"THE VIETNAM WAR BUT IT'S THE ONLY WAR WE'VE GOT." "IT IS THE VIEW OF MOST ANTHROPOLOGISTS" "AND OTHER AUTHORITIES" "THAT MAN IS A PREDATORY AND AGGRESSIVE CREATURE. AS CHARLES DARWIN HAS DEMONSTRATED ONCE" "AND FOR ALL TIME." "WE'RE GOING TO SEE SOME FILMS OF COMBAT." "YOU WILL SEE MY OWN UNIT" "IN THE JUNGLES OUTSIDE DA NANG." "YOU'LL SEE GUNSHIPS IN ACTION" "WITH THE ACCOMPANIMENT" "OF A HALF DOZEN F-4 PHANTOMS." "THEY WILL BE DROPPING NAPALM" "WHILE WE'RE EXERTING TOTAL FIREPOWER..." "DEPLOYED AT NIGHT." "WHAT YOU ARE WITNESSING" "IS AN EXERCISE FOR REAL IN NIGHT TARGET DETECTION." "GENTLEMEN..." "THIS IS THE KEY." "WHAT YOU ARE SEEING IS MY OWN BRIGADE" "ENGAGED WITH A FORCE OF NVA REGULARS." "WE ARE OUTNUMBERED 3 TO 1" "BY THE NORTH VIETNAMESE. DROVE THEM FROM THE IRON TRIANGLE." "THE NEXT MORNING..." "WE POLICED UP 250 BODIES." "IT WAS QUITE SOMETHING TO SEE." "AND WHAT WAS THE SECRET OF THAT VICTORY?" "NIGHT VISION..." "AND COMMITMENT." "COMMITMENT TO DUTY..." "HONOR..." "VALOR." "[MAN COUGHING]" "OLD BOY." "OLD BOY." "YOU'RE LOOKING MIGHTY PEAKED." "THAT'S JOY YOU SEE. I'LL BE AWARDED LEGION" "GET THIS-- LEGION OF MERIT." "SARGE." "HERE ARE THE POOP SHEETS." "HOW'S OLD DUSTY?" "HE'S A PRIVATE SOMEWHERE IN THE JUNGLE." "YOU CAN'T GET HIM INTO OFFICER'S TRAINING?" "ARE YOU CRAZY?" "THE ARMY DOESN'T MAKE EXCEPTIONS." "GENERAL HEDGES SAID NO EXCEPTIONS." "BUCK." "GENERAL HEDGES SENT ME TELLING ME THAT HE CAN'T HELP MY BOY." "BUT HE'S "SEEING TO IT THAT SERGEANT MAJOR OLIPHANT" "WILL GET THE LEGION OF MERIT" "[COUGHING]" "AND HIS WARMEST PERSONAL REGAR" "REGARDS." "GO ON." "U.S. ARMY STYLE. OLIPHANT HANDED 50-CALIBER ROUNDS TO THE AUDIE MURPHYS" "WHO GOT CONGRESSIONAL MEDALS OF HONOR." "OLIPHANT SHOULD'VE TRIED MOVIES." "WHAT HAPPENED TO DUSTY COULD HAPPEN TO US." "YOU CAN SEE THEM FROM YOUR WINDOW?" "HOW MANY?" "I THINK THREE" "ONE IN THE CAR AND I'VE SEEN ANOTHER ON MADISON AVENUE." "WHEN DID THEY START?" "I NOTICED THEM YESTERDAY." "THEY MUST'VE STARTED SUNDAY WHEN I RETURNED." "WHAT ARE THEY LOOKING FOR?" "TROUBLE." "HAVE YOU SPOKEN TO BEAUMONT?" "BUT HE'S SCARED." "HE WON'T COME." "HE WANTS HIS NAME KEPT OUT OF THIS." "I'M COMING." "I'LL GET RID OF THEM." "I HATE YOU." "TOO." "BYE." "YOU FREE THIS WEEKEND?" "NO." "I'M GOING TO GEORGETOWN." "HEAVY?" "HEAVY." "LUGAR?" "WAKE UP!" "MR. SLAIGHT." "HOW LONG CAN YOU SLEEP LIKE THAT?" "EIGHT MINUTES." "YOU CROSS THE SEXUAL AROUSAL THRESHOLD." "DID YOU COME FOR DIRTY TALK?" "YOU'RE GOOD AT TACTICS." "I'M THE BEST." "THAT'S THE WORD." "YOU ALSO HAVE AN ALLIANCE A VILLAGE POST WRITER." "HELEN IS MORE SOCIAL DEMOCRAT THAN COMMUNIST." "BE THAT AS IT MAY" "SAY IT AGAIN." "ARE YOU FREE THIS WEEKEND FOR ADVENTURE?" "INVOLVING..." "THE BEAUTIFUL ELIZABETH HAND." "BEAUTIFUL AND INDEPENDENTLY WEALTHY." "ARE YOU BACK WITH HER?" "TEMPORARILY." "BECAUSE OF HER BROTHER?" "MM-HMM." "WASN'T THERE SOMETHING FISHY" "SHE ALWAYS LIKED YOU." "MOST WOMEN DO." "NOW WE NEED ANOTHER PERSON." "ARE YOU ANOTHER PERSON?" "ANOTHER PERSON FROM WHAT?" "ARE YOU LOOKING FOR HIGH ADVENTURE IN DEPRAVED MANHATTAN?" "FUN?" "FROLIC?" "BROADS?" "THAT'S THE NAVY." "BUDDY?" "WE GOT A COVERT OPERATION" "TO CONDUCT IN ENEMY TERRITORY." "WHY ENEMY?" "WHY COVERT?" "TRUST ME." "I CAN'T SAY ANYTHING." "I NEED SOME HELP..." "SOME EXPERTISE." "O.K.?" "O.K." "GENERAL." "I TOLD YOU NOT" "GENERAL." "SECRETARY OF DEFENSE'S OFFICE." "MR. NOLAN." "MR. NOLAN." "THIS IS GENERAL RYLANDER." "I SEE." "SIR." "JUDGE HAND TOLD ME THAT HE ISN'T SATISFIED." "OH." "SENATOR KAPLAN SAID THAT?" "WE'RE PERFECTLY SATISFIED." "I HAVE THE AUTOPSY REPORT HERE." "I'LL SEND THE REPORT TO YOU A.S.A.P. AND MY BEST TO THE SECRETARY." "JUDGE HAND IS MAKING WAVES?" "HE WANTS AN INVESTIGATION." "THE SENATE WANTS AN INVESTIGATION." "MR. NOLAN WANTS AN INVESTIGATION." "HE GETS." "BUT AN INVESTIGATION OF WHAT?" "AH..." "EHH. NO--NO NOTHING." "IT'S SIGNED BY SOME MEDIC." "I CAN'T READ IT." "YOU KNOW DOCTORS' WRITING." "YOU KNOW WHO" "WE HAVE A TROUBLEMAKER-- A FIRST CLASSMAN." "HE'S A FRIEND OF THE DEAD CADET'S SISTER." "THEY'VE BEEN EGGING ON JUDGE HAND." "WHY?" "THAT'S WHAT I INTEND TO FIND OUT." "HOW MAD IS OLIPHANT AT HEDGES?" "I'D SAY." "WHY?" "THERE'S NOTHING THAT GOES ON AROUND HERE" "THAT OLIPHANT DOESN'T KNOW ABOUT." "SO?" "LIKE WHAT?" "SOMETHING." "I DON'T KNOW." "HOW DID HE KNOW IT WAS A FIRST CLASSMAN?" "SHOULD I SEE IF HE'LL HELP US?" "O.K." "OLD BUDDY." "SIR." "YOUR DAUGHTER'S UNDER SURVEILLANCE" "FOR HER OWN PROTECTION." "THAT'S KIND AND CLEVER OF YOU. MY SON." "SIR." "WE'RE ON TOP OF IT." "SIR. A SENATE SUBCOMMITTEE" "IS STUDYING THE WHOLE MATTER." "I'LL BE IN TOUCH WITH YOU SOON." "[CLICK]" "I DON'T LIKE THAT PARALLEL INVESTIGATION OF HIS." "WHAT CAN THEY FIND?" "NO ONE KNOWS ABOUT THE ORIGINAL AUTOPSY REPORT." "I REMINDED MAJOR CONSOR" "ABOUT THAT HYPOCRITE'S OATH HE TOOK TO KEEP QUIET." "AND THEN..." "WE HAVE THESE." "THE KID NEVER SAYS IN THOSE LETTERS" "THAT HE AND SLAIGHT WERE MAKING IT." "HE'S WRITING TO HIS SISTER." "THEY'RE FROM A PROMINENT NEW ORLEANS FAMILY." "WHAT COMES THROUGH IS THAT THE LATE FRUITCAKE BOYFRIEND OF HIS OWN SISTER." "MR. SLAIGHT WON'T GIVE US ANY MORE TROUBLE." "WHAT DO WE DO?" "WE THROW HIM TO THE WOLVES IS WHAT WE DO. SO SYNCHRONIZE YOUR WATCHES." "MINE'S BROKEN." "ALSO MOBILITY." "FORTUNE FAVORS THE BOLD." "REMEMBER SITTING BULL?" "WHAT DID HAPPEN AT THE ALAMO?" "DID WE WIN OR DID THEY?" "WHERE THE HELL IS SHE?" "HERE THE HELL SHE IS." "I'M SO NERVOUS." "OUR ACCOMPLICE." "HI." "I'M RY SLAIGHT." "SHE'S ALSO A COMMIE OPPONENT" "OF "THE ONLY WAR WE'VE GOT." "I'M WITH THE PEACE IN VIETNAM COMMITTEE." "SICK." "THIS IS CULINAN." "HI." "HI." "O.K. PLAN OF BATTLE" "DIVIDE ET IMPERA." "DIVIDE AND CONQUER. ATTRIBUTED TO MACHIAVELLI." "THAT'S A PIZZA SHACK NEAR THE POST." "SOMETIMES THREE AGENTS." "THEY'VE ONLY BEEN ON THE STREET." "THEY MUST HAVE A BASE NEARBY." "WE NEED TO FIND WHERE THEY GO TO GROUND." "EXCUSE ME." "DO YOU HAVE A LIGHT?" "IT'S MY FIRST TIME IN MANHATTAN." "GREAT." "WHERE'S THE WHITNEY MUSEUM?" "[HONK HONK HONK]" "[ENGINE STALLS]" "[HONK HONK HONK]" "[ENGINE STALLS]" "[HONK HONK HONK]" "LOST HER." "STAY AWAY FROM THE WINDOW." "IT'S O.K. SHE'S NOT HOME." "THIS IS BASE." "HOW ARE THE PICTURES?" "I TOOK A LOT." "WHAT'S NEXT?" "YOU MAKE YOUR CALL." "COULD YOU LEND ME A DIME?" "DON'T TURN ON THE LIGHT." "NOW." "HELLO?" "HI." "I'M JIM LUGAR." "REMEMBER ME?" "OF COURSE." "I WAS SORRY TO HEAR ABOUT YOUR BROTHER." "JIM." "[TELEPHONE RINGS]" "[RING]" "HELLO." "HI." "THIS IS CYNTHIA." "WE STILL ON FOR TOMORROW?" "10:00." "I'LL COME TO YOU?" "O.K. SEE YOU THEN." "BYE." "[CLICK]" "I HOPE I SOUNDED NATURAL." "YOU WERE FINE." "THEY'RE TUCKED IN FOR THE NIGHT." "YES." "HERE'S YOUR KEY." "DON'T WORRY." "YOU'LL GET USED TO IT." "I HOPE NOT." "WHAT'S UP?" "SHE'S BACK." "WHERE ARE YOU?" "WHERE ARE YOU?" "SHE'S LEAVING AGAIN." "I'M GOING WITH HER." "HE TOOK THE BAIT." "LET'S GO." "SEE?" "FOUR YEARS AT GRANT WEREN'T A TOTAL WASTE." "WATCH OUT!" "GOT THEM." "WHAT DO YOU THINK THIS COSTS THE GOVERNMENT?" "TOO MUCH." "[TELEPHONE RINGS]" "MISS HAND'S RESIDENCE." "JUST TELL HER CYNTHIA CALLED" "TO TELL HER COMPANY'S COMING." "LET'S GO." "NOT YET." "COME ON!" "HURRY!" "I AM." "HERE THEY COME." "HOW'D IT GO?" "OUTSTANDING." "WHAT'S GOING ON?" "LET'S HAVE THE FILM." "THIS IS GOVERNMENT BUSINESS." "I KNOW." "THAT'S WHY I'M HERE." "VILLAGE POST." "YOU'RE THE SUBJECT OF AN ARTICLE." "DOMESTIC SPYING'S A STORY OF NATIONAL INTEREST." "YOUR NAMES?" "ARMY SERIAL NUMBERS?" "YOUR FAVORITE COLORS?" "HAND OVER THE FILM. I'LL NOTIFY THE ACLU." "WE'LL BRING CIVIL SUITS" "AGAINST THE ARMY INTELLIGENCE AGENCY. MISS SANDS WILL PUBLISH YOUR PORTRAIT ALONG WITH YOUR SURVEILLANCE TAPES AND REPORTS" "AND ANY COMMENTS YOU MAKE ABOUT YOUR FAVORITE COLORS." "THINK ABOUT IT." "ARE THEY BACK?" "NO." "UNLESS THEY LOOK LIKE UNCOLLECTED GARBAGE." "IT'S WORKED SO FAR." "I DON'T WANT THEM TO KNOW THAT MR. BEAUMONT EXISTS." "BEAUMONT DOESN'T WANT ANYBODY TO KNOW ANYTHING." "HANK." "THANKS FOR COMING." "PLEASE COME IN?" "I BETTER RING FATHER." "HE'S EXPECTING MY CALL." "GIVE THE JUDGE MY BEST." "I WILL." "MR. BEAUMONT." "YOU SHOULD BE." "I'VE GOT A GOOD JOB HERE IN NEW YORK." "I'M MARRIED TO A SWELL GAL." "ELIZABETH TOLD ME THAT DAVID USED TO SORT OF..." "CONFIDE IN YOU." "YEAH." "UH..." "SEX LIFE." "YEAH." "DID HE EVER TELL YOU" "THAT