Gentlemen, cock your pistols.
Barry's father had been bred, like many sons of genteel families...
...to the profession of the law.
There is no doubt he would've made an eminent figure in his profession...
...had he not been killed in a duel...
...which arose over the purchase of some horses.
Barry's mother, after her husband's death...
...lived in such a way as to defy slander.
Many a man who had been charmed by the spinster...
...renewed his offers to the widow.
But she refused all proposals of marriage...
...declaring that she lived only for her son...
...and the memory of her departed saint.
First love! What a change it makes in a lad.
What a magnificent secret it is he carries with him!
The tender passion gushes out of a man's heart.
He loves as a bird sings...
...or a rose blows from nature.
Killarney.
Now, what shall it be?
Turn around and face the wall.
The object of Barry's attention, and...
...the cause of his early troubles...
...was his cousin, Nora Brady by name.
I have hidden my neck ribbon somewhere on my person.
If you find it, you can have it.
You are free to look anywhere for it.
I will think little of you if you do not find it.
I cannot find it.
You haven't looked properly.
I cannot find it.
I'll give you a hint.
I feel the ribbon.
Why are you trembling?
At the pleasure of finding the ribbon.
Liar.
About this time the United Kingdom was greatly excited...
...by the threat...
...of a French invasion.
The noblemen and people of condition...
...loyally raised regiments...
...to resist the invaders.
Their scarlet coats and swaggering airs filled Barry with envy.
Brady Town sent a company to join...
...the Kilwangen Regiment of which John Quin was the Captain.
The whole country was alive with war's alarums...
...the kingdoms ringing with military music.
Redmond, what is the matter?
Were you obliged to dance five times with Captain Quin?
I don't care a fig for Captain Quin.
He dances prettily, and is a pleasant rattle of a man.
He looks well in his regimentals.
He asked me to dance. How could I refuse him?
But you refused me.
I can dance with you any day.
To dance with my cousin looks as though I could find no other partner.
Besides, Captain Quin is a man.
You're only a boy and penniless.
If I meet him again, you will find out who is the best man.
I'll fight him Captain as he is.
Oh, don't be so silly!
I mean it.
But Captain Quin is known as a valiant soldier.
It is mighty well of you to fight yokels...
...but to fight an Englishman is a different matter.
You best have him take you home.
Redmond!
Barry resolved never to see Nora again.
But such resolutions, steadfastly held for a whole week...
...are abandoned in a few moments of despair.
No, Nora, no, except for you and four others...
...I vow before all the gods my heart...
...has never felt the soft flame.
Ah, you men, you men, John...
...your passion's not equal to ours.
We are like some plant I've read of.
We bear but one flower and then we die.
You, you, you mean you...
...never felt an inclination for another?
Never, my John. How can you ask such a question?
Oh, darling Norelia!
Nora was chaperoned by her brothers Mick and Ulick...
...whose interests would be affected...
...by the favourable outcome of her affair with Quin.
Redmond, how nice to see you.
Redmond!
How could you do this to me?
Redmond, what's the matter?
What are you saying?
I think this might be the moment to return something to you.
Thank you, Redmond.
I must have forgotten it.
Yes, you did.
Captain Quin, may I introduce my cousin, Redmond Barry.
Miss Brady, it would appear...
...you both have something private to discuss.
It would be best for me to withdraw.
Captain Quin, I have nothing private to discuss with my cousin.
Miss Brady, it appears you have a great deal to discuss.
Captain Quin, he don't signify any more than my parrot or lapdog.
Indeed!
Are you in the habit of giving...
...intimate articles of your clothing to your parrot or lapdog?
Mayn't I give a bit of ribbon to my own cousin?
You're welcome, miss.
As many yards as you like.
When ladies make presents to gentlemen, it's time for other gentlemen to retire.
I wish you both a good day.
Jack Quin!
What's the matter?
I'll tell you, sir.
I've had enough of Miss Brady and your Irish ways.
What is it?
We'll accustom you to Irish ways, or we'll adopt English ones.
It is not the English way for ladies to have two lovers.
And so, I'll thank you to pay me the sum you owe me.
And I resign all claims to this young lady.
If she fancies schoolboys, let her take 'em, sir.
You're joking!
I never was more earnest.
John, wait.
Meddling brat!
Your hand is in everybody's pie!
What business have you to quarrel with a gentleman of substance?
Redmond, me boy, take a seat.
Mrs. Brady and ladies, if you please.
This sort of toast is drunk too seldom in my family...
...and you'll please to receive it with all honours.
