1:12:01
It's my request
for release from Arabia, sir.
1:12:04
Why? Are you sure you haven't
heard of the Sykes-Picot Treaty?
1:12:08
No.
1:12:10
-I can guess.
-Don't guess. Tell him.
1:12:15
Well, now....
1:12:17
Mr. Sykes is as English civil servant.
1:12:20
Monsieur Picot is
a French civil servant.
1:12:23
Mr. Sykes and Monsieur Picot met,
and they agreed that after the war...
1:12:28
...France and England should
share the Turkish Empire.
1:12:31
Including Arabia.
1:12:33
They signed an agreement,
not a treaty, sir.
1:12:37
An agreement to that effect.
1:12:41
There may be honour among thieves,
but there's none in politicians.
1:12:44
And let's have
no displays of indignation.
1:12:47
You may not have known,
but you certainly had suspicions.
1:12:51
If we've told lies,
you've told half-lies.
1:12:54
And a man who tells lies, like me,
merely hides the truth.
1:12:59
But a man who tells half-lies
has forgotten where he put it.
1:13:04
The truth is I'm an ordinary man.
1:13:07
You might have told me that, Dryden.
1:13:11
And I want an ordinary job, sir.
1:13:13
That's my reason for resigning.
1:13:17
It's personal.
1:13:18
-Personal?
-Yes, sir.
1:13:21
Personal?
You're a serving officer in the field.
1:13:24
And as it happens,
a damned important one. Are you mad?
1:13:28
No, and if you don't mind,
I'd rather not go mad.
1:13:31
That's my reason too.
1:13:33
Look, I'm making my big push
on Damascus the 16th of next month...
1:13:38
...and you are part of it.
1:13:40
Can you understand that? You're
an important part of the big push!
1:13:44
I don't want to be part
of your big push!
1:13:49
What about your Arab friends?
1:13:51
I have no Arab friends!
I don't want Arab friends!
1:13:55
What in hell do you want, Lawrence?
1:13:57
I've told you, I just want
my ration of common humanity.