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TAKE ON FUEL RIGHT AWAY.

WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE NORTH SECTOR IN ABOUT AN HOUR.

VERY GOOD, MR. WORTHING.

HOW ARE YOU, MR. WORTHING?

HELLO, JIM.

I DIDN'T EXPECT YOU FOR OVER A WEEK.

IT'S A BIG TERRITORY. I'VE BEEN PUSHING THROUGH DAY AND NIGHT.

WHISKEY AND SODA?

A LITTLE TONIC WATER.

THE BOYS WILL BE GLAD TO SEE YOU-AN EXCUSE FOR A CELEBRATION.

A VISITOR'S QUITE AN EVENT.

EVEN WHEN IT'S THE BOSS?

EVEN WHEN IT'S THE BOSS.

ALL CELEBRATIONS ARE OUT, AND ALL LEAVES, JIM, FOR THE DURATION.

BUT A WHITE MAN CAN'T TAKE THIS AFRICAN CLIMATE AS A STEADY DIET.

WE TOOK IT IN THE OLD DAYS

WITHOUT ANY FANCY REFRIGERATORS, ELECTRICITY,

AND AIR CONDITIONING GADGETS.

BELIEVE ME, JIM, YOU'RE GOING TO TAKE IT, TOO.

WITH THE JAPS IN MALAYA, WE NEED RUBBER... AND MORE RUBBER.

WE'RE PRETTY NEAR OUR LIMIT NOW.

WE'VE DOUBLED OUR LAST YEAR'S OUTPUT.

TRIPLE IT. QUADRUPLE IT. THANKS.

BUT THE LABOR.

FAIR TREATMENT AND GOOD WAGES ALWAYS ATTRACT GOOD LABOR.

GO OUT IN THE BUSH AND RECRUIT THEM.

HOW ABOUT EQUIPMENT AND TRANSPORTATION?

DO WHAT WE DID IN THE OLD DAYS.

THAT'S WHAT WE STARTED WITH.

THERE WEREN'T ANY SCHOOLS OR INFIRMARIES OUT HERE THEN,

AND THE PLAGUE WOULD WIPE OUT A WHOLE DISTRICT,

BUT WE BROUGHT THE RUBBER IN AND GOT IT DOWN TO THE COAST.

QUITE A DOPE BACK IN 1910, HMM?

YES, IT WAS.

BLASTED HOT TODAY.

BET YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT I'M THINKING, WITZEL.

I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW YOU THOUGHT.

I'M THINKING HOW YOU'D LIKE TO BE SAYING GOOD-BYE

TO THIS PUTRID RIVER

AND THOSE STINKING RUBBER POTS.

IT'S THE LAST TIME I'LL EVER SMELL BUSH SWEAT.

AND BEST OF ALL, IT'S THE LAST TIME I'LL EVER SEE YOU.

HAVE YOU NOTICED ANYTHING?

THE NATIVES HAVE BEEN LOOKING AT ME LATELY

IN A QUEER SORT OF WAY.

MAYBE THEY WONDER HOW YOU CAN WALK WITHOUT A SPINE.

WHAT'S THE MATTER?

BELLY SICKNESS.

UMEELA.

HIM MUCH BELLY SICK.

TAKE HIM DOWN TO THE WHITE JUJU.

NOTHING WRONG WITH HIS BELLY.

IT'S HIS FOOT- MAMBA BITE.

SEE IF THE OLD QUACK CAN GET THE INFECTION OUT.

UTOTO.

OH!

BELLY SICKNESS.

OH, YES.

IT'S ALWAYS BELLY SICKNESS.

WELL, BRING HIM IN.

DARBY!

OH.

UGH!

TAKE THAT RAG OFF HIM.

AAH!

GET ME THE ALCOHOL, DARBY.

NO, NO, NO. THAT WHITE BOTTLE.

THAT'S IT.

WELL, BLESS MY SOUL.

THAT'S EMPTY, TOO.

IT'S A GOOD JOB THE BOAT IS DUE.

THAT'S TOO BAD.

AAH!

STINGS, EH?

YOU CAN IMAGINE WHAT IT DOES

TO THE LINING OF YOUR STOMACH.

OH, HELLO, WITZEL.

THOUGHT I'D DROP IN.

10 DEGREES COOLER HERE THAN MY PLACE,

AND MUCH COZIER.

HA HA.

NO, THANKS. I WON'T HAVE ANOTHER.

I...

I JUST HAD ONE.

YEAH. SO I NOTICED.

OH.

ANOTHER TOUCH OF FEVER?

FOR THE WHITE MAN, IT'S ALWAYS FEVER.

FOR THE NATIVES, IT'S ALWAYS BELLY SICKNESS.

YOU THINK MAYBE YOU OUGHT TO HAVE

A PAPER OF QUININE?

DON'T YOU EVER PRESCRIBE ANYTHING BUT QUININE?

WHY DON'T YOU TAKE SOME YOURSELF FOR A CHANGE

AND LEAVE MY WHISKEY ALONE?

I'VE TOLD YOU, WITZEL,

THAT A FEW MONTHS IN A TEMPERATE CLIMATE-

OH, DROP THAT BEDSIDE MANNER.

YOU'RE NOT TALKING TO ASHLEY, YOU'RE TALKING TO ME.

AT LEAST I'M GLAD HE'S GOING HOME.

OF COURSE YOU'RE GLAD. DOESN'T MEAN A BLASTED A THING TO YOU

THAT I'VE GOT TO BREAK IN A NEW JELLYFISH

THAT THEY'RE SENDING OUT FROM THE HOME OFFICE.

AND I KNOW JUST THE TYPE HE'LL BE-

COME OUT HERE WITH A WHOLE SUPPLY OF STIFF LINEN COLLARS

AND ASK ME A MILLION ASININE QUESTIONS AN HOUR.

"I SAY, HOW'S THE HUNTING?

ARE THE NATIVES FRIENDLY?"

THEN HE'LL GET HOMESICK AND GO BACK HOME AND WRITE A BOOK

ABOUT "WHEN YOU'RE DRIVING IN YOUR MOTOR,

DO YOU EVER STOP TO PONDER WHERE WE GET THE RUBBER FOR YOUR TIRES?"

I CAN'T STOMACH ANY MORE OF THEM.

HE MAY BE A VERY CHARMING FELLOW.

I TELL YOU, I CANNOT GO ON

LIVING MONTH AFTER MONTH, YEAR AFTER YEAR,

WITHIN THE SAME FOUR WALLS

WITH THE SAME MAN ANY LONGER!

I'D FIND MYSELF WAITING FOR HIM

TO PHRASE A CERTAIN SENTENCE IN A CERTAIN WAY,

AND IF HE DID, IT WOULD DRIVE ME MAD.

I KNOW...

AND IF HE DIDN'T, IT WOULD DRIVE ME MAD!

I TELL YOU, WITZEL, A FEW MORE YEARS OF THIS-

FOR HEAVEN'S SAKES, STOP DIGGING GRAVES, WILL YOU?

