Sharpe (TV Series)

Sharpe's Eagle (1993)

Neil Dudgeon: Gibbons

Quotes 

• [Richard confronts Berry and Gibbons in the mess after they have raped and flogged Josefina. He throws a glass of wine in Gibbons's face] 

  Gibbons : I don't fight duels over whores.

  [Richard replaces the glass, takes a second and throws it in Berry's face] 

  Berry : I do.

• [Gibbons plans to challenge Sharpe to a duel] 

  Maj. Hogan : Oh, give me your hand, sir! You're a brave fellow, Gibbons! Sharpe's a killer! Killed three French cavalrymen and saved Wellesley's life - three seconds, slash, cut thrust! And that was when he was still a sergeant. Shall we say six o'clock tomorrow morning, in the field behind the camp?

  [Gibbons swallows, plainly terrified] 

  Maj. Hogan : Or should we say it was damn dark, and you made a damn bad mistake?

  Gibbons : Silly mistake. Say no more about it, eh?

  Maj. Hogan : Good thinking, Gibbons. Sharpe would have shot out your left eye at a minute past six, and you'd have spent all day tomorrow looking up at nothing with the other.