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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.
00:37Until 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.
00:52And 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?
01:38I 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.
01:52Mother.
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!
02:18Good, you're here.
02:19Meet 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...
02:37Them?
02:38Of 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.
02:58I 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.
03:09You 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.
04:01Is that so?
04:03The longer I listen to the three of you, the more it sounds like, in your version of things,
04:08I am 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.
04:21You're the only one left in your family now.
04:23With 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.
04:41This 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.
05:06Sophie, 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,
05:13this 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?
05:17Then 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, custom gowns, jewelry repairs, daily meals, coal for the winter farth,
05:40as well as the family doctor's fees for the full 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.
06:19We 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 a mother too.
07:06And then she demanded a fortune from us.
07:07The 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!
07:54Open the gate!
07:58Get out here!
08:00Get out here!
08:10Stand down!
08:15Isn't that General Lucas, the one who led the cavalry through three enemy fire lines at Wilton?
08:22I 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.
08:50Oh!
08:51Oh!
08:53Oh!
08:54Oh!
08:55Oh!
08:57Oh!
08:57Oh!
09:13That day, she was ordered to ride to the eastern line with reinforcements.
09:17But by the time she got there, the men holding that position were already dead.
09:22Fill the gas!
09:43What the hell is going on?
09:45Weren't they nearly wiped out?
09:48There's still someone on the right!
09:50Weren't we told this was all that was left of them?
09:57Dear God, one of the reinforcements coming.
10:00We 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.
10:56And by sheer will, she held the entire eastern line.
11:03He 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.
11:35I 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 to 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.
12:26That family's given everything for the cause.
12:28How 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.
12:46It cannot tear apart a hero's marriage.
12:49But...
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,
13:05a foray high in Jasper,
13:07her mother wanted it kept secret that she'd ever gone to war.
13:10So she could marry and live a peaceful life.
13:15So the truth was kept secret.
13:21I want to see her.
13:25Sir.
13:27The soldier in that report
13:29was holding the breach under artillery fire
13:32with not another soul beside him.
13:36And to think it was
13:37a woman who looked so slim.
13:40On the battlefield,
13:41bullets 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.
13:52Evelyn is the most
13:54celebrated war hero
13:56in the entire republic right now.
14:00Evelyn is the most
14:01celebrated war hero
14:03in the entire republic right now.
14:09I cannot step in on your behalf
14:11and be the man who tears apart her marriage.
14:14I have no interest
14:15in tearing apart their marriage.
14:17I do not love Nathan Blake.
14:21I came here for one thing only.
14:24I want you
14:25to stand behind the truth
14:27that my engagement to Nathan Blaine
14:28should have been ended from the start.
14:31I want you to know
14:33and I want the whole town to know
14:34the one who broke faith was not me.
14:37And what else?
14:39I want back in the army.
14:41To speak plainly, I am surprised.
14:44And
14:45glad.
14:46A woman like you
14:47was never meant to be buried and forgotten.
14:51But seven members of the Sutton family
14:53have already died in this war.
14:58I do not have the heart
14:59to send you back to the front.
15:04The fighting in the south is growing worse
15:06and Blackstone Valley
15:07could be pulled into it again
15:08at 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,
15:21you must bring her back alive.
15:24Yes, sir.
15:35She actually dared to come back?
15:37Wasn't it all in the paper?
15:38She threw Mrs. Blake
15:39right out of the estate?
15:41She is no proper lady at all.
15:44I took care of her for a whole year
15:45and now she has the nerve
15:46to ask me for money.
15:52Ms. Sutton!
15:53Is it true you drove Mrs. Blake
15:55out of the estate?
15:56Did you truly demand
15:56a large sum of money
15:57from the Blake family?
15:58Were you taking revenge
15:59because your engagement was broken?
16:01Enough!
16:07Ms. Sophia Sutton asked me
16:09to share these with everyone.
16:11They may help clear up
16:12a few misunderstandings
16:13about her engagement
16:14to Nathan Blaine.
16:18That engagement is hereby
16:19declared null and void
16:22on account of Mr. Blake
16:23first breaking his promise
16:25and entering into another marriage.
16:27Ms. Sutton never broke her word
16:29nor did she commit
16:30any so-called ingratitude
16:31or cruel expulsion.
16:34This bears the general's
16:36own signature and seal.
16:40That's impossible!
16:41There is one more thing
16:43the whole town ought to know.
16:45For the past year,
16:46Mrs. Blake has been living
16:48at Sutton Estate.
