The Four Feathers


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DISTANT THUNDERING

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MAN CHANTS

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THUNDERING CONTINUES

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THUNDER GROWS LOUDER

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CHANTING CONTINUES

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GRUNTING

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GRUNTING

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APPLAUSE

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GRUNTING

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GRUNTING

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CROWD SHOUTS

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Pass it left to Jack!

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Pass the bloody thing, Tom!

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Tom, pass it left!

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Pass the ball! come on, Tom!

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To Jack!

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Go on, Tom!

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GROANING

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Tom!

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What's that man's name?!

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You see the girls, Jack?

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Push on! move it, boys! come on!

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WHISTLE BLOWS Stand tall!

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There you go... straight.

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Go on, vicar!

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Sean! Sean!

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GRUNTING

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Go on, keep going!

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PANTING

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GROANING

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YELLING

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WHISTLE BLOWS

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Break it up!

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I need you on the field, lad.

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Huh? you're all right.

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Behind you!

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Jack!

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Take it, Jack!

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CHEERS

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Well done, old chap!

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Well done, Jack.

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Is there anything else left in there?

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WHISTLE BLOWS

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ALL SHOUT

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ALL CHEER

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How long you going to be in that bathtub, vicar?

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As long as I like.

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Stand tall, vicar.

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CHEERS

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Idiot!

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LAUGHING

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Willoughby, you look wonderful, darling.

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Princess Willoughby.

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Miss Willoughby.

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Hey, Tom, there's a hair out of place there, boy.

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When are you gentlemen going to grow up?

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Did he just call us "gentlemen"? I believe he did.

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I won't take that from anyone. Nor will I.

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I like when you do this.

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Not my hair!

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Willoughby, this is... Not the hair!

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Not the hair!

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LAUGHING AND CHEERING

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And don't think we're going to take you any more seriously

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once you're promoted, Miss Willoughby.

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We'll see about that. Whoo!

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Ladies.

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LADIES GIGGLE

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Don't worry, vicar, they're only women.

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They won't bite.

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Just be quiet.

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MUSIC PLAYS

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Does it hurt? Er...yes.

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What are you two lovebirds laughing about?

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WOMAN: His eye.

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Don't fall for it.

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He colours it in with a pen.

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I can draw you one if you're feeling left out.

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Go on, then.

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What?

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Well, I want a black eye like Jack's.

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If you really want one, Harry,

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I can facilitate you.

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Want a second black eye, Jack?

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No!

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That's good.

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MUSIC CONTINUES

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Are you nervous?

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Stop it.

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What?

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What are you two doing?

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Nothing.

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I want to dance.

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N-Not up there, Ethne.

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Ethne, come down from there, please.

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Not until you dance with me, Harry.

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For God's sake, be careful.

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Jack, tell her to get down.

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When does she ever listen to me?

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Ethne, listen to Jack, please.

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Relax, Harry. Listen to me...

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Thank you, Jack.

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I will not pirouette.

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Dance with me.

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Right.

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Oh, my God. Scary, isn't it?

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ETHNE: Don't be such a bore, Harry.

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I'm trying.

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Ooh!

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Oh!

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Please be careful, OK?

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It's not very funny, Ethne.

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Excuse me, Mr Faversham, sir.

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Your father is asking for you and Miss Eustace.

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Oh.

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Thank you.

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Sir. Sir.

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Colonel Sutch.

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Harry, my boy.

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How are you, sir?

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Well, well. Ma'am.

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Colonel Sutch.

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I'm sorry to send for you, my dear.

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I was hoping to steal you

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for the last dance.

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It'd be my pleasure,

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General.

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Your son won't dance with me.

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Where were you?

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Catching a breath of air, sir.

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My dear.

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WALTZ MUSIC PLAYS

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She is very beautiful, Harry.

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Yes, she is, sir.

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I was thinking how proud my father would be

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if he were here.

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An officer who gave his life for his country

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deserves far more respect than I do.

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I wish I'd met him.

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Are you ready, my dear?

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With all my heart.

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MUSIC STOPS

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My lords, ladies and gentlemen - the General.

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Dr Johnson once said

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every man feels meanly about himself

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for not having been a soldier.

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Well, that's something no-one here tonight need fear.

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Whether or not you've seen active service

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you have shown yourselves willing to lay down your lives

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and for that...

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I salute you.

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The Royal Cumbrians!

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ALL: The Royal Cumbrians!

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Now, in my mind, there is only one sacrifice more noble

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than pledging one's life for one's country

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and that is...loving...

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and marrying a man who does.

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Marry?!

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Harry...and Ethne.

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Harry and Ethne!

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APPLAUSE

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Bravo!

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Bravo! Bravo!

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Form a square!

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Form a square!

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PIANO PLAYS MELODY SOFTLY

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LAUGHTER

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Well, now that we've had such a public engagement...

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can we have a nice, quiet wedding, please?

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Not on your life!

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I want the full works, the church near my home...

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and then a rousing speech from your father...

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Mm.

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My father?

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Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm.

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"I'd like to congratulate my son.

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"When I was his age, I was in charge of a full regiment."

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He doesn't sound anything like that.

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Oh, yes, he does.

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Besides, YOU will be in charge of a regiment.

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SHE MOANS SOFTLY

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(Quiet!)

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It'll be Jack and Isabelle's turn next.

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Jack? Oh, no, Jack will never get married.

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He's too much of a soldier.

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So are you.

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Yes, but not like him.

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Yes, you are, more than him, more than any of them.

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You're my husband.

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# Good night, ladies

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# Good night, ladies... #

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Go away!

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Please, ignore them.

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Don't act like children!

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# Merrily, we roll along Roll along, roll along

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# Merrily, we roll along Until the morning comes

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# Good night, gentlemen Good night, gentlemen...

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# Good night, Ethne...

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-ALL:

-# Good night, Harry

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# Good night, Ethne, We have to take him home! #

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Hyah! hyah!

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SWORDS CLANG

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Come on, Harry, keep up!

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Come on, John!

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THEY SCREAM

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Come on, Mr Castleton, get it out!

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Mr Trench, carry on!

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Mr Castleton's dead -

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enemy spear through the foot!

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Come on, get a move on!

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Get it out!

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Come on, let's go! come on!

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Gentlemen, the Colonel!

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Gentlemen...

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I have some news.

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An army of Mohammedan fanatics

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under the command of their self-proclaimed messiah, the Mahdi,

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has attacked a British fortress in the Sudan.

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Our forces there fought a heroic

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but, in the end, hopeless rearguard action.

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They were slaughtered to a man.

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As a result of these hostilities

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several regiments,

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including the Royal Cumbrians,

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will be shipping out to the Sudan within the week.

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Congratulations to you all.

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This government has finally seen fit

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to send its soldiers to war.

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THEY CHEER

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Finally, we're off!

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Gentlemen...

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God has endowed

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the British race

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with a worldwide empire

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that they may execute

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His sovereign purpose in the world.

