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She Rode Back for War
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00:01My daughter, your father and your six brothers have all fallen in this war.
00:08All I ask is that when this battle is over, you bury your war honors and live as a proper
00:14young lady ought to live.
00:16We can't hold the line much longer!
00:18Mother, if I make it home alive, then I give you my word.
00:24I will marry well.
00:32Sophie, when I come back, I will give you the grandest wedding anyone's ever seen.
00:38Until then, you take good care of yourself.
00:46All right.
00:48I'll bring your mother to Sutton Estate and care for her in your place.
00:53And then I'll wait for you to come home.
01:08Evelyn and I were married at the front.
01:12Still, if you wished, I could arrange a place for you in my household.
01:16You said when you came back, you'd give me a grand wedding.
01:22When I proposed to you, it was because I thought you were a suitable match.
01:26But now, in my heart, Evelyn is the woman I truly love.
01:34Is that so, Evelyn?
01:39I want to meet her.
01:44That's the war hero from the papers, isn't it?
01:46That's her, Lord.
01:48She's so cool.
01:53Mother.
01:55Allow me to introduce her.
01:56This is Evelyn, my wife, whom I married while serving in the army.
02:00So this is a true war hero.
02:02The bearing, the presence.
02:08Any fool can see she's no ordinary woman.
02:17Sophie, good, you're here.
02:20Meet Evelyn properly.
02:24From now on, you'll be the one taking care of her and Nathan.
02:28Look after them?
02:29Miss Sophie has bent over backward for the Blake family all year.
02:33All for nothing.
02:36You want me to take care of...
02:38Them?
02:39Of course.
02:41Nathan and I both have duties to the army.
02:43We may be called back to the front at any moment.
02:45But you?
02:47You've spent your life away from the front.
02:49You don't understand what it takes out there.
02:51Aside from managing a household, what role do you think you can play?
02:56Do not forget this.
02:57I am a general's daughter.
03:02My father and my six brothers all died on the battlefield as well.
03:05That was your father and your brothers, not you.
03:10You just tend to the household.
03:11And when Evelyn and I have children, you'll take care of them too.
03:17I am to raise your children?
03:19If you want a child too, I can give you one.
03:23But after that, I will never touch you again.
03:26And do you agree to this?
03:28I'm not a petty woman.
03:31I can allow you to have a child.
03:33That way, you'll at least have something to hold on to in the future.
03:40As for whether Nathan will still want your bed after that, that is hardly my concern.
03:46After that, I won't be going to her bed again.
03:48You're the only one in my heart.
03:50And you agree as well?
03:51You can keep the house, raise the child, and free the two of them from every worry.
03:56It's a fine arrangement.
04:02Is that so?
04:03The longer I listen to the three of you, the more it sounds like, in your version of things, I
04:08am the outsider here.
04:11In that case, Nathan and I should simply end the engagement.
04:17Why drag this into something so ugly?
04:20Sophie, don't be foolish.
04:22You're the only one left in your family now.
04:24With an estate this large and this much land, do you truly think a woman alone can hold it?
04:28That's right, Sophie.
04:29If this is what troubles you, on certain occasions, I can even tell people you're my wife.
04:34And if it truly means that much to you, I can even give you a small wedding.
04:42This is outrageous.
04:43For the past year, my lady treated your mother like royalty.
04:47She even paid for a private doctor to tend to your mother day after day.
04:52And now you want to get the Sutton estate and everything that comes with it?
04:57You're a servant.
04:58How dare you stand there and run your mouth like that?
05:03Mary is mine.
05:04No one lays a hand on my people.
05:07Sophie, you're nothing but an orphan now.
05:09You can protect no one.
05:10If you truly dare to break off your engagement to Nathan, this whole town will laugh you into the ground.
05:15You still won't be able to hold on to the Sutton estate.
05:17Is that so?
05:18Then stand there and watch whether I keep it or not.
05:21Steward.
05:25Miss.
05:26Add up everything Mrs. Blake's at Sutton estate this past year, every last penny.
05:29What?
05:32Yes, miss.
05:33Finest tea, imported sweet wine.
05:36Custom gowns, jewelry repairs, daily meals, coal for the winter farth, as well as the family doctor's fees for the
05:42full year, medicine costs, and nursing expenses.
05:44Grand total?
05:47$23,000.
05:52You dare ask me to pay you?
