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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
00:14lady ought to live we can't hold the line much longer mother if i make it home alive
00:21then i give you my word i will marry well
00:33sophie when i come back i will give you the grandest wedding anyone's ever seen
00:38until then
00:41you take good care of yourself
00:46all right i'll bring your mother to set an 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
01:28in my heart
01:30evelyn 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 she's so cool
01:53mother
01:55allow me to introduce her this is evelyn my wife whom i married while serving in the army
01:59so 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 meet evelyn properly
02:24from now on you'll be the one taking care of her and nathan
02:27look after them
02:29miss sophie has bent over backward for the blake family all year all for nothing
02:36you want me to take care of them
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 but 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 i 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 and 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 you agree to this i'm not a petty woman
03:31i can allow you to have a child that way you'll at least have something to hold on to in
03:35the 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 you're the only one in my heart
03:50and you agree as well you can keep the house raise the child and free the two of them from
03:55every worry
03:56it's a fine arrangement
04:02is that so the longer i listen to the three of you the more it sounds like
04:06in your version of things i am the outsider here
04:11in that case nathan and i should simply end the engagement
04:17why drag this into something so ugly sophie don't be foolish you're the only one left in
04:23your family now with an estate this large and this much land do you truly think a woman alone
04:28can hold it that's right sophie if this is what troubles you on certain occasions i can even tell
04:33people you're my wife and if it truly means that much to you i can even give you a small
04:38wedding
04:42this is outrageous for 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 how dare you stand there and run your mouth like that
05:03mary is mine no one lays a hand on my people
05:07sophie you're nothing but an orphan now you can protect no one if you truly dare to break off your
05:12engagement to nathan this whole town will laugh you into the ground you still won't be able to
05:16hold on to the sutton estate is that so then stand there and watch whether i keep it or not
05:20steward
05:25miss add up everything mrs blake's at sutton estate this past year every last penny what
05:32yes miss finest tea imported sweet wine custom gowns jewelry repairs daily meals
05:38coal for the winter farth as well as the family doctor's fees for the full year
05:42medicine costs and nursing expenses grand total twenty three thousand dollars
05:52you dare ask me to pay you sophie don't push this too far steward show them out
06:01how dare you
06:14how dare sophie do this to me enough the blakes are an old family too we do not need the
06:20sutton's to keep
06:21us afloat we can manage just fine on our own let's go home
06:41it's fine no one's lived here for the past year that's all this is
06:48truth is the family money's mostly gone it was spent long ago
07:00it's fine tomorrow i'll speak to the pioneer sophie abused a war hero to mother too and then
07:06she demanded a fortune from us the whole town ought to hear about that i will make her pay back
07:11every
07:11last thing she owes the blake family
07:20yes
07:23how can they twist the truth like that
07:32there she is that's her the woman who abused the war hero give mrs blake her money back
07:41what are you talking about that's not what happened
07:46wicked woman give the hero's family their money back
07:55open the gate
07:58get out here
08:10stand down
08:15isn't that general lucas the one who led the cavalry through three enemy fire lines at wilton
08:23i heard he's covered in honors even the district commander thinks highly of him
08:28seven members of the sutton family died on the battlefield
08:32a father six sons that family has already given everything to this war
08:37and what are you doing now if not bullying a hero's family now leave this 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
09:17but 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 weren't they nearly wiped out
09:48there's still someone on the right
09:51where are we told this is all that was left of them
09:58one of the reinforcements coming i can't hold much longer
10:25they're holding that line hard there must still be plenty of men up there
10:30move
10:40i see her it's just one person shoot 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 and everything alone again
11:20general lucas i already gave my word to the blake family
11:24once the sutton's 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 i never thought i'd find her being treated like this
11:49miss sophie
11:50miss 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
12:09thank you
12:11i want to help you
12:13and how do you mean to help me
12:21sophia sutton edward sutton's daughter yes sir
12:26that family's given everything for the cause how is she faring now