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The victories you will have over the heathen

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are the victories of the nobler soul in man.

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God save the Queen.

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ALL: God save the Queen!

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ALL HUM "GREENSLEEVES"

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All together!

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This is what nerves do

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to grown men.

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If we're going to go to war,

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I wish we'd just get on with it.

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Do you ever think about what it's going to be like

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when we get there?

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All the time.

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Don't you?

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I sometimes wonder

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what a godforsaken desert in the middle of nowhere

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has to do with Her Majesty the Queen.

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What's going on?

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What happened?

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Aren't you afraid you won't come back?

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Did you have a bad dream about me

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or something?

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Did I get my head lopped off

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by one of those Mahdi savages?

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Yes, Jack.

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Of course, I'm scared.

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Then, what...

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...what makes you go?

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I suppose...I'm going

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because you're going -

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you, Trench, Castleton, even Willoughby...

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but especially you.

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There's no-one I'd sooner trust my life with.

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HE BREATHES ANXIOUSLY

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What is this?

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My papers, sir.

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If it's leave you want, there's a different procedure.

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Normally I wouldn't consider it in the circumstances

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but given that you've just got engaged...

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It isn't leave I want, sir.

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I wish to resign my commission.

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If I were you, I'd think very carefully

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about what you're saying, Lieutenant.

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I've made up my mind, sir.

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We'll talk about this when you've spoken with your father.

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It isn't his decision, sir.

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I do not accept these papers, Lieutenant,

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and I do not accept that one of my men would walk out on his regiment...

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Sir... ..The week we are ship off to war!

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Now, as far as I'm concerned, you were never here.

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You can thank your father for that.

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Sir...

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..I wish to resign my commission.

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Please leave these barracks immediately.

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Whoa!

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Ah, Miss Willoughby!

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I thought I could smell the scent of fresh roses in the air.

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MEN LAUGH Harry's resigned.

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Resigned what?

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His bloody commission, what do you think?

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What did Hamilton do?

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Refuse him leave to marry? Hamilton didn't do anything.

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There was no excuse for it. "Excuse for it"?

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You're talking about Harry.

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He's right, Tom. He's engaged. It's natural to have doubts.

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We're sent to war and the very next day he resigns?

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There's no doubt about it.

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What's that supposed to mean?

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I think it's clear what it means.

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Tom, don't be absurd. Shut up, Vicar.

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It means he's a coward, Jack.

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Then say that to his face.

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I would've done, only he left the barracks before I had a chance.

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All right, then, say it to my face.

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Easy, Jack.

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Harry's a disgrace!

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He's disgraced the regiment!

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Jack!

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He's the best soldier in the regiment!

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Obviously not when it counts.

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Get off!

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I will tell him but not to his face - he doesn't deserve it.

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He deserves to be treated with the same contempt that he treated us.

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What contempt? Did he talk to you about it?

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Did he talk to any of you?

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He's left our backs exposed and he doesn't have the courage to tell us.

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He was my friend, too, Jack.

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He'll be there.

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This has to be answered.

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ETHNE LAUGHS

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Do you, Harry Faversham,

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take this woman to be your lawful, wedded wife?

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Yes, and you may kiss the bride.

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You can't jump ahead. You have to let me enjoy my wedding.

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It's your fault we won't be able to do it for another six months.

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There's no reason why we can't get married now.

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I've heard that before.

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I've left the army.

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SHE LAUGHS

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No, Ethne, I...

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I have...left the army.

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Why?

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Well, there was talk they may send us abroad...

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..for a year or two.

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I didn't want to wait that long to get married.

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Well, I would've waited...

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..or come with you.

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My mother did the same for my father.

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Yes, I know, but it isn't what I wanted for us.

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You're all that matters to me now.

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Where were they going to send you?

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They weren't sure.

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Mr Faversham.

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Is this your friends' idea of a joke?

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What is it, Harry?

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Feathers of...of cowardice. Yesterday we...

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were informed that our regiment would be shipping out to the Sudan...

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..that we would be... sent to war.

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You don't know where they were sending you,

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you said so yourself, and you did it for me.

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Ethne... Nobody in their right minds could call you a coward,

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especially not your friends.

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There's been a misunderstanding. You have to clear it up.

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You have to go back to the regiment and clear it up.

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No, I can't.

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Then I will.

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I'll go see Trent, Willoughby and Castleton myself

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and tell them it's my fault you resigned,

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that you did it for me.

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It has nothing to do with you, Ethne!

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Then why?

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I never wanted to join the Army!

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I did it for my father.

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I thought I'd serve out my commission in a year or two,

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keep everyone happy, and then I could just...

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You'd what, wait till we were married to tell me the truth?

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No, Ethne, I-I never meant to lie to you.

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No, but you were quite happy to let me deceive myself.

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Do you think people will let us forget this?

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I don't care what people think, Ethne.

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All I care about is us.

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It's not about us, Harry.

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It's not just about us.

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What about Jack? He would give his life for you.

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Don't you think I know that?

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Then go back.

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It's not too late.

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Tell them you wouldn't have resigned if it weren't for me.

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I would...have resigned...

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..and I wouldn't have gone to war for anything...

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or anyone.

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Then you ARE a coward.

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CROWD CHEERS

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MILITARY BAND PLAYS

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GROWLING

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Fight for England!

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CHEERING AND WHISTLING

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"Avoid drinking local water and spirits,

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"avoid local bar rooms and brothels

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"and, above all, remember you're a Christian soldier."

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Why'd they give this to me?

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It must be for you, Vicar.

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MEN LAUGH

0:25:010:25:03

Father?

0:25:140:25:16

After you.

0:25:200:25:21

May I speak with you, sir?

0:25:240:25:25

I don't know you.

0:25:270:25:29

I need to speak with you, sir.

0:25:350:25:37

CRIER: British attack the city of Korti!

0:26:000:26:04

British casualties in the Sudan!

0:26:040:26:06

CRIER CALLS ECHO

0:26:060:26:08

WOMEN SOB

0:26:150:26:18

WIND WHISTLES

0:26:220:26:24

CAMELS GRUNT

0:26:290:26:31

ARABIC CALL ECHOES

0:26:390:26:42

Something wrong, Jack?

0:26:460:26:48

Well, I don't know about you lot but I'm going to get a drink before Mustafa does.

0:27:000:27:05

THEY LAUGH

0:27:050:27:06

It's probably poisoned.

0:27:080:27:09

Mustafa, after you, mate.

0:27:130:27:16

MEN LAUGH

0:27:160:27:18

GUNSHOT FIRES

0:27:180:27:21

Take cover! Stay down!

0:27:220:27:24

Take cover!

0:27:240:27:26

Get down and stay down!

0:27:260:27:28

Get down! Take cover!

0:27:280:27:30

Where is he? Where is he?

0:27:300:27:32

Take cover!

0:27:320:27:33

Stay down! Stay down, everyone!

