Sharpe (TV Series)

Sharpe's Rifles (1993)

David Troughton: Sir Arthur Wellesley

Quotes 

• Wellesley : Pity about James Rothschild. I presume he's left the country?

  Major Hogan : On the contrary, sir...

  Richard Sharpe : He's here in this room, sir.

  [to Hogan's surprise, Sharpe turns and plucks off "Mrs. Parker's" wig. James Rothschild laughs and pulls an envelope from under his skirt] 

  James Rothschild : Your banker's draft, Sir Arthur.

  [to Sharpe] 

  James Rothschild : How did you know?

  Richard Sharpe : You smelled of Turkish tobacco, the kind you can't get in Spain. You wouldn't eat your roast pork at the monastery. And I remember you speaking Yiddish in the coach.

  James Rothschild : [laughs]  Sir, you are an edel mensch - a gentleman.

• Wellesley : [after Sharpe has just saved his life]  I'm much obliged to you. You did me a damn good turn. Now I'm going to do you a damn bad one - I'm giving you a field commission, Sharpe! From now on you're a lieutenant in the 95th.