16:49Her food, her clothes,
16:50her doctor, her medicine,
16:52her daily expenses,
16:53even her luxuries
16:54were all paid for
16:55by Ms. Sutton.
16:56Then the ungrateful ones are...
16:58The Blake family's got
17:00some mighty thick skin.
17:02You think one piece of paper
17:03can clear her name?
17:04At the very least,
17:05it proves she was not
17:06the one who broke faith.
17:17Sophie actually dared
17:19to humiliate me
17:19in public today!
17:25This place feels suffocating.
17:29Then you never should have left
17:30Sutton Estate in the first place.
17:34How dare you speak to me that way?
17:36If it hadn't been for you...
17:38Enough!
17:39We still have a wedding
17:39to 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
17:52with her own eyes.
17:58Everything she's lost.
18:06Okay.
18:08She really had to make
18:09a show of it.
18:11She even sent the invitation
18:12all the way to the States,
18:13so now Ms. Sophie has to go.
18:17We did know each other once.
18:19I should go congratulate them.
18:27I now pronounce you
18:28husband and wife.
18:41Miss, why is everyone leaving?
18:44My congratulations, Mrs. Blake.
18:49Now that the ceremony is over,
18:51we'll be taking our leave.
18:53Leaving so soon?
18:54The reception has only just begun.
19:04This sort of setting
19:05does not quite suit
19:05a lady of my standing.
19:15This is the wedding you gave me?
19:18The ceremony wasn't even over
19:20before half the guests walked out.
19:24You humiliated me
19:25in front of everyone.
19:27I sold the last few pieces
19:28of land we had left
19:29just to pay for this wedding.
19:30If you ask me,
19:31it was those low-class people
19:32you invited
19:33who scared off
19:33the respectable guests.
19:35Low-class?
19:36Are you calling my people
19:37low-class?
19:39You two stop already!
19:49Miss Sophie,
19:50how lovely of you
19:52to come to Nathan's wedding
19:53and mine.
19:54Mary.
20:04You even know
20:05how to send your former fiancé
20:06a proper wedding gift.
20:08Just like your father.
20:10Even in the Black Creek fire,
20:12he still wore his uniform
20:13neat as ever.
20:16How would she know
20:18details like that
20:19about my father
20:19at Black Creek?
20:20The gift has been delivered.
20:22I should be going now.
20:26For a house lady
20:28like you, Miss Sophia,
20:29this must be
20:29your first military wedding.
20:33Why not stay a while longer?
20:35It might be
20:36interesting.
20:42My father died
20:43in the Battle of Black Creek.
20:45And in that fire,
20:46how would Evelyn know
20:47details that were
20:48never made public?
20:49Mary.
20:51Go find my teacher,
20:52General Howard.
20:52I want the truth
20:53about what happened
20:53at Black Creek.
20:54Yes, Miss.
21:00Miss Sophie,
21:01since you're here,
21:02open your eyes
21:03and watch closely.
21:04This is how a gun
21:05is truly handled.
21:07This is how a gun
21:08is truly handled.
21:26Why is it jammed?
21:30You didn't even
21:31set the hammer
21:31to half cap.
21:32Load it like that
21:33and of course
21:33it'll go wrong.
21:34And what would you
21:35know about it?
22:05Bullseye.
22:09Isn't she supposed
22:10to be some
22:10society lady?
22:11Sophia?
22:12How do you even...
22:14And one more thing,
22:15you cap it last.
22:17If the ball
22:18isn't seated
22:19all the way,
22:19the gun can blow.
22:20If you'd fumbled
22:21it any worse just now,
22:22the one dead
22:23would have been you.
22:24Oh!
22:25Oh!
22:26Oh!
22:28Oh!
22:29Oh!
22:31Oh!
22:32Oh!
22:32Oh!
22:33Oh!
22:35Oh!
22:36Oh!
22:37The front is in crisis.
22:42Orders from the front
22:43have come in.
22:44All soldiers on leave
22:45report back at once.
22:48At last,
22:49I have a chance
22:50to prove myself again.
22:52If this goes well
22:53for you and Evelyn,
22:54things might finally
22:55turn around
22:55for our family.
23:00Colonel Sutton,
23:02prepare to move out
23:03at once.
23:06Colonel Sutton,
23:07prepare to move out
23:08at once.
23:13What did you just say?
23:14Why aren't Nathan
23:15and I the ones going?
23:17The Major General
23:19has granted you
23:20newlyweds leave
23:21until further notice
23:22you are to remain behind.
23:24Leave?
