Lawrence Of Arabia Page #4

"You're still in range."

They simply will not understand

what modern weapons do!

Stand and fight.

Stand and fight.

Fire back at them.

-Who are you?

-Lieutenant Lawrence, sir.

Seconded to the Arab Bureau.

This is a bloody mess, sir.

We'll have to move south.

Yes, yes, colonel,

You were right

and I was wrong.

We must take some

thought for the wounded.

Well, we can take care

of them at Yenbo, sir.

If they can get to Yenbo.

Well, they can hardly

come with us, sir.

No. They must try to reach Yenbo.

Lieutenant?

Lawrence.

You understand,

Lieutenant Lawrence,

my people are unused to

explosives and machines.

First the guns,

and now this.

Cigarette?

I'm sorry.

Hey.

Cigarette,

Your Excellency?

Umph off.

Please, Your Excellency.

Just one for two?

Hold it, Jenkins!

Jenkins! Jen...

Jenkins!

Aurens?

Aurens.

You have no servant.

-I don't need a servant.

-No?

We can do everything. Light fires,

cook food, wash clothes.

-Yes, everything.

-I don't doubt it.

-It will be very nice for you.

-I can't afford it.

Recite, then, as much of the Koran

as may be easy to you.

God knoweth that there be

some among you sick,

while others travel through the Earth

in quest for the bounties of God.

Others do battle

in his cause.

Recite, therefore,

as much as may be easy.

And observe the prayers.

This will be best and richest

in the recompense.

Seek ye the

forgiveness of God.

Verily, God is

forgiving, merciful...

Greetings, Ali.

-My lord.

-Sherif Ali.

Lieutenant Lawrence, you have

met Sherif Ali, I think.

Yes, my lord.

And now, Selim,

"The Brightness."

"By the noonday

brightness,

and by the night

when it darkeneth,

thy Lord hath

not forsaken thee,

neither hath he

been displeased."

"And surely the future shall be

better for thee than the past."

"And in the end shall your Lord

be bounteous to thee

and thou be satisfied."

So...

Yes, colonel.

-I want a decision, sir.

-You want me to fall back on Yenbo.

Well, you're not doing

much good here, sir.

I'm sorry to rub it in, sir,

but we can't supply you here.

You could supply

us through Aqaba.

Aqaba?

Well, if you can get ahold of Aqaba,

sir, of course we can supply you.

-But you can't.

-You could.

You mean the navy?

The Turks have 12-inch guns

at Aqaba, sir.

Can you imagine

what that means?

Yes, I can imagine.

Put that out of your mind, sir.

The navy's got other things to do.

Oh, yes. Protecting

the Suez Canal.

The one essential sector of this

front is and must be the canal.

You can see that,

sir, surely.

I see that the canal is

an essential British interest.

It is of little

consequence to us.

I must ask you

not to speak like that, sir.

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