Bitter Victory
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- 1957
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I'll let you have some more information
as soon as I know myself. All right?
Thank you, Mokrane. 11:00
tonight. Don't forget.
- The General will see you now, Maj. Brand.
- Thank you.
Excuse me.
- You're late, Wilkins. Where have you been?
- Talking to the Major.
I don't understand it, sir.
He doesn't seem to like me.
Hurry up and try and get
used to this Arab costume.
We taking a little trip, are we?
What do I do with this lot?
Michael, you tell him.
There's a commando
operation tomorrow at 1830.
It's to go behind the lines.
Surprise the Germans at Benghazi.
Plan all worked out?
Not quite.
We only received final
instructions an hour ago.
- You can call on me at any time, sir.
- That's good.
I know you've always wanted action.
You may be the man to command this operation.
It is paperwork, after all.
- Do you speak Arabic, by the way?
- I'm afraid I'm not very good at languages.
I left South Africa, but I
never got rid of my accent.
Your knowledge of German will help, anyway.
It's a great opportunity
to show what you can do...
and a chance of quick promotion, too.
We'll let you know later tonight, say, 10:00.
Thank you, sir.
Hello, Leith.
I thought the fan should
cool the Colonel's head...
and not the flies on the ceiling.
Yes, of course.
- Would you like to come in now, Jimmy?
- Yes, thank you, Mike.
- Maj. Brand, sir.
- Yes?
It's your wife, sir.
- What's happened?
- Nothing's happened, sir. She's here.
- Here?
- Yes, sir.
She landed in Heliopolis an hour ago.
- Where is she now?
- She's waiting at your hotel, sir.
Thank you.
Will you have a cigarette?
No. No, thank you, sir.
- Well?
- It's a very difficult operation.
But you think it's got a chance?
One in a million.
- Does that mean you're against it?
- Of course not.
You do know Benghazi well, don't you?
Yes, I spent two years
But you were on archaeological
work then, weren't you?
Andover's expedition?
No, that was in India. It was
more fashionable in those days.
Indeed.
- Do you speak Arabic?
- Yes, sir.
- German?
- No, sir.
Are you considering me
for this operation, sir?
We'll let you know that in good time.
Very well, sir. I'm not a
regular officer like Maj. Brand.
I'm a volunteer. Good night, sir.
Good night.
- Good night, Michael.
- Good night, Jimmy.
I want it.
- Did you tell him about Brand?
- No, sir. He saw him outside.
I told you he's no fool.
No fool. You didn't tell
me he was hardly civilised.
He knows the desert, sir.
He's lived with the people,
Brand's got over 15 years' service. And
he'll know all about those documents.
You don't think he's been
behind a desk for too long?
- He's commando-trained.
- So is Leith.
- Leith hasn't been in the battle.
- Neither has Brand.
I can't be expected to find the right
man for this at 20 minutes' notice.
Anyway, Brand will have
more authority over the men.
Leith's... He...
He's an intellectual.
And besides, he's Welsh.
It's MO4's idea, sir.
They're going to surprise
Benghazi with 200 men...
let the prisoners out of the
cage. We've got 10,000 there.
Then bring the navy over from Malta and...
Ml5 says there aren't
They're all 200 miles to the south.
Hello, Leith. Come on.
I want you to meet my wife.
Jane, this is Capt. Leith.
Hello.
- Won't you sit down, please?
- Thank you.
You've been top-secret, Mrs. Brand.
Your husband hasn't spoken a word about you.
- How long?
- It's almost as old as the war.
That's quite old.
- We all have short memories nowadays.
- Maybe it's for the best.
What'll it be?
- Whisky, please.
- Two.
Mixing drinks, Jane? Three whiskies.
I wonder why people have short memories.
Do they forget what they want
to forget, or don't they care?
- What do you think?
- They don't care.
Haven't you ever cared deeply about anything?
- Yes.
- What was it?
Jane.
Careless talk costs lives.
So does careless silence.
This isn't top-secret.
I cared once.
- Yes?
The first time I went to Libya,
helping to excavate a Roman city.
I've never cared about anything much since.
What about the war?
That's something you have
to survive, like love.
Is that what you told Gen. Paterson tonight?
Yes, but he didn't agree.
Apparently he has some elaborate
plan to prevent my survival.
- They're considering you, too?
- What are you two talking about?
This is top-secret...
so we'd better have a little careful silence.
To us, Jane.
To us.
Good Lord, I forgot.
I'll take you back to the
hotel. I won't be long.
- Then I can wait for you here.
- I'll look after her, Brand.
All right.
An officer can't keep GHQ waiting...
to know how many camels were born this week.
See you later, dear.
You don't understand. Here.
To your marriage, Jane.
Thank you, Jimmy.
Friday, August 25, 1939.
3:
00, in front of the British Museum.Like every Friday.
You never came.
I waited an hour, and then I telephoned.
No answer.
I've never had an answer.
I had to go back to Libya.
You knew I had to go.
But why did you have to
do it that way, Jimmy?
Why did you have to run away?
Because I was afraid of you.
- If I'd stayed...
- If you stayed?
Jimmy, why didn't you stay?
So you married a major?
- So I married a major.
- Why?
I loved him.
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