Lou Krugman: Mohammed Akbar

Quotes 

• [first lines] 

  [a troop of Bengal Lancers rides past where Akbar's cutthroats are hiding] 

  Yasin Karim : Shall I fire a shot and order them to surrender?

  Mohammed Akbar : Shhh! You want them to hear you?

  Yasin Karim : But you are the great Mohammed Akbar.

  Mohammed Akbar : I know that.

  Yasin Karim : And I know it.

  Mohammed Akbar : But the Lancers - do they know it?

  Yasin Karim : But of course! They consider you a treacherous and unscrupulous enemy.

  Mohammed Akbar : Please, no flattery. I'm thinking.

• Mohammed Akbar : If only the Lancers would accept defeat gracefully, but always they insist on more fighting - never satisfied until they win!

  Yasin Karim : Greedy dogs. Ah, well - they will have to give up soon... otherwise we will have no men left.