25,655 --> 01:21:28,035 Teresa has a plan 862 01:21:28,135 --> 01:21:30,245 that might improve the odds in or favor 863 01:21:31,854 --> 01:21:34,644 I'd like to know what you think, let you decide. 864 01:21:35,734 --> 01:21:37,525 Tell me. 865 01:21:39,695 --> 01:21:41,644 Torrecastro has strong defenses. 866 01:21:41,734 --> 01:21:44,084 We can't attack from the outside. 867 01:21:44,175 --> 01:21:46,365 But there must be a way in. 868 01:21:46,454 --> 01:21:50,234 I will go on ahead. As a Spaniard, I can find it. 869 01:21:50,334 --> 01:21:52,894 No! I forbid it. 870 01:21:52,975 --> 01:21:54,965 Easy dear boy 871 01:21:55,055 --> 01:21:57,615 Easy. I said I'd let you decide, 872 01:21:57,695 --> 01:21:59,605 have the last word 873 01:22:03,015 --> 01:22:05,285 Oh, forget it. 874 01:22:10,655 --> 01:22:12,604 He forbids it. 875 01:22:12,694 --> 01:22:14,644 Who does he think he is? 876 01:22:14,735 --> 01:22:16,685 Who does he think I am? 877 01:22:18,135 --> 01:22:20,085 (Harper plays plaintive tune) 878 01:22:26,814 --> 01:22:28,765 Evening, Sergeant Harper. 879 01:22:31,294 --> 01:22:34,764 - You want to make me sergeant, sir? - Get a needle and thread. 880 01:22:34,855 --> 01:22:36,805 I need a sergeant by dawn. 881 01:22:36,894 --> 01:22:39,644 I'll never make a proper sergeant, sir. 882 01:22:39,735 --> 01:22:43,204 So? I'll never make a proper officer. 883 01:22:44,894 --> 01:22:48,364 Indeed you will, sir. You'll make a grand... 884 01:22:48,455 --> 01:22:50,405 killing officer 885 01:22:50,495 --> 01:22:52,364 Killing officer? 886 01:22:52,454 --> 01:22:55,204 God love you, sir. I thought you would have known. 887 01:22:56,374 --> 01:22:58,404 There are two kinds of officers, sir. 888 01:22:58,494 --> 01:23:00,445 Killing officers 889 01:23:00,535 --> 01:23:02,485 and murdering officers. 890 01:23:02,574 --> 01:23:06,404 Killing officers are poor old buggers who get you killed by mistake. 891 01:23:06,495 --> 01:23:10,684 Murdering officers are mad, bad old buggers who get you killed on purpose. 892 01:23:10,774 --> 01:23:13,074 For a reason, for a country, for a religion. 893 01:23:13,174 --> 01:23:15,124 Maybe even for a flag. 894 01:23:16,174 --> 01:23:18,124 You see that Major Hogan, sir? 895 01:23:19,494 --> 01:23:23,034 That's what I'd call a murdering officer 896 01:23:23,135 --> 01:23:25,084 Teresa! 897 01:23:25,175 --> 01:23:27,684 Oh, that Hogan. 898 01:23:27,774 --> 01:23:29,844 He's a murdering officer all right 899 01:23:40,495 --> 01:23:42,644 Damn it, Hogan! I wish I were down there. 900 01:23:42,734 --> 01:23:44,684 So do I. 901 01:23:44,775 --> 01:23:48,764 So do I. But our first duty is to protect Mrs. Parker. 902 01:23:50,214 --> 01:23:52,204 That's my girl, Teresa. 903 01:23:52,295 --> 01:23:54,245 Mmmm! Rica, huh? 904 01:23:54,334 --> 01:23:57,005 Tengo otra muy buena para ti. 905 01:24:59,455 --> 01:25:01,404 (French battle cry) 906 01:25:24,135 --> 01:25:25,245 Jesus! 