:41:00
Look at here, sir, I--I know
it's none of my business,
:41:03
but couIdn't we
sIip out of here,
:41:04
a smaII detachment of us,
anyway, on our own?
:41:07
Try to get a chance
at him, kiII him,
:41:08
and--and nip the whoIe
business in the bud?
:41:11
Are you suggesting
:41:13
that I shouId commence
hostiIities without orders?
:41:16
And, uh, ahem,
without reporting this
:41:18
to the InteIIigence?
:41:19
InteIIigence, those fooIs.
GeneraI staff?
:41:21
You know, sir, they'II send us
anywhere but into action.
:41:24
To GopaI to stick pigs
for instance,
Iike Iast summer.
:41:27
An exceIIent suggestion.
:41:32
Sir Thomas,
Mr. McGregor.
:41:34
Mr. McGregor, Maj. Gen.
Sir Thomas WoodIey.
:41:39
Chief of InteIIigence.
Army Headquarters.
:41:43
Mr. McGregor.
:41:48
CoI. Stone, your regiment
wiII Ieave at dawn for GopaI.
:41:51
Yes, sir.
:41:53
Now, get yourseIf
a coupIe of hours sIeep.
:41:55
We Ieave at 6:00.
:41:58
Yes, sir.
:42:00
(WoodIey)
Wish I couId go with you.
:42:01
I aIways Iiked pig-sticking.
:42:03
Pig-sticking.
:42:05
WeII, I seem to remember
feeIing that way once.
:42:07
He's probabIy right.
:42:09
Hm.
:42:10
But he brought
our answer, Stone.
:42:11
A pIain two and two
that makes a very pIain four.
:42:15
Mohammed Khan needs
two miIIion rounds
of ammunition.
:42:19
And the Emir of GopaI asks us
for two miIIion rounds--
:42:22
Yes, yes, and it's not
difficuIt to guess,
:42:24
that Mohammed Khan persuaded
the Emir to ask for it.
:42:27
He knows we'II have
to Iet him have it, too.
:42:29
And GopaI's not onIy remote,
:42:32
but far enough removed
from the Khan's home fires,
:42:35
that we shouIdn't
be suspicious.
:42:37
Very pretty, indeed.
:42:39
And it becomes
our very pIeasant job,
:42:41
to see that the Emir
:42:42
reaIIy is the one
who gets the ammunition.
:42:45
That oId pussy-footer
:42:46
gets paid for
being inteIIigent.
:42:48
I teII you, Forsythe,
everything's going to smash.
:42:51
What?
:42:52
Pig-sticking.
:42:53
We're going to ride
aII around GopaI sticking
toothpicks into pigs.
:42:56
Sounds rather fun.
:42:57
I ought to be rather good
at that, don't you think?