I KNOW WHAT YOU MEAN - A FEW MORE YEARS WILL FINISH ME.

I DIDN'T SAY SO.

NO, BUT YOU LOOKED IT!

WHY DON'T YOU CLEAR OUT YOURSELF?

YOU'RE ALWAYS TELLING EVERYBODY ELSE TO.

WELL, PERHAPS THERE'S A REASON.

YEAH, NO MEDICAL BOARD TO CALL A TURN WHEN YOU'RE DRUNK.

DRUNK?

WELL, YOU'RE HALF-DRUNK NOW!

INDEED, I WISH I WERE.

GO ON AND TAKE IT. YOU'LL ONLY STEAL IT WHEN MY BACK IS TURNED, ANYWAY.

IF I WERE A YOUNGER MAN, WITZEL,

I WOULD RESENT YOUR INNUENDOES.

YOU WOULDN'T RESENT ANYTHING

WITH A DRINK HANGING ON THE END OF IT.

THE BOAT! THERE SHE IS!

THE BOAT! HA HA!

SOON WE'LL HAVE LETTERS AND PARCELS

AND PAPERS TO KEEP US BUSY FOR WEEKS! THE BOAT!

DOCTOR, DOCTOR! WHERE ARE YOU?

THE BOAT'S COMING! THE BOAT'S COMING!

I SAW THE SMOKE BEFORE I HEARD THE WHISTLE.

DID YOU REALLY?

HEY, AND THE MAIL.

WE'LL GET THE MAIL.

I'LL LEAVE YOU TWO SENTIMENTALISTS TOGETHER.

SEE YOU BEFORE YOU GO, ASHLEY,

ALTHOUGH I DOUBT IF WE'VE GOT ANYTHING MORE TO SAY

TO EACH OTHER WE HAVEN'T ALREADY SAID.

I DOUBT IF I COULD RESIST THE TEMPTATION, THOUGH,

OF HEARING YOU SAY ONCE MORE,

"IT'S BLASTED HOT TODAY."

YOU HEARD THE WHISTLE, DIDN'T YOU?

IT WASN'T MY IMAGINATION, WAS IT?

NO, OF COURSE NOT.

I SAW THE SMOKE WAY AROUND THE BEND.

SHE'S COMING, AND I'M GOING.

NOTHING CAN STOP ME NOW.

HERE. HAVE A DRINK.

OH, YOU'VE BEEN AWFULLY DECENT TO ME, DOCTOR.

WHY IS IT AFRICA'S NEVER GOT YOU?

WISH YOU COULD COME BACK WITH ME.

WHY DON'T YOU QUIT?

HELLO, DOCTOR!

HELLO, PADRE.

ASHLEY.

PADRE!

I'M SO GLAD I DIDN'T MISS YOU, ASHLEY.

I HAD TO WISH YOU GODSPEED.

GLAD YOU CAME.

YOU LOOK A LITTLE TIRED.

YES, MY CANOE HIT A DRIFTING IRONWOOD LOG

AND CAVED IN THE SIDE.

SIT DOWN.

THE CREW BOYS RAN IT ASHORE,

AND I WALKED THE LAST 3 MILES.

YOU HAVE EVERYTHING READY TO LEAVE?

READY? OH, YES. I HAVE BEEN PACKED AND REPACKED

THE LAST SIX WEEKS.

YOU'RE NATURALLY EXCITED.

EXCITED? OH, NO, NO.

I'M NOT EXCITED.

NO, I'M JUST CALM NOW

AND PEACEFUL LIKE.

LIKE MORPHINE BEGINNING TO TAKE EFFECT.

YEAH.

OR THE PEACE OF THE HEART AFTER PRAYER.

YOU TWO SOUND LIKE A COUPLE OF COMMERCIAL TRAVELERS

ADVERTISING YOUR WARES.

HOW ARE YOU, PADRE? HAVEN'T SEEN YOU IN WEEKS.

WELL, IT'S A LONG BUSHWHACK.

I THINK I'LL SEE THE QUEEN COME IN, TOO.

SKIPPER!

HELLO, ASHLEY!

HOW ARE YOU, DOC?

HELLO, SKIPPER!

TAKE COMMAND, TED.

SEE YOU AT WITZEL'S.

AYE, AYE, SIR.

SKIPPER, I'M COMING BACK WITH YOU!

GOOD.

I'M GOING HOME!

HELLO, THERE!

WELL, HELLO, CAPTAIN!

GLAD TO SEE YOU, PADRE.

GLAD TO SEE YOU.

HAVE A DRINK?

NEVER BEEN KNOWN TO REFUSE.

WHERE'S THE NEW MAN?

IN THE CABIN, FUSSING WITH HIS LUGGAGE.

WHAT TYPE OF MAN IS HE?

NOT BAD. A BIT TOO CLEAN,

BUT SO WAS WE ALL ONCE.

HERE WE ARE AGAIN, GENTS.

HELLO, TED.

HOW DO YOU DO, REVEREND? HOW DO YOU DO, MR. WITZEL?

WELL, HERE WE ARE. WE GOT SOME MAIL.

YES, THE MAIL.

SEEMS AGES SINCE I HAD A LETTER.

NEVER MIND, ASHLEY. YOU'LL BE WRITING US SOON.

ONE FOR YOU, MR. WILBUR ASHLEY.

OH, THAT'S A CATALOG.

DON'T DO THAT.

IT'S SOMETHING TO READ.

"MR. WILBUR ASHLEY,

"MR. ASHLEY,

"ASHLEY,

ASHLEY"...

"ASHLEY!"

"ASHLEY."

"MR. HARRY WITZEL,

"MR. HARRY WITZEL...

WITZEL"...

UH...

"THE REVEREND MR. ROBERTS.

MR. ROBERTS."

UH...

"ROBERTS."

THANK YOU.

"MR. HARRY WITZEL."

AW, IT'S TOUGH, DOCTOR.

ARE YOU QUITE SURE

YOU DIDN'T LEAVE ANY IN THE BOTTOM OF THE BAG?

I'M A LITTLE DISAPPOINTED.

NAH. THAT'S ALL THERE IS, DOC.

SO THEY FORGOT YOU AGAIN THIS TIME, EH, DOC?

TOO BAD.

OH, IT'S-IT'S OF NO CONSEQUENCE.

NO DOUBT MY NEXT MAIL WILL BE MUCH BIGGER.

OH, I BEG YOUR PARDON.

MY FAMILY'S GOING TO PICK ME UP AT MADEIRA!

ISN'T THAT GREAT?

THEY'VE SENT 23 MISSIONARIES TO NEW GUINEA.

IMAGINE THAT-23.

WELL, TO THE NEXT MAIL.

THERE'S THE PASSENGER COMING ASHORE, TED!

PILOT HIM UP!

AYE, AYE, SIR!

HERE'S YOUR CONSIGNMENT, WITZEL.