Here's to Captain and Mrs. John Quin and a long life to them.
Kiss her, Jack, for faith you've got a treasure.
Come on, Jack.
There's the man!
A long and happy life together.
Thank you.
Redmond!
Here's my toast to you, Captain John Quin.
Redmond, how dare you behave like that in my house!
Mrs. Brady, take the children out.
My dear fellow, are you all right?
In heaven's name, what does all the row mean?
The fact is, sir...
...the young monkey's in love with Nora.
He found her and the Captain in the garden today.
Now he's for murdering Jack Quin.
Mr. Brady, I've been insulted grossly in this house.
I'm not satisfied with these ways of going on.
I'm an Englishman! And a man of property!
And this impudent young swine...
...should be horsewhipped!
Mr. Quin can have satisfaction any time he pleases...
...by calling on Redmond Barry, Esquire of Barryville.
I'll see the boy home.
A pretty day's work, Master Redmond.
Knowing your uncle is distressed for money...
...trying to break off a match which will bring £1,500 a year into the family...
Quin has promised to pay off the £4,000 which is bothering your uncle.
He takes a girl without a penny...
...a girl that's flinging herself at the head of every man in these parts.
And missing them all!
And you, who ought to be attached to your uncle as to your father...
I am.
And this is the return you make for his kindness?
Didn't he harbour you when your father died?
Hasn't he given you and your mother a fine house, rent free?
Mark this, and come what will of it...
...I will fight the man who pretends the hand of Nora Brady.
I'll follow him if it's into the church and fight him there.
I'll have his blood, or he'll have mine.
Faith, and I believe ye!
I never saw a lad more game in me life.
Give me a kiss, me boy.
You're after me own soul.
As long as I live, you shall never want a friend or a second.
Will you take my message to him? And arrange a meeting?
Well, if it must be, it must.
Look here, Redmond, me boy, this is a silly business.
The girl will marry Quin, mark my words.
And as sure as she does, you'll forget her.
You're but a boy and Quin is willing to consider you as such.
Right, Quin?
Yes.
Now, Dublin's a fine place.
If you've a mind to ride there and see the town for a month...
...here's ten guineas at your service.
Will that satisfy you, Captain Quin?
Yes, if Mr. Barry will apologize and go to Dublin...
...I will consider the whole affair honourably settled.
Say you're sorry, Redmond.
You can easily say that.
I'm not sorry.
And I'll not apologize.
And I'd as soon go to Dublin as to hell.
Then there's nothing else for it.
God bless you.
This isn't my pistol.
It's all right, it's one of mine.
Yours will serve, if it's needed, for the next round.
Good luck, Redmond.
Gentlemen...
...cock your pistols.
Gentlemen...
...aim your pistols.
One.
Two.
Three.
Is he dead?
Quite dead.
This has been a sad day's work for our family.
Ye've robbed us of 1,500 a year.
Now you'd better ride off before the Police are up.
They'd wind of this before we left Kilwangen.
Come on, Redmond, I'll go home with you.
How different Barry's fate might have been...
...had he not fallen in love with Nora...
...and had he not flung the wine in Captain Quin's face.
But he was destined to be a wanderer.
And the battle with Quin set him on his travels at an early age...
...as you shall soon see.
The boy must go into hiding for a short time, anyway.
Dublin's the best place for him.
He can stay there 'til matters have blown over.
But the child has never been away from home before.
Wouldn't he be as safe here?
I wish that were true, Aunt Belle.
But the Bailiffs may be on their way already.
Now, Dublin is five days ride away from here.
There's not a soul who'll know him there.
I don't want to harp on unpleasant matters...
...but you do know what can happen to him if he's taken.
I'll be all right.
I'll be all right in Dublin, Mother.
No lad with liberty for the first time, and 20 guineas in his pocket...
...is very sad.
Barry rode towards Dublin thinking not so much of...
...the kind mother left alone, and the home behind him...
...but of tomorrow and all the wonders it would bring.
Excuse me, miss.
Would it be possible to have a drink of water?
Good day to you, young sir.
Good day.
Will you join us in a drink?
No, thank you.
Would you like something to eat?
That's very kind of you, but I have to be on my way.
Thank you.
Goodbye.
Excuse me, sir.
Good morning again, young sir.
Don't even think about it.
Get down off that horse.
Raise your hands above your head, please.
Come forward.
Stop.
How do you do. I'm Captain Feeney.
Captain Feeney!
Captain Feeney, at your service.
The Captain Feeney?
None other.
