Ducos quotes from Sharpe ... TV Quotes Database

[Sharpe is trapped inside Ducos' Neapolitan Fortress with General Calvet, Harper, Frederickson and some Imperial Guardsmen and Ducos arrives with the local Cardinal's troops]

Ducos

The war is over, Sharpe; apparently not for you.

S1 E15 Unfinished Business

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SSharpe

Tell General Chaumier we will fight him to the death.

Ducos

[scoffs] Major Sharpe is not well. We outnumber you ten to one. There will be no terms if you do not surrender within the hour, Monsieur.

[Sharpe plucks off Ducos's glasses, drops them on the ground and crushes them with his boot.]

SSharpe

To the death.

FFarthingdale

I'm in charge here, Major Sharpe! We will discuss terms immediately.

[Sharpe pulls Farthingdale aside.]

SSharpe

Your wife was a whore, sir. I know, for I was once her lover. [Farthingdale blanches.] Let that get out, and you'll be the laughingstock of Lisbon, and then of London. Leave now, and on my honor, no word of it will pass my lips.

FFarthingdale

[stammering] But... but I do love her, you know.

SSharpe

You're a damned liar.

S1 E15 Unfinished Business

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SSharpe

Tell General Chaumier I have horse, foot, and artillery. Tell him what Voltaire said: Dieu ne pas pour les grand battalions, mais pour sequi teront le meillur.

("God is not on the side of the big battalions, but of the best shots.")

CMCol. Michel Dubreton

You told me you didn't speak French.

SSharpe

I lied. My wife taught me. She taught me many things. Above all, how to say goodbye.

[Dubreton salutes Sharpe smartly and rides out of Adrados, carrying Sarah on his horse. Sharpe returns to Ducos and seizes the front of his coat.]

SSharpe

Someday... I'll say goodbye to you.

Ducos

[sneers] Certainly.

S1 E15 Unfinished Business

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