HE HAD SEX WITH ANOTHER USG CADET?" "YEAH." "DID HE SAY IT WAS ME?" "NO." "I THOUGHT YOU WERE STRAIGHT." "SO DID I." "MR. BEAUMONT." "YOU NEVER SAW ANYBODY STRAIGHTER." "I'M LIKE A PARALLEL LINE HEADED FOR INFINITY." "HE DID SAY YOU TURNED HIM ON." "BUT THAT WAS HIS KICK." "DAVID LIKED TO MAKE IT WITH STRAIGHT GUYS." "DANGEROUS KICK." "THAT WAS THE KICK." "DAVID LIKED DANGER." "HE GOT." "NOBODY EVER SCARED THAT GUY." "HE WOULD'VE GOT YOU." "COME ON." "YEAH." "TOO. BUT I NEVER SAW DAVID AFTER HE WENT TO USG." "YOU SAID HE HAD SEX WITH A CADET." "BEFORE HE WENT TO USG." "THAT WAS LAST SPRING IN NEW ORLEANS." "TRYING TO RECRUIT." "YOU REMEMBER HIS NAME? THE KIND DAVID WENT FOR. DAVID TAKES ADVANTAGE OF IT." "HE WAS GUNG HO TO GO TO USG." "TO GET A CRACK AT THOSE STRAIGHT GUYS?" "NO." "DAVID WAS A LOT MORE COMPLICATED THAN THAT. AND DAVID WAS THIS BIG MACHO GUY." "WHAT HE WANTED TO GET HIS HANDS ON" "WASN'T CADETS." "NO. THE WHOLE DAMN WORLD." "WOW." "YEAH." "WOW." "WHERE WOULD HE HAVE GONE WITH THIS GUY?" "I GUESS." "IN CHARTER STREET." "THAT'S WHERE WE" "THAT'S WHERE HE USED TO TAKE HIS TRICKS." "YOU KNOW... ABOUT HOW HE DIED." "DROWNING?" "NO." "I MEAN THAT ONE DETAIL" "ABOUT HOW HE WAS VIOLATED." "HE DIDN'T DIG THAT?" "DIG IT?" "HE WOULD'VE KILLED ANYBODY WHO DID THAT." "DAVID DID THAT TO OTHER GUYS..." "ESPECIALLY IF THEY DIDN'T LIKE IT." "SO HE WAS RAPED?" "YEAH." "AND WHOEVER DID IT HAD TO KILL DAVID" "TO KEEP DAVID FROM KILLING HIM." "BUCK." "I KNOW." "HOT DAMN." "HOT DAMN." "I'VE GOT TO GET THE POOP SHEETS." "HE'S READY AND WILLING." "THESE ARE THE ORDERS TO BE POSTED." "SARGE." "THE MPs THAT FOUND THE BODY" "WERE SHIPPED OUT TO GERMANY THE NEXT DAY." "THEY FOUND A FIRST CLASSMAN'S COLLAR INSIGNIA" "WITH THE KID'S CLOTHES." "THAT'S IT." "HERE ARE THE MPs' NAMES." "THEY ARE NOT HAPPY MEN." "THERE'S A FEELING THAT THE COMMANDANT WILL COME DOWN ON YOU." "SARGE." "IF YOU NEED AN UMBRELLA..." "I DO." "FIND OUT WHICH SECOND CLASSMEN" "WERE IN NEW ORLEANS LAST YEAR" "RECRUITING AT HIGH SCHOOLS. AND JOURNALIST HELEN SANDS FROM THE VILLAGE POST" "INTIMIDATED THREE AIA AGENTS SATURDAY AFTERNOON" "IN NEW YORK CITY." "MISS SANDS PHOTOGRAPHED THE AGENTS DOING THEIR DUTY." "CADET SLAIGHT THREATENED TO CALL THE ACLU" "AS WELL AS PUBLISH HIS PHOTOS" "AND COPIES OF SURVEILLANCE REPORTS HE ILLEGALLY OBTAINED" "IF THE AIA DID NOT LAY OFF MISS HAND." "WAS SURVEILLANCE CONTINUED?" "AWAITING FURTHER ORDERS." "WELL... IT'S WAR HE'LL GET." "SIR." "TELL FIRST CAPTAIN PETER BARNES" "TO REPORT TO ME." "HONOR?" "HONOR." "COME IN." "SIR?" "WE NEVER LEARNED TO SALUTE AT HARVARD." "MR. SLAIGHT." "SIR?" "MAJOR CONSOR TOLD ME ABOUT YOU." "I HAVE A PROBLEM." "THAT'S ALSO MY IMPRESSION." "CADET BARNES REPORTING TO COMMANDANT OF CADETS." "AT EASE." "PETER?" "SIR." "I HEARD YOU APPLIED FOR A JUNE WEDDING" "HERE IN THE CHAPEL." "SIR." "I DID THE SAME." "NEVER REGRETTED IT." "SIT DOWN." "WE HAVE A PROBLEM." "MOTIVE." "SIR?" "YOU GRADUATE." "WHY ROCK THIS BOAT WE'RE ALL IN?" "A CADET WAS RAPED AND MURDERED BY ANOTHER CADET." "THE COMMANDANT REFUSES TO INVESTIGATE." "MAY I ASK YOU" "DELICATE QUESTION?" "SIR." "ARE YOU BY ANY CHANCE..." "INTERESTED IN..." "JUSTICE?" "SIR. SELDOM COINCIDE." "I'M BEGINNING TO GET THE POINT." "O.K." "HERE'S WHERE YOU STAND LEGALLY." "THE CADET LIED TO ME." "THAT IS AN HONOR OFFENSE." "THE CODE IS FOR CADETS." "I WANT TO MAKE MY CHARGE THROUGH YOU." "HOW DO I MAKE A CHARGE" "WHICH IS REALLY YOUR CHARGE?" "THIS IS WAR TIME!" "SLAIGHT SWORE HE WOULDN'T REPEAT CERTAIN INFORMATION" "INVOLVING NATIONAL SECURITY." "HE REPEATED THAT INFORMATION." "I HAVE PROOF." "IF THAT ISN'T A CASE FOR THE HONOR COURT" "I DON'T KNOW WHAT IS." "SIR." "GOOD MAN." "ONE THING-- KEEP TO THE SUBJECT." "KEEP TO THE CHARGE YOU'RE MAKING." "DON'T LET SLAIGHT USE YOU." "USE ME?" "HOW?" "HE'S GOT A COUPLE OF SCREWS LOOSE." "STICK TO THE POINT." "DON'T LET HIM RAMBLE." "KEEP ME POSTED." "SIR." "THANK YOU." "MR. SLAIGHT." "I WANT YOU TO DO A LITTLE LEGAL READING. MILITARY CODE. THEY COULD HAVE THE SAME EFFECT ON GENERAL HEDGES" "THAT GARLIC IS SAID TO HAVE ON DRACULA." "SIR." "EIGHT SECOND CLASS CADETS WERE IN NEW ORLEANS." "NOT JUNE." "RECRUITING." "IS THERE ANY WAY TO TELL" "WHICH ONES WENT TO WHICH SCHOOL?" "TRANSPORTATION KEPT A RECORD" "OF WHO TOOK WHAT TAXI WHERE" "AND HOW MUCH WAS DISPENSED FOR RIOTOUS LIVING." "THEY TRAVELED IN PAIRS." "TWO CADETS WENT TO EACH SCHOOL." "NOT BAD." "COME ON." "LET'S MAKE THIS QUICK." "I'M ANXIOUS TO GET TO CHARTER STREET" "TO CHECK THE HOTEL REGISTER. FATHER WILL SUSPECT SOMETHING." "YOU WAIT HERE." "I'LL FIND FATHER." "YOU LOOK SOMEWHAT LIKE HIM." "YOU THINK SO?" "MR. SLAIGHT." "ELIZABETH IS TELLING ME" "YOU'RE CONDUCTING YOUR OWN-- THE TWO OF YOU" "INVESTIGATION." "I WISH YOU HAVE MORE SUCCESS THAN I HAD." "ONE THING MYSTIFIES ME." "IF THE SCHOOL IS COVERING UP MY SON'S MURDER" "I'VE COME TO THAT CONCLUSION" "WHY SHOULD THEY FOLLOW YOU AROUND?" "I GOT INTO A SHOOTING MATCH WITH GENERAL HEDGES OVER THIS." "I KNOW HE SUPPRESSED EVIDENCE." "WHY DO YOU PUT YOUR NECK ON THE BLOCK" "WHEN IT'S PLAINLY THANKSGIVING DAY-- AND THE GENERAL IS THE COOK?" "BECAUSE HE THINKS I KILLED YOUR SON." "TOO." "YOUR YOUNG MAN" "HAS WHAT YOUNG MEN OUGHT TO HAVE." "THAT'S MY VIEW." "MY TITLE OF JUDGE IS AN HONORARY ONE. BUT I SIT IN JUDGMENT OF MEN EVERY DAY." "I HAVE A JUDICIAL SORT OF MIND." "I'M ALSO KNOWN BACK HOME IN MONROE PARISH" "AS A HANGING JUDGE. I WILL HANG YOU." "I WANT TO SHOW RY THE REST OF THE HOUSE." "YOU TWO RUN ALONG" "WHILE I PUT SOME HEAT ON GENERAL HEDGES." "I THINK IT'S TIME" "I GAVE HIM A LITTLE TALKING TO. LIKE HE'S ABOUT TO RETURN ANY MINUTE." "LOOK IN HERE." "I'VE NEVER SEEN SO MANY SOLDIERS." "HE STARTED COLLECTING WHEN HE WAS 10." "HE WAS FURIOUS." "HE KNEW WHERE ALL OF THEM WERE STATIONED." "IT SEEMS HE WAS A BORN GENERAL." "IT'S ALL HE EVER THOUGHT ABOUT-- MILITARY LIFE." "HE WAS GLAD ABOUT VIETNAM" "BECAUSE HE'D HAVE A CHANCE TO..." "BUT HE DIDN'T." "THIS IS HOW HE SAW US." "HOW HE SAW YOU?" "YEAH." "WE WEREN'T REAL MEN." "WE WERE..." "JUST TOYS THAT HE COULD PLAY WITH." "THAT'S WHAT WOMEN SAY." "THAT'S HOW WOMEN FEEL WHEN THEY GET MOVED ABOUT." "ARE YOU REVERSING OUR TRADITIONAL SEXUAL ROLES?" "I'M TRYING." "I'M GONE." "WHAT'S THIS PICTURE DOING HERE?" "HE WAS HERE ONCE." "IN THE HOUSE." "I'D FORGOTTEN ALL ABOUT IT." "HE CAME TO A PARTY HERE. RIGHT AFTER YOU AND I FELL OFF THAT TRAPEZE." "I WAS WITH MY HUSBAND-TO-BE." "ACTUALLY." "HE LIKED MY MONEY BUT NOT ME." "I LIKED BOTH." "YOU WERE ALWAYS A GENTLEMAN." "IT WAS A HOT NIGHT IN AUGUST." "I WENT UPSTAIRS FOR A HANDKERCHIEF." "A LIKELY STORY." "LADIES ALWAYS NEED HANDKERCHIEFS." "I SAW THE BACK OF A CADET. I THOUGHT I WAS HALLUCINATING." "WE'RE THE SAME SIZE SO YOU CAN CHANGE EVERYTHING." "ARE YOU SURE YOU DON'T MIND?" "NO." "YOU REALLY HITCHHIKED ALL THE WAY FROM SHREVEPORT?" "YEAH." "I'M PRETTY SWEATY." "USE THE SHOWER." "THANKS." "THEN I HEARD A REFERENCE TO YOU." "I'M A FRIEND OF A CADET WHO DATED YOUR SISTER ELIZABETH." "YEAH?" "CAN I TRY THIS ON?" "IT'S PRETTY CRUDDY." "THAT'S O.K." "YOU LOOK LIKE A REAL CADET." "BIG GUY FOR YOUR AGE." "MY FATHER WANTS ME TO GO TO ANNAPOLIS." "THE USG IS BETTER FOR US POOR GUYS." "THAT'S WHY YOU HITCHHIKED?" "AS USUAL." "I DON'T KNOW HOW I'LL GET BACK TO THE ACADEMY." "I WAS COUNTING ON A GIRL." "SHE'S OUT OF TOWN." "I COULD HELP YOU." "YOU WOULD?" "SURE." "DAVID." "I SAW YOU IN THE MIRROR." "DID YOU NOW?" "WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE UNIFORM?" "IT FITS YOU." "IT'S ALL SWEATY." "ISN'T IT?" "YOU ARE DEPRAVED." "THE CADET CAME DOWNSTAIRS WEARING DAVID'S CLOTHES." "I NEVER SAW HIM AGAIN UNTIL NEW YORK." "HIS SPECIALTY IS TACTICS." "IS HE" "THE JUDGE WOULD LIKE TO SEE YOU." "GENERAL HEDGES" "WANTS YOU TO COME BACK TO SCHOOL A.S.A.P." "AN ACRONYM HITHERTO UNKNOWN TO ME." "IT MEANS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE." "MY DRIVER WILL TAKE YOU TO THE AIRPORT." "WILL YOU STAY?" "YES." "I HAVE THINGS TO DO." "MY BOY." "SIR." "HOTEL VOLTAIRE." "CHARTER STREET." "HERE'S THE CADETS' NAMES AND PICTURES." "DON'T WORRY." "DON'T WORRY?" "DON'T WORRY TOO MUCH." "PLEASE." "COME ON. OR ARE YOU JUST FOLLOWING MY INSTRUCTIONS TOO ENTHUSIASTICALLY?" "JUDGE." "PUT AWAY YOUR ROBE." "WHAT MAKES YOU SO SURE?" "HE'S TOLD ME." "ELIZABETH." "YOU'VE PERMITTED YOURSELF TO FALL IN