0:27:330:27:35

GUNSHOTS FIRE

0:27:350:27:37

Find him! find him! Where the bloody hell is he?

0:27:370:27:39

He's on the roof! Where?! Over there! Over there!

0:27:390:27:43

Get him!

0:27:480:27:50

Now!

0:28:000:28:01

WOMAN EXCLAIMS IN NATIVE LANGUAGE

0:28:010:28:04

Move! Right, sir.

0:28:040:28:07

WOMEN SCREAM

0:28:120:28:14

Hey!

0:28:370:28:39

Put the gun down.

0:28:410:28:42

Put the gun down.

0:28:440:28:46

Put the gun down!

0:28:540:28:55

WIND WHISTLES

0:28:550:28:57

Tell him to put the gun down!

0:29:070:29:09

MAN YELLS COMMAND IN NATIVE LANGUAGE

0:29:090:29:12

Put your gun down!

0:29:120:29:15

For God sakes, man, put your gun down!

0:29:150:29:19

Don't.

0:29:270:29:28

Hold your fire.

0:29:320:29:34

Put the gun down.

0:29:360:29:37

GUN COCKS Tell him to put his gun down!

0:29:370:29:40

Don't! Don't! Don't!

0:29:400:29:41

VILLAGERS ULULATE

0:30:010:30:03

ROCKS CLATTER

0:30:030:30:05

KNOCK AT DOOR

0:30:130:30:15

KNOCKING CONTINUES

0:30:200:30:22

What's done is done, Harry.

0:30:260:30:28

No, sir, it isn't.

0:30:280:30:31

Something like this happens...

0:30:310:30:33

..and you're lost.

0:30:350:30:37

You don't know who you are anymore, or what you're capable of.

0:30:400:30:44

Unless I do something,

0:30:450:30:48

this is how people will always remember me -

0:30:480:30:53

a feather.

0:30:530:30:55

And that is how I will always see myself - a coward.

0:30:560:31:01

All I know is I can't live with myself like this.

0:31:010:31:06

Who gave you the fourth feather?

0:31:080:31:12

Jack Durrance?

0:31:140:31:15

No, sir.

0:31:170:31:19

Ethne did.

0:31:190:31:21

HARRY: 'Dearest Ethne, Forgive me for all the shame I've caused you.

0:31:380:31:42

'I can only imagine the indignities you have suffered because of me.'

0:31:420:31:46

'I hope my leaving London will at least allow you to begin your life again, free of my shadow.

0:31:570:32:03

'I have no right to your trust, or claim to your love,

0:32:030:32:07

'but please believe I never set out to deceive you.'

0:32:070:32:10

'I don't know if an opportunity will ever arise to redeem myself

0:32:110:32:16

'but I have to believe it will

0:32:160:32:18

'and I have to believe that this time, I'll face up to my fears

0:32:180:32:21

'and prove to myself and others I'm not a coward.'

0:32:210:32:25

What did he pay you to bring him here?

0:32:250:32:28

Listen, Gustave, I wouldn't bring...

0:32:280:32:29

Take this.

0:32:290:32:31

Now get out.

0:32:310:32:33

Don't come back.

0:32:340:32:36

What do you want?

0:32:390:32:41

Can you take me to the British camp at Korti?

0:32:420:32:44

HE CHUCKLES Across the desert?

0:32:440:32:46

Yes.

0:32:460:32:48

Why?

0:32:480:32:49

HE CLEARS HIS THROAT Can you take me there or not?

0:32:540:32:57

For your time.

0:33:040:33:05

Can you speak Arabic?

0:33:080:33:09

I can learn.

0:33:090:33:11

Yes, but can you learn to look like an Arab?

0:33:110:33:13

If the Mahdi's men find you...

0:33:130:33:16

I'm taking a caravan of whores up to Korti next week.

0:33:160:33:19

Come and see me then.

0:33:190:33:21

WHISTLE BLOWS

0:33:210:33:23

Left, right, left, right, left, right, left.

0:33:230:33:25

Thank you.

0:33:250:33:27

Left, right, left, right, left, right, left.

0:33:270:33:30

HAMILTON: Congratulations, Jack. I'll give you a few weeks' leave.

0:33:300:33:33

Every report I receive singles you out for praise.

0:33:330:33:36

You and several other officers will be going to London to convince Parliament,

0:33:390:33:43

and the public opinion,

0:33:430:33:44

that it's high time this government ordered us out of Korti

0:33:440:33:47

to rescue General Gordon.

0:33:470:33:49

With your permission, I'd rather stay here with the regiment.

0:33:490:33:52

Why?

0:33:520:33:53

I don't feel I've done my duty yet.

0:33:530:33:55

I wouldn't want to let the others down.

0:33:550:33:56

Permission refused.

0:33:560:33:59

Sir,

0:33:590:34:00

why me?

0:34:000:34:01

Because you're a hero, Jack.

0:34:010:34:04

With all due respect, sir,

0:34:040:34:05

I don't think we've been fighting long enough

0:34:050:34:08

to have any heroes in this campaign.

0:34:080:34:11

WOMEN ULULATE

0:34:170:34:20

ULULATING CONTINUES

0:34:200:34:23

THEY SUSTAIN A HIGH NOTE

0:34:250:34:28

Shut up!

0:34:280:34:29

Keep them quiet, Saadi! What do I pay you for?!

0:34:290:34:33

They are princesses.

0:34:450:34:47

Can you imagine? Even the savages have royalty?

0:34:470:34:50

But the British soldiers pay me three Dirham an hour for them.

0:34:500:34:54

Well worth the trip to Korti.

0:34:540:34:56

Is this the Mahdi's territory?

0:34:570:34:59

Everywhere is Mahdi territory.

0:35:000:35:02

CAMEL LOWS

0:35:080:35:10

PRINCESS SPEAKS IN NATIVE LANGUAGE

0:35:260:35:29

What is it?

0:35:330:35:35

She doesn't like my manners?

0:35:350:35:37

PRINCESS SPEAKS IN NATIVE TONGUE

0:35:370:35:38

PRINCESSES MURMUR

0:35:380:35:42

SHOUT IN NATIVE LANGUAGE

0:35:440:35:47

Savage!

0:35:510:35:52

Stop it!

0:35:530:35:55

WOMEN SCREAM Stop! Stop doing this!

0:35:550:35:57

Stop it! Stop it! Stop it!

0:35:570:36:00

I'll teach you manners!

0:36:000:36:02

HARRY: Stop it! Enough!

0:36:030:36:04

GUSTAVE: That'll teach you manners!

0:36:040:36:06

HARRY: Enough!

0:36:060:36:09

< You think she'll thank you for what you did today?

0:36:180:36:22

I don't expect her to.

0:36:220:36:24

Of course you do - you saved her life.

0:36:240:36:26

< Tsk, tsk! Tsk!

0:36:260:36:29

HE CALLS IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE

0:36:290:36:31

SHE SPEAKS IN NATIVE LANGUAGE

0:36:310:36:33

They're like children.