05:56Sophie, don't push this too far.
05:58Steward, show them out.
06:01How dare you?
06:14How dare Sophie do this to me?
06:16Enough.
06:18The Blakes are an old family too.
06:20We do not need the Suttons to keep us afloat.
06:22We can manage just fine on our own.
06:25Let's go home.
06:41It's fine.
06:42No one's lived here for the past year.
06:44That's all this is.
06:48Truth is, the family money's mostly gone.
06:51It was spent long ago.
07:00It's fine.
07:01Tomorrow, I'll speak to the Pioneer.
07:03Sophie abused a war hero.
07:05It's mother too.
07:06And then she demanded a fortune from us.
07:08The whole town ought to hear about that.
07:09I will make her pay back every last thing she owes the Blake family.
07:20Miss!
07:23How can they twist the truth like that?
07:32There she is!
07:33That's her!
07:34The woman who abused a war hero!
07:36Give Mrs. Blake her money back!
07:41What are you talking about?
07:43That's not what happened!
07:46Wicked woman!
07:47Give the hero's family their money back!
07:55Open the gate!
07:58Get out here!
08:00Get out here!
08:10Stand down!
08:15Isn't that General Lucas?
08:18The one who led the cavalry through three enemy fire lines at Wilton?
08:23I heard he's covered in honors.
08:25Even the district commander thinks highly of him.
08:28Seven members of the Sutton family died on the battlefield.
08:32A father.
08:33Six sons.
08:34That family has already given everything to this war.
08:37And what are you doing now, if not bullying a hero's family?
08:41Now leave.
08:43This instant.
08:46Or I'll have the sheriff deal with a lot of you.
09:13That day, she was ordered to ride to the eastern line with reinforcements.
09:16But by the time she got there, the men holding that position were already dead.
09:22Fill the gas!
09:44What the hell is going on?
09:45Weren't they nearly wiped out?
09:48There's still someone on the right!
09:51What, were we told this is all that was left of them?
09:57Dear God.
09:59One of the reinforcements coming.
10:01I can't hold much longer.
10:24They're holding that line hard.
10:26There must still be plenty of men up there.
10:30Move!
10:41I see her!
10:42It's just one person!
10:43Shoot her down!
10:55She held that breach alone, and by sheer will she held the entire eastern line.
11:04He saved me that day.
11:07Ma'am, I have come to ask for Sophie's hand.
11:11I will protect her for the rest of my life.
11:13She will never have to carry everything alone again.
11:19General Lucas, I already gave my word to the Blake family.
11:23Once the Suttons make a promise, we do not break it.
11:28From that day on, I decided I would never marry.
11:33But I still couldn't help myself.
11:36I had to come see how she was living.
11:38I never thought I'd find her being treated like this.
11:49Miss Sophie, I did not come here to pity you.
11:55I came to honor you.
11:57To thank the Sutton family for all it gave to this country.
12:01And to thank you for holding that eastern line all by yourself.
12:11I want to help you.
12:13And how do you mean to help me?
12:21Sophia Sutton?
12:23Edward Sutton's daughter?
12:24Yes, sir.
12:27That family's given everything for the cause.
12:29How is she faring now?
12:30Her fiancé, Nathan, married Evelyn at the front.
12:34And now, they're asking Sophie to become Nathan's mistress.
12:38That is completely unacceptable!
12:42Nathan's behavior may be dishonorable, but Evelyn is our new war hero.
12:47I cannot tear apart a hero's marriage.
12:50But...
12:53The one who held the eastern line by herself, that was her?
12:59Yes, sir.
13:01Why in God's name am I only hearing of this now?
13:04After that battle, a foray high and just war.
13:07Her mother wanted it kept secret that she'd ever gone to war.
13:10So she could marry and live a peaceful life.
13:16So the truth was kept secret.
13:21I want to see her.
13:26Sir.
13:27The soldier in that report was holding the breach under artillery fire with not another
13:33soul beside her.
13:36And to think it was a woman who looked so slim.
13:40On the battlefield, bullets do not turn aside just because I'm a woman, sir.
13:45You are an extraordinary woman, Miss Sutton.
13:49But I must speak plainly.
13:53Evelyn is the most celebrated war hero in the entire republic right now.
14:00Evelyn is the most celebrated war hero in the entire republic right now.
14:09I cannot step in on your behalf and be the man who tears apart her marriage.
