Sharpe (TV Series)
Sharpe's Rifles (1993)
David Troughton: Sir Arthur Wellesley
Quotes
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Wellesley : Pity about James Rothschild. I presume he's left the country?
Major Hogan : On the contrary, sir...
Richard Sharpe : He's here in this room, sir.
[to Hogan's surprise, Sharpe turns and plucks off "Mrs. Parker's" wig. James Rothschild laughs and pulls an envelope from under his skirt]
James Rothschild : Your banker's draft, Sir Arthur.
[to Sharpe]
James Rothschild : How did you know?
Richard Sharpe : You smelled of Turkish tobacco, the kind you can't get in Spain. You wouldn't eat your roast pork at the monastery. And I remember you speaking Yiddish in the coach.
James Rothschild : [laughs] Sir, you are an edel mensch - a gentleman.
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Wellesley : [after Sharpe has just saved his life] I'm much obliged to you. You did me a damn good turn. Now I'm going to do you a damn bad one - I'm giving you a field commission, Sharpe! From now on you're a lieutenant in the 95th.