:13:00
They did attack Medina.
:13:03
And the Turks made mincemeat of them.
:13:05
We don't know that.
:13:07
We know that they didn't take it.
A storm in a teacup, a sideshow.
:13:12
In my opinion, this whole theatre
of operations is a sideshow.
:13:16
The real war's being fought against
Germans, not Turks.
:13:19
Not here, but on
the Western front in the trenches.
:13:22
Your Bedouin Army,
or whatever it calls itself...
:13:25
...would be a sideshow of a sideshow.
:13:27
Big things have small beginnings, sir.
:13:31
Does the Arab Bureau
want a big thing in Arabia?
:13:34
Does the bureau think they'll sit down
under us when this war is over?
:13:39
The bureau thinks the job of
the moment, sir, is to win the war.
:13:44
Don't tell me my duty, Mr. Dryden.
:13:47
-Lawrence, sir.
-Send him in.
:13:51
Good morning, sir.
:13:53
Salute.
:13:56
If you're insubordinate,
I shall put you under arrest.
:13:59
-It's my manner.
-Your what?
:14:01
My manner. It looks insubordinate,
but it isn't.
:14:05
I can't make out whether you're
bad-mannered or just half-witted.
:14:09
-I have the same problem, sir.
-Shut up.
:14:12
The Arab Bureau thinks you
would be of use to them in Arabia.
:14:15
Why, I can't imagine.
:14:17
You can't perform
your present duties properly.
:14:20
" I cannot fiddle, but I can make
a great state from a little city."
:14:24
-What?
-Themistocles, sir.
:14:27
-A Greek philosopher.
-I know you've been well-educated.
:14:30
It says so in your dossier.
:14:35
You're the kind of creature
I can't stand, Lawrence.
:14:40
But I suppose I could be wrong.
:14:43
All right, Dryden.
You can have him for six weeks.
:14:45
Who knows? It might even
make a man of him. Come in!
:14:51
Yes, what is it?
:14:52
The convoy will be in
Port Said tomorrow night.
:14:55
-Is that certain?
-Yes, sir.
:14:58
There doesn't seem to be
any artillery.