12:30her fiancee nathan married evelyn at the front
12:34and now they're asking sophie to become nathan's mistress that 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 but
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 after that battle
13:05a foray high in joss her 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
13:27the soldier in that report was holding the breach under artillery fire with not another soul
13:34beside 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 i 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 blake should have been
14:29ended from the start i want you to know and i want the whole town to know the one who
14:35broke faith
14:36was not me and what else i want back in the army to speak plainly i am surprised and 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 it again at any
15:09moment i only want to do my part
15:14i only want to do my part very well place her under your command and remember you must bring her
15:22back
15:23alive she actually dared to come back wasn't it all in the paper she threw mrs blake right out of
15:40the
15:40estate she is no proper lady at all i took care of her for a whole year and now she
15:46has the nerve to ask
15:47me for money
15:53miss sutton is it true you drove mrs blake out of the estate did you truly demand a large sum
15:57of
15:57money from the blake family were you taking revenge because your engagement was broken enough
16:08miss sophia sutton asked me to share these with everyone
16:11they may help clear up a few misunderstandings about her engagement to nathan blake
16:18that engagement is hereby declared null and void
16:22on account of mr blake first breaking his promise and entering into another 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 there is one more thing the whole town ought to know
16:45for the past year mrs blake has been living at sutton estate her food her clothes her doctor her
16:52medicine her daily expenses even her luxuries were all paid for by miss sutton then the ungrateful ones
16:57are the blake family's got some mighty thick skin you think one piece of paper can clear her name
17:04at the very least it proves she was not the one who broke faith
17:13let's go back
17:17sophie actually dared to humiliate me in public today
17:26this 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 if it hadn't been for you enough we still have a wedding
17:40to prepare for
17:42of course
17:43i think we should invite sophie
17:49have you lost your mind why would you do that i 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 state so now miss sophie has to go
18:17we did know each other once i should go congratulate them
18:27i now pronounce you husband and wife
18:41miss why is everyone leaving
18:44my congratulations mrs blake thank you
18:49now that the ceremony is over we'll be taking our leave
18:53leaving so soon the 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 are you calling my people low-class
19:39you two stop already
19:49miss sophie
19:50miss sophie how lovely of you to come to nathan's wedding and mine
19:55mary
20:04you even know how to send your former fiance 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
20:20the gift has been delivered i 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 it might be interesting
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
20:50mary go find my teacher general howard i 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 this is how a gun is truly handled
21:26why is it jammed
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
21:39you
21:42you
21:42i
21:42i
21:42i
21:43i
21:43i
21:43i
21:44i
21:44i
21:44i
22:10i
22:10i
22:10to be some society lady sophie how do you even and one more thing you cap it last if the
22:18ball
22:18isn't seated all the way the gun can blow if you'd fumbled it any worse just now the one dead
22:23would
22:35have been you the front is in crisis orders from the front have come in all soldiers on leave
22:45report back at once at last i have a chance to prove myself again if this goes well for you
22:54and evelyn things might finally turn around for our family colonel sutton prepare to move out at once
23:06colonel sutton prepare to move out at once
23:13what did you just say why aren't nathan and i the ones going
23:18the major general has granted you newlyweds leave until further notice you are to remain behind
23:25leave that's one way to say they're staying clear of the front sounds more like being set aside
23:31then what exactly is sophie supposed to be why did you call her colonel
23:37miss sophie sutton has been formally commissioned by the major general of the seventh military
23:40district effective today she holds the rank of colonel that's impossible what could possibly
23:48qualify her for a rank like that because at wilton during the main assault she was the first to jump
23:54into the enemy trench she took out multiple forward gun positions and tore open a breach for the main
23:59force because before black creek fell she got 37 civilians and wounded men across the north bridge
24:06and out of the line of fire alive
24:12and because at the eastern narrow pass she held the whole line by herself and kept the enemy pinned
24:16down until reinforcements arrived
24:21is that enough for you