14:14I have no interest in tearing apart their marriage.
14:17I do not love Nathan Blake.
14:21I came here for one thing only.
14:24I want you to stand behind the truth that my engagement to Nathan Blaine should have been
14:29ended from the start.
14:32I want you to know, and I want the whole town to know, the one who broke faith was not
14:36me.
14:37And what else?
14:40I want back in the army.
14:41To speak plainly, I am surprised.
14:44And glad.
14:46A woman like you was never meant to be buried and forgotten.
14:51But seven members of the Sutton family have already died in this war.
14:58I do not have the heart to send you back to the front.
15:04The fighting in the south is growing worse, and Blackstone Valley could be pulled into
15:08it again at any moment.
15:10I only want to do my part.
15:14I only want to do my part.
15:16Very well.
15:18Place her under your command.
15:20And remember, you must bring her back alive.
15:24Yes, sir.
15:25Yes, sir.
15:26Yes, sir.
15:27Yes, sir.
15:28Yes, sir.
15:29Yes, sir.
15:30Yes, sir.
15:32It's all right.
15:33I've got you.
15:35She actually dared to come back?
15:37Wasn't it all in the paper?
15:38She threw Mrs. Blake right out of the estate.
15:42She is no proper lady at all.
15:44I took care of her for a whole year, and now she has the nerve to ask me for money.
15:53Miss Sutton, is it true you drove Mrs. Blake out of the estate?
15:56Did you truly demand a large sum of money from the Blake family?
15:58Were you taking revenge because your engagement was broken?
16:01Enough.
16:07Miss Sophia Sutton asked me to share these with everyone.
16:11They may help clear up a few misunderstandings about her engagement to Nathan Blaine.
16:18That engagement is hereby declared null and void, on account of Mr. Blake first breaking his promise and entering into
16:26another marriage.
16:27Miss Sutton never broke her word, nor did she commit any so-called ingratitude or cruel expulsion.
16:34This bears the general's own signature and seal.
16:40That's impossible!
16:42There is one more thing the whole town ought to know.
16:45For the past year, Mrs. Blake has been living at Sutton Estate.
16:49Her food, her clothes, her doctor, her medicine, her daily expenses, even her luxuries, were all paid for by Miss
16:55Sutton.
16:56Then the ungrateful ones are, the Blake family's got some mighty thick skin.
17:02You think one piece of paper can clear her name?
17:04At the very least, it proves she was not the one who broke fate.
17:13Let's go back.
17:17Sophie actually dared to humiliate me in public today!
17:25This place feels suffocating.
17:29Then you never should have left Sutton Estate in the first place.
17:34How dare you speak to me that way!
17:37If it hadn't been for you...
17:38Enough!
17:39We still have a wedding to prepare for.
17:42Of course.
17:46I think we should invite Sophie.
17:48Have you lost your mind?
17:50Why would you do that?
17:51I want her to see it with her own eyes.
17:58Everything she's lost.
18:06Okay.
18:08She really had to make a show of it.
18:11She even sent the invitation all the way to the States, so now Miss Sophie has to go.
18:17We did know each other once.
18:19I should go congratulate them.
18:27I now pronounce you husband and wife.
18:41Miss, why is everyone leaving?
18:44My congratulations, Mrs. Blake.
18:49Now that the ceremony is over, we'll be taking our leave.
18:53Leaving so soon?
18:55The reception has only just begun.
19:04This sort of setting does not quite suit a lady of my standing.
19:15This is the wedding you gave me?
19:18The ceremony wasn't even over before half the guests walked out.
19:24You humiliated me in front of everyone!
19:27I sold the last few pieces of land we had left just to pay for this wedding.
19:30If you ask me, it was those low-class people you invited who scared off the respectable guests.
19:35Low-class?
19:36Are you calling my people low-class?
19:39You two, stop already!
19:49Miss Sophie, how lovely of you to come to Nathan's wedding and mine.
19:54Mary.
20:04You even know how to send your former fiancé a proper wedding gift.
20:08Just like your father.
20:10Even in the Black Creek fire, he still wore his uniform neat as ever.
20:17How would she know details like that about my father at Black Creek?
20:21The gift has been delivered.
20:22I should be going now.
20:27For a house lady like you, Miss Sophia, this must be your first military wedding.
20:33Why not stay a while longer?
20:35It might be...