907 01:25:35,254 --> 01:25:36,445 No! 908 01:25:49,934 --> 01:25:52,204 (Silence) 909 01:25:54,214 --> 01:25:56,594 Mr. Sharpe, sir. 910 01:26:21,055 --> 01:26:23,005 Lieutenant Sharpe. 911 01:26:23,095 --> 01:26:25,044 95th Rifles. 912 01:26:25,134 --> 01:26:27,085 Colonel De L'Eclin. 913 01:26:27,175 --> 01:26:31,085 I have the honor to command the garrison in this town. 914 01:26:31,175 --> 01:26:33,634 May I present His Excellency, 915 01:26:33,734 --> 01:26:35,684 the Count of Matamoro. 916 01:26:37,374 --> 01:26:40,285 You know my brother. Major Blas Vivar. 917 01:26:43,934 --> 01:26:46,005 I have the honor of knowing the Count. 918 01:26:46,095 --> 01:26:48,844 The title of Count is in dispute between us, 919 01:26:48,935 --> 01:26:52,124 as, of course, is Spain itself. 920 01:26:52,214 --> 01:26:54,044 Why? 921 01:26:54,135 --> 01:26:56,124 You're a Spaniard. 922 01:26:56,214 --> 01:26:58,804 Why do you fight against your country and your brother? 923 01:26:58,895 --> 01:27:02,564 Politics. I am what is called afrancesado - 924 01:27:02,655 --> 01:27:05,215 - one who supports France - Why? 925 01:27:07,054 --> 01:27:09,285 Bonaparte brings the light of reason. 926 01:27:09,374 --> 01:27:11,324 There are two Spains, Lieutenant. 927 01:27:11,414 --> 01:27:15,885 My brother's Spain is a monastery - silence and superstition 928 01:27:15,975 --> 01:27:17,325 My Spain 929 01:27:17,414 --> 01:27:19,795 is a court - science and scholarship. 930 01:27:19,894 --> 01:27:22,245 If you were Spanish, 931 01:27:22,335 --> 01:27:26,085 - which would you choose lieutenant? - I am neither monk nor prince. 932 01:27:26,174 --> 01:27:28,475 So I would choose a tavern. 933 01:27:29,934 --> 01:27:32,365 You have 30 minutes to surrender. 934 01:27:32,454 --> 01:27:34,405 I suggest 935 01:27:34,494 --> 01:27:36,484 you surrender your sword 936 01:27:36,574 --> 01:27:39,005 and order your men to lay down their muskets. 937 01:27:39,094 --> 01:27:41,044 We don't use muskets. 938 01:27:41,134 --> 01:27:43,085 We use rifles. 939 01:27:43,175 --> 01:27:45,124 My men are all crack shots. 940 01:27:45,214 --> 01:27:47,924 We call them Chosen Men 941 01:27:48,015 --> 01:27:51,285 - They never miss. - I will stop you 942 01:27:51,374 --> 01:27:53,934 raising the banner, but many men will die 943 01:27:54,015 --> 01:27:55,964 for a superstition. 944 01:27:57,054 --> 01:27:59,164 Ten minutes, gentlemen. 945 01:28:07,055 --> 01:28:09,004 Ten minutes. 946 01:28:17,694 --> 01:28:19,244 Hagman. 947 01:29:02,294 --> 01:29:03,924 (Galloping hooves) 948 01:29:04,015 --> 01:29:05,684 (Battle cries) 949 01:29:22,095 --> 01:29:24,044 Perkins! 950 01:29:28,735 --> 01:29:31,605 (Choir sings) 951 01:30:29,814 --> 01:30:31,764 Cheeky bastard! 952 01:30:31,854 --> 01:30:34,284 - Which one, Cooper? - Left, three o'clock. 953 01:30:38,614 --> 01:30:39,924 That'll teach him. 954 01:31:04,615 --> 01:31:07,124 Sant'lago, saint of Spain, 955 01:31:07,214 --> 01:31:09,165 stand with the Chosen Men. 956 01:33:06,495 --> 01:33:07,885 Sant'lago 957 01:33:07,975 --> 01:33:10,534 (Cheering) 958 01:33:18,455 --> 01:33:20,834 - That's my boy! - Ha, ha! 959 01:33:20,934 --> 01:33:22,884 (Cheering) 960 01:33:54,815 --> 01:33:55,765 St James! 