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- Like you say, someone had to be picked.
- It was quite a problem, sir.
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I have a similar problem.
I have to pick someone
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to be in charge of the firing squad.
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Do you have any objections
to taking the job?
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- Me, sir?
- Yes, you.
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What's the matter? Don't you feel well?
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No... Yeah, I feel all right, sir.
It's just that I...
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- Would you like me to open a window?
- No, sir.
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Well, it's... just that I've never been
in charge of a firing squad before, sir.
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Oh, there's nothing to it. First, you help
the sergeant tie the men to the posts.
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Of course, you offer the men blindfolds
and... if they want them, you tie them on.
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You take your position with the firing
squad, raise your sword - ready, aim, fire.
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Then you draw your revolver out,
you walk forward,
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and put a bullet through each man's head.
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Sir, I request that I be
ex cused from this duty.
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- Request denied.
- Colonel...
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You've got the job. It's all yours.
That's all, Lieutenant.
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- Colonel, if you could...
- That's all!
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- (knocking)
- Yes?
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- Ex cuse me, sir. Colonel Dax?
- Yes?
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My name is Rousseau, sir.
Captain of artillery.
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What is it, Captain?
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I have something to tell you, sir, that may
have a great bearing on the court martial.
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Come in, Captain.
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