20:37interesting.
20:42My father died in the Battle of Black Creek.
20:45And in that fire, how would Evelyn know details that were never made public?
20:49Mary.
20:51Go find my teacher, General Howard.
20:52I want the truth about what happened at Black Creek.
20:54Yes, Miss?
21:00Miss Sophie, since you're here, open your eyes and watch closely.
21:04This is how a gun is truly handled.
21:30You didn't even set the hammer to half-cap.
21:32Load it like that, and of course it'll go wrong.
21:34And what would you know about it?
21:37Go in on!
21:38Go in on!
21:39Go in, go in.
21:42Go in!
21:43Go in!
21:55Go in!
21:56Go in!
22:01We'll see you next time.
22:06Bullseye.
22:09Isn't she supposed to be some society lady?
22:11Sophie, how do you even...
22:14And one more thing, you cap it last.
22:17If the ball isn't seated all the way, the gun can blow.
22:21If you'd fumbled it any worse just now, the one dead would have been you.
22:37The front is in crisis.
22:42Orders from the front have come in.
22:44All soldiers on leave, report back at once.
22:48At last, I have a chance to prove myself again.
22:52If this goes well for you and Evelyn, things might finally turn around for our family.
23:00Colonel Sutton.
23:02Prepare to move out at once.
23:06Colonel Sutton, prepare to move out at once.
23:13What did you just say?
23:15Why aren't Nathan and I the ones going?
23:18The Major General has granted you newlyweds leave.
23:21Until further notice, you are to remain behind.
23:25Leave. That's one way to say they're staying clear of the front.
23:27Sounds more like being set aside.
23:31Then what exactly is Sophie supposed to be?
23:33Why did you call her Colonel?
23:37Miss Sophie Sutton has been formally commissioned by the Major General of the 7th Military District.
23:41Effective today.
23:43She holds the rank of Colonel.
23:46That's impossible.
23:47What could possibly qualify her for a rank like that?
23:51Because at Wilton, during the main assault, she was the first to jump into the enemy trench.
23:55She took out multiple forward gun positions and tore open a breach for the main force.
23:59Because before Black Creek fell, she got 37 civilians and wounded men across the North Bridge and out of the
24:06line of fire alive.
24:12And because at the Eastern Narrow Pass, she held the whole line by herself and kept the enemy pinned down
24:16until reinforcements arrived.
24:21Is that enough for you?
24:28I don't know when you learn to shoot, but riding is no game if you can't ride.
24:49Sophie!
24:57Are you hurt?
25:05Come on.
25:06We're riding for the front.
25:18What are you doing?
25:19What is it?
25:20Are you reconsidering things now?
25:24What is it?
25:26Are you reconsidering things now?
25:29What gives you the right to lay a hand on him?
25:35That's enough.
25:36Don't push this any further.
25:38What did the Blake family ever do to deserve bringing a woman like you into this house?
25:54Miss, General Howard uncovered the truth about what happened at Black Creek.
26:02Black Creek came under heavy assault because Julian Vale, the badly wounded son of General Gideon Vale, one of the
26:08enemy nation's most feared commanders, had been captured and was being held at the field hospital in Black Creek.
26:18Julian had been stable, but after night watch, the wrong medicine was given to him.
26:26The wrong medicine was given to him. He went into violent convulsions, stopped breathing, and died soon after.
26:32The nurse assigned to Julian was Evelyn.
26:35This is a statement from a trainee nurse.
26:37She passed Julian's room and saw Evelyn panic right after he died.
26:40Then Evelyn tried to burn the medical chart, the medicine log, and the handover records to destroy the evidence.
26:45But the wind was too strong that night, and Black Creek was full of wooden buildings.
26:48The fire got out of control in no time.
26:52What about my father?
26:54Your father, General Edward Sutton, had been ordered to evacuate the civilians and wounded from Black Creek.
27:01When the fire broke out, he did not leave.
27:04He led men back in to save people and kept organizing evacuations through the flames.
27:08But then the enemy attacked.
27:10Your father had no choice but to fight.
27:12He was badly outnumbered, and he fell.
27:15So, my father died because of Evelyn?
27:19Not just your father.
27:20Your six brothers died because of her, too!
27:27Go on.
27:29The specifics, we still need to investigate further.
27:36Keep investigating.
27:37I need to know.
27:39What exactly does she have to do with the deaths of my six brothers?