LOVE WITH HIM." "NOW YOU'RE AN UNRELIABLE SOURCE OF INFORMATION." "DISAPPOINTED AGAIN?" "PAPA." "I'LL HAVE TO UNCOVER THE TRUTH MYSELF." "GENERAL HEDGES DIDN'T CONFIDE IN YOU? AND TOGETHER WE SHALL..." "DO THE RIGHT THING." "DON'T" "DON'T WHAT?" "EVER! IS THAT A WARNING?" "ELIZABETH!" "WHERE ARE YOU GOING?" "SHOPPING. THE MANAGER HERE." "AND YOU ARE DAVID'S SISTER." "YOU KNOW?" "I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN STRUCK" "BY THE CLOSE RESEMBLANCE." "YOU'VE SEEN ME BEFORE? AND IN THE SOCIETY SECTION OF THE NEWSPAPER." "UP TO MY PARLOR." "MR. SLAIGHT CALLED AND SAID YOU WERE COMING." "I'M TO HELP YOU FIND SOMETHING IN MY OLD REGISTRY BOOKS" "WHICH I KEEP IN HERE." "PAY DIRT." "DID YOU EVER SEE ANY OF THESE MEN BEFORE?" "CADETS FROM USG." "NOT IN UNIFORM." "OF COURSE." "YES." "I REMEMBER HIM." "TOO." "I SAID." "THEY CAME IN ON A SATURDAY NIGHT." "WE WERE FULL UP." "I ALLOWED THEM THE USE OF MY APARTMENT." "WOULD YOU SWEAR TO THAT?" "TO THE FACT THAT THEY USED MY ROOM?" "THAT WILL BE A LITTLE DIFFICILE YOU CANNOT LET A CUSTOMER" "MY FATHER WOULD BE VERY GRATEFUL." "IF JUDGE HAND WOULD LIKE ME TO SWEAR OF COURSE." "[BELL DINGS]" "DAVID WAS VERY RAMBUNCTIOUS THAT NIGHT." "SUCH HIGH SPIRITS." "[DING DING]" "I FELT SORRY FOR THE OTHER YOUNG MAN" "I FEAR." "[DING DING]" "IN A MINUTE!" "YOU KNOW." "EVER SINCE MR. TUTWIELER'S DEATH FROM CIRRHOSIS" "BROUGHT ON BY OCEANS OF BONDED BOURBON." "PARDON ME." "I DON'T WANT ANY MORE COFFEE." "WHY DID THEY CALL YOU BACK?" "BUT HE DID." "HELEN THINKS YOU'RE CUTE." "YEAH?" "I THINK HELEN'S CUTE." "LET'S MAKE A TRADE." "ARE YOU?" "WOULD YOU?" "GREAT." "I WILL." "RY'S A CHATTERBOX TODAY." "RY'S GOT A LOT ON HIS MIND." "HE'S BACK FROM NEW ORLEANS." "YEAH. THAT WAS A FUNNY THING TO DO" "GO SWIMMING AT NIGHT IN THE FREEZING RIVER." "MR. SLAIGHT." "MR. BARNES." "I'M CHAIRMAN OF THE HONOR COURT." "MONDAY NIGHT AT 2000" "YOU ARE CALLED BEFORE THE COURT" "ON A POINT OF HONOR." "WHY?" "YOU WILL HEAR THE CHARGES THEN." "DID YOU DISCUSS THIS HAND BUSINESS" "WITH HIS SISTER?" "SIR." "YET YOU GAVE YOUR WORD YOU WOULDN'T MENTION THIS." "I DID NOT GIVE MY WORD." "ARE YOU SAYING I'M A LIAR?" "SIR." "I THINK YOUR MEMORY IS AT FAULT. NATIONAL SECURITY COMES FIRST." "SIR." "THE PRECISE DIALOGUE SLIPS MY MEMORY." "IT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING" "THAT WE AGREED YOU'D FORGET WHAT MAJOR CONSOR SAID. THAT I NEVER AGREED TO FORGET ANYTHING." "BUT YOU ADMIT THAT YOU DISCUSSED" "THIS TOP SECRET MATTER WITH ELIZABETH HAND?" "SIR." "WITH ANYONE ELSE?" "SIR." "SIR." "OF THE LAW DEPARTMENT?" "WHY?" "I WENT TO CAPTAIN BASSETT WHETHER I'M CULPABLE" "FOR WITHHOLDING INFORMATION FROM THE AUTHORITIES" "REGARDING A MURDER COMMITTED HERE..." "ON MAY 3rd." "I GAVE YOU EVERY OPPORTUNITY TO SLIP AWAY." "SIR?" "MR. SLAIGHT." "YOU CANNOT HAVE A MURDER..." "CAN YOU?" "SIR. THERE IS ONLY ONE CANDIDATE AND THAT IS YOU." "I DIDN'T KILL HIM." "WE HAVE EVIDENCE THAT YOU-- WHICH YOU'D STOLEN" "LETTERS I'D STOLEN?" "ONLY SHOW HE WAS ATTRACTED TO ME." "MR. SLAIGHT." "GENERAL HEDGES. THE LATE CADET USED TO COME FROM THE SHOWERS" "TO YOUR ROOM AT NIGHT." "HE REPORTED TO YOU EVERY MORNING." "HE WAS SEEN FEELING YOU UP IN PUBLIC." "AND YOU KNOW IT." "MR. SAM..." "LET'S NOT GET INTO A SPITTING CONTEST." "I'LL GIVE YOU ONE MORE CHANCE." "YOU DON'T DESERVE IT." "I'LL GIVE IT TO YOU FOR THE SAKE OF THE SCHOOL." "THE FULL HONOR BOARD CONVENES TOMORROW AFTERNOON." "YOU WILL CONFESS TO HAVING LIED TO ME" "ON A CERTAIN OCCASION." "YOU WILL THEN REMOVE YOURSELF FROM THE SCHOOL." "THERE WILL BE NO MURDER CHARGE AGAINST YOU." "I WON'T CONFESS TO SOMETHING I DIDN'T DO." "THEN I'LL SEE TO IT THAT YOU'RE CHARGED WITH MURDER." "I'LL SEE YOU CHARGED" "WITH CONCEALING AND SUPPRESSING EVIDENCE" "IN THE MURDER OF THIS CADET." "I CONCEALED EVIDENCE?" "I SUPPRESSED EVIDENCE?" "SIR! YOU FALSIFIED MAJOR CONSOR'S AUTOPSY REPORT." "YOU POSTED TO GERMANY" "TWO ENLISTED MEN WHO FOUND A FIRST CLASSMAN'S INSIGNIA" "WITH HAND'S UNIFORM. YOU NEGLECTED TO CONDUCT AN INVESTIGATION. BLACKMAIL." "YOU ARE THREATENING..." "ME?" "TOO." "SIR?" "MR. SLAIGHT..." "THAT WILL BE ALL." "LORRIENA TUTWIELER SOLEMNLY SWEAR" "THE TWO MEN SPENT THE NIGHT OF MAY 20th" "IN MY BEDROOM IN HOTEL VOLTAIRE." "GREAT." "YOU'VE GOT TO GET HERE BEFORE 2000-- I MEAN 8:00." "THAT'S WHEN THE HONOR COURT MEETS." "O.K." "TOO." "I JUST WANTED TO TELL YOU" "HOW SORRY I AM ABOUT THIS." "I GUESS." "[INTERCOM BUZZES]" "IT'S JUDGE HAND." "HE'S HERE." "SHOW HIM IN." "I THOUGHT YOU WERE IN NEW ORLEANS." "I WAS OVERTAKEN WITH WANDERLUST." "THERE'S AN ADVANTAGE TO HAVING YOUR OWN PLANE." "I WOULDN'T KNOW." "SIR." "I'VE JUST SPOKEN TO MAJOR CONSOR." "I SHOULD HAVE DONE IT EARLIER." "HE'S THE KEY TO YOUR COVER-UP." "SIR?" "LET'S DISPENSE WITH THE FORMALITIES." "I KNOW WHAT YOU KNOW." "MY SON WAS DELIBERATELY HELD UNDERWATER" "A FIRST CLASSMAN. YOU FALSIFIED THE AUTOPSY REPORT." "I FALSIFIED NOTHING." "THE REPORT I GAVE YOU" "STRAIGHTFORWARD." "I WILL GO TO ANY LENGTH AT ALL." "IS THAT CLEAR?" "SIR." "I HAVE ALERTED MR. NOLAN OF THE PENTAGON." "THERE WILL BE A FULL INVESTIGATION." "I'M SURE YOU WILL BE COOPERATIVE." "YOU'LL DO ANYTHING TO DISCOVER THE TRUTH." "I GET YOUR MESSAGE." "HERE'S MINE." "LET'S SEE HOW MUCH TRUTH YOU CAN TAKE" "ABOUT YOUR SON." "I FALSIFIED MAJOR CONSOR'S ORIGINAL REPORT INCLUDING YOU." "WHO?" "SLAIGHT? I ALWAYS THOUGHT HE WAS." "YOU PUT THAT IN PAST TENSE." "YES." "BECAUSE NOW I DON'T THINK IT'S POSSIBLE" "THAT HE COULD BE THE ONE. HE KNEW DAVID." "HE'S STRANGE." "HE'S A KILLER!" "NO." "JUDGE." "HE'S MUCH TOO..." "NOBLE A YOUNG MAN." "NOBLE?" "WHAT A WORD TO USE" "IN A WORLD AS FOUL AS THIS." "SIR?" "NO." "I MEANT THIS MODERN WORLD WE LIVE IN..." "MY SON DIED IN." "[INTERCOM BUZZES]" "SIR." "TELL HIM TO COME IN." "THIS IS JUDGE HAND." "COLONEL KING." "SPEAK FREELY." "THE GIRL..." "YOU KNOW THE ONE" "MISS ELIZABETH HAND." "WE HAVE NO SECRETS FROM THE JUDGE." "SATURDAY MORNING SHE WAS AT THE JUDGE'S HOUSE" "WITH CADET SLAIGHT." "IS SHE STILL UNDER SURVEILLANCE?" "SIR. UH..." "NO TRIFLING DETAILS." "WHAT HAPPENED AT THE HOTEL?" "SIR..." "UH..." "DEGENERATES." "SHE SPOKE TO THE MANAGER. SIGN SOMETHING FOR HER." "THEN SHE LEFT. SHE WAS HIGHLY UNCOOPERATIVE." "WHERE IS MISS HAND NOW?" "ON HER WAY HERE." "SHE'S DRIVING HER OWN CAR" "I'LL TAKE CARE OF HER." "YOU'LL TAKE CARE OF MR. SLAIGHT." "SHE SAID SHE'D BE HERE BY 7:00." "SHE'S LATE." "YOU'D THINK I WAS DEAD." "THEN THEY'D CRY A LITTLE." "THEY'D LOOK YOU IN THE FACE!" "THEY'RE SCARED." "AREN'T YOU?" "WHAT DO YOU THINK?" "I HAVE NO CASE UNLESS ELIZABETH" "WOULD YOU GO TO THE GATE" "AND SEE THAT SHE GETS THROUGH" "OR GIVES YOU WHAT SHE'S GOT?" "SURE." "WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL ME ABOUT DAVID?" "BECAUSE I'VE NEVER DARED" "TELL YOU THE TRUTH ABOUT ANYTHING." "AM I SO FRAGILE YOUR OWN FATHER?" "IS "FRAGILE" REALLY THE WORD YOU MEAN?" "WHAT DID YOU FIND" "AT THE HOTEL VOLTAIRE ON CHARTER STREET?" "NOTHING." "EXCEPT THAT DAVID WAS OFTEN THERE." "WITH YOUNG MEN..." "FOR SEX." "WOULD ONE OF THEM BE YOUR MR. SLAIGHT?" "FATHER." "YOU WENT THERE TO REMOVE HIS NAME." "HE'S NOT THE ONE." "FATHER." "ELIZABETH." "YOU'RE COMING HOME WITH ME. NO FUSS." "HE WON'T HANG AS LONG AS I'M ALIVE." "I AM YOUR FATHER." "I FORBID YOU TO GO TO HIM." "YOU ARE NOT MY FATHER." "YOU NEVER WERE." "YOU WERE DAVID'S FATHER." "I WAS NOTHING." "HE WAS EVERYTHING." "HE WAS WHAT YOU WANTED TO BE-- ALL POWERFUL." "SO YOU FILLED HIM UP WITH YOUR RAGE." "AND NOW HE'S DEAD. I'LL BRING CHARGES AGAINST THE GENERAL." "THEN EVERYONE WILL KNOW ABOUT DAVID..." "AND YOU. YOU'LL NOT SEE ME AGAIN." "FATHER..." "GOODBYE." "YOU WAIT HERE." "CAPTAIN BASSETT?" "BRING ME WHAT HE'S GOT." "O.K." "IF HE COMES." "HEY..." "OLD BUDDY." "YEAH." "MR. SLAIGHT." "YOU HAVE BEEN ACCUSED" "OF VIOLATING THE HONOR CODE." "WHO HAS ACCUSED ME?" "WE DON'T NEED TO TELL YOU." "YOU WERE ACCUSED OF LYING." "WHO TO AND WHAT ABOUT?" "TO AN OFFICER" "AN OFFICER BROUGHT THIS CHARGE?" "THE OFFICER THEN DISCUSSED THE MATTER WHO NOW BRINGS THE CHARGE." "WHO'S THE CADET?" "MYSELF." "I BRING THE CHARGE." "DID I LIE TO YOU?" "YOU LIED TO AN OFFICER." "HE TOLD ME." "IT'S SERIOUS ENOUGH TO CONVENE THIS COURT." "WHAT WAS THE LIE?" "YOU PROMISED HIM" "YOU WOULDN'T MENTION A SENSITIVE MATTER" "INVOLVING NATIONAL SECURITY TO ANYBODY." "YOU LATER