Sharpe (TV Series)
Sharpe's Rifles (1993)
Michael Mears: Francis Cooper
Quotes
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Richard Sharpe : Gimme a pick-lock, Cooper.
Cooper : Pick-lock, sir? Catch me with a pick-lock!
Patrick Harper : They did, Coop. But when you got out of Newgate prison, you got another set, and that's the one the officer wants.
Cooper : Do I get it back, sir?
Richard Sharpe : Trust me.
Cooper : It's very hard to trust a man who wants to borrow your pick-lock, sir.
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Cooper : Can I ask you a question, sir? Where'd you learn to fight so dirty, sir?
Richard Sharpe : Same place as you, Cooper. Saturday night in the gutters.
Cooper : Long way from home, sir.
Richard Sharpe : Never was much of a home, Cooper.
Cooper : No, sir. That it weren't.
Richard Sharpe : Did you volunteer for this lot, Cooper?
Cooper : Uh no, not exactly sir. I was invited to join... by a magistrate.
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Richard Sharpe : Name?
Cooper : Cooper, sir.
Richard Sharpe : Where you from, Cooper?
Cooper : Shoreditch, sir.
Richard Sharpe : Previous employment?
Cooper : By way of a trader, sir. In... property and the like.
Richard Sharpe : Would that be other people's property, Cooper?
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Patrick Harper : [about Sharpe] He's no proper officer. Never seems to tire, hard to catch him off guard.
Cooper : He let you off light, Harps. Back in the village. So why so hard?
Patrick Harper : It's just not right, Cooper. He's not happy being an officer. And mark my words, he'll bring us bad luck.
[thinks it over]
Patrick Harper : We'll do it tomorrow. In the mountains.
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Patrick Harper : Sweet is the silent mouth, Cooper.
Cooper : Didn't say a word, did I?