ALWAYS HAPPY TO SEE YOU, SKIPPER.

THANK YOU, DOC.

WELL...

OH, NO.

GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYBODY.

GREETINGS. HOW DO YOU DO?

GLAD TO SEE YOU.

WHICH ONE OF YOU GENTLEMEN IS MR. WITZEL?

I'M VERY GLAD TO KNOW YOU, SIR.

I EXPECT WE'LL BE SEEING A GREAT DEAL OF EACH OTHER

IN THE NEXT FOUR YEARS.

YEAH. LET ME INTRODUCE YOU TO YOUR FELLOW PRISONERS.

THE GENTLEMAN IN THE CHAIR IS REVEREND MR. ROBERTS. HE'S OUR MISSIONARY.

HOW DO YOU DO, SIR? GOOD.

THIS IS THE DOCTOR.

HE'LL FILL YOU FULL OF QUININE

ON THE SLIGHTEST PROVOCATION.

AND THAT'S WILBUR ASHLEY, THE MAN YOU'RE RELIEVING.

MR. LANGFORD, IT WON'T BE MANY MONTHS BEFORE YOU REALIZE

JUST WHAT A RELIEF YOU REALLY ARE.

THAT DOESN'T SOUND ANY TOO CHEERFUL, DOES IT?

DON'T TAKE NO NOTICE OF THEM.

THEY'RE ALL SUN-BAKED.

HA HA HA!

GENTLEMEN, ON THIS AUSPICIOUS OCCASION,

I CLAIM THE PRIVILEGE OF A TOAST.

HERE'S TO THE MAN WHO HAS JUST COME OUT...

THANK YOU.

AND HERE'S TO THE MAN WHO'S GOING BACK.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

AND HERE'S TO THE MAN WHO STAYS.

HEAVEN HELP HIM.

BLASTED HOT TODAY.

I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR HOURS TO HEAR YOU SAY THAT, YOU SWINE!

I'LL GO AND CHECK THAT RUBBER.

COME ON, TED.

AYE, AYE, SIR.

JUST A MINUTE. I'M COMING WITH YOU.

NOT TAKING ANY CHANCES.

I MIGHT AS WELL PICK UP MY SUPPLIES.

BE BACK SHORTLY, MR. LANGFORD.

I WANT TO HAVE A LONG CHAT WITH YOU ABOUT THE OLD COUNTRY.

AND I WITH YOU ABOUT THE NEW ONE.

THE OLD COUNTRY. AHH.

I'LL BET YOU GET GREAT HUNTING OUT HERE.

YEAH, GREAT.

MOST OF THE TIME YOU'LL HUNT FOR A SPOT

THAT'S COOL ENOUGH TO BREATHE IN.

THEN YOU HUNT THROUGH ALL THIS TWADDLE

THAT THE HOME OFFICE SENDS OUT HERE BY THE TON.

ARE, UH...

ARE THE NATIVES FRIENDLY?

OH!

DO YOU HAPPEN TO KNOW, MR. LANGFORD,

WHETHER THEY BROUGHT OUT MY MEDICAL SUPPLIES?

NO, I REALLY COULDN'T SAY, DOCTOR.

OH... SEEMS A SHAME

TO WASTE GOOD WHISKEY STERILIZING.

I'M MOVING OUT OF HERE, LANGFORD.

TOO HARD ON THE NERVES FOR BOTH OF US UNDER THE SAME ROOF.

KEEP OUT OF MY WAY, AND I'LL KEEP OUT OF YOURS.

DO YOUR WORK, AND DON'T GET INVOLVED WITH THE NATIVES.

INVOLVED?

NEVER LET THE MEN SEE YOU'RE AFRAID OF THEM,

AND DON'T MAMMY-PALAVER.

MAMMY-PALAVER?

TALK TO THEIR WOMEN, GIVE THEM TRINKETS.

WOMEN?

THAT'S RIDICULOUS, AS IF I'D BE INTERESTED.

YOU'RE NOT SUGGESTING THAT I MIGHT-

I'M NOT SUGGESTING THAT YOU MIGHT.

I'M PROPHESYING THAT YOU WILL.

THE COLLEGE OF SURGEONS, IN MY DAY,

WAS A GREAT INSTITUTION.

YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW QUITE HOW TO TAKE YOU.

I DON'T KNOW WHETHER YOU'RE RIBBING ME

OR WHETHER YOU'RE BEING DECIDEDLY UNPLEASANT.

NOTHING PERSONAL.

WE ALL COME OUT HERE WITH GREAT IDEAS

ON WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO.

IN THE END, WE DO JUST THE SAME AS THE OTHER FELLA.

JUST A MATTER OF TIME TILL THE DAMP ROT SETS IN.

DAMP ROT?

YEAH. SEE THAT PLANK?

LOOKS PRETTY SOLID, DOESN'T IT?

THERE YOU ARE. DAMP ROT.

WHAT CAUSES IT?

CLIMATE, MOISTURE.

MEN REACT TO IT IN ALMOST THE SAME WAY.

THERE'S A PRETTY FAIR EXAMPLE FOR YOU OVER THERE.

HE USED TO BE A PRETTY GOOD SURGEON IN HIS DAY.

NOW HE'S LESS THAN A HORSE DOCTOR.

DAMP ROT. VERY DAMP WITH HIM.

IT'S GOT ME IN ANOTHER FORM,

AND IT'LL GET YOU JUST AS SURE AS YOU'RE SURE IT WON'T.

THAT'S VERY INTERESTING.

I'LL TELL YOU HOW IT'LL START.

YOU'LL STOP SHAVING REGULARLY.

I DOUBT IT.

I KNOW IT.

THEN YOU'LL STAGNATE AND DETERIORATE,

AND IN THE END...

WELL, JUST REMEMBER WHAT I TOLD YOU ABOUT TRINKETS.

LOOK, WITZEL, AFRICA'S GOING TO BE MY HOME

FOR THE NEXT FOUR YEARS,

AND I INTEND TO MAKE IT LIVABLE.

NO MAN OR WOMAN COULD MAKE YOUR PROPHECY COME TRUE.

THAT'S THE FIRST INTELLIGENT SOUND HE'S MADE TODAY.

LANGFORD!

COME BACK!

NEVER DO THAT.

NEVER PUT YOURSELF BETWEEN THEM AND THE WATER.

I DIDN'T. I GOT A SHOT OF HIM JUST AS HE WAS SUBMERGING.

THEY USUALLY SWIM IN PAIRS.

THERE WAS PROBABLY ANOTHER ONE BEHIND YOU IN THOSE REEDS.

GOOD HEAVENS!

THEY ALWAYS GET AWAY FROM YOU IF THEY CAN.

THE NATIVES TREAT THEM WITH CONTEMPT.

BUT I'M NO NATIVE.

BETTER GO BACK TO THE BUNGALOW.

YOU'RE NOT USED TO THIS.

WHAT'S ALL THAT ABOUT?