ADMITTED YOU TOLD SOMEBODY." "WHAT IS THE SENSITIVE MATTER THAT I DIVULGED? AND I CAN'T SAY." "THIS IS WARTIME." "MR. BARNES?" "THERE IS NO WAR." "MR. SLAIGHT." "MEN ARE DYING IN VIETNAM." "BUT THERE'S NO WAR." "CONGRESS HASN'T DECLARED WAR IN NORTH VIETNAM." "THERE'S NO WAR." "THAT AREA IS NO CONCERN OF OURS." "IT'S OF GREAT CONCERN TO ME." "I NEVER PROMISED I WOULDN'T DIVULGE INFORMATION" "INVOLVING NATIONAL SECURITY." "HE SAYS DIFFERENTLY." "WHO?" "SECURITY CONSIDERATIONS WON'T" "ENOUGH!" "HE'S GENERAL HEDGES." "I'M MAKING IT MY OWN." "IN VIOLATION OF THE HONOR CODE GENERAL HEDGES" "YOU QUESTION MY RIGHT." "I QUESTION YOUR SCREWING UP THE HONOR SYSTEM." "I QUESTION HEDGES USING YOU" "TO BRING THESE CHARGES." "MR. BARNES!" "AND THIS COURT IS ILLEGAL." "MR. SLAIGHT." "GOD." "MISS." "MISS ELIZABETH HAND?" "AS IF YOU DIDN'T KNOW." "I MUST SEE CADET SLAIGHT." "IT'S URGENT." "THIS WAY." "YOU CAN'T ENTER THE POST." "USE THE PHONE." "HONEY." "YOU LOOK WONDERFUL." "COME HERE." "GIVE ME A HUG." "CAPTAIN BASSETT." "HE'S BEFORE THE HONOR COURT." "I NEED THE AFFIDAVIT." "YOU HAVE A PROBLEM?" "YOU HAVE A MESSAGE FOR CADET-SERGEANT SLAIGHT?" "I'LL GIVE IT TO HIM." "TELL RY I'LL BE AT THE JULIA GRANT ROOM TONIGHT" "'CAUSE THESE MEANIES WON'T LET ME THROUGH." "IT'S JUST MILITARY REGULATIONS." "HE'LL BE HAPPY TO KNOW YOU WERE HERE." "THANK YOU." "THANK YOU." "GENTLEMEN." "CAN WE ASK YOU SOME QUESTIONS?" "GO AHEAD." "IT'S A FREE COUNTRY." "DID YOU PROMISE GENERAL HEDGES" "YOU WOULDN'T DIVULGE INFORMATION" "INVOLVING NATIONAL SECURITY?" "I DID NOT." "IT'S HIS WORD AGAINST YOURS." "HEDGES WOULDN'T LIE." "THERE IS EVERY REASON." "SUCH AS? YOU CANNOT TRY A CADET" "FOR SOMETHING AN OFFICER SAYS HE SAID. THERE ARE PRECEDENTS." "SIR." "YOU HAVE TOLD THE PLEBES THERE IS NO NATIONAL HONOR." "THERE IS NO PROPER DUTY." "GENERAL HEDGES LACKS PERSONAL HONOR" "IN NOT CONFRONTING ME DIRECTLY." "YOU LACK IT IN ALLOWING HIM" "TO MANIPULATE THE HONOR SYSTEM. JUST GRAY AREAS AND MUCH BLOOD." "SAVE YOUR ATTACKS UPON THIS COUNTRY AND SCHOOL." "IT'S NOT OUR DUTY TO QUESTION THE" "WHO IS THAT?" "WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE? ANY UPPERCLASSMAN CAN ATTEND HONOR COURT PROCEEDINGS." "THANK YOU." "LET'S WIND THIS UP." "YOU DIVULGED CERTAIN MATERIAL" "YES." "GOOD." "THEREFORE" "THIS MATERIAL CONCERNS THE MURDER OF CADET DAVID HAND." "MURDER?" "WHAT MURDER?" "I WILL TELL YOU." "IS THIS WHAT YOU SWORE" "ALLOW ME TO SUBMIT EVIDENCE CONCERNING THAT MURDER." "WE KNOW NOTHING OF A MURDER." "YOU'RE CHARGED WITH LYING. I CAN SUBMIT EVIDENCE IN MY DEFENSE." "MR. SLAIGHT. A SECOND CLASSMAN VISITED NEW ORLEANS TO RECRUIT STUDENTS." "DAVID HAND WAS VERY MUCH ATTRACTED" "TO THIS SECOND CLASSMAN." "THAT NIGHT THEY WENT DRINKING." "THEN THEY WENT TO A HOTEL." "THAT NIGHT DAVID HAND HAD SEX WITH A CADET." "HAND ENTERED THE SCHOOL. MET BESIDE THE RIVER. AS ALWAYS." "THEN THE FIRST CLASSMAN DID SOMETHING" "NO ONE HAD EVER DONE TO HAND BEFORE." "HE VIOLATED HIM." "MPs FOUND THE FIRST CLASSMAN'S INSIGNIA" "BESIDE THE RIVER." "MAJOR CONSOR PERFORMED AN AUTOPSY." "HE DISCOVERED THAT SINCE HAND WAS SODOMIZED HE COULD'VE BEEN MURDERED." "GENERAL HEDGES DECIDED TO IGNORE THE AUTOPSY REPORT." "HE ORDERED THE MPs WHO FOUND THE INSIGNIA" "TO BE SHIPPED TO GERMANY." "HE ALSO ORDERED A FALSE ANNOUNCEMENT." "MAJOR CONSOR WAS WARNED TO SAY NOTHING TO ANYONE BUT HE'D ALREADY TOLD SOMEONE." "HE TOLD ME. BUT I DIDN'T FORGET." "THAT'S WHY I'M HERE NOW. BUT I WON'T BE ELIMINATED." "GENERAL HEDGES HASN'T BEEN CALLED BEFORE US." "YOU HAVE." "NOW YOU TELL A FANTASTIC STORY." "EVERY DETAIL CAN BE VERIFIED." "UNDER THE RULES" "THE CODE ALLOWS ME TO ASK RELEVANT QUESTIONS" "OF ANY OF YOU." "TRUE OR FALSE?" "TRUE." "MR. BARNES." "ME?" "AND YOU'RE ON YOUR HONOR." "I'M ALWAYS ON MY HONOR." "GOOD." "THAT SHOULD SPEED THINGS ALONG. DID YOUR ROOMMATE RETURN TO QUARTERS" "WITHOUT HIS COLLAR INSIGNIA?" "YES." "WAS THAT AROUND MAY 3rd?" "YES." "YOU ARE MR. BARNES' ROOMMATE." "YOU ARE THE CADET WHO WAS IN NEW ORLEANS." "YOU ARE THE CADET WHO SPENT THE NIGHT WITH HAND." "I'M NOT" "MR. WYNANT." "WERE YOU IN NEW ORLEANS?" "YES OR NO?" "BUT" "DID YOU GO WITH HIM TO THE HOTEL VOLTAIRE?" "THE MANAGER RECOGNIZED YOUR PICTURE." "YES." "BUT THAT" "I WAS DRUNK." "YOU SAW HAND HERE REPEATEDLY." "NO!" "NEVER!" "HERE IN THE HONOR COURT" "HAND SAID HE WAS YOUR LOVER." "YOU'RE LYING!" "DAVID WOULD NEVER TELL YOU WHAT WE" "BUT I LOVED HIM. WAS IT AN ACCIDENT?" "OR WAS IT MURDER?" "IT WASN'T." "DO YOU THINK IT WAS MURDER?" "HE DIDN'T MEAN TO KILL HIM." "ACCIDENT?" "ACCIDENT." "I GUESS." "POOR WYNANT." "POOR DAVID." "POOR FATHER." "BASSETT SAYS" "THEY'LL LOCK HIM UP FOR A YEAR OR TWO..." "IN A MENTAL HOSPITAL." "IT TURNS OUT HE WAS MARRIED TO THAT NURSE." "WHAT ABOUT GENERAL HEDGES?" "WHO KNOWS?" "WILL YOUR FATHER PRESS CHARGES AGAINST HIM" "FOR COVERING UP?" "HE'S MORE APT TO MAKE HIM" "PRESIDENT OF TRANS ALLIED." "HEDGES MAY NEED THE JOB." "WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO?" "I'M GOING TO RESIGN." "THEY'LL DRAFT YOU." "SEND YOU TO VIETNAM." "I'LL SEND GENERAL HEDGES TO PRISON." "I STILL HAVE A FEW CARDS LEFT TO PLAY." "RY." "SO ARE YOU." "YOU SAID YOU'D NEVER SEE YOUR FATHER AGAIN" "BECAUSE OF ME?" "YES." "WHAT WILL WE LIVE ON WITHOUT HIS MILLIONS?" "ELIZABETH HAND DESIGNS." "WHAT ELSE?" "OH." "AND MY MOTHER'S TRUST FUND." "OH." "IT'S A FUNNY PLACE..." "THIS PLACE. ROTTING AWAY." "I HAVE NEVER BEEN SO SCARED." "THEN I WON." "WE WON. I WASN'T LYING DEAD IN THAT JUNGLE ANYMORE..." "ALL COVERED WITH FLIES." "I WAS HOME." "WITH OTHER MEN." "YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN?" "I HAVE A CIVILIAN MIND." "I DON'T KNOW WHAT MEN ARE LIKE TOGETHER." "TOGETHER." "THAT'S THE PROBLEM." "SEE YOU TOMORROW." "I DID IT FOR THE GOOD OF THE INSTITUTION." "SIR." "NONE." "I GAVE YOU A FABRICATED AUTOPSY REPORT." "THAT WAS REPREHENSIBLE." "I ASK THAT YOU TAKE INTO ACCOUNT MY MOTIVES." "GENERAL. AS COMMANDANT OF CADETS." "YOUR RESIGNATION IS ACCEPTED. I AM A SERIOUS MAN." "I CARE ABOUT THIS PLACE." "I WOULD GIVE MY LIFE FOR IT." "I BELIEVE YOU." "HE'S READY NOW." "SIR." "HUH?" "SIR." "REST." "YOU ARE A FORMIDABLE YOUNG MAN." "SIR?" "FORMIDABLE. SOMETHING THAT I HAVE" "HOW DID YOU DO IT?" "I DIDN'T HAVE MUCH CHOICE." "IT WAS EITHER" "HUH? I WANT TO RESIGN..." "HONORABLY..." "BEFORE GRADUATION." "RESIGN?" "NOW?" "SIR." "AND I'D LIKE AN ASSURANCE" "THAT I WON'T BE SHIPPED TO VIETNAM" "AS AN INFANTRY PRIVATE" "UNDER A CLOUD." "WELL... THAT'S WHAT YOU'LL GET." "SIR." "IF THAT IS ALL..." "THAT IS NOT ALL. WHO WON THE CONGRESSIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR." "WELL..." "I WON'T BURDEN YOU IT SOUNDS HOLLOW. BUT WE BLEED REAL BLOOD..." "AS YOU FOUND OUT." "IT'S POSSIBLE WE'RE AS NARROW AND SELF-SERVING" "AS MANY PEOPLE THINK." "I DON'T KNOW." "I HAVE NO ANSWERS." "ALL I KNOW IS..." "THAT WE ARE LIKE A PRIESTHOOD. YOU'RE ONE OF US." "WHAT YOU DO. TO KEEP YOU WITH US." "MOST MEN ARE MEDIOCRE." "MR. SLAIGHT. BUT I'M VERY PROUD YOU WERE A CADET" "WHILE I WAS THE SUPERINTENDENT OF THIS SCHOOL." "YOUR PAPERS WILL BE READY FOR YOU" "FIRST THING TOMORROW." "SIR. AND WHAT DOES HE DO?" "HOT DAMN!" "HE WALKS AWAY. IT'S LIKE GIVING UP." "WHAT GOOD IS EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENED?" "HEDGES STILL HAS PULL AROUND HERE." "HE'D GET ME SOONER OR LATER." "YOU NO GOOD LUMMOX!" "HE'S HAD HIS CRACK AT YOU!" "HE WINS." "I'M LEAVING ON MY TERMS." "IT'S MY DEAL." "YOU SEE THAT?" "IT'S MY DECISION." "I DON'T SEE" "MR. SLAIGHT." "MR. BARNES." "YOU WERE RIGHT." "I WAS WRONG." "I ALLOWED THE COMMANDANT TO USE THE HONOR SYSTEM." "THAT WAS DISHONORABLE." "I WANT TO APOLOGIZE." "O.K." "YOU'RE LEAVING." "TOMORROW MORNING." "I'M RESIGNING." "RY." "THAT WILL HURT US ALL." "SO LONG." "RIGHT!" "HO!" "HO!" "RIGHT!" "RIGHT! THE ULYSSES S. GRANT MILITARY ACADEMY" "WAS FOUNDED HERE" "ON THE BANKS OF THIS GREAT RIVER. WE'VE PROVIDED THIS COUNTRY WITH FIGHTING MEN." "HAVE YOUR FORMS READY." "NO TALKING." "DRESS UP THAT LINE." "NEXT." "MISTER! YOU DROP THOSE BAGS!" "BEETHEAD." "YOU HEAR ME?" "PICK UP THOSE BAGS." "MISTER." "YOU HEAR ME?" "O.K. WHO ARE YOU?" "SIR!" "WHO ARE YOU?" "SIR." "WHO ARE YOU?" "SIR." "WHAT ARE YOU?" "SIR." "WHERE DO YOU LIVE?" "SIR." "WHO IS THAT?" "SIR." "WHO IS THAT?" "SIR." "O.K. GET GOING." "YOU ARE THE 100th CLASS IN USG HISTORY." "YOU'VE