961 01:33:55,854 --> 01:33:57,805 ALL: St. James! 962 01:34:10,814 --> 01:34:12,125 De L'Eclin. 963 01:34:19,334 --> 01:34:21,635 No shooting! He's mine! 964 01:34:40,254 --> 01:34:42,204 (Gunshot) 965 01:34:47,534 --> 01:34:49,484 Who fired that? 966 01:34:49,575 --> 01:34:51,525 Me, sir. 967 01:35:05,814 --> 01:35:07,524 Give him yours, Harper. 968 01:35:12,655 --> 01:35:14,604 Chosen Man, Perkins. 969 01:35:23,135 --> 01:35:25,084 Take a tip, Perkins. 970 01:35:25,174 --> 01:35:27,125 Give it back. 971 01:35:29,215 --> 01:35:33,765 Under Major Hogan's orders, I held Torrecastro long enough to effect an uprising. 972 01:35:33,854 --> 01:35:36,155 I deemed my duty done 973 01:35:36,255 --> 01:35:39,724 and thought it prudent to return to await further orders sir 974 01:35:41,455 --> 01:35:43,405 You did damn well, Sharpe. 975 01:35:43,495 --> 01:35:46,884 Napoleon will be in a fearful rage about Torrecastro. 976 01:35:46,974 --> 01:35:49,045 Heads will roll. 977 01:35:49,135 --> 01:35:51,845 Morale will suffer. Which is all to the good. 978 01:35:53,174 --> 01:35:58,484 Because next month, I mean to cross into Spain and give Marshal Victor a damn good thrashing. 979 01:36:01,175 --> 01:36:03,765 Pity about James Rothschild. I presume 980 01:36:03,855 --> 01:36:06,445 - he's left the country? - On the contrary, sir. 981 01:36:06,534 --> 01:36:08,564 He's here in this room, sir. 982 01:36:22,495 --> 01:36:25,005 Your banker's draft Sir Arthur 983 01:36:25,094 --> 01:36:27,044 How did you know? 984 01:36:27,134 --> 01:36:31,044 You smelt of Turkish tobacco - a kind you can't get in Spain. 985 01:36:31,135 --> 01:36:34,084 You didn't touch your pork at the monastery 986 01:36:34,174 --> 01:36:36,764 And remember speaking Yiddish in the coach? 987 01:36:40,535 --> 01:36:43,404 Sir, you are an edel mensh. 988 01:36:43,494 --> 01:36:45,445 A gentleman 989 01:36:47,814 --> 01:36:49,765 Did you know about that banner, sir? 990 01:36:49,854 --> 01:36:53,325 Well, I knew you'd risk your life for the army's wages, 991 01:36:53,414 --> 01:36:55,765 but I couldn't count on superstition. 992 01:37:13,814 --> 01:37:15,765 Time to go. 993 01:37:18,935 --> 01:37:20,885 Hasta otra, Richard. 994 01:37:35,735 --> 01:37:37,685 No. 995 01:38:59,414 --> 01:39:01,364 Sir Arthur's pleased as punch. 996 01:39:02,575 --> 01:39:04,524 So you say, sir. 997 01:39:04,615 --> 01:39:09,285 Say, is it? And don't I have your promotion for first lieutenant in my pocket. 998 01:39:09,374 --> 01:39:12,564 Wellesley's going to take the army into Spain. 999 01:39:12,655 --> 01:39:15,565 It'll be bugles, battles and bags of glory. 1000 01:39:17,175 --> 01:39:19,524 Stick with me, Richard. I'll see you right. 1001 01:39:20,815 --> 01:39:22,765 You'll see me dead, sir. 1002 01:39:22,854 --> 01:39:24,804 That's my boy! 1003 01:39:26,414 --> 01:39:28,364 Oh, well done, Pat. Well done. [V.6.]