THE POLICE BOYS ARE BRINGING HIM IN.

WITZEL WILL GIVE HIM A FAIR HEARING AND THEN HAND OUT THE PUNISHMENT.

WHY WITZEL?

HE'S THE RESIDENT MAGISTRATE.

SOMEONE HAS TO REPRESENT THE LAW IN THESE PARTS.

WITH ALL HIS FAULTS, WITZEL IS JUST.

COURT'S IN SESSION.

THE EVIDENCE YOU'RE ABOUT TO GIVE

SHALL BE THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH,

AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH.

POOR DEVIL LOOKS SCARED TO DEATH.

WHAT'S HE SAYING?

APPARENTLY, HE'S STOLEN SOMETHING-

A RIFLE...

MY RIFLE!

RECOGNIZE HIM?

ONE OF YOUR CONVERTS, ISN'T HE?

YES.

YEAH. WELL, I NEVER KNEW IT TO FAIL.

THAT'S WHAT YOU GET FOR PAMPERING HIM,

GIVING HIM FAIR WAGES INSTEAD OF THE WHIP,

STAMPING OUT FAMINE AND LEPROSY,

SWAPPING MEDICAL CENTERS FOR WITCH DOCTORS,

BIBLES FOR VOODOO.

MAYBE A DOSE OF MY MEDICINE WILL BE MORE EFFECTIVE THAN YOURS.

SEND HIM BACK TO SIERRA LEONE.

ONE YEAR. COURT'S ADJOURNED.

YOU MEAN THEY'RE GOING TO IMPRISON HIM A WHOLE YEAR

FOR PRACTICALLY NOTHING?

THE RESIDENT HAS THE LEGAL POWER OF LIFE OR DEATH.

BUT JUST FOR TAKING A RIFLE?

YES, BUT DIDN'T YOU UNDERSTAND?

HE SHOT IT OFF...

AND AT WITZEL.

DON'T SPILL IT!

UNGOWA!

HOW ABOUT A LITTLE SPOT BEFORE WE EAT?

OH, MAYBE I BETTER STAY AND WATCH THIS.

YOU'LL HAVE PLENTY OF TIME IN THE NEXT FOUR YEARS.

OH?

WE USUALLY EAT ALONE.

YOU DO?

WITZEL'S ORDERS.

BUT WE ALWAYS CELEBRATE BEFORE THE BOAT LEAVES.

AHH. HA HA.

NOW, THAT'S WHAT I CALL A FEED.

NOW, IF WE WAS BACK IN SIERRA LEONE...

OH...

YOU MEAN MAGGIE.

IT'S BEEN SO LONG,

I WOULDN'T KNOW HOW TO TALK TO A CIVILIZED WOMAN.

OH, SHUT UP.

WHO DO YOU THINK WE SEE LAST TRIP BACK IN SIERRA LEONE?

YOU KNOW, THAT CHOCOLATE CLEOPATRA.

TONDELAYO.

WELL, WHO IS THIS TONDELAYO?

QUITE AN EYEFUL, IF YOU SHOULD ASK ME.

UP TO HER TRICKS AGAIN AT THE CONVENT.

YOU SHOULD SEE THE TRADERS WHAT GOT RELIGION

JUST TO GET AROUND THERE TO TAKE A SQUINT AT THAT HALF-BREED.

IT'S THE HARDEST FIGHT WE HAVE.

AS SOON AS WE TEACH A FEW WOMEN TO COOK AND SEW

AND SPEAK A DOZEN WORDS OF OUR LANGUAGE,

SOME WHITE TRASH WILL TURN IT TO HIS OWN ADVANTAGE.

WHY SHOULDN'T HE?

BECAUSE THE END IS ALWAYS IN THE BEGINNING.

IT'S ALWAYS THE WHITES WHO BECOME THE MORE DEGRADED.

SHE SENT A MESSAGE TO YOU, WITZEL.

SAYS ONE DAY SHE'S COMING BACK TO COOK TIFFIN FOR YOU.

OH?

YOU WOULDN'T DRIVE HER OFF THE TERRITORY THEN, WOULD YOU, WITZEL?

SHE SHOWS HER NOSE AROUND HERE,

SHE'LL GET A WHIP ACROSS HER BACK.

SOUR GRAPES. I'VE SEEN THE WAY YOU LOOK AT HER.

YOU BLASTED IDIOT.

NOW, GENTLEMEN, PLEASE.

ISN'T IT RIDICULOUS TO BLAME HER

FOR EVERY WHITE MAN THAT LOSES HIS BALANCE?

WELL, I LIKE THAT.

DIDN'T YOU ASK ME TO KEEP HER AWAY FROM YOUR MISSION?

THAT WAS VERY DIFFERENT.

YOU BET IT WAS DIFFERENT.

THE FAIRY TALES YOU WROTE ABOUT THAT SAND WALKER.

SHE WAS TO BE EXHIBIT "A,"

AN EXAMPLE TO YOUR CONVERTS,

MORE SINNED AGAINST THAN SINNING.

I STILL BELIEVE THAT.

THE UNDEVELOPED MIND OF A CHILD

MADE DANGEROUSLY VAIN BY THE ATTENTIONS OF WHITE MEN.

WELL, CAN'T SAY THAT I BLAME THEM.

WITH ALL HER FAULTS, SHE HAD AN INNATE MORALITY.

OR SHALL WE CALL IT SELF-PRESERVATION, PADRE?

CALL IT WHAT YOU LIKE. IT'S A RAY OF LIGHT. IT DESERVES CREDIT.

TONDELAYO PLAYED YOU FOR A SAP-

TRANSLATED YOUR GOOD WORDS INTO BUSH DIALECT THAT ALL MIGHT HEAR,

AND THEN, BEHIND YOUR BACK,

TAUGHT YOUR CONVERTS TO LIE AND CHEAT AND STEAL.

SHE'S TOO HIGH AND MIGHTY FOR THE NATIVES,

AND TOO SMART FOR THE WHITE MAN.

AND FOND OF TRINKETS.

THANKS, WITZEL. THANKS FOR THE TIP.

DON'T MENTION IT.

OH, CUT THAT OUT.

THAT TUNE TAKES ME BACK.

TAKES WHO BACK?

TAKES WHO BACK, HUH?

IT'S ALL RIGHT, ASHLEY, OLD MAN.

TAKES WHO BACK?

TAKES ME BACK. TAKES ME BACK.

OH, THAT'S RIGHT.

TAKES ME BACK HOME.

HOME

SWEET...

OH, PIPE DOWN, WILL YOU?

SWEET HOME

BE IT EVER SO HUMBLE

THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE HOME

HEY, QUIT THAT STUFF.

HOME

SWEET

SWEET HOME

BE IT EVER SO HUMBLE

THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE HOME

HEY, TED, GIVE US A DANCE.

YEAH. HOW ABOUT A BARN DANCE OR A POLKA?

A HORNPIPE!

HORNPIPE!

GOOD WORK! GOOD WORK!