BEEN HERE ONLY FOUR DAYS. 1/4 OF YOU WON'T BE HERE AT ALL." "THIS IS A TOUGH PLACE." "SURE IS A LOT OF CONFUSION." "IT'S SUPPOSED TO GET WORSE." "BUT THOSE WHO DO MAKE IT" "WILL BE OFFICERS IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY." "A LOT OF YOU SCHOLARS. YOU WILL NOW START ALL OVER AGAIN." "YOU WILL BE TURNED INTO SOLDIERS." "WHAT YOU WERE BEFORE" "IS NOTHING COMPARED TO WHAT YOU WILL BE" "THE BEST OF THE BEST..." "IF YOU MAKE IT." "RIGHT FACE!" "HO! LIVING A GREAT MOMENT OF AMERICAN HISTORY." "THE PRESIDENT HAS DECREED" "THAT USG IS NO LONGER A PRIVATE INSTITUTION. AND WE ARE SOLDIERS IN THE ARMY" "IN A TIME OF BATTLE." "MANY OF YOUR INSTRUCTORS HAVE FOUGHT IN VIETNAM." "THEY ARE HERE TO TRAIN SOLDIERS..." "OFFICERS..." "MEN." "FIRST CADET CAPTAIN BARNES." "ACTING BATTALION COMMANDER WYNANT HAS ASKED ME" "TO SAY A FEW WORDS ABOUT THE HONOR SYSTEM." "THE HONOR SYSTEM IS USG." "USG IS THE HONOR SYSTEM." "WHAT IS THE MOTTO OF THE USG MILITARY ACADEMY?" "DUTY." "HONOR." "VALOR." "THERE IS NO NATIONAL HONOR." "THERE'S NO PROPER DUTY." "THE HONOR CODE IS THE HEART OF THE CADET CORPS." "WHAT IS THE CODE?" "OR STEAL. YOU ARE TO REPORT THAT OFFENSE" "TO THE HONOR COURT. BY HIS FELLOW CADETS." "WE ARE NOTHING. WE ARE EVERYTHING." "MR. WYNANT." "ADJUTANT." "THERE WILL BE LIGHT AND SOUND THIS EVENING AT FORT GRANT POINT." "FORMATION IS AT 1930." "TONIGHT'S UNIFORM IS DRESS GRAY." "FOLIAGE IS TOO THICK FOR US." "GROUND INVESTIGATION IS IN PROGRESS. IF THERE'S ANYTHING THERE." "WE'LL GO UP RIVER AND CIRCLE BACK." "WE HAVE NO CONTACT WITH THE GROUND INVESTIGATION." "DAMN!" "YOU ALL RIGHT?" "LOOK AT THIS." "CHECK THE SITE DIRECTLY BELOW ME." "LEFT RUDDER." "STEER 270." "WE HAVE A SIGHTING." "SUPERINTENDENT ON LINE TWO." "GENERAL HEDGES HERE." "GENERAL." "WHAT'S THE WORD?" "SIR?" "THE ONE WHO'S MISSING." "I INSTIGATED A SEARCH AT 0500. TWO PLATOONS OF MPs." "THE BODY WAS DISCOVERED AT 1100 IN THE RIVER." "HE'D BEEN DROWNED." "DROWNED?" "SIR." "BODY WAS SENT TO POST HOSPITAL." "AUTOPSY BEGAN AT 1200." "AUTOPSY?" "SIR. I'VE CHECKED HIM OUT" "TO SEE IF HE IS WHO I THINK HE IS." "THE FAMILY IS POLITICAL." "LOUISIANA. IS A CLOSE FRIEND OF THE PRESIDENT." "THIS BOY IS" "THIS BOY WAS THE JUDGE'S ONLY SON." "SIR." "COLONEL KING'S ON IT. IF THERE'S ANYTHING..." "HE'S THE BEST." "I REALLY DON'T THINK" "DOC." "WE'D GET TO SEE THIS EVERY DAY IN 'NAM. UNDERSTAND?" "SIR." "THEY FOUND HIM." "FOUND WHO?" "THAT PLEBE WHO MISSED FORMATION." "YEAH?" "IN THE RIVER." "DEAD." "DROWNED." "YEAH?" "WHO WAS HE?" "DON'T KNOW." "NAME LIKE RAND OR HAND." "DAVID HAND?" "SIR." "TELL THE AREA SERGEANT TO REPORT TO ME ASAP." "SIR." "YOU KNEW THE KID?" "FROM HIS FIRST DAY HERE LAST JULY. FROM HIS FIRST DAY." "THEN WHY'D HE KILL HIMSELF?" "WHAT MAKES YOU SO SURE HE KILLED HIMSELF?" "WHY ELSE GO TO A RIVER ON A COLD NIGHT IN MAY? WHAT ELSE?" "AREA SERGEANT REPORTS AS ORDERED." "AT EASE." "TWO MEN ARE TALKING ON THE PUNISHMENT AREA." "CAN YOU IDENTIFY THEM?" "FIRST CLASSMAN RY SLAIGHT" "AND FIRST CLASSMAN BOB CULINAN." "HERE'S A 2-9 FOR BOTH OF THEM." "MORE MARCHING NEXT WEEKEND." "SIR." "THERE GOES COLONEL KING." "SOMETHING'S UP." "IT'S US." "WE'RE WHAT'S UP." "YOU TWO. WHAT HAVE YOU GOT FOR ME?" "I THINK YOU SHOULD READ THE AUTOPSY REPORT. LOOKS LIKE HE MIGHT HAVE BEEN KILLED." "TERRY. CLASS OF '59." "I THINK WE CAN TRUST HIM." "TRUST HIM? WHICH IS OFF LIMITS" "HOW DID HE DIE?" "HE DROWNED." "LUNGS FILLED WITH WATER." "NO INTERNAL INJURIES." "NO HEART-- WHAT'S THAT WORD?" "TRAUMA." "NO TRACE OF CRAMPS." "LOUSY SWIMMER." "HIGHEST RANKED SWIMMER IN HIS CLASS." "SCORED 2.8 OUT OF 3." "SO WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED?" "THE DOC THINKS HE WAS DELIBERATELY HELD UNDERWATER" "UNTIL HE BREATHED IN RIVER." "PROOF." "UH..." "SEX." "SEX?" "YOU MEAN HE WAS OFF WITH SOME GIRL?" "HOW CAN DOCTORS TELL IF YOU HAD SEX" "BEFORE YOU DIED?" "SIR. UH..." "RECTAL AREA." "A QUEER?" "SIR." "HE COULD'VE BEEN." "THEN KILLED." "YES." "THAT'S JUST THE SORT OF THING" "ONE OF THOSE HIPPIES WOULD GO DO." "IT WASN'T A HIPPIE." "HOW DO YOU KNOW?" "THIS WAS FOUND WITH HAND'S CLOTHES." "A FIRST CLASSMAN." "SIR. WHILE THEY WERE..." "MAJOR CONSOR THINKS IT WAS MURDER. THE FIRST CLASS GRADUATES." "THE WHOLE COUNTRY WILL BE LOOKING AT US" "AS WE CELEBRATE OUR 100th ANNIVERSARY." "HOW MANY PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT THIS? ME." "HOW MANY KNOW ABOUT THE FIRST-CLASSMAN INSIGNIA?" "IF THOSE MPs WHO FOUND IT" "HAVEN'T TOLD ANYBODY" "SHIP THEM OUT ASAP." "ANYWHERE." "SAY IT'S FROM THE TOP." "DON'T SAY WHETHER IT'S THE SUPE OR ME." "WAS THE FIRST CLASS INSIGNIA CHECKED?" "SIR." "HAD IT PRINTED." "NEGATIVE." "THE SUPE WILL WANT TO SEE IT." "TERRY." "DAMN FINE. I WANTED TO COME BACK TO THIS PLACE. I'D COME HOME TO USG." "I'D SHOW THE KIDS THE WAY WE WERE." "THE WAY WE REALLY WERE." "BUT DIFFERENT." "I ALWAYS THOUGHT. MARCH--27 CADETS BUSTED FOR CHEATING." "APRIL--A HALF-DOZEN CAUGHT WITH DRUGS." "MAY--TWO RESIGNATIONS" "BECAUSE WE'RE FIGHTING AN UNJUST WAR IN VIETNAM. THIS HAPPENS." "WHAT'S MAJOR CONSOR LIKE?" "SIR... BUT HE'S ALSO ONE OF US." "UM..." "I THINK WE CAN TRUST HIM." "GOOD." "NOW... THE GREAT GENERAL RYLANDER." "HE'S SOFT." "I'M JUST ABOUT TO WALK OFF MY CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY" "WHEN WHO CATCHES ME TALKING BRIGADIER "ATTILA THE HUN" GENERAL HEDGES" "WHO'S NOW RESTRICTED ME." "HELP ME GET THIS BOOT OFF." "GOOD-FOR-NOTHING" "DUFUS RACKHOUND." "I CAN'T EVEN BEND OVER." "YOU ARE SWOLLEN." "THAT'S 'CAUSE I'M HALFWAY TO BEING PARAPLEGIC." "HEY." "YOU GOT TO GO ON SICK CALL." "HOT DAMN!" "HOT DAMN!" "LOOK AT THAT." "THAT'S DISGUSTING." "GIVE ME MY PAIN KILLERS." "WHAT WERE YOU TALKING ABOUT ON THE AREA" "THAT WAS SO IMPORTANT?" "ABOUT THAT PLEBE THAT MISSED FORMATION." "THAT'S A SPELLBINDING SUBJECT" "IF I EVER HEARD ONE." "I SPENT AN HOUR WITH OUR COMPUTER." "ON PAPER" "OVER A MILLION IN COMMODITIES" "THE KID'S DEAD." "WHAT KID?" "THE PLEBE." "DAVID HAND." "HIM." "BOY." "IN THE RIVER." "WHAT'S THE PROBLEM?" "ELIZABETH." "I'LL HAVE TO TALK TO HER." "THAT'S GOING TO BE ROUGH." "SHE DUMPED YOU FOR A MAN OF GREATER MATURITY AND SUBSTANCE." ""YOUR BROTHER'S DEAD?" "YOU GUYS GOT THAT CHEMISTRY" "GOOD GOD!" "YOU CAN GET UP ON CHARGES" "ANY OFFICER WHO SENDS YOU OUT IN THAT CONDITION." "UNDER RULE TWO-- I WILL NOT GRADUATE SOME THREE WEEKS FROM NOW." "I'LL FIND MYSELF A PRIVATE IN THE INFANTRY" "DEFENDING FREEDOM AGAINST THEM YELLOW HORDES" "THAT MENACE EVERYTHING THAT YOU AND ME" "YOU AND I HOLD DEAR." "THIS IS A REAL DAMN SCANDAL." "OL' BUDDY." "THAT'S COLONEL TERRY AND THE PIRATES' WORK." "OL' COLONEL KING." "HE DON'T LIKE RY." "POOR SUCKER." "HOT DAMN." "HOT DAMN." "NOW HE'S GOING TO TELL HER." "TELL WHO WHAT?" "ELIZABETH HAND'S RESIDENCE." "IS SHE IN?" "NO." "WOULD YOU LIKE TO LEAVE A MESSAGE? TELL HER RY SLAIGHT WANTS TO SPEAK WITH HER." "S-L-A-I-G-H-T." "THANKS." "WELL?" "OUT." "WASN'T DAVID HAND THAT KID" "WHO CALLED THE HONOR COMMITTEE MEETING LAST JULY?" "YEAH." "HE WAS ALWAYS HUNG UP ON THE HONOR COURT" "REMEMBER?" "MR. WYNANT." "CAN A PLEBE BRING A CHARGE AGAINST AN UPPERCLASSMAN?" "YES." "I THOUGHT I EXPLAINED THAT. BUT DOESN'T LIE EITHER?" "I'D SAY HE'S CAREFULLY PROTECTING HIS BUTT." "THEN HE WOULDN'T BE BREAKING THE CODE." "IF HE DOESN'T LIE." "IF HE DOESN'T TELL THE WHOLE TRUTH." "WE CALL THAT QUIBBLING. QUIBBLING IS WORSE THAN OUTRIGHT LYING." "THEN HE GOT THAT PLEBE KICKED OUT?" "FUNNY GUY." "I'LL SEE YOU AT SUPPER." "YEAH." "FUNNY." "WYNANT'S GOING TO MARRY THAT NURSE FROM GEORGETOWN." "YEAH?" "ANYBODY WHO GETS MARRIED BEFORE GRADUATION" "GETS PERSONALLY NEUTERED BY GENERAL HEDGES." "THE LAST THING ELIZABETH SAID" "WAS THAT I WAS A WAR LOVER." "THAT'S JUST AS WELL." "SHE WASN'T VERY GOOD IN THE SACK ANYWAY. I'D CERTAINLY TAKE HER." "SHE'S GOING TO BLAME ME FOR THIS." "I JUST KNOW IT. GENERAL HEDGES IS HERE." "PLEASE." "THANK YOU." "GENERAL." "I CAN GIVE IT VERBALLY." "I ASKED FOR A FULL WRITTEN REPORT." "COLONEL KING IS STILL ASSESSING" "ACADEMIC PROBLEMS." "I WANT EVERYTHING IN WRITING" "NOT LATER THAN 1300 TOMORROW." "GENERAL HEDGES?" "SIR." "CHARLIE." "SIT DOWN. WHAT'S THIS ALL ABOUT? WHAT WE'VE GOT IS PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD." "THE KID VIOLATED EVERY REGULATION IN THE BOOKS" "WENT SWIMMING IN AN OFF-LIMIT AREA AFTER HOURS." "NAKED." "THEY