23:25That's one way to say
23:26they're staying clear
23:26of the front.
23:27Sounds more like
23:28being set aside.
23:31Then what exactly
23:32is Sophie supposed to be?
23:33Why did you call her
23:34Colonel?
23:37Miss Sophie Sutton
23:38has been formally commissioned
23:39by the Major General
23:39of the 7th Military District.
23:41Effective today,
23:43she holds the rank
23:44of Colonel.
23:46That's impossible.
23:47What could possibly
23:48qualify her
23:48for a rank like that?
23:51Because at Wilton,
23:52during the main assault,
23:53she was the first
23:54to jump into
23:54the enemy trench.
23:55She took out
23:56multiple forward gun positions
23:57and tore open a breach
23:58for the main force.
23:59Because before
24:00Black Creek fell,
24:02she got 37 civilians
24:03and wounded men
24:04across the North Bridge
24:06and out of the line
24:06of fire alive.
24:11And because at the
24:12eastern narrow pass,
24:14she held the whole line
24:14by herself
24:15and kept the enemy
24:16pinned down
24:16until reinforcements arrived.
24:20Is that enough for you?
24:26Sophie!
24:28I don't know
24:29when you learned
24:30to shoot,
24:30but riding is no game
24:31if you can't ride.
24:49Sophie!
24:57Are you hurt?
25:05Come on.
25:06We're riding for the front.
25:17What are you doing?
25:19What is it?
25:20Are you reconsidering
25:21things now?
25:24What is it?
25:25Are you reconsidering
25:27things now?
25:29What gives you the right
25:30to lay a hand on him?
25:34That's enough.
25:35Don't push this any further.
25:38What did the Blake family
25:40ever do
25:40to deserve bringing
25:42a woman like you
25:43into this house?
25:54Miss,
25:55General Howard
25:56uncovered the truth
25:57about what happened
25:57at Black Creek.
26:02Black Creek
26:03came under heavy assault
26:04because Julian Vale,
26:05the badly wounded son
26:06of General Gideon Vale,
26:08one of the enemy nation's
26:09most feared commanders,
26:10had been captured
26:11and was being held
26:12at the field hospital
26:13in Black Creek.
26:18Julian had been stable,
26:20but after night watch,
26:22the wrong medicine
26:22was given to him.
26:26The wrong medicine
26:27was given to him.
26:28He went into
26:29violent convulsions,
26:30stopped breathing,
26:30and died soon after.
26:32The nurse assigned
26:33to Julian was Evelyn.
26:35This is a statement
26:36from a trainee nurse.
26:37She passed Julian's room
26:38and saw Evelyn panic
26:39right after he died.
26:40Then Evelyn tried
26:41to burn the medical chart,
26:42the medicine log,
26:43and the handover records
26:43to destroy the evidence.
26:45But the wind was
26:45too strong that night
26:46and Black Creek
26:47was full of wooden buildings.
26:48The fire got out
26:49of control in no time.
26:52What about my father?
26:54Your father,
26:55General Edward Sutton,
26:56had been ordered
26:56to evacuate the civilians
26:58and wounded from Black Creek.
27:01When the fire broke out,
27:03he did not leave.
27:04He led men back in
27:04to save people
27:05and kept organizing
27:06evacuations through the flames.
27:08But then the enemy attacked.
27:10Your father had no choice
27:11but to fight.
27:12He was badly outnumbered
27:13and he fell.
27:15So my father died
27:17because of Evelyn?
27:19Not just your father.
27:20Your six brothers died
27:21because of her too.
27:27Go on.
27:29The specifics
27:29we still need
27:30to investigate further.
27:36Keep investigating.
27:37I need to know
27:39what exactly
27:40does she have to do
27:41with the deaths
27:41of my six brothers?
27:43Yes.
27:45General Lucas,
27:46the frontline military orders
27:48have arrived.
27:49Evelyn and I request
27:49to lead the Iron Cavalage
27:50into battle immediately.
27:52Our wedding leave is over.
27:53As heroes,
27:54it is only right
27:54that we fight
27:55for our country.
27:56Besides,
27:57we can't let
27:57some newly commissioned woman
27:58get all the battlefield glory,
27:59can we?
28:00The Major General
28:00of the 7th Military District
28:02just signed.
28:03As of today,
28:05the Iron Cavalry
28:05is under the full command
28:07of Colonel Sophie Sutton.
28:08You two just need
28:09to provide support
28:10for port from the rear.
28:12What?
28:12The Iron Cavalry
28:13is the best in the Republic
28:14and I led them
28:15to that hero title.