SAY, DO YOU FELLAS DRINK THIS MUCH EVERY NIGHT?

UNFORTUNATELY, NO.

FAR TOO MUCH ALCOHOL IS CONSUMED BY THE MEN OF THIS COAST.

EVEN YOU, DOCTOR, MUST ADMIT THAT.

IT'S MORE HEALTHFUL TO BE SOBER,

ALTHOUGH PERHAPS NOT QUITE SO PLEASANT.

LANGFORD, I ADVISE YOU TO TRY AND DO WITHOUT IT.

I DON'T THINK THAT'LL BE TOO DIFFICULT.

YOU'LL UNTHINK A LOT OF THINGS BEFORE YOU COME DOWN TO EARTH.

WE'RE ALL SUPERMEN WHEN WE FIRST COME OUT HERE.

BLASTED HOT TODAY.

IF YOU SAY THAT AGAIN, YOU SWINE, I'LL BRAIN YOU!

NO, NO, NO. WAIT, WAIT, WAIT. NO.

THEY'VE LOADED, TED.

SIGNAL 'EM WE'RE COMING ABOARD.

AYE, AYE, SIR.

NEXT TRIP, THE DRINKS ARE ON ME.

CHARMED.

SO LONG, PARSON.

GOOD-BYE, SKIPPER.

CHEERIO, WITZEL.

SKIPPER, JUST A MINUTE.

I HAVE SOMETHING I'D LIKE YOU TO DO FOR ME.

SHALL WE SEE THEM OFF?

IT'S THE LEAST WE CAN DO.

COME ON, WITZEL.

ALL RIGHT.

SAY, WHERE'S ASHLEY?

OH, SKIPPER, YOU'VE FORGOTTEN YOUR PASSENGER.

MIGHT BE A JOKE TO LEAVE HIM.

HE'D GO BARMY IF WE DID.

COME ON, TED.

COME ON, MY LAD.

YOU'RE GOING HOME.

HOME.

WE'LL HAVE TO CARRY HIM ABOARD.

I'VE ALWAYS REGRETTED THAT LIQUOR NEVER AFFECTED ME LIKE THAT.

WE'LL DEAD-FREIGHT HIM.

YEP.

COME ON. UP YOU GO.

THERE WE ARE.

A-ROTO-TEE-TOTE

SHE PAYS THE BOAT IN A VERY CHARMING MANNER

I WOULDN'T DISRUPT THE EQUILIBRIUM

OF HIS SEMICIRCULAR CANAL.

IT'S APT TO CAUSE VERTIGO AND NAUSEA.

WHAT?

IT'LL MAKE HIM SICK.

WHY DIDN'T YOU SAY SO?

ROTO-TEE-TOTE

SHE PAYS THE BOAT IN A VERY CHARMING MANNER

SEE YOU IN THE MORNING, LANGFORD.

YEAH.

HE'S GOING HOME,

AND HE DOESN'T EVEN KNOW IT.

WELL, HE DIDN'T HAVE TO DRINK HIMSELF INTO THAT CONDITION.

WELL, YOU'LL UNDERSTAND MANY THINGS, MY BOY,

BEFORE YOU'VE BEEN OUT HERE VERY LONG.

WELL, SIR, I BID YOU GOOD NIGHT.

DO YOU HAVE TO GO, DOCTOR?

PERHAPS THERE IS TIME FOR ONE LITTLE SPOT.

IT'LL BE THREE MONTHS BEFORE WE HEAR THAT WHISTLE AGAIN, EH?

OH, NO, NO, NO, NO. SHE'LL WHISTLE AGAIN

WHEN SHE GETS AROUND THE BEND.

THE CAPTAIN ALWAYS SENDS HIS AU REVOIR.

I ALWAYS LISTEN.

IT ALWAYS COMES...

LIKE A DISTANT HANDSHAKE.

YOUR HEALTH, SIR.

AGAIN, SIR,

I BID YOU GOOD NIGHT.

I AM TONDELAYO.

WHAT'S THE MATTER? WHAT'S WRONG?

YOU SENT FOR ME.

IT WASN'T THE HEAT THAT DROVE ASHLEY CRAZY.

IT WAS TONDELAYO.

THAT'S INTERESTING.

TOO INTERESTING.

YOU'RE OUT HERE TO WORK.

SHE WAS PICKED UP LEAVING YOUR BUNGALOW.

WHAT WAS SHE DOING THERE?

CURIOSITY, I GUESS.

UH-HUH. YOURS OR HERS?

PERHAPS BOTH.

WHY DIDN'T YOU KICK HER OUT?

I'M NOT USED TO KICKING PEOPLE,

PARTICULARLY IF THEY'RE WOMEN.

AND GOOD-LOOKING.

WHAT ARE YOU DRIVING AT?

WHY SHOULDN'T I TALK TO HER?

SHE'S A LOT MORE CIVILIZED THAN SOME PEOPLE I KNOW.

YOU SHOULD KNOW.

PENDULLA.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT THIS IS ABOUT,

BUT DON'T BE SCARED.

WITZEL NO BEAT TONDELAYO, EH?

OF COURSE HE WON'T.

KEEP OUT OF THIS, WILL YOU?

THIS YOUNG FOOL ISN'T ON TO YOUR TRICKS.

YOU'LL GET NO SILKS AND BANGLES FROM HIM

BECAUSE THEY'RE GOING TO THROW YOU OUT OF THIS DISTRICT RIGHT NOW,

AND IF YOU SHOW YOUR NOSE IN HERE AGAIN,

I'LL CUT MY INITIALS ACROSS YOUR BACK.

DON'T LET HER OUT OF YOUR SIGHT TILL YOU THROW HER OVER THE BORDER.

DON'T YOU EVER GIVE ANYBODY A BREAK?

YES. I'M TRYING TO GIVE YOU ONE.

IT'S A SHAME TREATING YOU LIKE THIS.

WITZEL MUCH BIG BOSS.

WITZEL THINKS HE'S A TIN GOD.

MAYBE ONE DAY TONDELAYO COME BACK

AND MAKE TIFFIN FOR YOU.

WHY TAKE CHANCES?

THERE'S NO TELLING WHAT WITZEL MIGHT DO TO YOU.

ONE TIME, WITZEL... HIM LIKE TONDELAYO MUCH.

OH?

WELL, MAYBE THAT'S THE TROUBLE.

WELL, ANYWAY, I JUST WANTED TO TELL YOU I WAS SORRY.

HERE. MAYBE YOU CAN USE THIS MONEY ON THE COAST.

IT'S NO GOOD TO ME HERE.

MUCH SILK AND MANY BANGLES!

GOOD LUCK.

BLASTED HOT TODAY.

THIS WILL BE YOUR SECTION- 1,200 TREES.

RIGHT. WHAT DO I DO?

YOU DON'T DO ANYTHING, BUT MAKE SURE THAT THEY DO.

