Sharpe (TV Series)

Sharpe's Mission (1996)

James Laurenson: Maj. Gen. Hector Ross

Quotes 

• [Shellington has passed out from seeing the dead bodies] 

  Ross : What are we going to do with him, Sharpe?

  Sharpe : Send him home, sir.

  Ross : Home? He'll need an escort.

  Sharpe : Send two of Brand's men back with him. They know the terrain. Gives us a perfect excuse for bringing Brand back.

  Ross : What if he doesn't want to go back to Wellington's camp?

  Sharpe : Oh, he'll want to, sir.

  Shellington : [coming around]  Where am I?

  Sharpe : [to Ross]  Might even try to seduce my wife.

• [Brand is found guilty of six murders. After being goaded by Brand, Sharpe hits him in the chest and he falls back into a deep well to his death] 

  Ross : Did you see that, Harper?

  Harper : Who me, sir? No, I saw nothing, sir.

  Ross : Did you see what happened to Col. Brand?

  Harper : Oh, he's a funny fish, sir. I just saw him jump head-long into the wishing well. Why do you think he'd want to do something like that, sir?

  Ross : Thank you, Harper.

• Ross : From what I hear, sometimes he is outside the law.

  Sharpe : Maybe he uses rough methods, but he gets results. So do you.

  Ross : Maybe I do, but I don't take pleasure in it.

  Sharpe : You're a damn liar.

• Ross : Good to see you, Septimus.

  Pyecroft : I wish I could say the same.

• Maj. Gen. Ross : It's a trap, man! They've baited it with a really big cheese, the Rocha powder magazine. - We're going home!

  Richard Sharpe : No, we're bloody *not*! We're gonna get Brand, and we're gonna blow up that Frog bloody magazine, ad we're gonna use bloody big bait!

  Maj. Gen. Ross : Oh? - What?

  Richard Sharpe : *You*!

  Maj. Gen. Ross : *Me*?

  Richard Sharpe : Yes, you. - Sir!

• Maj. Gen. Ross : [to Sharpe]  You're damn impudent, but you're absolutely right!

• Maj. Gen. Ross : Horse Guards will heed to know about Col. Brand, sir.

  Wellington : Tell them he died a 'hero's death', ad let's get o with the war!