FIND THE BODY ON SUNDAY WITH PARENTS HERE." "WE'VE HAD TIGHT SECURITY." "I DON'T THINK ANYONE ON THE POST KNOWS WHAT HAPPENED YET." "WHAT EXACTLY DID HAPPEN?" "SIR." "YOU MIGHT SAY THAT CADET HAND SIR." "JUST DROWNED?" "SIR. HE INHALED A LOT OF WATER" "I UNDERSTAND THE DROWNING PROCESS." "WHAT ELSE DID THE AUTOPSY SAY?" "SIR." "I'LL HAVE TO TALK TO JUDGE HAND." "MAYBE I'LL HAVE TO TALK TO THE PRESS." "I'VE GOT TO KNOW THE TRUTH." "SIR?" "DON'T PLAY DUMB." "YOU WERE IN 'NAM." "YOU KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT." "WAS THE KID ON DRUGS?" "SIR." "NO TRACE AT ALL IN THE BODY." "YOU'RE SURE?" "SIR." "NO DRUGS." "THAT BOY WAS AS CLEAN AS A..." "SIR." "I KNOW YOU'RE DYING TO TELL US A THOUSAND LIES" "ABOUT HOW YOU SCORED IN THE VILE CANYONS OF BABYLON ON THE HUDSON. WHERE WE WERE MET BY TWO BEAUTIFUL SISTERS." "I'D SAY." "THAT'S ABOUT YOUR SPEED." "OUR SPEED. U.S. GRANT CADETS ARE EMOTIONALLY UNDERDEVELOPED." "WE'RE THE EQUIVALENT OF AN 11-YEAR-OLD." "THAT'S BEEN KICKED BY A MULE." "WE COULD BE DIVINITY STUDENTS." "THE SISTERS WERE OVERDEVELOPED FOR THEIR AGES" "AND EQUIPPED WITH CHEMICAL SUBSTANCES." "KNOCK IT OFF." "WE DON'T JOKE ABOUT THAT HERE." "AT EASE." "ATTENTION TO ANNOUNCEMENTS. WAS FOUND IN THE RIVER BELOW FORT GRANT POINT. CADET HAND WENT SWIMMING OFF-LIMITS" "AND DROWNED IN THE RIVER." "THE SUPERINTENDENT EXTENDS TO THE FAMILY" "THE ENTIRE CORPS' CONDOLENCES" "FOR THIS TRAGIC ACCIDENT." "THE COMMANDANT WISHES TO EMPHASIZE" "THAT THE RIVER IS OFF-LIMITS FOR GOOD REASON." "CONTINUE EATING." "RY." "WHAT CHANCE IS THAT?" "TO GET ELIZABETH BACK." "YOU'LL HAVE TO CALL HER ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED." "I GUESS SO." "DID YOU KNOW THE KID?" "YEAH." "WHAT WAS HE LIKE?" "HE WAS THIS SCHOOL'S BEST SWIMMER." "SO WHY DID HE DROWN?" "WHAT WAS HE LIKE?" "HE WAS THIS SCHOOL'S BEST SWIMMER." "SO WHY DID HE DROWN?" "WHY DID HE DROWN?" "WHY DID HE DROWN?" "SLAIGHT?" "SIR." "THIS PLACE CLOSES AT 1915 SUNDAYS." "IT'S 1940." "EMERGENCY SICK CALL." "I'M TONIGHT'S DUTY OFFICER." "WHAT'S THE EMERGENCY?" "BEEN ON THE AREA FOR A MONTH." "GOOD LORD." "I COULDN'T TAKE A MEDICAL EXCUSE." "WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU COULDN'T?" "OUR REGIMENTAL C.O. SAYS" "COLONEL KING?" "IF ANYBODY TAKES A MEDICAL EXCUSE" "THEY GET DOUBLE HOURS" "FOR EVERY HOUR THEY'RE EXCUSED FROM." "REPORT TO MY OFFICE." "THERE WAS AN ANNOUNCEMENT TONIGHT" "ABOUT A PLEBE THAT WAS DROWNED." "THIS WILL HELP PREVENT GANGRENE AND AMPUTATION." "I WAS WONDERING IF YOU KNEW" "YOU GETTING ANYTHING FOR PAIN?" "DARVON 65s AND CODEINE." "NO MORPHINE?" "AS THIS IS A DRUG CULTURE..." "ABOUT THE CADET WHO DROWNED." "WHAT ABOUT HIM?" "THAT'S IT." "WHAT ABOUT HIM?" "YOU KNEW HIM?" "SIR." "HE WAS A GREAT ATHLETE." "HE WAS AN OUTSTANDING SWIMMER." "HOW WELL DID YOU KNOW HIM?" "I WAS HIS PLATOON SERGEANT." "I DATED HIS SISTER TWO YEARS AGO." "I FEEL AS IF I SHOULD TELL HER WHAT HAPPENED." "TELL HER HE DROWNED." "DID YOU SEE HIM?" "THE BODY?" "WHAT WAS HE LIKE? BUT THE OTHER PLEBES HATED HIM." "WHY?" "HE NEVER MESHED IN." "I REALLY DON'T KNOW WHY." "WAS HE DIFFERENT FROM THE OTHERS?" "ALL RIGHT." "HE WAS TOUGH." "HE WAS TOO TOUGH FOR HIS AGE." "THAT'S WHY I WAS SO THROWN" "WHEN I LEARNED HE DROWNED LIKE THAT." "LIKE WHAT?" "LIKE..." "WAS IT A SUICIDE?" "I GUESS IT WASN'T SUICIDE." "HE SURE WAS CUT UP." "YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO LOOK AT THAT." "I WISH I HADN'T." "I'M SORRY." "THE CUTTING UP I DID." "TELL ME WHAT YOU KNOW ABOUT HIM." "TELL ME HOW HE DIED." "DID YOU KNOW HAND WAS HOMOSEXUAL?" "HE COULD HAVE BEEN RAPED." "THAT'S A POSSIBILITY. HE HAD CONSENTING SEXUAL RELATIONS WITH SOMEONE." "SINCE YOU KNEW HIM BEST..." "NOT BEST." "I GUESS I REALLY DIDN'T KNOW HIM." "YOU WERE HIS PLATOON SERGEANT." "FOR THE SUMMER." "THEN JIM LUGAR TOOK OVER." "DID YOU EVER DISCUSS SEX WITH HAND?" "NO." "NEVER." "THAT'S WRONG." "I DID." "WE DID. THE SQUAD WAS GETTING WORSE." "I WAS FEELING WORSE. NOT WITH HIM AGAINST THE SQUAD. BUT HE DIDN'T CARE WHAT OTHERS DID." "THEY DID NOTHING RIGHT." "THEIR SHOES LOOKED LIKE THEY WERE SHINED WITH CHOCOLATE." "THE SQUAD WAS DEMORALIZED." "MORALE HIT AN ALL-TIME LOW." "I WAS FEELING DESPERATE AND GUILTY." "IT WAS ME WHO WAS FAILING BECAUSE OF HIM." "WHERE ARE YOUR ROOMMATES?" "IN THE BARRACKS!" "WHAT ARE THEY DOING THERE?" "GETTING READY FOR DRILL!" "WHY AREN'T YOU HELPING THEM?" "SIR. BUT THEY'RE ALWAYS LATE." "I DON'T THINK THEY'RE TRYING." "THEN THEY JUST DON'T HAVE IT." "SIR." "YOU ARE TO HELP YOUR HOPELESS ROOMMATES. YOU STUPID SMACK BEANHEAD!" "SIR!" "ATTENTION!" "RIGHT FACE!" "GENTLEMEN." "DOUBLE TIME!" "MARCH!" "HE SURE GAVE IT TO YOU." "I'M BETTER AT THIS THAN HE IS. I COULDN'T PUT THAT SQUAD TOGETHER." "THE BOY WOULDN'T LET ME." "I PULLED A TRICK TO GET THE GUYS TOGETHER." "ATTENTION!" "I CALLED A MANHOOD SESSION." "ONLY IT BACKFIRED." "AT EASE." "BEANS." "ANYONE OF YOU STILL A VIRGIN? SO NO QUIBBLING." "THERE'S SOMETHING WRONG WITH THIS SQUAD." "WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT THE SQUAD'S STUD FACTOR" "BY DIVIDING THE TIMES YOU'VE HAD SEX" "INTO THE NUMBER OF MONTHS YOU'VE BEEN ALIVE." "THE SUM-TOTAL'S DIVIDED BY 11" "GIVES US THE STUD FACTOR OF THIS VERY SORRY SQUAD." "O.K. MEANING YOU HAVE NOT GONE ALL THE WAY GIVE THE SIGN." "HAND?" "SIR." "WHAT DID YOU SAY?" "SIR! I'LL BUST YOUR TAIL!" "UNDERSTOOD?" "SIR!" "I WANT WRITTEN REPORTS" "ON EACH MAN'S STUD FACTOR IT'S DESTROYING MORALE!" "THAT IS ALL!" "I THOUGHT MAYBE I MIGHT HUMANIZE THE KID BECAUSE THAT KID WAS AS IRONHEADED AS THE SCHOOL. AND HE WAS PROVING TO EVERYBODY" "THAT I WAS NO OFFICER." "CADET HAND REQUESTING PERMISSION TO SPEAK." "SPEAK." "CADET BARHAM SAID ON HIS HONOR" "HE WASN'T A VIRGIN." "HE SAID MAYBE HE WAS. HE WAS TOO EXCITED." "I WANT TO REPORT HIM TO THE HONOR COURT." "ONE OF US IS GOING CRAZY." "BARHAM'S YOUR ONLY FRIEND." "YOU MADE THE POINT THAT ACTUAL SEX HAD TO TAKE PLACE." "SO WHAT?" "KNOW WHAT A GRAY AREA QUIBBLING IS?" "BARHAM QUIBBLED." "THAT'S THE SAME AS LYING." "BARHAM TRIED TO MAKE YOU FEEL BETTER." "NOW YOU WANT TO GET HIM KICKED OUT" "ON ONE OF THE DUMBEST QUIBBLES I EVER HEARD OF?" "AND HE LIED." "SO WHAT WILL YOU DO?" "REPORT BARHAM TO THE COMPANY'S HONOR REPRESENTATIVE." "THE MAN QUIBBLED." "HAND. SIR." "WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN?" "IT'S SORT OF LIKE A TRIAL." "A LOT'S RIDING ON ME BACK HOME BEING HERE." "MR. BARHAM." "THE HONOR COURT IS NOW IN SESSION." "KID." "IT WAS ALL OVER IN FIVE MINUTES." "BARHAM IS OUT." "I KNOW." "I'M SORRY." "YOU'RE SORRY?" "HE HAD SOME OF THE MAKINGS OF A GOOD SOLDIER." "MR. HAND." "I DID WHAT I THOUGHT WAS RIGHT." "WHAT YOU DID WAS WRONG." "EITHER THE HONOR SYSTEM MEANS WHAT IT SAYS AND SO ARE WE." "GOOD." "GOOD EXPLANATION." "NOW EXPLAIN ALL THAT TO BARHAM." "BARHAM." "YEAH?" "I WANT TO EXPLAIN WHY I HAD TO DO WHAT I DID." "WHY?" "IT'S LIKE..." "LIKE YOU'RE PLAYING TENNIS." "IT'S EASIER TO PLAY BUT YOU DON'T." "YOU LEAVE IT UP." "THAT'S WHAT MAKES THE GAME WHAT IT IS." "SO YOU WENT AND ACED ME." "THAT'S HOW THEY PLAY THE GAME HERE." "I DIDN'T INVENT IT." "THAT'S WHEN I FIGURED WE HAD A MONSTER ON OUR HANDS." "I DECIDED TO BREAK HIM IN LIKE YOU DO A HORSE. IS TO HAVE THE GIRL BACK HOME YOU'LL MARRY OR A GIRL WITH AN APARTMENT IN NEW YORK CITY." "CAREER GIRLS ARE PARTICULARLY HEAVY THERE." "ARE YOU FOLLOWING ME?" "SIR." "I WANT TO TAKE YOUR SEXUAL TRAINING IN HAND. LIKE GETTING SOMEONE KICKED OUT WHICH CAN BE RUINOUS FOR A MALE OF 18." "HAND?" "SIR." "GOOD." "I WANT YOU TO MAIL THIS LETTER." "SIR." "IT'S TO A GIRL I DATED SEVERAL YEARS AGO." "SHE WAS REALLY HOT." "I SUPPOSE OF THE 20 GIRLS FAR AND AWAY THE BEST" "OF COURSE" "WAS MISS ELIZABETH HAND." "SHE WASN'T YOUR ORDINARY MANIAC IN THE SACK." "NO." "SHE WAS LIKE..." "INSPIRED." "SHE WAS LIKE A DEDICATED ACROBAT." "SHE COULDN'T GET ENOUGH OF MY BODY." "I'M SURE SHE TOLD YOU ABOUT THAT." "DIDN'T SHE?" "SIR." "MR. HAND..." "NYMPHO CANNOT DESCRIBE THIS GIRL'S RAGING APPETITES." "SIR!" "I KNOW." "WHAT ELSE HAVE WE GOT IN COMMON?" "WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO THIS LETTER?" "NOW YOU'VE SMUDGED ALL THE INK!" "I LIKED MAKING IT WITH HER" "AS MUCH AS SHE LOVED MAKING IT WITH ME." "YOU BASTARD." "HAND?" "SIR. HERE'S YOUR BIG CHANCE. YOU'LL MEET ME IN THE GYM." "ROOM 608." "COME