THAT WATER HAS TO BE KEPT RUNNING

TILL THESE SAPLINGS ROOT THEMSELVES DEEP ENOUGH TO DRAW MOISTURE.

THAT SHOULDN'T BE DIFFICULT.

YEAH? THAT SUN EVAPORATES THE WATER

BEFORE THE EARTH CAN ABSORB IT.

IT'S YOUR JOB TO SEE THAT IT DOESN'T.

KEEP THESE TREES ALIVE FOR SIX MONTHS,

THEN THEY'LL TAKE CARE OF THEMSELVES.

RIGHT. I'LL INSPECT THEM EVERY MORNING.

IF YOU DO THAT, THOSE BOYS WILL SPEND THE REST OF THE DAY SQUATTING IN THE WATER.

NEVER LET THEM KNOW WHEN YOU'RE COMING. KEEPS THEM ON THEIR TOES.

NEW BOSS.

BAD TEMPER, STRONG ARM.

YOU WATCH.

HE SPEAKS A FEW WORDS. HE'LL HELP YOU CATCH ON.

DO I HAVE TO LEARN HIS LANGUAGE?

YOU'LL WAIT A LONG TIME IF YOU WAIT FOR HIM TO LEARN YOURS.

I'LL MAKE AN INSPECTION HERE IN SIX MONTHS AND TABULATE THE TREES.

YOU CAN TAKE OVER NOW.

UH, YOU CAN GET BACK TO WORK NOW.

HEY, YOU CAN GET BACK TO WORK NOW.

WELL, GO ON! BACK TO WORK!

I SAID, GET BACK TO WORK!

GO ON! GO ON! GET OVER THERE!

TELL THOSE BOYS TO HURRY!

GO ON OVER THERE AND GET TO WORK!

HA HA HA! HA HA HA!

STOP THAT NOISE.

HA HA HA!

STOP THAT NOISE, I SAY!

HA HA HA! HA HA HA!

WITZEL.

WITZEL!

HA HA HA! HA HA HA!

WITZEL!

YES?

DON'T SEND THE CANOE BACK FOR ME

TILL TIFFIN TIME.

I'M GOING TO STAY HERE ALL DAY.

THOUGHT I SENT WORD I WANTED TO SEE YOU.

I WAS VERY GREEN.

WON'T HAPPEN AGAIN...

NOW I'M BECOMING ACCLIMATIZED.

60% OF YOUR TREES DEAD IN FIVE MONTHS.

YOU'RE EVEN BETTER THAN ASHLEY.

THERE ARE A FEW THINGS I'D LIKE TO EXPLAIN TO YOU.

SIT DOWN.

AFRAID I MIGHT SOIL THESE PRETTY CHAIRS.

WHY DOES IT ANNOY YOU THAT I DON'T LIVE LIKE A PIG?

YOU DIDN'T COME OUT HERE TO OPEN A TEA SHOP.

YOU HAVEN'T GOT WHAT IT TAKES. GO ON BACK HOME.

AND HEAR YOU SAY, "I TOLD YOU YOU'D QUIT"?

YOU SAY IT EVERY DAY AND WITH THE SAME INTONATION.

IT'S GETTING ON MY NERVES.

I'M FED UP WITH YOUR BLASTED PROPHESIES!

"YOU'LL GO NATIVE. YOU'LL GO HOME."

THAT'S WHERE YOU SHOULD GO-HOME.

EVERY NATIVE HERE LAUGHS AT YOU BEHIND YOUR BACK.

A LOT OF HELP YOU'VE GIVEN ME!

WHAT DO YOU THINK I AM, A WET NURSE?

I THINK YOU'RE A SWINE.

I TAKE THAT AS A COMPLIMENT, COMING FROM YOU.

NOW, THEN, IF IT ISN'T ASKING TOO MUCH,

WOULD YOU MIND MAKING OUT A REPORT FOR THE HOME OFFICE?

TELL THEM WHAT A NICE, COZY LITTLE PLACE YOU'VE GOT HERE.

AND DON'T FORGET TO TELL THEM THAT YOU SHAVE EVERY DAY

AND THAT YOU'VE GOT THE CUTEST LITTLE BATHTUB.

OH, AND YOU MIGHT MENTION JUST RATHER CASUALLY AS SORT OF A POSTSCRIPT

THAT YOU KILLED A FEW ACRES OF TREES.

THEY'LL LIKE THAT.

GET ME A GIN AND LIME.

I SAID, GET ME A GIN AND LIME!

DON'T PRETEND YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND.

AND I TOLD YOU FOR DAYS TO FILL THAT LAMP!

GIN AND LIME. GIN AND LIME!

GOOD MORNING-

MUST BE VERY IMPORTANT

IF I HAVE TO GET OUT OF MY TUB.

WITZEL, IT'S MORE IMPORTANT THAN YOU SEEM TO REALIZE.

WELL, WHERE IS LITTLE LORD FAUNTLEROY?

OH, PLEASE.

LANGFORD!

WITZEL WANTS TO TALK TO YOU.

WELL, IT'S A GREAT PRIVILEGE.

HELP YOURSELF TO A DRINK, DOCTOR.

WHAT ARE YOU DOING?

GETTING YOURSELF FIXED UP TO GIVE THE NATIVES A LAUGH,

OR ARE YOU GETTING READY TO GO HOME?

WHEN MY FOUR YEARS ARE UP, I'LL SIGN FOR ANOTHER STRETCH.

I'LL BE HERE WHEN THEY CARRY BACK WHAT'S LEFT OF YOU.

POOR BLOODY FOOL.

OH, NOW, PLEASE, WITZEL.

I ASK YOU, DON'T KEEP TELLING HIM TO GO HOME.

IT'S BECOME AN OBSESSION WITH HIM.

AS SOON AS HE BECOMES ACCLIMATIZED-

DON'T USE THAT WORD "ACCLIMATIZED"!

I CAN'T STAND IT! EVERY DAY FOR MONTHS,

I'VE HAD TO LISTEN TO LANGFORD PHILOSOPHIZING ABOUT BEING ALL RIGHT

AS SOON AS HE GETS ACCLIMATIZED.

AND FOR THE LOVE OF PITY, DON'T TELL ME TO TAKE QUININE.

THAT'S WHAT YOU WERE GOING TO SAY, ISN'T IT?

OR THAT YOU'VE LIVED IN AFRICA FOR THE LAST 20 YEARS.

I KNOW THAT, TOO. OR THAT I'M ABOUT DUE FOR ANOTHER ATTACK.

THAT'S WHAT YOU WERE GOING TO SAY.

I ONLY-

CAN ANYBODY SAY ANYTHING THAT DOESN'T SOUND LIKE A NURSERY RHYME?

DO YOU HAVE TO SHOUT? ARE WE ALL DEAF?

NO, BUT YOU'RE ALL DUMB.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO COME HERE, YOU KNOW.

NO, NOT IF I WANT TO DO EVERY BLASTED BIT OF WORK MYSELF, I DON'T.

