Sharpe (TV Series)

Sharpe's Eagle (1993)

Martin Jacobs: Maj., Col. Lawford

Quotes 

• Wellesley : Sharpe, I can make you a captain, but I cannot keep you a captain. There is talk of an imperial eagle, Sharpe. There is talk of a promise made to the late Major Lennox. Swear to me on oath that the talk is just idle gossip, Sharpe, or by God, sir, you will walk out of that door a lieutenant.

  Richard Sharpe : I swear on oath tha no one heard me make a promise in respect of an imperial eagle to Major Lennox, sir.

  Wellesley : Colonel Lawford?

  Colonel Lawford : Sir?

  Wellesley : You may escort Captain Sharpe to the door, Colonel Lawford.

• [Sharpe has challenged Berry to a duel after he and Gibbons have raped and flogged Josefina] 

  Wellesley : My orders are perfectly clear, Lawford. Dueling is strictly forbidden. I shall make no exception in respect of Captain Sharpe. If he fights Berry at dawn, he will be back among the ranks before the sun is up!

  [Lawford opens his mouth] 

  Wellesley : There is no more to say, sir!

  Colonel Lawford : Yes, sir.

  [Wellesley walks over to Hogan] 

  Wellesley : French hopping about a bit, Hogan.

  Maj. Hogan : Yes, sir.

  Wellesley : Send out a patrol to take a look. Not too big. Eight men, two officers.

  Maj. Hogan : I have done so, sir. About an hour ago. Captain Sharpe and Lieutenant Berry.

  Wellesley : That should do the trick, Hogan.

  [Lawford grins] 

• Colonel Lawford : [on Wellesley]  God, Hogan. Horse, foot, cannon... the French outnumber us three to one. Does he know something we don't?

  Maj. Hogan : He knows three things, Lawford. He knows that on his left, the French will not attack the fort. He knows that on his right, Simmerson will run. And he knows that in the center, that Daddy Hill will stand. Means nothing to me either, Lawford. That's why he's a general, and we ain't.