0:36:400:36:42

They have no concept of gratitude or loyalty.

0:36:420:36:45

That's something you British don't understand.

0:36:450:36:48

You come here,

0:36:500:36:51

trying to civilise them with your Christian values.

0:36:510:36:56

Now, she'll thank you.

0:37:110:37:14

Don't be so proud, my friend.

0:37:210:37:23

PASSIONATE BREATHING

0:37:230:37:26

PRINCESS WHISPERS IN NATIVE LANGUAGE

0:37:480:37:52

THUDDING

0:38:050:38:07

SHE SHOUTS

0:38:090:38:11

WOMEN ULULATE

0:38:200:38:23

WIND BLOWS SOFTLY

0:38:260:38:29

CAMEL LOWS

0:38:370:38:40

JACK: There are followers of the Mahdi everywhere in the Sudan.

0:39:000:39:04

The rebel tribes are gathering forces under the leadership of the Mahdi to fight us.

0:39:040:39:09

We do not need more reinforcements.

0:39:090:39:11

All we need is for this government to give an order to march

0:39:110:39:14

and we will route the enemy

0:39:140:39:16

and preserve the dignity of our empire.

0:39:160:39:19

MURMURS OF SUPPORT AND APPLAUSE

0:39:190:39:22

JACK: Have you heard from Harry?

0:39:250:39:27

No.

0:39:270:39:29

Have you?

0:39:310:39:32

No.

0:39:320:39:34

Ethne, you can't blame yourself.

0:39:350:39:38

You make a stupid mistake and you pay for it for the rest of your life.

0:39:380:39:41

I can't forgive myself.

0:39:410:39:44

You had your reasons.

0:39:450:39:46

What reasons?

0:39:460:39:48

Pride?

0:39:480:39:50

Because I was afraid of what people would say.

0:39:510:39:53

What do I care what people said?

0:39:550:39:58

I loved him.

0:39:580:39:59

Ethne, you have to...

0:39:590:40:01

He came to me, Jack.

0:40:010:40:03

He came to me and I turned him away.

0:40:050:40:07

It's all right.

0:40:070:40:09

It won't be like this for the rest of your life.

0:40:100:40:13

I'll write to you, when I'm gone.

0:40:150:40:19

HE PANTS RASPILY

0:40:270:40:30

OFFICER: Left, right, left, right, left, right, left.

0:41:260:41:29

Left, right, left, right, left, right, left.

0:41:290:41:33

Left, right, left, right, left, right, left, right left, right, stop!

0:41:330:41:39

CHILDREN LAUGH

0:42:050:42:08

CROWD CHEERS

0:42:230:42:25

Referee, come on! That wasn't fair!

0:42:350:42:38

THEY CHEER

0:42:420:42:44

Congratulations!

0:42:450:42:47

Open up. He's got no teeth. Get rid of him.

0:43:100:43:13

Who's next?!

0:43:130:43:15

Come on, keep 'em coming, keep 'em coming. No, he's too small.

0:43:150:43:18

MAN SPEAKS IN NATIVE LANGUAGE

0:43:180:43:21

I want to see this man's teeth.

0:43:210:43:22

TRANSLATOR SHOUTS IN ARABIC

0:43:220:43:25

He looks strong enough. Put him with the baggage porters.

0:43:250:43:27

How many more we got? How many, Bill?

0:43:270:43:30

OK, we need another three of them.

0:43:300:43:31

THEY SHOUT IN ARABIC

0:43:310:43:34

What's going on?!

0:43:340:43:36

This man is from a tribe of slaves. They will not serve with him, sir.

0:43:380:43:41

Look, we need all the help we can get.

0:43:410:43:43

Baggage porter!

0:43:430:43:45

Get him through.

0:43:450:43:47

I can't believe it. Come on. Come on. Get him through.

0:43:470:43:50

Come on, next.

0:43:500:43:52

ETHNE: "My dearest Jack,

0:43:520:43:55

"I was so relieved to receive your last letter.

0:43:550:43:58

"While the whole country is celebrating

0:43:580:44:00

"your campaign against the Mahdi,

0:44:000:44:02

"all I feel is dread and all I think about

0:44:020:44:05

"are the precious times we spent together - you, Harry, and I.

0:44:050:44:09

"My father used to say that God takes away what's dearest to our hearts

0:44:090:44:13

"to remind us how much we take for granted.

0:44:130:44:16

"Now that it's too late, I wish I could turn back time.

0:44:160:44:20

"How differently I'd do things, given a second chance.

0:44:200:44:24

"Take good care of yourself, Jack.

0:44:240:44:26

"I don't mind if you don't come back covered in glory.

0:44:260:44:29

"Just come back safely.

0:44:290:44:31

"Your friend forever, Ethne."

0:44:310:44:34

Thoughtful of General Wolseley to give us these umbrellas, eh, Vicar?

0:44:450:44:49

I burn in the sun.

0:44:490:44:51

WHIP CRACKS

0:45:080:45:10

HE SHOUTS IN NATIVE LANGUAGE

0:45:100:45:12

Come on, now, faster! Faster!

0:45:120:45:14

HE YELLS

0:45:140:45:16

HORSE WHINNIES

0:45:210:45:24

Watch out!

0:45:240:45:25

DRUMS BEAT

0:45:280:45:30

MEN CHANT

0:45:300:45:33

HE SPEAKS IN NATIVE TONGUE

0:45:420:45:45

HE SPEAKS IN NATIVE TONGUE

0:45:590:46:02

Abou Fatma.

0:46:330:46:34

My name is Abou Fatma.

0:46:370:46:41

Vedu.

0:46:410:46:43

I was a scout for General Hicks. HARRY EXCLAIMS IN ARABIC

0:46:430:46:47

There are many in this camp who serve the Mahdi.

0:46:490:46:52

When they find out there's a British spy amongst them,

0:46:520:46:56

watching them, they'll kill him.

0:46:560:46:59

It won't be long...

0:46:590:47:01

Vedu.

0:47:010:47:02

Why would you warn me?

0:47:130:47:14

For money.

0:47:190:47:20

I can't pay you.

0:47:200:47:21

What's the feather for?

0:47:240:47:25

First time I killed a man.

0:47:310:47:33

Five men.

0:47:380:47:39

Wait.

0:47:390:47:41

Ten men.

0:47:460:47:48

This...

0:47:480:47:49

I will wear soon.

0:47:490:47:52

I'm a good soldier.

0:47:550:47:57

I...will protect you.

0:47:580:48:01

MEN CHANT, MUSIC PLAYS

0:48:010:48:04

MUSIC CONTINUES

0:48:040:48:06

WHISTLE BLOWS

0:48:060:48:08

Who did this?!

0:48:170:48:18

Who did this?!

0:48:180:48:20

Who did this?!

0:48:220:48:24

Who did this?!

0:48:310:48:33

Why would a British spy be hiding from his own soldiers?