24:28sophie i don't know when you learn to shoot but riding is no game if you can't ride
24:55are you hurt
25:05come on we're riding for the front
25:18what are you doing
25:19what is it are you reconsidering things now what is it are you reconsidering things now
25:29what gives you the right to lay a hand on him
25:35that's enough don't push this any further
25:38what did the blake family ever do to deserve bringing a woman like you into this house
25:55miss 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
26:08one of the enemy nation's most feared commanders had been captured and was being held at the field
26:13hospital 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
26:31after the nurse assigned to julian was evelyn this is a statement from a trainee nurse she passed julian's
26:38room and saw evelyn panic right after he died then evelyn tried to burn the medical chart the medicine log
26:43and the handover records to destroy the evidence but the wind was too strong that night and black creek was
26:47full 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 he led men back in to save people and kept organizing
27:07evacuations through the flames
27:09but then the enemy attacked your father had no choice but to fight he was badly outnumbered
27:13and he fell so my father died because of evelyn
27:19not just your father your six brothers died because of her too
27:27go on the specifics we still need to investigate further
27:36keep investigating i need to know what exactly does she have to do with the deaths of my six brothers
27:43yes
27:45general lucas the frontline military orders have arrived evelyn and i request to lead the iron
27:50cavalry into battle immediately our wedding leave is over as heroes it is only right that we fight for
27:55our country besides we can't let some newly commissioned woman get all the battlefield glory
28:00can we the major general of the seventh military district just signed as of today the iron cavalry
28:05is under the full command of colonel sophie sutton you two just need to provide support for port from
28:11the rear what the iron cavalry is the best in the republic and i led them to that hero title
28:16she's been
28:17sitting at home for a year what right does she have to command me general sophie colonel sutton
28:21hasn't set foot on a battlefield in years the iron cavalry needs a commander with real experience
28:24someone the troops will follow are you questioning my decision i mean she's just trying to steal the
28:30credit sophie doesn't care about the country she's getting back at me and nathan handing the iron
28:35cavalry over to her that's playing with everyone's lives i'm trying to steal credit of course
28:42fine since you think i'm not qualified i'll give you a chance challenge me
28:57you think a housewife like you can beat me
29:02general lucas i request a challenge against sophie tomorrow fine but if you lose you'll lose all
29:08credit for the southern front and hand over command of all your current troops clear what if she loses
29:14if sophie loses the iron cavalry gets transferred why she will only losses one regiment but if i lose
29:19i lose everything the challenger is supposed to put up a bigger stake not enough one more thing if you
29:25lose you hand over the iron cavalry and for the rest of your life you will never set foot on
29:30a battlefield
29:39again
29:41i accept evelyn isn't this too risky
29:49ridiculous i won't lose to a worthless like her
30:02use this
30:08a wooden stick the general want her to die does he evelyn's got a real sword how's she supposed to
30:12fight with a wooden stick calm down sophie i've been holding back for way too long i'm going to
30:17make her pay don't worry i'll get to the bottom of everything your whole family's desk oh coming at me
30:23with a stick sophie i know you've been riding on your family's dead war heroes to get glory
30:30but you'll never be as good as me we're the ones risking our necks on the front line shedding blood
30:35killing enemies and in the end all the credit goes to some woman who only got ahead because of her
30:39family name exactly what makes her a colonel just because her dad's a general evelyn beat her to a
30:44pump shut up one more word you'll face court-martial
30:51all because of you my father died in that fire at black creek and my six brothers there is no
30:59need evelyn
31:00we'll beat you step back
31:09arm duel whoever knocks the other off their horse first wins begin
31:33that strike from sophie was brutal evelyn nearly got knocked off her horse
31:47again
31:48that wooden stick general lucas gave it to you is it modified or something
31:54impossible i'm a cavalry soldier how can i get beaten like this by some stick the stick it's got
31:59to be modified yeah unfair there must be something wrong with that stick yes that's not fair
32:06it's not fair look closely
32:15again don't get cocky
32:18again don't get cocky
32:30stop playing tricks
32:44Hmm.
33:12I'LL KILL YOU!!!
33:19I'LL KILL YOU!!!
33:21I'LL KILL YOU!!!
33:33Kneel.
33:40For a year, every single night, I dream about that fire.
34:00You... you can't kill me!
34:03I'M A HERO!!!
34:08You killed my whole family!
34:10You deserve to die!
34:12Sophie!!!
34:18You lose.
34:20You lose.
34:21You lose.
34:21You lose.
34:23You lose.
34:23You lose.
34:23You
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