Sharpe's Challenge

00:43:53,280 --> 00:43:54,633 Take care. 560 00:43:59,200 --> 00:44:02,112 Christ, God, Sharpe! You heard his message. 561 00:44:02,520 --> 00:44:05,671 Attack Ferraghur and he kills General Burroughs' daughter. 562 00:44:05,760 --> 00:44:07,398 Not if I can get her out. 563 00:44:08,200 --> 00:44:12,671 Get her out? What fresh madness is this? 564 00:44:13,320 --> 00:44:16,392 You want to lead a forlorn hope against Ferraghur, is that it? 565 00:44:16,520 --> 00:44:20,911 Have half my men killed on the walls, then watch Celia Burroughs have her head nailed? 566 00:44:21,000 --> 00:44:23,594 If Captain Singh and his lancers help me, 567 00:44:23,680 --> 00:44:26,240 Mr. Harper and I should prove sufficient to the job. 568 00:44:27,320 --> 00:44:28,878 You and Harper, eh? 569 00:44:30,400 --> 00:44:32,630 Oh, God knows... 570 00:44:32,720 --> 00:44:36,872 I don't mind if you do die, Sharpe. It's long past your time, ain't it? 571 00:44:37,040 --> 00:44:38,792 If that's permission... 572 00:44:38,880 --> 00:44:42,589 Oh, by all means. Go and die, Sharpe. 573 00:44:43,480 --> 00:44:44,993 Go and die. 574 00:44:51,000 --> 00:44:53,992 Mademoiselle, it is His Highness' wish 575 00:44:54,080 --> 00:44:57,436 that you should be brought to the guest quarters at the palace. 576 00:44:57,520 --> 00:45:00,956 There you may bathe and will be provided with fresh clothing. 577 00:45:01,040 --> 00:45:02,473 I am well enough, sir. 578 00:45:06,920 --> 00:45:08,478 It is not a request. 579 00:45:12,400 --> 00:45:15,995 I have been a very poor father. 580 00:45:19,760 --> 00:45:23,355 The effort of bringing Celia into the world 581 00:45:24,680 --> 00:45:26,750 took my dear wife from me, do you see? 582 00:45:29,760 --> 00:45:31,671 I may not always... 583 00:45:34,640 --> 00:45:37,359 have concealed my resentment. 584 00:45:39,160 --> 00:45:40,798 I'm sure that's not the case, sir. 585 00:45:43,000 --> 00:45:45,434 A son could have followed me into the army... 586 00:45:47,400 --> 00:45:48,958 but a daughter... 587 00:45:52,080 --> 00:45:53,798 I placed career 588 00:45:55,040 --> 00:45:57,918 before the duty a father owes to his child. 589 00:46:00,840 --> 00:46:02,319 It's only now as... 590 00:46:03,880 --> 00:46:08,351 the shadows lengthen and I realize, like the base Indian, 591 00:46:10,680 --> 00:46:13,433 the value of that which I squandered. 592 00:46:18,080 --> 00:46:19,798 Bring her back for me, Colonel. 593 00:46:31,960 --> 00:46:34,110 - Are we ready, Pat? - As we'll ever be. 594 00:46:34,880 --> 00:46:37,348 Godspeed, then, to you both. 595 00:47:10,880 --> 00:47:15,112 - I trust your new quarters are more to your liking. - General Dodd! 596 00:47:16,600 --> 00:47:19,956 I hardly think it proper for you to be alone in a woman's quarters. 597 00:47:20,920 --> 00:47:25,072 Fortunately, madam, there lies a region in which I am well-traveled. 598 00:47:27,280 --> 00:47:30,317 - What is it you want? - Merely to ask after your comfort. 599 00:47:35,600 --> 00:47:40,151 To the best of my knowledge, sir, you were once an officer in the British Army. 600 00:47:40,240 --> 00:47:42,834 It was the East India Company in which I served. 601 00:47:43,880 --> 00:47:47,589 But let's not split hairs over such trifling matters. 602 00:47:48,400 --> 00:47:49,515 Your point? 603 00:47:49,600 --> 00:47:54,071 My point, sir, is that if any vestige of gentlemanly conduct 604 00:47:54,160 --> 00:47:57,197 you must have absorbed while in British Company remains, 605 00:47:58,360 --> 00:48:00,476 I would urge you to act upon it. 606 00:48:01,640 --> 00:48:06,953 Alas, madam, these past years, I find I'm moved by impulses far more... 607 00:48:08,800 --> 00:48:10,631 sub-equatorial. 608 00:48:16,760 --> 00:48:20,036 If I understood you aright the other evening, General, 609 00:48:20,120 --> 00:48:22,190 you made a gift of me to the Rajah. 610 00:48:23,840 --> 00:48:25,592 - What of it? - Nothing. 611 00:48:26,840 --> 00:48:28,592 I am merely imagining his disappointment 612 00:48:28,680 --> 00:48:31,672 if he were to find that his gift had already been unwrapped. 613 00:48:38,320 --> 00:48:41,392 Then you better wish a health unto His Highness 614 00:48:42,800 --> 00:48:45,917 for he'll take more care in its opening than I will. 615 00:49:05,640 --> 00:49:08,916 All right, I reckon this is about far enough, Pat. 616 00:49:09,760 --> 00:49:11,751 Turn your coat round. 617 00:49:11,840 --> 00:49:14,991 If Khande Rao's men see red coats, they'll shoot before they ask questions. 618 00:49:15,080 --> 00:49:19,915 Wouldn't want that to happen now, would we? Not with these jetti fellows to look forward to. 619 00:49:21,160 --> 00:49:24,516 She must be some looker, that's all I can say. 620 00:49:24,800 --> 00:49:27,553 - All the trouble we're