They""re going as slow as they dare.But Saito has cut their food rations.And if he makes the sick men work, well, they""re going to die.That""s all there is to it.Nicholson: Yes Clipton, I understand, truly.But don""t you see.It""s a matter of principle.If we give in now, there""ll be no end to it.No...I""m adamant.I will not have an officer from my battalion working as a coolie!Clipton wonders to himself after having witnessed both colonels calling each other mad: "Are they both mad or am I going mad? Or is it the sun?" He gazes upwards into the blinding sun.Caesar remarked firmly: "I know what it is I want to change." The group realized that they were being watched: "Whoever or whatever is down here - Now knows we are too now.In his office, Mr.Skinner (Pierre Watkin), the grateful, but pompous bank president, congratulates Egbert on his daring, gallant deed:And I wish to personally give you a hearty handclasp...." A miniature Nativity crèche (revealed to be sitting at the end of a long speakeasy bar counter) sets the time period of the year - Christmas.