ON." "LET UP." "O.K." "YEAH?" "YEAH?" "YEAH?" "NO!" "YOU'LL DO WHAT I SAY NOW?" "YOU DEAF?" "HOT DAMN!" "YOU'LL KILL HIM!" "SIR." "WHAT'S THAT?" "SIR! AND YOU'RE GOING TO WORK WITH THE SQUAD." "YOU'LL REPORT TO ME FIVE MINUTES BEFORE REVEILLE DAILY." "AND I'LL PERSONALLY WIND YOU UP FOR THE DAY." "SIR." "HE DID JUST WHAT I TOLD HIM." "HE SHAPED UP." "MR. SLAIGHT." "THE KID SHAPED UP." "UNTIL HE GOT HIMSELF MURDERED." "YEAH." "TAKE CARE OF THOSE FEET." "THANK YOU." "RY." "DON'T SAY ANYTHING ABOUT THIS TO ANYONE." "SIR." "YOU GOT ANYTHING FOR SINUS?" "WE HAVE A NEW ANTIHISTAMINE." "OH." "I'M DRIPPING LIKE A BROKEN FAUCET. DIDN'T YOU?" "ALL THE COPIES?" "YES." "THE ONES THAT YOU HAD TYPED UP." "YES." "I TYPED THEM MYSELF" "AS YOU REQUESTED." "OH." "GOOD." "WE DON'T WANT COPIES FLOATING AROUND" "WHILE WE'RE INVESTIGATING." "I WONDERED ABOUT THAT ANNOUNCEMENT TONIGHT." "FROM THE SUPE. PEOPLE WILL CLAM UP." "EVERY YEAR..." "SAME THING." "SAME TIME." "I THINK WE CAN FIX YOU UP." "YOU KNOW..." "IT'S THAT DAMN RIVER. IT'S A RIVER." "SIR?" "JUDGE HAND HAS ARRIVED." "I THINK YOU BETTER COME OUT HERE." "I JUST GOT THE CALL" "SUPE'S OFFICE." "SPECIAL DUTY." "AND BOYD." "FULL DRESS." "HEY." "THE PRESIDENT?" "MAYBE HE WANTS A FREE EDUCATION." "IT'S NEVER TOO LATE." "HAS RY TALKED TO ELIZABETH?" "TRIED." "COULDN'T GET HER." "HE'S ALL SHOOK UP." "WHY?" "HAND ALWAYS SHOOK UP RY." "SOMETHING CHEMICAL I SUSPECT." "I THOUGHT HE WAS A SUPER PLEBE." "HIS SISTER ALWAYS TURNED ME ON." "ELIZABETH GOT MARRIED" "AND HAS TAKEN HERSELF OFF THE SCHOOLBOY MARKET." "SHE DIDN'T MARRY THAT GUY." "SHE'S STILL SINGLE AND RICH" "WITH HER OWN PAD IN NEW YORK CITY." "HOW DO YOU KNOW ALL THIS?" "I RESEARCH THESE MATTERS." "HOT DAMN." "YOU ARE AMBITIOUS." "AND VERY ATTRACTIVE TO WOMEN." "I'VE NEVER SEEN THE SUPERINTENDENT SO SHATTERED." "YOU TOLD HIM THE WHOLE STORY? AND THAT HE WAS MURDERED BY ANOTHER CADET I DON'T WANT TO HEAR ABOUT IT AGAIN." "HAND'S DEATH IS TO BE REPORTED AS AN ACCIDENT." "PERIOD." "WHAT ABOUT THOSE TWO MPs?" "0600." "FOR GERMANY." "TERRY." "NOW..." "WHAT ABOUT THAT AUTOPSY REPORT?" "I THINK I'VE GOT THAT ONE COVERED." "HOW?" "I ASKED MAJOR CONSOR FOR HIS COPIES. SEND IT THROUGH THE PHOTOCOPIER NOBODY WILL KNOW THE DIFFERENCE." "[INTERCOM BUZZES]" "GENERAL." "SIR." "GENERAL HEDGES HERE." "JUDGE HAND IS ON THE POST." "BE IN MY OFFICE AT 1200." "OF COURSE." "BRING EVERYTHING YOU'VE GOT." "THE JUDGE WILL WANT TO KNOW." "SIR." "WHO IS THIS JUDGE HAND?" "I DON'T KNOW." "POLITICS." "LOUISIANA." "FRIEND OF THE PRESIDENT." "EVERY OTHER KID HERE" "HAS AN OLD MAN WHO'S A JUDGE BACK HOME." "DEEP IN THE CHIGGER BELT." "I WANT THAT AUTOPSY REPORT ASAP!" "BY NOON?" "JUDGE HAND IS THE OWNER OF..." "OF WHAT?" "LOUISIANA!" "THERE'S GOING TO BE A CEREMONY OUT FRONT" "WHEN THE JUDGE ARRIVES." "BUT..." "WHAT A MESS." "WHAT A HORROR." "A YOUNG BOY DROWNING LIKE THAT..." "FOR NOTHING." "WHAT ELSE IS WRONG?" "NOTHING I KNOW OF." "HEDGES IS ON TOP OF EVERYTHING." "THEN WE NEED NOT FEAR." "HEDGES IS ALWAYS ON TOP OF EVERYTHING." "WHY DO I DISLIKE HIM SO?" "TERRY..." "REMIND MAJOR CONSOR OF HIS HIPPOCRATIC OATH." "SIR?" "IT'S AN OATH DOCTORS SWEAR" "NOT TO TALK ABOUT THEIR PATIENTS." "REAL TIGHT." "HONOR GUARD REPORTS FOR DUTY." "CADET." "IT IS WITH REGRET AND SORROW" "THAT WE SURRENDER TO YOU" "THE MORTAL REMAINS OF CADET DAVID HAND. A CREDIT TO THIS INSTITUTION" "AND TO HIS FAMILY" "AND TO THE COUNTRY HE WAS SO EAGER TO SERVE. YOU'LL NOW TRANSFER YOUR FELLOW CADET'S REMAINS" "TO THE CUSTODY OF HIS FAMILY." "READY..." "PRESENT..." "HUT!" "ORDER..." "HUT!" "READY..." "FACE!" "FORWARD..." "HUT!" "WHY DID YOU KILL HIM?" "HONOR GUARD DISMISSED." "YOU'VE BEEN THE SOUL OF COMPASSION." "THE SOUL OF COMPASSION." "IT MUST BE VERY HARD FOR YOU. BUT I CAN IMAGINE WHAT IT'S LIKE TO LOSE ONE." "IT'S LIKE THE MOON FALLING ON YOUR HEAD." "I WASN'T YOUNG AND I THOUGHT I WAS CRAFTY AS A FOX. WATCHING THEM GROW..." "WATCHING HIM." "IT'S..." "IT'S LIKE HAVING A SECOND CHANCE..." "HAVING A SON." "GENERAL..." "WHAT HAPPENED AT THAT RIVER?" "YOU'LL HAVE THE AUTOPSY REPORT SOON." "PROBABLY GOT CAUGHT IN THE TIDE." "THE RIVER IS STILL AN ESTUARY UP HERE." "THE TIDE SHIFTS AT MIDNIGHT. THE CURRENT TRAVELS LESS THAN 5 MILES AN HOUR." "HE WAS A CHAMPION SWIMMER." "WHAT HAPPENED AT THAT RIVER? AND THERE WERE NO SIGNS OF FOUL PLAY. WHAT HAPPENED AT THAT RIVER." "GENERAL HEDGES REPORTING AS REQUESTED." "SIR-- AUTOPSY REPORT." "THE BLOOD IS CLEAN." "THERE IS NO SIGN OF DRUGS." "GOOD." "GOOD." "GIVE THIS COPY TO JUDGE HAND." "HE'S OVER THERE." "THE ARMY TOOK OVER THE INSTITUTE." "THIS IS AN ARMY POST..." "FOR THE DURATION." "WHICH WON'T BE MUCH LONGER." "OUR MILITARY'S BEEN DOING A SUPERB JOB IN VIETNAM." "I WISH THE HOME FRONT WAS MORE PATRIOTIC." "YOU TOOK THE WORDS OUT OF MY MOUTH." "WAS THAT THE BOY?" "FATHER." "WHAT DID YOU SAY TO HIM?" ""LONG TIME NO SEE." "YOU'LL SEE MORE OF HIM." "HE KNEW DAVID." "HE DID. THEN EXERT YOUR FEMININE WILES." "WE BROKE UP TWO YEARS AGO." "I FELL IN LOVE WITH SOMEBODY ELSE." "HE'LL BE FLATTERED." "QUESTION HIM CLOSELY ABOUT DAVID" "ACQUAINTANCES..." "HABITS." "[KNOCK ON WINDOW]" "GENERAL. AND I SHUT YOU OUT." "PLEASE FORGIVE ME." "HELLO." "RY?" "IT'S ME." "WHO?" "ELIZABETH." "WHAT WAS THAT NASTY CRACK ALL ABOUT?" "I'M SORRY." "I DIDN'T MEAN IT." "I'M SORRY ABOUT DAVID." "THANKS." "I'M BACK IN NEW YORK." "FATHER WENT HOME WITH DAVID." "THEN I'M COMING BACK." "I WANT TO SEE YOU RIGHT AWAY." "I'M REALLY SORRY ABOUT--YOU KNOW." "I KNOW YOU'RE SORRY." "TOO." "CAN YOU MEET ME HERE SATURDAY?" "SURE." "GOOD." "I'VE GOT A NEW APARTMENT." "617 EAST 58th STREET." "HAVE YOU GOT THAT?" "YEAH." "I'LL SEE YOU THEN." "GOOD." "HI." "RY." "NICE PLACE." "IT'S TOO BIG FOR A BACHELOR. OR DO YOU WANT TO START GETTING DRUNK?" "COFFEE." "NICE PLACE." "BRUCE AND I PLANNED ON LIVING HERE... BUT THEN WE NEVER GOT MARRIED." "OH." "SHOULD I SAY SORRY?" "SAY ANYTHING YOU LIKE." "I WAS SORRY." "HE DROPPED ME." "BUT THEN..." "I DROPPED YOU." "UM..." "YOU HAD TO." "REMEMBER?" "I SAID THAT? FUNNY LITTLE ENDEARMENTS." "I GUESS I WAS SOMETHING OF A BEAST." "HERE." "THANKS." "YOU LOOK..." "OLDER." "THANK YOU." "YOU DON'T." "THANKS." "IS THIS YOU?" "MY ROLE MODEL." "SAME OLD READY WIT." "ARE YOU ANY GOOD?" "I CAN'T TELL." "I THINK SO." "I STEAL FROM THE BEST DESIGNERS." "I HAVE 11 EMPLOYEES." "LIKE A SQUAD." "HARDLY." "RIGHT." "I'M A FULL-TIME CAREER WOMAN." "NOBODY KEEPING YOU IN TRIM" "WITH INVIGORATING CALISTHENICS?" "NO." "REMEMBER WHEN WE RIGGED THAT TRAPEZE?" "REMEMBER WHEN YOU FELL OFF AND NEARLY" "OH." "SORRY I MADE A MESS." "YOU CAN BE COURT-MARTIALED." "COFFEE ON-- WHAT'S THAT TERM?" "DRESS GRAY." "GET OUT OF THAT DRESS GRAY." "NO." "IT'S O.K. I'LL JUST..." "HERE." "I'LL HELP YOU." "THANKS." "THANK YOU." "DON'T STOP THERE." "NO." "IT'S O.K." "DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT." "YOU DIDN'T USED TO BE SO SHY." "ARE YOU SURE ABOUT THIS?" "NO." "I MISS THIS." "MAJOR CONSOR." "I WANT TO TELL YOU HOW HAPPY THE SUPE IS" "WITH THE JOB YOU'VE DONE." "SIR." "HOW'S THE INVESTIGATION GOING?" "FINE. I FORGOT TO ASK YOU SOMETHING." "THANKS TO THOSE ANTIHISTAMINES OF YOURS" "I REMEMBER." "YOU DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING ABOUT THIS ACCIDENT TO ANYONE?" "I DISCUSSED THE MURDER WITH ONE OTHER PERSON." "WHO WAS THAT?" "FIRST CLASSMAN" "FIRST CLASSMAN?" "THAT KID WAS MURDERED BY A FIRST CLASSMAN!" "WHO DID YOU TELL?" "WHAT DID YOU TELL?" "WHEN DID YOU TELL?" "SLAIGHT?" "I KNOW HIM." "GET HIM IN HERE ASAP." "WEEKEND PASS TO WHERE?" "TRACK HIM DOWN!" "I WANT HIM HERE BY TOMORROW!" "ALERT ARMY INTELLIGENCE!" "IT COULD HAVE BEEN ANYBODY." "A CIVILIAN." "THE PROBLEM IS I DON'T KNOW WHO HE KNEW..." "OR WHAT HE DID OR WHY." "YOU WERE HIS..." "SOMETHING OR OTHER?" "BUT THAT WAS LAST YEAR." "YOU STILL SAW HIM OFTEN." "UH-UH." "I HAPPEN TO KNOW YOU DID." "HOW COULD YOU WHEN I DIDN'T?" "HIS LETTERS. ESPECIALLY AFTER I BROKE UP WITH BRUCE." "WHAT DID HE WRITE ABOUT?" "YOU WERE HIS IDEAL." "HE WORSHIPPED YOU." "READ HIS LETTERS." "DID YOU KNOW ABOUT HIM?" "ABOUT HIM AND YOU?" "IT'S NOT ABOUT ME." "IT'S ABOUT HIM AND GOD KNOWS WHO." "YOU MUST HAVE KNOWN" "OUR FAMILY DOESN'T DISCUSS THAT SORT OF THING." "THAT'S WHY YOU NEVER TOLD HIM ABOUT US." "I WONDERED." "ISN'T THAT AN ADMISSION" "THAT YOU KNEW DAVID BETTER THAN YOU SAY?" "WE HAD A RUN-IN." "AND