0:49:070:49:10

I'm not a spy.

0:49:100:49:11

HORSE WHINNIES

0:50:050:50:07

Is that the same letter you read over and over again,

0:50:070:50:09

or do you get a different one each day?

0:50:090:50:11

He writes them to himself.

0:50:140:50:16

Read us a line.

0:50:170:50:18

Read your own.

0:50:180:50:20

Don't be so coy. You're amongst friends.

0:50:200:50:23

Come on, Jack, you can trust us.

0:50:230:50:26

"I'm so glad I came to hear you speak that day in London."

0:50:340:50:38

Come on, more than that!

0:50:390:50:42

Don't leave us hanging on - elaborate.

0:50:420:50:45

"It made me realise how much your friendship means to me.

0:50:510:50:54

"Come back safely and soon...

0:50:540:50:58

"..my dearest Jack."

0:51:010:51:04

Ooh!

0:51:070:51:09

Well, well, "My dearest Jack!" Who's the lucky lady?

0:51:090:51:12

Ethne.

0:51:120:51:14

I'm going to ask her to marry me.

0:51:160:51:19

Congratulations, Jack. That's fantastic, Jack.

0:51:350:51:37

She hasn't said yes.

0:51:370:51:39

Aah, she will.

0:51:390:51:41

HE MIMICS: "I realise how much I bloody love you."

0:51:410:51:43

"How much your friendship means to me."

0:51:430:51:45

Same thing.

0:51:450:51:47

Cheers, Jack.

0:51:480:51:49

Congratulations, Jack.

0:51:530:51:55

WIND HOWLS

0:51:580:52:01

CAMEL BELLOWS

0:52:050:52:07

WHISTLE BLOWS

0:52:150:52:17

ABOU: They look like the Mahdi's men.

0:52:170:52:19

I need to find out where he's going.

0:52:190:52:21

Deserters, sir.

0:52:230:52:25

Corporal, cease fire!

0:52:350:52:38

Harry.

0:52:440:52:45

Looks like they've stopped for the night.

0:52:550:52:57

Why is it so important to follow them?

0:53:030:53:05

The Mahdi spies will report on our troop movements.

0:53:050:53:08

Not the spies...

0:53:080:53:09

..your friends.

0:53:110:53:13

To help them...if I can.

0:53:170:53:20

Are you a deserter?

0:53:270:53:29

Something like that.

0:53:340:53:36

I was sent to fight and I ran away.

0:53:410:53:44

Why?

0:53:470:53:49

Why?

0:53:500:53:51

Well...

0:53:540:53:56

..I just...

0:53:570:53:59

There are many reasons why.

0:54:010:54:03

Mostly, I was afraid.

0:54:090:54:11

ABOU CHUCKLES

0:54:230:54:25

I found you half dead... crossing the desert alone.

0:54:280:54:32

You say you are afraid?

0:54:320:54:35

It's a different kind of fear.

0:54:450:54:46

Why are you protecting me?

0:54:550:54:58

God put you in my way.

0:55:000:55:03

I have no choice.

0:55:030:55:05

God?

0:55:050:55:07

Hmm.

0:55:120:55:13

An Englishman...and a Christian.

0:55:130:55:17

You must've done something terrible to offend him!

0:55:200:55:23

HARRY LAUGHS

0:55:230:55:25

ABOU LAUGHS WEAKLY

0:55:280:55:31

You laugh like an Englishman.

0:55:310:55:34

HARRY CLEARS HIS THROAT And how does an Englishman laugh?

0:55:360:55:40

ABOU LAUGHS AFFECTEDLY

0:55:410:55:44

LAUGHING CONTINUES

0:55:480:55:51

Abou...

0:56:040:56:06

they're leaving!

0:56:060:56:07

They're getting away.

0:56:090:56:11

We can't lose them!

0:56:120:56:14

All right, I'll...

0:56:220:56:25

I'll just sit here and wait for you.

0:56:250:56:27

Take your time.

0:56:280:56:30

Oh.

0:56:340:56:35

HORNS PLAY

0:56:410:56:43

That is the fortress of Abou Clea.

0:57:010:57:04

The British reinforcements are stationed there.

0:57:040:57:07

Why would the spies be going to a British fort?

0:57:070:57:11

ULULATING AND SHOUTING

0:57:460:57:48

SHOUTING GETS LOUDER

0:57:480:57:51

ABOU: The fort has been taken over by the Mahdi's army.

0:58:200:58:23

HARRY: But this is where our troops are heading.

0:58:250:58:28

YELLING

0:58:370:58:39

MAN SHOUTS IN NATIVE LANGUAGE

0:58:520:58:55

Abou! Warn my friends.

0:58:570:58:59

ABOU SHOUTS

0:58:590:59:02

MAN YELLS AN INSTRUCTION

0:59:470:59:49

BIRDS SCREECH OVERHEAD

0:59:581:00:01

Company, halt!

1:00:121:00:15

Company, halt!

1:00:151:00:16

Company, halt!

1:00:161:00:18

Hah! Hah!

1:00:191:00:21

HORSES NEIGH

1:00:231:00:25

Hyah.

1:00:251:00:26

Whoa!

1:00:261:00:28

HORSE SNORTS

1:00:281:00:31

DOGS BARK

1:00:311:00:33

HORSES WHINNY FRANTICALLY

1:00:351:00:39

God...

1:00:401:00:42

Hyah! Hyah!

1:00:461:00:48

Mr Trench!

1:00:481:00:50

William!

1:00:501:00:50

TRENCH: Get away from them! Leave them alone! You filthy...

1:00:511:00:54

Sir? You leave these bloody men alone!

1:00:541:00:59

TRENCH: Come back here!

1:00:591:01:00

DOGS YELP

1:01:001:01:01

HE RETCHES

1:01:101:01:12

Sir.

1:01:331:01:34

The Egyptians have captured an enemy scout.

1:01:341:01:37

Where did you find this man?

1:01:431:01:44

I came to you myself.

1:01:441:01:46

The Mahdi's men have captured your fort at Abou Clea.

1:01:461:01:49

This man is lying, sir. He's the one who stole the camels...

1:01:491:01:52

They will attack you here!

1:01:521:01:53

Tell him a British garrison would never fall to the Mahdi savages!

1:01:571:02:02

Ask him if he knows the penalty for being a spy.

1:02:031:02:06

I'm not a spy.

1:02:061:02:08

The Mahdi's men have left these bodies to keep you here.

1:02:081:02:11

Tell him I'll bury him alive if he speaks another word of English!

1:02:111:02:13

TRANSLATOR SPEAKS NATIVE LANGUAGE Ask who sent him here and why.

1:02:131:02:17

TRANSLATOR ASKS

1:02:171:02:19

HE SPEAKS IN NATIVE TONGUE

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He says a British officer sent him, sir.

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A general, no doubt. What was his name?

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TRANSLATOR ASKS

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Come here, son. I'll show you a British officer.

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This is a British officer!

