Sharpe's Waterloo1997

Witherspoon:
[taking out a notebook] What time?

Richard Sharpe:
What?

Witherspoon:
What time did it stop? The cannonade. I have it as ten minutes of midday, but the Duke likes it accurate, you see.

Richard Sharpe:
What time is it now?

Witherspoon:
Oh, uh... [fumbles with his pocketwatch] Four minutes after midday, save a few...

Richard Sharpe:
You'd best write down that they're coming, then.

Witherspoon:
Coming?

Richard Sharpe:
The French are advancing.

[Witherspoon looks into the woods, where a huge French column is advancing]

Witherspoon:
Ah, so they are. Thank you, my dear fellow, I might have missed that.