Memorable Quotes from Maury Chaykin
1 quoteA Question of Identity and Experience
Major Fambrough
Lieutenant John J. Dunbar. Lieutenant John J. Dunbar?
[reading orders; pauses, looks up]
John Dunbar
Yes, sir.
Major Fambrough
Yes, sir. Indian fighter?
[pause]
John Dunbar
Excuse me?
Major Fambrough
You're to be posted on the Frontier. The Frontier is Indian country. I deduced that you're an Indian fighter. I didn't rise to this position by being stupid.
John Dunbar
No, sir.
Major Fambrough
No sir. It says here that you've been decorated.
[pause]
John Dunbar
Yes, sir.
Major Fambrough
And they've sent you here to be posted?
John Dunbar
I'm here at my own request.
Major Fambrough
Really? Why?
John Dunbar
I've always wanted to see the frontier.
Major Fambrough
See the frontier--
John Dunbar
Yes, sir. Before it's gone.
Major Fambrough
Such a smart lad, coming straight to me. Sir...Knight, I am sending you on a knight's errand. You will report to Captain Cargill, at the furthermost outpost of the realm, Fort Sedgewick. My personal seal will assure your safety through many miles of wild and hostile country.
[taking a sheet of paper from the desk drawer, the sound of liquor bottles clinking as he does so; scribbling with a quill pen; scribbling; scribbling furiously; He folds the letter into an impossibly tiny square and hands it to Lt. Dunbar]
John Dunbar
I was wondering--
[taking the note]
Major Fambrough
Yes?
John Dunbar
How will I be getting there?
Major Fambrough
You think I don't know?
John Dunbar
No, sir, it's just that I don't know--
Major Fambrough
Hold your tongue. I happen to be in a generous mood and I will grant you a boon. See that peasant out there? He calls himself Timmons. He is going to Fort Sedgwick this very afternoon. You may ride with him. He knows the way. That is all.
[pause; gestures to the window]
Major Fambrough
Sir Knight?
Major Fambrough
I've just pissed my pants...and no one can do anything about it.
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