Sharpe (TV Series)

Sharpe's Sword (1995)

John Kavanagh: Father Curtis

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Quotes 

• [Harper is wounded] 

  Patrick Harper : Am I going to die this time, Father?

  Father Curtis : Yes, my son. Have you any last wishes?

  Patrick Harper : I wish I'd married Ramona, Father.

  Father Curtis : I can grant you that before you go. Quickly, now. Do you Patrick Harper take this woman to be your lawful wedded wife? Say "I do!"

  Patrick Harper : I do.

  Father Curtis : Do you Ramona Gonzales take this man to be your husband? Say "I do!"

  Ramona : I do.

  Father Curtis : I now pronounce you man and wife. Now, get up and kiss the bride.

  Patrick Harper : I thought you said I was going to die, Father!

  Father Curtis : Sure, we're ALL going to die, Patrick.

• Colonel Sir Henry Simmerson : What's it to you priest? You hate the British!

  Father Curtis : I'm Irish. John Bull's a bad neighbour, but Bonaparte's a bully, and so are you!

• [asked why he, an Irishman, spies on the French for the British] 

  Father Curtis : I think the theological reasoning would bore you, Sharpe...

• Father Curtis : Irish?

  Patrick Harper : Indeed I am.

  Father Curtis : Then you'll serve Mass on Sunday.

  [Harper's face falls, much to the riflemen's amusement] 

• Patrick Harper : There must be something you can do for him, Father!

  Father Curtis : I'm a priest: I pray for him.

  Patrick Harper : Is that the best you can do for him?

• Father Curtis : If he were a dog, I'd shoot him. But God in his mercy is sending him a fever: soon he'll feel nothing. He'll be dead by dawn.

• Richard Sharpe : I've seen many a good soldier run away, and live to fight another die.

  Father Curtis : So have I!