THIS ISN'T A SEASIDE RESORT.

WE'RE OUT HERE TO WORK.

IT WAS AGREED WHEN YOU CAME OUT THAT WHAT I SAID, WENT.

EVER SINCE THEN, YOU'VE SAT BACK AND LET ME DO THE WORK

WHILE YOU WAIT TO GET ACCLIMATIZED.

YOU GO TO THE DEVIL.

NOW, NOW, MY BOY.

PERHAPS YOU WOULDN'T MIND DECIPHERING THIS REPORT OF YOURS.

AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED, IT MIGHT AS WELL BE WRITTEN IN CHINESE.

IF YOU'D SPEND A LITTLE MORE TIME SHOWING ME WHAT I OUGHT TO DO

AND A LITTLE LESS TIME PROPHESYING WHAT I WON'T DO, WE MIGHT GET SOMEWHERE.

NOW, NOW, NOW, GENTLEMEN, PLEASE.

IN HUNDREDS OF SQUARE MILES,

THERE ARE ONLY FOUR WHITE MEN.

WE ALL HAVE OUR FAULTS, AND WE GET ON EACH OTHER'S NERVES.

THE LEAST WE CAN DO IS TO MAKE ALLOWANCES FOR EACH OTHER

AND BE A LITTLE HUMAN.

WHAT DO YOU SAY, WITZEL?

WELL, MAYBE THERE IS SOMETHING IN WHAT YOU SAY.

YOU'RE RIGHT, DOCTOR.

SORRY IF I WAS UNPLEASANT, WITZEL.

IT'S ALL RIGHT.

FEELING KIND OF ROTTEN TODAY.

I KNOW. FORGET IT.

I'LL BE ALL RIGHT AS SOON AS I GET ACCLIMATIZED.

THERE YOU GO WITH THAT BLASTED WORD "ACCLIMATIZED" AGAIN!

ISN'T THERE ANOTHER WORD IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE BUT "ACCLIMATIZED"?

ACCLIMATIZED, ACCLIMATIZED!

YES! THERE'S "GO HOME" AND "GO NATIVE"!

YEAH. WELL, PERHAPS I'M NOT SO FAR WRONG ON THAT, EITHER.

I GOT A TIP TONDELAYO'S BACK IN THE DISTRICT AGAIN.

AT YOUR INVITATION?

YOU MIND YOUR OWN BUSINESS!

I'M RESIDENT OF THIS DISTRICT,

AND IF SHE SETS HER FOOT IN THIS STATION,

I'LL PUT A WHIP ACROSS HER BACK

IF I HAVE TO DRAG HER OUT OF YOUR ARMS TO DO IT.

YOU DIRTY, ROTTEN-MINDED SWINE!

NO, NO, NO, MY BOY.

SOMEDAY I'LL KILL HIM.

I SWEAR IT! SOMEDAY I'LL KILL HIM!

NO, NO, YOU MUSTN'T-

LET ME ALONE. YOU GET ON MY NERVES AS MUCH AS HE DOES.

GET OUT. GET OUT!

IF THERE'S NO OTHER WAY I CAN APPEAL TO YOU,

I MIGHT REMIND YOU THAT I AM YOUR GUEST.

ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT, I APOLOGIZE.

I'M SORRY. WHAT MORE CAN I SAY?

IS IT TRUE WHAT WITZEL SAID ABOUT TONDELAYO BEING BACK?

HOW SHOULD I KNOW?

OF COURSE, YOU DO KNOW JUST WHO AND WHAT SHE IS.

YES, YES, YES.

SHE KNOWS HOW TO PURR HER WAY INTO YOUR MIND

AND SCRATCH HER WAY OUT,

ALWAYS TAKING AND NEVER GIVING.

SHE'S THE NEAREST THING TO A CIVILIZED WOMAN I'VE SEEN

IN FIVE IMPOSSIBLE MONTHS.

HOW DO YOU DO, AWYLA?

WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN ALL THESE MONTHS?

MISSION AT LAGOS.

ALL PRAY, PRAY, AND COOK, COOK.

TONDELAYO REMEMBER MUCH AWYLA.

WHY DO YOU CALL ME AWYLA?

AWYLA IS IBIO FOR "MY MAN."

YOU BETTER GET OUT OF THE DISTRICT BEFORE WITZEL FINDS YOU.

AWYLA AFRAID OF WITZEL?

I DESPISE HIM.

AWYLA TELL WITZEL TONDELAYO GO WHERE SHE LIKE,

DO WHAT SHE LIKE...

SEE WHO SHE LIKE.

I'D LIKE NOTHING BETTER.

SIT DOWN, PLEASE.

NO, NO, I MEAN THE CHAIR.

NO.

AWYLA MAKE MUSIC FOR TONDELAYO.

YES?

THESE RECORDS ARE ALL SCRATCHES AND MAPLE SYRUP.

HERE, LET ME SHOW YOU HOW WE DO IT.

THAT'S RIGHT.

AWYLA AWFUL NICE.

YOU BETTER GO NOW.

I MAKE YOU CHANGE YOUR MIND.

OH, NO, YOU WON'T.

TONDELAYO MAKE YOU TIFFIN.

THEN YOU'LL FEEL CHANGEABLE.

I TOLD YOU TO CLEAR OUT.

ASHLEY, HIM BAD TEMPER JUST LIKE YOU.

BUT WHEN I MAKE HIM TIFFIN, HIM ALWAYS NICE.

LOOK, TONDELAYO-

SOME DAYS I MAKE HIM TIFFIN 10, 20 TIMES.

HE MUST'VE BEEN SOME TEA DRINKER.

OH, HE NO DRINK IT ALL.

SOME HE THROW AT ME,

SOME I THROW BACK AT HIM.

HIM GAVE ME THIS.

COST PLENTY AT LAGOS.

YOU HAVE BOAT BRING ME MUCH SILK?

YES?

I TOLD YOU I DIDN'T WANT WITZEL-BOSS

TO FIND YOU HANGING AROUND HERE.

HE NO DARE HURT ME.

YOU NO LET HIM.

YOU'RE THE MOST PERSISTENT LITTLE DEVIL I'VE EVER SEEN.

AWYLA AWFUL NICE.

NOW, LOOK.

YOU'RE AMUSING, AND I LIKE YOU,

BUT I DON'T WANT YOU HANGING AROUND THIS BUNGALOW.

MAYBE WHEN THE BOAT COMES IN-

WHAT COLOR SILK YOU BUY ME?

THERE GOES THAT CONFOUNDED LAMP AGAIN!

AWYLA, I THINK I MAKE YOU TIFFIN.

A CUP OF TEA.

YOU THINK THAT CURES ANYTHING, DON'T YOU?

MAKE ALL WHITE MEN FEEL MUCH BETTER.

WELL, I DON'T WANT TO FEEL ANY BETTER.

ALL I'M TRYING TO MAKE YOU UNDERSTAND IS THAT I DON'T WANT YOU HERE.

