Sharpe (TV Series)

Sharpe's Honour (1994)

Michael Byrne: Maj. Nairn

Quotes 

• Nairn : He may already be dead.

  Harper : You tried that one before, sir.

• Patrick Harper : Can I ask you where we're going, sir?

  Nairn : Over the hills, sergeant, and far away.

  Patrick Harper : Right. Which hills and how far?

• Nairn : His name was Liam Dooley. He and his brother were going to be hanged for looting a church. I made them an offer. One could live, but one would die. Liam called heads. It was a very bad call.

• Nairn : [re: the Marquesa]  Did he interrogate her?

  Patrick Harper : [deadpan]  He was at her all night.

• Wellington : [Watching the common soldiers celebrating]  Scum of the earth, Nairn.

  Nairn : But what damn fine fellows we made of them, sir!

  Wellington : Quite.

• Wellington : If Sharpe is found not guilty, the Spanish will never believe us or trust us again. They want justice.

  Nairn : I think they should get it, sir... whatever the verdict.

• Nairn : So you believe in ghosts, do you sergeant?

  Patrick Harper : I believe in God the Father, God the Son and the sidhe ridin' the wind.