:50:06
Well, fast driving's one way
of getting something out of the system.
:50:12
What a ghastly thing to do.
:50:14
Och, people always do silly things
at mess parties. It's part of the tradition.
:50:18
- Hmm. I remember somebody once
- Not the colonel.
:50:20
Why not? The colonel's human,
the same as the rest of us, isn't he?
:50:25
- Ridicule is always the finish.
- Och, now, who said anything about ridicule?
:50:29
They behaved badly, and you tore a strip
off them. Is there anything wrong in that?
:50:35
Strange I should stop at this spot.
:50:38
I used to come here sometimes.
:50:40
- When was that?
- Oh, years ago...
:50:43
when the future was bright.
:50:44
I had one pip and no chips
on my shoulder.
:50:49
Did you ever dream
when you were a subleton, Jimmy?
:50:51
Oh, aye. Big brave deeds
I was gonna win the V.C. And die a hero.
:50:58
When you're dying
:51:00
When you really believe you're dying,
you think of the most absurd things.
:51:04
In my war,
I never had time to think.
:51:06
Oh, they gave me time, all right,
again and again.
:51:09
When I was in the prison camp...
:51:11
nearly drowned me,
then they brought me round.
:51:15
Then they put a wet cloth over my mouth
and kept it wet until I nearly drowned again.
:51:20
And the only thing that pulled me through
was the thought that one day I'd come back...
:51:24
and sit in the middle of that table
as colonel of this battalion.
:51:28
Like my grandfather
and his father before him.
:51:32
Only I was gonna be
the best of the lot.
:51:36
Well, it it did pull you through.
You survived.
:51:40
- Surely nothing could seem too hard now.
- Who said I survived?
:51:42
Oh, come on, sir.
You're here to tell the tale.
:51:47
I was married once, you know.
:51:50
That's all finished now.
:51:52
Sorry.
:51:55
I, uh
I've been rather lonely since that.
:51:59
I think that's why I was
looking forward to this job job so much.