“Why'd you leave?” – Sean Carmody, The Sundowners ... Movie Quotes Database

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Sean Carmody

[on hearing Venneker had been a ship's captain]

Why'd you leave?

Rupert Venneker

My stomach. I was a notoriously bad sailor.

Sean Carmody

Dad says you must have been a better sailor than you are a horseman.

Rupert Venneker

What the devil is he talking about? I was cashiered from the 17th Lancers before he knew one end of a horse from the other! NOT that he does now! Hah!

Sean Carmody

What does cashiered mean?

Rupert Venneker

Uh - kind of promotion from the army into civilian life.

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