Doyle: The Exploits of Brigadier Gerard (Unabridged)

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The Exploits of Brigadier Gerard (Unabridged) (more info)
Arthur Conan Doyle,


1.   How the Brigadier Came to the Castle of Gloom - 00:04:53
2.   You must know, then, that in the February of 1807… - 00:04:58
3.   It was a bleak season to ride through the poorest… - 00:05:53
4.   For my own part I was endeavouring… - 00:05:16
5.   'I can explain it all in a few words,' said he. - 00:05:18
6.   The track which led to the Castle wound through… - 00:04:59
7.   'Well, my brave boys,' he hiccoughed. - 00:05:14
8.   For a moment we could not realize it. - 00:05:56
9.   There had been a low sound at our little window… - 00:05:50
10.   There was no time for us to pause. - 00:04:08
11.   It was only afterwards that I had time to think… - 00:04:13
12.   How the Brigadier Slew the Brothers of Ajaccio - 00:05:05
13.   And all the time our little man, with his pale face… - 00:05:26
14.   'This is Monsieur Etienne Gerard…' - 00:05:14
15.   'That will do. You can go,' said the Emperor… - 00:03:03
16.   'I have need of your services, Monsieur Gerard,' said he. - 00:03:26

The Exploits of Brigadier Gerard (Unabridged) (more info)
Arthur Conan Doyle,


1.   My faith, I was right glad to get out of the room. - 00:04:36
2.   The Emperor had told me not to think… - 00:05:04
3.   We walked for rather more than a mile… - 00:04:19
4.   Ah, how I blessed the wisdom which had caused… - 00:04:46
5.   I believe that, if he had stood in silence… - 00:04:49
6.   'Ah, Monsieur Gerard,' said he… - 00:04:28
7.   How the Brigadier Held the King - 00:04:04
8.   'Halloa, comrade!' said I, as he came up to me. - 00:05:04
9.   'Well, we had been rolling and creaking on our way…' - 00:05:08
10.   I cannot tell you how frantic their rage was… - 00:04:35
11.   As the injured man still supported upon the barrel… - 00:04:56
12.   'You sleek hound!' I cried. - 00:05:10
13.   It was not a very cheering sight for me… - 00:04:16
14.   'If you will have the kindness to loosen these cords,' I answered… - 00:05:27
15.   'Fight for your skin, froggy,' said he. - 00:05:19
16.   'In another mile we shall be up with the outposts,' said he. - 00:05:31

The Exploits of Brigadier Gerard (Unabridged) (more info)
Arthur Conan Doyle,


1.   The first game I won right off, though I must confess… - 00:03:29
2.   Three men were standing quite close to us… - 00:03:32
3.   How the King Held the Brigadier - 00:05:45
4.   We officers, however, lived in a separate wing… - 00:04:07
5.   There was a single window in our cell… - 00:04:57
6.   Then another very important matter was the choice… - 00:05:08
7.   But a minute passed and yet another, with no sound… - 00:05:17
8.   But very soon I found that there was no cottage there. - 00:04:51
9.   And now I set myself to the task of putting as broad… - 00:04:47
10.   My pockets were filled with bread which I had saved… - 00:05:17
11.   'Blow my dickey,' said he, 'give it a name, guv'nor!' - 00:04:41
12.   'My friends,' said I, sitting up on my bed… - 00:03:58
13.   It was good advice, I thought, and I ran to the door… - 00:03:39
14.   How the Brigadier Took the Field Against the Marshal Millefleurs - 00:05:40
15.   'For which it is high time he was hanged,' said I… - 00:04:59
16.   'There are English across the valley, Colonel,' he cried… - 00:03:56
17.   There are two things in this world that I am very slow to forget… - 00:04:42

The Exploits of Brigadier Gerard (Unabridged) (more info)
Arthur Conan Doyle,


1.   And so, instead of fighting, we wheeled our half squadrons… - 00:04:55
2.   We bore two days' rations in our haversacks… - 00:05:37
3.   'There is only one thing that I would ask,' said he. - 00:05:59
4.   It may have been about two o'clock in the morning… - 00:04:43
5.   So we were left together, this murderous renegade and I… - 00:04:15
6.   'Luck always comes to the aid of a fool,' he answered… - 00:05:26
7.   'We have thirty-seven English dragoons in our hands,' said he. - 00:05:26
8.   How the Brigadier Played for a Kingdom - 00:04:33
9.   It is interesting, but it is also fatiguing… - 00:05:13
10.   While these thoughts were passing through my head… - 00:04:30
11.   I had reined up the mare and was looking at him… - 00:05:05
12.   It was a mad ride, that – a ride with a loose rein… - 00:04:23
13.   How she blossomed out in my presence, this woman… - 00:05:15
14.   But one thing was certain – all this affair of the fracas… - 00:05:12
15.   'You brazen it admirably,' said I. - 00:05:45

The Exploits of Brigadier Gerard (Unabridged) (more info)
Arthur Conan Doyle,


1.   You would have been proud of me, my friends… - 00:04:50
2.   'By Heaven, Korner, this is rank mutiny,' cried the captain. - 00:03:15
3.   'But you took them, none the less.' - 00:02:53
4.   How the Brigadier Won His Medal - 00:04:52
5.   I am a rough soldier, but I have words and ideas. - 00:05:06
6.   When I heard that Blucher had been there for two days… - 00:05:05
7.   All this flashed on me as if by instinct, you understand. - 00:04:58
8.   Who should be at the head of the troop but old Bouvet… - 00:05:30
9.   Old Bouvet was waiting in the passage when I entered… - 00:04:56
10.   I have said that at the further end of the cellar… - 00:05:24
11.   'Should I then take the uniform off?' - 00:04:59
12.   One or two officers spoke to me with an air of authority… - 00:05:32
13.   Well, the road was clear, and about three o'clock… - 00:04:28
14.   'What the deuce are you doing here?' he shouted. - 00:03:42

The Exploits of Brigadier Gerard (Unabridged) (more info)
Arthur Conan Doyle,


1.   How the Brigadier Was Tempted by the Devil - 00:03:47
2.   He had a suite of rooms at the end of the gallery… - 00:05:34
3.   I was so moved by my own words and by the fine position… - 00:04:52
4.   'And yet it was in the cause of France,' returned the Emperor. - 00:04:38
5.   'In the first place, I will tell you what these papers are.' - 00:05:27
6.   'We are the three officers of the Emperor, madame,' said I… - 00:05:48
7.   'There they are!' cried Despienne… - 00:04:34
8.   But it was the papers - always the papers - of which I thought. - 00:04:38
9.   'Tut,' said the Emperor. 'We have got the poor pawn…' - 00:04:40
10.   'May we all die as gallantly,' said the Emperor, as he rose… - 00:04:34
11.   In this way the Emperor and I - even after years it sends a flush. - 00:05:32

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