Horatio Hornblower: The Duel (1998 TV Movie)

Michael Byrne: Captain Keene

Quotes 

• Capt. Keene : It is a sure opportunity for advancement, for distinction, for prize money!

  Midshipman Horatio Hornblower : It is the opportunity of a lifetime, sir, and I thank you for it, but...

  Capt. Keene : Any ambitious young officer would jump at the chance to serve on a frigate!

  Midshipman Horatio Hornblower : I know, sir. But you accepted me here as midshipman, and of course I must stay with you.

  Capt. Keene : Not many young men would have said that, Mr. Hornblower. I am very touched by your loyalty, even though I won't live to appreciate it.

  Midshipman Horatio Hornblower : But...

  Capt. Keene : No, please don't interrupt! Youth and quick wits belong where they will be rewarded, not on a Channel groper with a dying captain.

  Midshipman Horatio Hornblower : Sir?

  Capt. Keene : A midshipman's share of prize money is not much, I grant you, but at last you can start to repay the debt you owe your father. It is the good of the service I have in mind, Mr. Hornblower... when I insist that you take up this posting.

  Midshipman Horatio Hornblower : Aye, aye, sir.

• Capt. Keene : Time, gentlemen. Now, let's see how you have fared with the problem set for you by Mister Bowles. Mister Simpson, we must all rejoice! The sources of the Nile have been discovered at last. Your ship, as far as I can make out from your illiterate scrawl, is in Central Africa.