Sharpe (TV Series)
Sharpe's Battle (1995)
Daragh O'Malley: Sgt. Patrick Harper
Quotes
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Patrick Harper : O'Rourke! I'll find you, O'Rourke!
[a group of the renegade Irish appear, and Harper blasts them with his volley gun. Only O'Rourke is left standing]
O'Rourke : Sergeant Harper... you know I've no quarrel with a fellow Irishman.
[He raises his musket and pulls the trigger. It clicks empty]
Patrick Harper : A good soldier always looks after his weapon, Private O'Rourke.
[O'Rourke yells and charges with his bayonet. Harper disarms him and spins him around]
Patrick Harper : O'Rourke, this one's for Perkins...
[stabs him]
Patrick Harper : This one's for Ireland...
[stabs him again]
Patrick Harper : And this one's for me!
[stabs him one last time. O'Rourke falls, dead]
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Patrick Harper : [to O'Rourke] Where would you be from?
[...]
Patrick Harper : - From Galway, that's nice. I'm from Donegal myself. Do you know what else I am?... I'm ashamed and disgusted, so I am! That an Irishman can't keep his gun in half-decent order! Jesus, you wouldn't kill an *Englishman* with that, never mind a bloody *Frenchman* !
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[Perkins is badly wounded]
Perkins : [sobs] Sorry, Sarge!
Patrick Harper : You're gonna be all right, lad.
Perkins : Dan! Dan! Give me a tune, Dan!
Hagman : [sings] O'er the hills, and o'er the main, to Flanders, Portugal and Spain, King George commands and we obey...
Perkins : [sobs] Mother!
Patrick Harper : She's with ya, lad! Mothers never leave you!
Perkins : [sobbing] I'm sorry, Sarge...
[he dies]
Patrick Harper : Oh, my God... Oh, my God... Nobody touches O'Rourke! That bastard's mine!
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Richard Sharpe : [Harper has dragged out the two Frenchmen captured whilst raping women and killing children] Harper!
Patrick Harper : Sir!
Richard Sharpe : Put them up against the wall. I want a fireing squad ready.
[In responce, all of the riflemen and members of the South Essex form two lines as the squad]