1:43:00
Maybe in Boche talk.
1:43:01
Reveal our positions?
He can't. And it's pointless.
1:43:05
Why?
1:43:07
His despatch was marked
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with all the machine-gun positions.
Those guys know how to read!
1:43:14
You've given me a defense
for the poor boy.
1:43:17
And hope.
I'll cite you as a witness.
1:43:20
Character witness?
That'll cook his goose.
1:43:24
Those 5 generals
won't see it like that.
1:43:28
Not one ever saw battle
close enough to get the jitters.
1:43:32
And if I say that...
1:43:33
As Erlane's superior'
your report on his conduct
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shows you had little esteem for him.
1:43:39
None at all. He's not a soldier.
1:43:42
Can you be more specific?
Was he guilty of insubordination?
1:43:47
No. He was the ideal subordinate.
1:43:50
Subordinate to everbody.
A servant's mentality.
1:43:53
Item dismissed.
1:43:55
When you say, "He's no soldier."
1:43:57
Do you mean he's unfit
physically? Or morally?
1:44:00
I see where you're trying
to lead me.
1:44:05
Leave that kind of argument
to the defense. That's his role.
1:44:10
Since you refer to me, Lt. De Scève'
1:44:14
I have one guestion:
1:44:16
When you entrusted Erlane
with that despatch'
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was he aware of its content?
1:44:23
Or its importance?
1:44:25
Nor had he a sense of his role.
1:44:27
If he didn't know
our gun placements'
1:44:30
which the Bulgarians
could easily decipher'
1:44:36
then he's no longer
1:44:38
a conscious, deliberate deserter
to the enemy'
1:44:42
but a mere boy of 20'
weakened and vulnerable'
1:44:46
lost in a situation
beyond his limits
1:44:49
and understanding.
1:44:52
There are the strong and the weak.
1:44:55
You want me to say
that Erlane is sick'
1:44:58
an oversensitive and morbid soul'