Sharpe (TV Series)
Sharpe's Sword (1995)
John Kavanagh: Father Curtis
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Quotes
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[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.
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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!
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[asked why he, an Irishman, spies on the French for the British]
Father Curtis : I think the theological reasoning would bore you, Sharpe...
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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]
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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?
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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.
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Richard Sharpe : I've seen many a good soldier run away, and live to fight another die.
Father Curtis : So have I!