Major Munro and Sharpe in “Unfinished Business”

Which would you prefer me to do Sharpe? Play Beallagh na Bruga, that's the march, or send you on a dangerous mission?

Ahh, dangerous mission, sir.

Who's winning the war, Sharpe?

Lord Wellington, sir.

Why's he winning it, Sharpe?

Steady troops, sir.

[Munro shakes his head] Superior intelligence. Supplied by whom laddie?

Men like you, sir.

Ugh, don't lick me, laddie!

[To Pipe-major outside Munro's tent] How do you stand it, Pipe major?

[loudly] I said, how do you stand it? [Pipe-major pulls a cotton wad out of his ear; Sharpe laughs with him]