I WAS MENTIONED." "I'M AFRAID. AS MY SAINTED MOTHER WOULD SAY." "THAT MAKES TWO OF US." "THAT MAKES THREE OF US..." "ONLY THE THIRD ONE IS DEAD." "LOVE ?" "?" "TO EASE MY MIND ?" "FIND ?" "?" "SOMEONE TO CALL MINE ?" "?" "BUT MAMA SAID ?" "?" "YOU CAN'T HURRY LOVE ?" "YOU JUST HAVE TO WAIT ?" "?" "SHE SAID LOVE DON'T COME EASY... ? TO VIETNAM." "IN JULY." "DOES IT SCARE YOU?" "IT'S WHAT I'M TRAINED TO DO." "TO FIGHT? IT'S CONSIDERED GOOD FORM" "TO PRODUCE YOUNG MEN WHO'LL WIN IT FOR YOU." "BUT YOU LIKE IT." "DO I LIKE TO FIGHT? BUT WHEN YOU'RE WITH GUYS IT'S DIFFERENT." "YOU DO IT FOR EACH OTHER." "MALE BONDING IS THE NEW PHRASE." "VALOR" WAS THE OLD ONE." "YOU REALLY BELIEVE IN THAT." "DO I HAVE A CHOICE?" "MY FATHER..." "WAS KILLED IN WORLD WAR II?" "NO." "HE DIED IN A CAR ACCIDENT AFTER THE WAR. WHICH IS WHAT I MEAN TO BE." "I DIDN'T KNOW HIM ALL THAT WELL. HE'D TELL ME ALL ABOUT THE WAR. SO I'M FINDING OUT FOR MYSELF..." "BECAUSE HE'S JUST A PICTURE IN A FRAME NOW" "AND SOME OLD MEDALS..." "AND ME." "HAVING HIM." "NOT HAVING HIM." "HAVING THE IDEA OF HIM." "YOUR OLD MAN'S PRETTY HIGH-POWERED HIMSELF." "HE PREFERRED DAVID TO ME." "AND NEVER LET ME FORGET" "THAT BECAUSE OF MY INCOMPLETE BODY" "BEAUTIFUL BODY." "I COULD NEVER BE A HERO." "BUM RAP." "BUM RAP." "DO YOU THINK DAVID LIED?" "I DO." "THOSE LETTERS" "AREN'T THEY PERFECTLY PLAIN?" "HE WAS IN LOVE WITH YOU. BUT I BARELY ACKNOWLEDGED HIM AFTER LAST SUMMER." "HE TALKED TO YOU ON THE SOCCER FIELD." "NO." "NO?" "NO." "WE DIDN'T TALK." "LET'S GO!" "LET'S GO!" "WHOA!" "YEAH!" "OVER HERE!" "MOVE!" "COME ON!" "LET'S GO!" "COME ON!" "KICK IT IN!" "DO YOU THINK I KILLED HIM?" "I DID." "YES." "AND NOW?" "I DON'T KNOW." "YOU'RE A PRETTY HARD WOMAN." "IS THAT A PUT-DOWN?" "NO." "JUST AN OBSERVATION." "I SURE COULDN'T SLEEP WITH A MAN" "I SUSPECTED OF KILLING MY BROTHER." "WITH A MAN?" "KILLED MY SISTER." "YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN." "NO." "I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU MEAN." "YOU'RE THE ONLY CADET HE MENTIONS BY NAME." "MAYBE IT WASN'T A CADET WHO KILLED HIM." "DAVID'S CLOSEST FRIEND" "WAS HANK BEAUMONT." "UH..." "THAT'S FOR HANK TO KNOW" "AND YOU TO FIND OUT." "BEAUMONT WAS AT TULANE" "WHEN DAVE WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL." "MY GOD." "THEY LEFT THIS." "WHY?" "THAT'S USUALLY THE FIRST THING THEY TAKE." "THEY LEFT MY MOTHER'S JEWELRY." "WHO BREAKS IN AND TAKES NOTHING?" "SOMEBODY CURIOUS." "DAVID'S LETTERS..." "WHO COULD HAVE TAKEN THEM?" "THE GUYS WHO HAVE BEEN TRAILING US." "IF FATHER'S HIRED DETECTIVES" "THEY'RE NOT DETECTIVES." "MY HUNCH IS THEY'RE FROM THE AIA." "THE WHAT?" "THE ARMY INTELLIGENCE AGENCY." "WHY?" "THEY KNOW I'M THE ONLY CADET" "THAT KNOWS YOUR BROTHER WAS MURDERED." "THAT'S WHY I'M BEING TRACKED." "[TELEPHONE RINGS]" "HELLO." "CADET SLAIGHT?" "HE'S HERE." "HE'S JUST ESCORTED ME HOME." "ACTUALLY." "HELLO." "SIR." "SIR." "YOUR OFFICE." "SIR." "NO." "SIR." "SIR." "SIR." "SIR." "HOW DID HE KNOW WHERE YOU WERE?" "YOU HAVE TO LEAVE AN EMERGENCY NUMBER." "DOES HE KNOW WHOSE NUMBER THIS IS?" "HE WILL." "I'M GOING WITH YOU TOMORROW." "WILL YOU WAIT FOR ME HERE OR AT JACKSON HALL?" "JACKSON HALL." "YOUR APPOINTMENT ISN'T UNTIL 10:00." "I HAVE TO MEET SOMEBODY ELSE." "NO PUBLIC DEMONSTRATION" "OF AFFECTION IS ALLOWED." "NO PDA." "I'LL SEE YOU LATER." "GOOD LUCK." "[KNOCK ON DOOR]" "GENERAL HEDGES SENT FOR ME." "THEN HE KNOWS YOU KNOW." "YOU TOLD COLONEL KING?" "I'M SORRY." "I WAS IN NEW YORK WITH HAND'S SISTER." "I READ HIS LETTERS." "WHO'S THE FIRST CLASSMAN?" "I'M THE ONLY FIRST CLASSMAN THAT HE MENT" "FIRST CLASSMAN?" "COLONEL KING SAYS THE MURDERER'S A FIRST CLASSMAN." "HOW DOES HE KNOW THAT? HEDGES WILL THINK IT'S ME." "YOU'VE GOT A PROBLEM." "DO YOU KNOW CAPTAIN BASSETT?" "LAW PROF?" "RIGHT." "HE'S FIRST-RATE." "108 WILSON HALL." "THANKS." "RY?" "I CAN'T SEE YOU AGAIN." "I UNDERSTAND." "BY THE WAY..." "COLONEL KING STOLE TWO BLANK AUTOPSY FORMS" "OFF MY DESK." "I CAN'T THINK WHY." "CAN YOU?" "SIR." "[INTERCOM BUZZES]" "SIR." "SIR." "GENERAL HEDGES WILL SEE YOU NOW." "SIR!" "CADET-SERGEANT SLAIGHT REPORTING AS ORDERED." "MR. SLAIGHT..." "RYSAM SLAIGHT..." "RY-SAM." "SAM?" "MR. SAM." "MR. SAM." "AT EASE." "SORRY TO GET YOU BACK PARTICULARLY AFTER YOU FINALLY WALKED OFF" "THAT LAST SLUG OF YOURS." "WE'LL MAKE IT UP TO YOU SOMEHOW." "SIR. AND SHE SOUNDED" "LIKE A REALLY CHARMING YOUNG LADY." "SIR." "SIR." "SIR." "MR. SAM?" "SIR." "SIR." "I KNOW YOU THINK" "I'M AN ENEMY OF THE HUMAN RACE" "THE WAY I CATCH YOU MEN TALKING LIKE THIS COUNTRY HAS A JOB TO DO." "PART OF MY JOB IS GIVING YOU A HARD TIME." "JUST LIKE PART OF YOUR JOB" "IS GIVING A HARD TIME" "THOSE 44 PLEBES" "YOU HAD IN YOUR PLATOON LAST JULY." "SIR." "I HAD A HUNCH YOU DID" "BECAUSE I SEE A SOLDIER IN YOU. SWEATING IT OUT WITH ANOTHER COMMANDANT" "WHO ONCE UPON A TIME STOOD..." "WE'RE LIKE A FAMILY." "WE'RE LIKE A CHAIN THAT GOES BACK" "VERY CLOSE TO THE BEGINNING OF THIS COUNTRY." "YOU KNOW ME WELL ENOUGH TO REALIZE" "THAT I WOULDN'T HAVE PULLED YOU OFF LEAVE" "IF WE WEREN'T FACED BY A PRETTY SERIOUS SITUATION." "SIR." "YOU KNOW WHAT THAT SERIOUS SITUATION IS?" "SOMETHING TO DO WITH DAVID HAND." "RIGHT." "WHOA." "WELL..." "MR. SAM..." "I'M ABOUT TO SINK UNDER THIS MASS OF PAPER." "WE'VE CONDUCTED AN INVESTIGATION" "INTO THE DEATH OF THIS CADET" "AS I'VE NEVER SEEN CONDUCTED IN MY CAREER. THERE IS ONE RYSAM PARKER SLAIGHT." "SIR?" "IT WOULD APPEAR AND MAJOR CONSOR TOLD YOU ABOUT THE AUTOPSY." "SIR." "MR. SAM." "THE OLD COMPUTER'S BEEN WORKING OVERTIME" "AND HAS COME UP WITH ONE SMALL DETAIL" "WHICH IS THAT YOU" "WERE HAND'S PLATOON SERGEANT LAST JULY." "SIR." "THE COMPUTER ALSO TELLS US YET YOU GAVE HIM" "THE LOWEST ATTITUDE RATING IN THE SQUAD. CADET-SERGEANT LUGAR GAVE HIM THE HIGHEST RATING." "ISN'T IT?" "SO MY QUESTION IS..." "WAS THERE ANYTHING..." "PERSONAL BETWEEN YOU AND THIS IDEAL" "MR. SAM" "CADET?" "SIR." "I THOUGHT HE NEEDED BREAKING IN." "HE WOULDN'T BE PART OF THE SQUAD." "HE WAS BAD FOR MORALE." "SIR." "HE SHAPED UP FOR CADET-SERGEANT LUGAR IN AUGUST." "UH-HUH." "I GUESS MAJOR CONSOR GAVE YOU HIS THEORY" "THAT HAND WAS MURDERED BY ANOTHER HOMOSEXUAL." "SIR. DID YOU BELIEVE HIM?" "I BELIEVED THAT HE BELIEVED" "SIR." "YOU BELIEVE THAT HE BELIEVED." "MR. SLAIGHT." "I'M NOT A CRIMINAL PATHOLOGIST." "I DIDN'T SEE THE BODY." "MR. SLAIGHT." "MAJOR CONSOR IS ONLY ONE DOCTOR." "OTHER DOCTORS MIGHT DISAGREE WITH HIS FINDING." "SIR." "GOOD. HAND WAS A HOMOSEXUAL" "WHO WAS KILLED BY ANOTHER HOMOSEXUAL." "BUT MAJOR CONSOR'S AUTOPSY" "WAS A SOMEWHAT HURRIED AFFAIR. I DON'T THINK HAND WAS MURDERED." "DO YOU?" "SIR." "DON'T BREATHE ONE WORD TO ANYONE" "OF MAJOR CONSOR'S THEORY." "YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE MEMORY FAILURE." "AM I CORRECT?" "SIR..." "I'M NOT TELLING YOU TO LIE. BUT I AM ASKING YOU TO FORGET." "TO FORGET WHAT MAJOR CONSOR SAID." "THAT'S IT." "YOU'RE SO CLOSE" "THAT NOW I'LL GIVE IT TO YOU STRAIGHT." "MAYBE HAND WAS HOMOSEXUAL." "WE DON'T KNOW." "BUT WE DO KNOW" "THAT OFFICIALLY HIS DEATH WAS AN ACCIDENT." "WE ALSO KNOW BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT OUR HOMEGROWN COMMIE DEMONSTRATORS THE COUNTRY. BUT THAT'S WHAT IT BOILS DOWN TO..." "VALOR." "US." "MR. SAM?" "SIR..." "AM I TO CONSIDER MY CONVERSATION WITH MAJOR CONSOR..." "TO BE TOP-SECRET?" "MR. SLAIGHT." "DOES MAJOR CONSOR KNOW THIS?" "MAJOR CONSOR IS NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS." "SIR." "MR. SAM." "I GUESS WE UNDERSTAND EACH OTHER." "NATIONAL SECURITY COMES FIRST." "ALWAYS REMEMBER THAT." "SIR." "SIR." "GOOD." "HERE'S A THREE-DAY PASS." "NEXT WEEKEND." "I'VE CANCELED YOUR DEMERITS" "FOR REASONS OF HEALTH." "SIR." "HAS HE SEEN THE LETTERS?" "UH-UH." "WHAT DID HE WANT?" "TO TELL ME IT WOULD BE O.K." "IF I FORGOT ABOUT THE AUTOPSY REPORT." "I WANT TO BE HONEST WITH YOU. NOT YOURS." "YOU DON'T OWE US ANYTHING." "YOU'LL BE WHAT YOU WANT." "YOU'LL BE WHAT YOUR FATHER WAS." "I DON'T WANT YOU TO RISK ANY OF THAT." "TOO." "YOU MEAN THAT?" "I MEAN THAT." "I'M NOT GOING TO FORGET." "I'M NOT GIVING AWAY TO THAT S.O.B. HEDGES" "WHO MEANS TO SCREW UP THIS PLACE." "HE CAN RUIN YOU." "THAT'S THE ONLY WAY" "HE'LL GET ME TO HAVE A MEMORY LAPSE." "RY." "LET'S FIND US A MURDERER." "FROM THE AIA." "YOU'D BETTER TAKE A LOOK." "I BELIEVE WE'VE FOUND OUR FIRST CLASSMAN."