27:43Yes.
27:45General Lucas, the frontline military orders have arrived.
27:49Evelyn and I request to lead the Iron Cavalage into battle immediately.
27:52Our wedding leave is over.
27:53As heroes, it is only right that we fight for our country.
27:56Besides, we can't let some newly commissioned woman get all the battlefield glory, can we?
28:00The Major General of the 7th Military District just signed.
28:03As of today, the Iron Cavalry is under the full command of Colonel Sophie Sutton.
28:08You two just need to provide support for port from the rear.
28:12What?
28:12The Iron Cavalry is the best in the Republic.
28:15And I led them to that hero title.
28:16She's been sitting at home for a year.
28:17What right does she have to command that?
28:19General, Sophie, Colonel Sutton hasn't set foot on a battlefield in years.
28:22The Iron Cavalry needs a commander with real experience.
28:24Someone the troops will follow.
28:25Are you questioning my decision?
28:28I mean...
28:29She's just trying to steal the credit.
28:31Sophie doesn't care about the country.
28:32She's getting back at me and Nathan.
28:34Handing the Iron Cavalry over to her, that's playing with everyone's lives.
28:37I'm trying to steal credit.
28:39Of course.
28:41Fine.
28:43Since you think I'm not qualified, I'll give you a chance.
28:48Challenge me.
28:57You think a housewife like you can beat me?
29:02General Lucas, I request a challenge against Sophie tomorrow.
29:05Fine.
29:06But if you lose, you'll lose all credit for the Southern Front and hand over command of
29:11all your current troops.
29:12Clear.
29:13What if she loses?
29:14If Sophie loses, the Iron Cavalry gets transferred.
29:17Why, she will only lose his one regiment.
29:19But if I lose, I lose everything.
29:20The challenger is supposed to put up a bigger stake.
29:23Not enough.
29:24One more thing.
29:25If you lose, you hand over the Iron Cavalry, and for the rest of your life, you will never
29:29set foot on a battlefield again.
29:41I accept.
29:43Evelyn, isn't this too risky?
29:49Ridiculous.
29:50I won't lose to a worthless like her.
30:02Use this.
30:08A wooden stick.
30:09The General won her die, does he?
30:10Evelyn's got a real sword.
30:11How's she supposed to fight with a wooden stick?
30:13Calm down, Sophie.
30:15I've been holding back for way too long.
30:16I'm going to make her pay.
30:18Don't worry.
30:18I'll get to the bottom of everything.
30:20Your whole family's deaths.
30:21Oh.
30:22Coming at me with a stick.
30:24Sophie.
30:26I know you've been riding on your family's dead war heroes to get glory, but you'll never
30:31be as good as me.
30:32We're the ones risking our necks on the front line, shedding blood, killing enemies, and
30:36in the end, all the credit goes to some woman who only got ahead because of her family name.
30:40Exactly what makes her a colonel just because her dad's a general.
30:43Evelyn, beat her to a pump.
30:44Evelyn!
30:46Shut up!
30:47One more word, you'll face court-martial.
30:52All because of you.
30:53My father died in that fire at Black Creek.
30:56And my six brothers.
30:58There is no need.
31:00Evelyn will beat you.
31:05Step back.
31:09Arm duel.
31:10Whoever knocks the other off their horse first wins.
31:13Begin.
31:14Begin.
31:33That strike from Sophie was brutal.
31:37Evelyn nearly got knocked off her horse.
31:38Again!
31:48That wooden stick?
31:50General Lucas gave it to you.
31:51Is it modified or something?
31:54Impossible.
31:55I'm a cavalry soldier.
31:56How can I get beaten like this by some stick?
31:58The stick, it's got to be modified.
32:01Yeah, unfair.
32:03There must be something wrong with that stick.
32:05Yes.
32:05That's not fair.
32:08Look closely.
32:15Again?
32:16Don't get cocky!
32:29Don't get cocky!
32:30Stop playing tricks.
32:39Not at all.
32:40Oh, no.
32:44Hmm.
33:12I'll kill you!
33:20I'll kill you!
33:32Neil.
33:33Neil.
33:40For a year, every single night, I dream about that fire.
34:00You... you can't kill me.
34:02I'm a hero.
34:08You killed my whole family.
34:10You deserve to die!
34:11Sophie!
34:12No!
34:19You lose.
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