28:16She's been sitting
28:17at home for a year.
28:17What right does she
28:18have to command that?
28:19General, Sophie,
28:20Colonel Sutton
28:21hasn't set foot
28:21on a battlefield in years.
28:22The Iron Cavalry
28:23needs a commander
28:23with real experience.
28:24Someone the troops
28:25will follow.
28:25Are you questioning
28:25my decision?
28:27I mean...
28:29She's just trying
28:30to steal the credit.
28:31Sophie doesn't care
28:31about the country.
28:32She's getting back
28:33at me and Nathan.
28:34Handing the Iron Cavalry
28:35over to her,
28:35that's playing
28:36with everyone's lives.
28:37I'm trying to steal credit?
28:39Of course.
28:41Fine.
28:43Since you think
28:43I'm not qualified,
28:44I'll give you a chance.
28:48Challenge me.
28:57You think
28:57a housewife
28:58like you
28:58can beat me?
29:01General Lucas,
29:03I request a challenge
29:04against Sophie tomorrow.
29:05Fine.
29:06But if you lose,
29:07you'll lose
29:08all credit
29:08for the Southern Front
29:09and hand over command
29:10of all your current troops.
29:12Clear.
29:13What if she loses?
29:14If Sophie loses,
29:15the Iron Cavalry
29:16gets transferred.
29:17Why,
29:17she will only
29:17lose his one regiment.
29:19But if I lose,
29:19I lose everything!
29:20The Challenger
29:21is supposed to put up
29:22a bigger stake.
29:23Not enough.
29:23One more thing.
29:24If you lose,
29:25you hand over
29:26the Iron Cavalry
29:27and for the rest
29:28of your life,
29:28you will never
29:29set foot
29:30on a battlefield again!
29:41I accept.
29:43Evelyn,
29:44isn't this too risky?
29:49Ridiculous.
29:50I won't lose
29:51to a worthless
29:51like her.
30:02Use this.
30:08A wooden stick.
30:08The General
30:09want her to die,
30:09does he?
30:10Evelyn's got a real sword.
30:11How's she supposed
30:11to fight with a wooden stick?
30:12Calm down, Sophie.
30:14I've been holding back
30:15for way too long.
30:16I'm going to make her pay.
30:17Don't worry.
30:18I'll get to the bottom
30:19of everything.
30:19Your whole family's deaths.
30:21Oh.
30:22Coming at me
30:22with a stick.
30:24Sophie,
30:26I know you've been
30:27riding on your family's
30:28dead war heroes
30:29to get glory,
30:30but you'll never
30:31be as good as me.
30:32We're the ones
30:32risking our necks
30:33on the front line,
30:34shedding blood,
30:35killing enemies,
30:36and in the end,
30:36all the credit goes
30:37to some woman
30:38who only got ahead
30:39because of her family name.
30:40Exactly what makes
30:41her a colonel
30:41just because her dad's
30:42a general.
30:43Evelyn,
30:43beat her to a pump!
30:44Evelyn!
30:46Shut up!
30:47One more word!
30:48You'll face
30:48court-martial!
30:51All because of you.
30:53My father died
30:54in that fire
30:55at Black Creek,
30:56and my six brothers...
30:58There is no need.
30:59Evelyn will beat you.
31:05Step back.
31:09Armed duel.
31:10Whoever knocks
31:11the other off
31:11their horse first
31:12wins.
31:13Begin.
31:33That strike from Sophie
31:34was brutal.
31:36Evelyn nearly got
31:37knocked off her horse.
31:38Again!
31:48That wooden stick?
31:50General Lucas
31:50gave it to you.
31:51Is it modified
31:52or something?
31:54Impossible.
31:55I'm a cavalry soldier.
31:56How can I get beaten
31:56like this by some stick?
31:58The stick,
31:58it's got to be modified.
32:01Yeah, unfair!
32:02There must be
32:03something wrong
32:04with that stick.
32:05Yes,
32:05that's not fair.
32:06look closely.
32:15Again?
32:16Don't get cocky!
32:30stop playing tricks!
32:32again!
32:40I don't believe in it!
32:44Hmm.
32:48I know.
32:50I...
32:50I...
32:51I...
32:54I...
32:55I...
32:55I...
32:55I...
32:55I...
32:59I...
33:00I...
33:12I'LL KILL YOU!
33:19I'LL KILL YOU!
33:21I'LL KILL YOU!
33:22I'LL KILL YOU!
33:32Neil.
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!
34:18You lose.
34:20You lose.
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