Horatio Hornblower: The Duchess and the Devil (1999 TV Movie)

Christopher Fulford: M'Man Hunter

Quotes 

• [Knowing that his ship has only four guns] 

  Hornblower : How many guns does the "Oriental" have, Mr. Hunter.

  M'Man Hunter : Forty-eight, sir.

  Hornblower : Well, we'll certainly give them a run for their money, won't we Mr. Styles?

  Styles : Certainly will sir. Take them at least a minute to sink us.

• M'Man Hunter : Main dish'll probably be monkey.

  Hornblower : Monkey?

  M'Man Hunter : Mmm. Um, rock ape. And monkey you mince with a sort of a... chopping motion.

  Hornblower : Monkey; mince, chopping motion.

• Kennedy : [upon seeing a storm outside] 

  [faintly] 

  Kennedy : No walk for you today, Horatio. A pity, you walk with such lovely company.

  Hornblower : Do you have a sweetheart in England, Archie?

  [no response] 

  Hornblower : Archie?

  [no repsonse] 

  Hornblower : [more worried]  Archie?

  [he runs over to Archie and pats his face] 

  Hornblower : [caling out]  Archie!

  [runs to the door and bangs on it] 

  Hornblower : Guard! Guard! Hunter, call for help.

  M'Man Hunter : Why?

  Hornblower : [races back over to Kennedy, and tries to wake him]  Archie? What's happening to him?

  M'Man Hunter : Starvation.

  Hornblower : We gave him the same rations as ours.

  M'Man Hunter : He didn't eat them.

  Hornblower : But why?

  [pause] 

  Hornblower : Why didn't you tell me this before?

  Don Massaredo : [a few moments later] 

  [upon seeing Horatio standing in the rain and carrying Archie] 

  Don Massaredo : What is the meaing of this?

  Hornblower : He's dying!

  [carries Archie inside and places him in bed] 

  Hornblower : Archie, why did you do this?

  Duchess of Wharfedale : [enters the room]  What's happened to him?

  Hornblower : [upset]  He's been starving himself! And I haven't noticed- I didn't notice because I was carrying on conversations on clifftops.

  Kennedy : [seemingly concious, to the Duchess]  The crow o' earth doth melt. My lord! O, wither'd is the garland of the war...

  Hornblower : Archie, what are you saying?

  Duchess of Wharfedale : Sssh... just rest.

  Kennedy : Are level now with men; the odds is gone, and there is nothing left remarkable beneath the visting moon.

  Hornblower : What is he saying?

  Duchess of Wharfedale : He's delirious.

  Hornblower : No, it wasn't like that. It was from something.