May I introduce you to my son... Seamus?
To whom do I have the honour of speaking?
My name's Redmond Barry.
How do you do, Mr. Barry?
Now we must get onto the more regrettable stage of our brief acquaintance.
Turn around and keep your hands high above your head, please.
There must be 20 guineas in gold here, Father.
You seem to be a very well set up young gentleman, sir.
Captain Feeney, that's all the money my mother had in the world.
Mightn't I keep it?
I'm just one step ahead of the Law myself.
I killed an English Officer in a duel, and I'm going to Dublin until things cool down.
Mr. Barry...
...in my profession we hear many such stories.
Yours is the most intriguing and touching I've heard in weeks.
Nevertheless, I cannot grant your request.
But, I'll tell you what I will do.
I'll allow you to keep those fine boots, which normally I would have for myself.
The next town is only five miles away.
And I suggest you now start walking.
Mightn't I keep my horse?
I would like to oblige you...
...but, people like us must be able to travel faster than our clients.
Good day, young sir.
You can put down your hands now, Mr. Barry.
Gale's Regiment of Foot, commanded by Lieutenant General Charles Gale...
...which has distinguished itself during the recent troubles...
...wants several men to supply the places of those veterans...
...who have deserved to be pensioned at one shilling a day.
All clever young fellows who are free and able...
...and are ambitious of becoming gentlemen by bearing arms...
...are hereby invited to meet the Recruiting Officer...
...who promises that they shall meet with every encouragement...
...that merit and good behaviour can entitle them to.
Those meeting the qualifications will immediately receive...
...His Majesty's Royal Bounty of one and a half guineas...
...with complete clothing, arms and accoutrements.
King George and Old England forever.
For a young man in difficulty...
...who had killed a man in a duel and was anxious to find refuge from the Law...
...the chance to earn distinction in the European wars...
...seemed a stroke of good fortune.
And King George needed men too much to heed from whence they came.
Hey, lad! Lad!
Can I have a new beaker? This one is full of grease.
Covered in grease! Give the gentleman a towel and a basin of turtle soup.
If you want to vex him, ask him about his wife...
...the washerwoman, who beats him.
Mr. Toole, is it a towel of your wife's washing?
They say she wipes your face often with one.
Ask him why he wouldn't see her yesterday when she came here.
Mr. Toole, why did you hide when Mrs. Toole came to visit you?
Afraid of getting your ears boxed?
Gentlemen, you may fight it out with fists if you choose.
We'll form a square for that purpose.
Gentlemen, step this way, please.
Shake hands.
Take your stance.
No biting, kicking or scratching.
The last man to remain standing is the winner.
Gentlemen, commence fighting, now!
Barry's training continued at the camp.
Within a month he was transformed into a proper young soldier.
The Regiment's strength was steadily increased...
...by the arrival of other troops...
...in preparation for joining their armies fighting in Germany.
One occasion...
...brought the welcome appearance of his second in the fatal duel...
...Captain Grogan.
It would have helped if we'd known what had become of you.
Didn't you think of writing to your mother?
Of course.
But the shame I felt of losing her money...
...my father's sword and pistols...
I couldn't tell her.
She wouldn't care about those things.
You are her only concern.
Tonight you must write her a proper letter.
Tell her that you're safe and well.
I will.
Is Miss Brady well?
There are only six Miss Bradys now.
Has something happened to Nora?
She took on so about your going away...
...that she had to console herself with a husband.
She is now Mrs. John Quin.
Mrs. John Quin?
Was there another John Quin?
No.
The same, me boy. He recovered from his wound.
The shot you hit him with could not hurt him. It was made of tow.
Tow?
The Bradys wouldn't let you kill 1,500 a year out of the family.
The plan of the duel was arranged in order to get you out of the way.
The cowardly Quin couldn't be brought to marry...
...from fear of you.
But hit him you certainly did, me lad.
With a fine thick plugget of tow.
He was so frightened, it took him an hour to come to.
Are you in want of cash?
You may draw on me. For I got a couple of hundred from your uncle.
While that lasts, you shall never want.
It would require a great historian to explain the causes...
...of the Seven Years' War in Europe...
...to which Barry's regiment was now on it's way.
Let it suffice to say, that England and Prussia were allies...
...and at war against...
...France, Sweden, Russia and Austria.
Barry's first taste of battle...
...was only a skirmish against a rearguard of Frenchmen...
...who occupied an orchard beside a road...
...down which the English main force wished to pass.
Though this encounter is not recorded in any history book...
...it was memorable enough for those who took part.