Sharpe (TV Series)

Sharpe's Sword (1995)

Hugh Ross: Maj. Mungo Munro

Quotes 

• Major Mungo Munro : [he has just finished a bagpipe solo]  Which would you prefer me to do, Sharpe? Play Beallagh na Bruga, that's the Munro march... or send you on a dangerous mission?

  Richard Sharpe : Dangerous mission, sir.

  Major Mungo Munro : Who's winning the war, Sharpe?

  Richard Sharpe : Wellington, sir.

  Major Mungo Munro : Why's he winning it, Sharpe?

  Richard Sharpe : Steady troops, sir.

  Major Mungo Munro : Superior intelligence, Sharpe. Supplied by whom, laddie?

  Richard Sharpe : Men like you, sir.

  Major Mungo Munro : [disgusted:]  Och, don't *lick* me, laddie!

• Munro : What you don't know don't hurt you, Sharpe.

  Sharpe : Beg pardon, sir, but in my experience what you don't know usually gets you killed.

• Major Mungo Munro : [playing the bagpipes as Sharpe enters, then stops and turns around to Sharpe]  Never had a lesson in my life! Can you believe that, Laddie?

  [Sharpe's and Spears' expressions clearly show they CAN believe it, but neither of them says so. Munro gestures for Sharpe to take a seat] 

  Major Mungo Munro : Sit down, Laddie! - Which would you prefer me to do, Sharpe? Play 'Beallagh Na Bruga' - that's the Munro March - or send you an a dangerous mission?

  Richard Sharpe : Ah... dangerous mission, sir!