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And this...is a British officer's blood.

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Now lick it up... every bloody drop!

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ABOU GRUNTS

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Look! Don't be rash!

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Take him away. Find out why the enemy sent him.

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Use any means necessary.

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The Muslims always bury their dead, even the enemy dead.

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These bodies have been left here for a reason!

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Come on, you!

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Look, I think you should tell Hamilton.

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I agree, Tom.

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What for?

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As a precaution, Tom.

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This man was trying to mislead us.

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I've made my decision.

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I'm not going to waste the colonel's time by sending some half-naked savage to him with a tall tale.

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WHIP SNAPS

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ABOU SCREAMS

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WOMEN ULULATE

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What is it, Jack?

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There's something up.

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Thou God, who reigneth over all the earth,

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who art the Lord of all our salvation,

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give Your ear unto my prayer.

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CHANTING: Allah uh akbar!

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For Thou art greater than the common man.

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Everything is as You wish it. Everything is as You will it.

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If what we're doing is just...

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..then give us the strength to serve You...

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for that which I greatly feared has come upon me...

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..and that which I was afraid of is come unto me.

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Form a line. First company...

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a section, if you please.

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BUGLE PLAYS A CALL TO ARMS

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One section will fix bayonets.

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Fix!

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Ready!

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Present!

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HORSE NEIGHS

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Fire. Fire.

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Fire!

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Reload!

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100 yards!

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Present!

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They're not armed, sir.

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Fire. Fire.

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Fire!

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TRENCH: What in God's name are they doing?

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Present!

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Fire. Fire. Fire!

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50 yards!

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Present!

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Fire. Fire.

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Fire!

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Thank you, Mr Willoughby Thank you, Sergeant.

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Order...up!

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Soldier...arm!

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Left turn.

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Left, right, left!

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DISTANT ULULATING

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ULULATING GROWS LOUDER

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CAMELS GRUNT

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THUNDERING HOOVES APPROACH

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Form a square!

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Form a square!

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BUGLE PLAYS

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SHOUTING

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Form a square!

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Bring over those camels! Line them up!

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HORSE NEIGHS

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Quickly now, take positions!

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Number three section, fall in!

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INDISTINCT SHOUTING

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Steady.

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Steady, boys, steady!

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Be calm.

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Nice and calm.

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Be nice and calm.

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SHOUTING

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Battalion prepare the cavalry, Mr Willoughby.

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Battalion, prepare the cavalry.

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Make way for the cavalry!

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SHOUTING

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Number one company, prepare for volley.

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Number one company, two rounds volley fire!

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Number one company...

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two rounds volley fire!

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Steady on the right, Mr Castleton!

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Pick your targets!

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Fire!

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HORSES WHINNY

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Fire!

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Fire!

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Fire!

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Hold the line!

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Fire!

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< Steady, Number Two Company.

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Sir, we're being attacked from behind, sir!

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Close in on the right, Castleton!

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Officers to the front!

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INDISTINCT ORDER

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Present...

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aim...

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Castleton!

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..fire!

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Fire!

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Fire!

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Keep your horses a target!

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Hold this line!

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BUGLE PLAYS

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The British Cavalry, sir!

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They're retreating!

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They're running!

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All right, men, cease fire!

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Cease fire!

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Cease fire!

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Congratulations, sir.

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Battle's not over yet.

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Yes!

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We saw 'em off, lads!

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Send out the skirmishers, Mr Willoughby.

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Send out the skirmishers!

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Well done, four section!

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Vicar!

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Come on, Vicar!

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Vicar, come on!

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BUGLE PLAYS

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YELLING

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Close the square!

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Close the square!

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Charge!

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Deliver me from blood guiltiness, oh, God.

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It's not the British! It's the Mahdi!

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YELLING

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Agh...

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Get back!

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Volley fire, if you please, Mr Willoughby!

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The skirmishers, sir?

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Hold this square at all costs, Mr Willoughby!

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Get back to the square! Get back to the square!

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Get back to the square! Go!

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Get back to the square! Go! Go!

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Vicar!

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..My sins ever before me...

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Volley fire, Mr Willoughby!

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Now!

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HE WHIMPERING

3:07:173:07:20

Mr Willoughby, I gave you a direct order!

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Castleton!

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Save me from my sins!

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Vicar, get back to the square!

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Go on, Trench! go on! Run!

3:07:583:08:00

Present...

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Fire!

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Don't shoot!

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Vicar!

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Close the square!

3:08:323:08:34

Mr Willoughby...

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HE GROANS

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HE SCREAMS

3:08:473:08:49

Jack...

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What are your orders, sir?

3:08:593:09:01

Sir!

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Sound the retreat!

3:09:043:09:06

BUGLE PLAYS

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HE GRUNTS

3:09:403:09:41

"My dear Jack..."

3:11:153:11:17

HE MUMBLES

3:11:173:11:20

HE SIGHS

3:11:583:12:00

Uh...

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I'm a fool.

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I was a fool

3:12:213:12:23

to think that I could ever go back home.

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I can't.

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< COUGHING

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HE COUGHS

3:12:323:12:35

INDISTINCT SHOUTING

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Your friend needs help.

3:12:413:12:43

My friend knows how to help himself.

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I can't see.

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HE MOANS

3:12:543:12:56

I can't see. >

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I can't see!

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Oh! Don't!

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Don't! Don't! Don't...

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Who are you?

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I have letters.

3:13:313:13:32

HE GROANS

3:13:413:13:43

Oh...

3:13:513:13:53

Who are you?

3:14:013:14:02

I can't see.

3:14:093:14:10

I can't see.

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Shh.

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HE SOBS

3:14:133:14:15

I can't see.

3:14:153:14:17

Shh.

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SOBS BECOME LOUDER

3:14:213:14:24

Shh. Shh...

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Hello, Jack.

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Ethne.

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How are you?

3:15:213:15:23

'I wanted to ask your advice, General.

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'My advice?

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Jack Durrance has... has asked me to marry him.

3:15:413:15:45

You don't need my advice.

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Jack Durrance is a good man.

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I haven't answered him yet.

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I was wondering if you'd heard from Harry.

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I've heard nothing

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and, er...

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I don't think I shall hear from him again.

3:16:153:16:17

I should've listened.

3:16:213:16:25

I miss him.

3:16:273:16:29

My son loved Jack Durrance like a brother.

3:16:293:16:34

I know he'd want you to be happy.

3:16:343:16:38

A few more weeks and he'll be able to ride without help.

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Will that be the end of your penance?

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THUNDER RUMBLES

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Jack.

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Oh-ho-ho-ho.

3:17:003:17:01

Not bad.

3:17:013:17:03

You should see me on a camel.

3:17:033:17:06

SHE LAUGHS

3:17:063:17:07

Lavender...

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and onions.

3:17:123:17:13

Sunday lunch.

3:17:133:17:15

Take the horse

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to the stables and you can have some.

3:17:173:17:19

Thank you, Robert, it's quite all right.

3:17:363:17:38

It's me, Jack.

3:17:383:17:40

Tom.

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HE CHUCKLES

3:17:593:18:01

They finally made you captain, Miss Willoughby(!)

3:18:043:18:07

All those decorations.

3:18:073:18:11

You must have a few, yourself.

3:18:123:18:14

How'd you know I was visiting today?

3:18:143:18:16

I, er...

3:18:163:18:17

I saw Harry, Jack.

3:18:233:18:25

Where?

3:18:313:18:32

In the Sudan.

3:18:333:18:35

I was following our retreat.

3:18:393:18:42

We had a terrible time of it.

3:18:423:18:43

The enemy hounded us all the way.

3:18:433:18:45

The desert itself seemed to side with them.

3:18:453:18:48

We ran out of water, medical supplies...

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even had to leave stragglers behind.

3:18:513:18:53

We lost more men on that retreat than we did at the battle.

3:18:533:18:57

Get out!

3:19:003:19:02

Didn't you hear what I said? Get out, or I'll have you whipped, you filthy wog!

3:19:043:19:09

Like you had my friend whipped?

3:19:093:19:10

Harry?

3:19:173:19:19

I sent a man to warn you

3:19:213:19:23

and you had him tortured for his pains.

3:19:233:19:26

I...

3:19:293:19:30

What would it have cost to listen?

3:19:333:19:35

I didn't know it was you.

3:19:353:19:36

You should've taken precautions, Tom.

3:19:363:19:38

I didn't know it was you.

3:19:383:19:39

For God's sake, what are you doing here?

3:19:413:19:45

JACK: And afterwards?

3:20:023:20:03

He, er...he asked me for some money and left.

3:20:033:20:08

To come back?

3:20:083:20:09

No.

3:20:093:20:11

No, there was a rumour going around

3:20:113:20:14

that some of our surviving soldiers

3:20:143:20:16

had been captured and taken to prison.

3:20:163:20:18

Harry thought Trench might be one of them.

3:20:183:20:20

He went after him?

3:20:203:20:22

I tried to stop him, Jack.

3:20:223:20:23

I told him they were only rumours,

3:20:233:20:25

that the chances of survival were...virtually none.

3:20:253:20:29

He wouldn't listen.

3:20:293:20:31

Did you come here to tell Ethne Harry was dead?

3:20:313:20:36

I don't know that he's dead, Jack.

3:20:363:20:38

So you've come to give her hope?

3:20:383:20:40

What would you do in my place?

3:20:413:20:43

Keep it to myself, Tom,

3:20:433:20:46

until I was sure.

3:20:463:20:49

HE SPEAKS IN NATIVE LANGUAGE

3:20:513:20:53

What did he say?

3:21:063:21:08

Your friend is dead.

3:21:083:21:09

I saw Trench taken alive.

3:21:093:21:12

Prisoners were taken to Omdurman last month.

3:21:123:21:15

Your army abandoned them.

3:21:153:21:16

The shame is no longer yours.

3:21:163:21:18

You're responsible to yourself and to God,

3:21:183:21:21

not to them.

3:21:213:21:23

I am responsible to my friend.

3:21:243:21:26

I will find him.

3:21:263:21:28

You have learned nothing.

3:21:283:21:29

You've done enough.

3:21:293:21:30

It's never enough, Abou.

3:21:303:21:31

Look, if the Mahdi's men find out I'm British,

3:21:313:21:34

they'll take me to their prison.

3:21:343:21:35

It's the only way I'll find my friend.

3:21:353:21:37

They will hang you.

3:21:373:21:39

Abou, you must

3:21:393:21:39

help me get into the prison.

3:21:393:21:41

I will not be responsible for your death.

3:21:413:21:43

How could you be responsible for my death?

3:21:433:21:48

I will die if it is God's will.

3:21:523:21:54

Yes?

3:21:553:21:58

You English walk too proudly on the Earth.

3:22:003:22:03

You are a fool...

3:22:103:22:12

..my friend.

3:22:153:22:16

HE MOANS

3:22:243:22:26

HE SHOUTS IN NATIVE LANGUAGE

3:22:263:22:28

Trench...

3:22:473:22:49

Trench!

3:22:503:22:52

Trench! Trench!

3:22:533:22:56

HE GROANS

3:22:593:23:02

Trench!

3:23:023:23:03

Trench!

3:23:073:23:08

Ibrahim!

3:23:213:23:22

Trench!

3:23:223:23:23

Don't lose our space!

3:23:233:23:25

Come on, son. You mustn't fall.

3:23:273:23:29

You mustn't fall.

3:23:303:23:32

All right?

3:23:363:23:37

Harry?

3:23:483:23:50

HE SHOUTS IN NATIVE LANGUAGE

3:23:503:23:53

Harry...

3:23:593:24:01

if you didn't come with the Army, then who sent you?

3:24:013:24:04

You did.

3:24:063:24:08

HE LAUGHS

3:24:183:24:20

All this way... for a feather.

3:24:223:24:26

I brought some money.

3:24:273:24:29

How much?

3:24:343:24:35

A hundred.

3:24:353:24:37

Hundred?

3:24:403:24:43

What's going on?

3:24:523:24:53

Who are those women?

3:24:533:24:55

They're all relatives of the men in here.

3:24:553:24:59

They bring them scraps of food.

3:24:593:25:01

Let's see if we can get you something to eat.

3:25:013:25:04

SHOUTING

3:25:043:25:06

What can we do with this money?

3:25:063:25:08

Well, there's no chance of bribing Idris.

3:25:083:25:11

His entire family was wiped out by one of our artillery attacks.

3:25:113:25:15

Now, Hassan, on the other hand, is infinitely corruptible.

3:25:173:25:21

For 100 Dirhams, he'll either help us escape...

3:25:213:25:25

or stab us in the back and keep the money. I'll see if I can talk to him.

3:25:253:25:30

The first thing I do when I get back

3:25:303:25:32

is book a table at Wilton's, a private room.

3:25:323:25:36

No bloody crowds.

3:25:363:25:37

Two pints of stout, please, guv'nor!

3:25:373:25:42

Not long now, Harry!

3:25:423:25:44

Not long now!

3:25:443:25:45

MAN SHOUTS, WHIP CRACKS

3:25:593:26:01

Trench.

3:26:033:26:05

Please, Trench, get up. Trench, come on.

3:26:053:26:08

HE SPEAKS IN NATIVE LANGUAGE

3:26:083:26:10

THEY ALL SHOUT

3:27:303:27:31

HE SCREAMS

3:27:393:27:43

HE YELLS

3:27:433:27:45

HE SHOUTS IN NATIVE LANGUAGE

3:27:563:27:59

HE GRUNTS

3:28:033:28:06

HE GROANS

3:28:063:28:08

HARRY SPEAKS IN NATIVE LANGUAGE

3:28:123:28:16

HE SHOUTS IN NATIVE LANGUAGE

3:28:273:28:30

HE SOBS

3:28:343:28:36

I have some money.

3:29:413:29:42

Money's no good for me.

3:29:423:29:44

I can't bribe the guards any more.

3:29:473:29:51

I have nothing left to lose...

3:29:533:29:55

..nothing left to live for...

3:29:583:30:00

But still, I'm frightened.

3:30:033:30:05

Fear always remains.

3:30:223:30:24

Pray for me, Abou.

3:30:273:30:28

Take as long as you like.

3:30:303:30:32

HE SOBS

3:30:403:30:43

I don't walk too proudly now.

3:30:463:30:49

(Stop.)

3:30:593:31:01

Have some food.

3:31:113:31:12

You're looking better.

3:31:153:31:18

You may not feel it, but you look it.

3:31:193:31:21

When I get better, will I look as bad as you?

3:31:213:31:24

We'll get you through this, Trench.

3:31:253:31:27

I don't want to get through this, Harry.

3:31:293:31:32

I don't think I can take it any more.

3:31:343:31:36

HE CHUCKLES

3:31:363:31:38

I had a visitor today.

3:31:423:31:44

He brought us a gift.

3:31:453:31:47

The poison will take a few hours to work.

3:32:003:32:02

You won't feel any pain.

3:32:043:32:06

That'll make a change.

3:32:063:32:07

Careful.

3:32:133:32:14

I didn't mean to be a pig about it.

3:32:143:32:17

How about we give them one last night of hell?

3:32:203:32:23

I'll drink to that!

3:32:233:32:25

THEY BOTH SCREAM

3:32:253:32:28

EVERYONE SCREAMS

3:32:283:32:31

MAN SHOUTS IN NATIVE LANGUAGE

3:32:363:32:39

SHOUTING CONTINUES

3:32:523:32:55

FLIES BUZZ

3:33:253:33:27

CHAINS CLANK, MEN MUMBLE

3:33:293:33:31

IN NATIVE LANGUAGE

3:33:453:33:47

FLIES BUZZ

3:34:323:34:34

CAMEL BRAYS

3:34:463:34:49

HE GASPS

3:35:003:35:03

Oh, Trench...

3:35:033:35:04

I can't feel anything in my legs.

3:35:043:35:08

The poison has paralysed your body.

3:35:083:35:10

It'll wear off soon.

3:35:103:35:12

I thought it was supposed to kill me.

3:35:123:35:14

Only for a while.

3:35:143:35:16

You mean, you knew?

3:35:163:35:18

I couldn't be short-changed.

3:35:183:35:21

That's the last time I let you buy the drink.

3:35:213:35:24

CAMEL BRAYS

3:35:263:35:28

How many bullets?

3:35:463:35:48

One.

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Better make it count.

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No.

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I can't carry him.

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You can.

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Save my friend.

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Save my friend.

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GUNSHOT

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HE YELLS

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HORSE NEIGHS

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HE GASPS

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HORSE WHINNIES

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HE GROWLS

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GUNSHOT

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SECOND GUNSHOT

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HE GASPS

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MUFFLED GRUNTING

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HE GASPS

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SCREAM CRESCENDOS

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HE SCREAMS

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HE SCREAMS HOARSELY

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Look after your friend.

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What will you do now?

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Whatever God has chosen for me.

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Do I look that bad?

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Everyone said how... much you've changed.

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I didn't believe them.

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May I have it back?

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That isn't why I came.

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I'd still like it back.

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HE SIGHS

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I'm almost sorry to let it go.

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It's brought me a lot of luck... over these past few months.

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HE INHALES DEEPLY THEN EXHALES

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Have you heard our news?

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Yes.

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How is Jack?

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I think he's happy.

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Good.

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He deserves to be.

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So do you.

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It will pass.

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You will meet someone soon.

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Then you and her and Jack and I...

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Yes.

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..will set up tea and chat politely

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as if...as if nothing ever happened with us before.

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That won't happen, Ethne.

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It has to happen.

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It has to, because I love you...

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Harry.

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I love you, and I can't...

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I'm sorry.

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Was that Ethne's carriage outside?

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She is giving me a ride to the station.

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Why didn't she come out?

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I think she wanted to give us a minute or two alone.

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Do we need a minute or two alone, Harry?

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I came to thank you, Jack.

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For what?

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For standing by me.

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If you're talking about the feathers, I wasn't there.

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Willoughby told me you were.

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You don't owe me anything, Harry.

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The wedding isn't for a month. Ethne is free to make up her own mind.

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She's made up her mind.

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You should trust her judgment.

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DRINK POURS

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To Castleton...

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and all the others we left behind.

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Indeed.

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You remember the first time we led a cavalry charge in public?

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Yes, I do, Jack. You wiped the floor with me.

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I believe most of my horses ended up in the bandstand.

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Yes, I did, and... yes, they did.

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Ethne was there...

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watching.

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Yes, I remember.

3:48:013:48:03

You should.

3:48:033:48:04

You're the only one she danced with.

3:48:043:48:08

I've never been so jealous.

3:48:083:48:11

I wanted to prove to her that I was the better soldier.

3:48:113:48:15

You always were the better soldier, Jack.

3:48:153:48:17

Yes, of course, but...

3:48:173:48:18

She was the first person I looked for in the crowd...

3:48:253:48:29

and she was staring at you.

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Everyone else was applauding me...

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..and she was staring at you.

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Nothing's changed.

3:48:483:48:49

She's beautiful...

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isn't she?

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Yes, she is.

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JACK: 'You may be lost... but you are not forgotten.

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'For those who have journeyed far

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'to fight in foreign lands...

3:49:413:49:44

'..know that the soldier's greatest comfort'

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is to have his friends close at hand.

3:49:503:49:54

Welcome home, Harry.

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Thank you, sir.

3:49:583:50:00

In the heat of battle,

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it ceases to be an idea

3:50:043:50:07

for which we fight...

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or a flag.

3:50:093:50:12

Rather...

3:50:133:50:16

we fight for the man on our left...

3:50:163:50:20

..and we fight for the man on our right...

3:50:223:50:26

..and when armies have scattered

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and when the empires fall away...

3:50:313:50:35

..all that remains...

3:50:383:50:41

..is the memory of those precious moments...

3:50:423:50:47

..we spent side by side.

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CHURCH BELLS RING OUT

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Forgive me. I did you a great wrong.

3:51:233:51:27

There is nothing to forgive.

3:51:273:51:29

Yes, there is.

3:51:293:51:31

I should've stood by you, Harry.

3:51:313:51:33

I should've understood.

3:51:333:51:35

I used to be so sure about everything.

3:51:363:51:40

We both were, Ethne.

3:51:403:51:42

And now?

3:51:433:51:45

And now...

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Well... Well, now I have no choice, Ethne.

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God put you in my way!

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HE LAUGHS

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HARRY AND ABOU'S LAUGHTER ECHOES

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LAUGHTER CONTINUES ECHOING

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