YOU NO WANT ME HERE?

NO.

WHY?

BECAUSE.

AWYLA...

OH, WHAT'S THE USE?

WHEW!

AAH!

WHAT'S THE MATTER?

A SPLINTER!

SPLINTER!

DON'T SCREAM THE PLACE DOWN.

COME ON, I'LL GET IT FOR YOU.

IS THE FOOT ALL RIGHT NOW?

EVERYTHING ALL RIGHT NOW.

THAT'S FINE.

GOOD NIGHT.

AWYLA NO WANT TO PALAVER?

IT'S TOO HOT.

REALLY, I...

I WISH YOU WOULDN'T STAY HERE.

YOU KNOW, YOU'RE VERY PRETTY.

I KNOW.

WHO IS YOUR MOTHER?

WHAT ABOUT YOUR FATHER?

MAYBE I GET MUCH BLUE SILK, HUH?

MAYBE.

LANGFORD.

HEY, DON'T GO IN THERE.

LANGFORD.

WELL, COME RIGHT IN. MAKE YOURSELF AT HOME.

MAYBE YOU'D LIKE TO OPEN MY SUITCASES OR READ MY MAIL.

I TOLD YOU I WANTED A TABULATION

OF ALL THOSE NEW TREES IN THE NORTHEAST SECTOR.

I DON'T WORK AT NIGHT.

YOU DON'T WORK AT ALL.

MAYBE ONE DAY, THEY'LL SEND ME A MAN WITH GUTS FOR A CHANGE.

YOU BETTER GET OUT OF HERE RIGHT AWAY.

TONDELAYO SCARED WITZEL SEE HER GO.

I'LL MAKE SURE THAT HE DOESN'T. COME ON.

WAIT A MINUTE.

HE'S GONE.

TONDELAYO MUCH SCARED WITHOUT AWYLA.

ALL RIGHT, I'LL TAKE YOU.

WHERE DO YOU GO?

UP RIVER.

TRADING POST.

COME ON.

DON'T RATTLE THOSE BEADS.

HEY, WAIT A MINUTE.

WHEW. TAKE IT EASY, WILL YOU?

IS IT MUCH FARTHER?

UH-UH.

I DIDN'T KNOW

THERE WAS A TRADING POST AROUND HERE.

NO TRADING POST.

TONDELAYO TELL NATIVES

TRADER CHEAT THEM MUCH.

NATIVES NO TRADE.

HIM GO BACK TO LAGOS.

HIM BUY TONDELAYO MANY BANGLES.

HIM MUCH NICE MAN.

YOU CERTAINLY DON'T HAVE ANY INHIBITIONS, DO YOU?

HUH?

I MEAN, WHEN YOU WANT A THING,

YOU REALLY GO AFTER IT.

THEY WON'T HURT YOU.

MAYBE TONDELAYO GO BACK TO LAGOS.

MAYBE TRADER STILL THERE.

TRADER LIKE TONDELAYO MUCH.

HE'D BE A FOOL IF HE DIDN'T.

AWYLA...

BOAT'S DUE TOMORROW.

I'LL BUY YOU SILKS AND BANGLES.

YOU COME FOR THEM IN THE EVENING, HMM?

TONDELAYO NEVER GO BUNGALOW AGAIN.

TONDELAYO MUCH SCARED OF WITZEL.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE AFRAID OF HIM.

NO.

BUT I WANT TO SEE YOU AGAIN.

TONDELAYO WAIT TILL AWYLA COME TO HER.

WELL...

WHERE WILL I FIND YOU IN THIS WILDERNESS?

TONDELAYO BE HERE TOMORROW NIGHT.

AWYLA COME, YES?

WHAT YOU DO IF WITZEL FIND OUT TONDELAYO BACK?

IF HE LAID A FINGER ON YOU,

I'D PUT A BULLET THROUGH HIM.

LEAVE THOSE ALONE. I WANT TO READ THEM.

I SAID LEAVE THOSE ALONE. LEAVE THEM ALONE.

BLAST YOU, YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT I'M SAYING.

LEAVE THEM ALONE.

FOR HEAVENS SAKES, TELL THIS NATIVE TO CLEAR OUT.

HE GETS ON MY NERVES SO I WANT TO YELL.

THANKS. DRIVES ME CRAZY.

I CAN'T MAKE HIM UNDERSTAND A WORD.

I'LL NEVER BE ABLE

TO GET ONTO THEIR BEASTLY TRIBAL LANGUAGES.

OH, THEY'LL COME EASY AFTER A FEW YEARS.

YEARS?

SEEMS I'VE BEEN HERE A CENTURY ALREADY.

WELL, I'LL BE ALL RIGHT

WHEN I BECOME ACCLIMATIZED.

I, UH...

I'M RUNNING A LITTLE SHORT OF...

GO AHEAD.

OH, THANK YOU.

THAT'S MINE.

I DIDN'T KNOW YOU WENT IN FOR JEWELRY.

I THOUGHT YOU TOLD ME

YOU HADN'T SEEN TONDELAYO IN TWO MONTHS.

WELL, I HAVEN'T.

SHE DROPPED THIS

THE NIGHT I PLAYED THE GRAMOPHONE FOR HER.

THAT'S THE OLDEST TRICK IN THE WORLD.

THE LONGER SHE STAYS AWAY, THE MORE LONELY YOU GET.

YOUR MIND'S GETTING MORE LIKE WITZEL'S EVERY DAY.

WHAT IF SHE WERE ONE OF OUR OWN WOMEN?

WOULD YOU STILL PUT THE SAME IMPLICATIONS ON IT?

WELL, THAT'S DIFFERENT.

TONDELAYO MEANS NOTHING TO ME.

GLAD TO HEAR THAT, MY BOY.

EVEN OUT IN THIS COUNTRY,

WE LIVE UP TO CERTAIN STANDARDS.

I RESENT BEING TOLD WHAT I CAN DO AND WHAT I CAN'T DO.

WHAT RIGHT'S WITZEL GOT TO SCARE HER OUT OF THE TERRITORY?

SHE HAS MORE RIGHT HERE THAN WE HAVE.

I KNOW JUST HOW YOU FEEL, MY BOY.

I ONLY DROPPED IN TO WARN YOU.

SHE'S BEEN SEEN DOWNRIVER.

HOW FAR DOWNRIVER?

I REALLY COULDN'T SAY.

WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN?

I'VE LOOKED EVERYWHERE FOR YOU.

DID YOU GO TO LAGOS?

WHY DIDN'T YOU SEND ME SOME WORD?

WITZEL.

WITZEL, WITZEL! EVERYTHING OUT HERE IS WITZEL.

DOES HE OWN ALL OF AFRICA

AND EVERYTHING THAT LIVES AND BREATHES IN IT?

YOU'RE COMING BACK WITH ME RIGHT NOW FOR A SHOWDOWN.

TONDELAYO NO WANT WHIP.

AWYLA GO LAGOS?

TAKE TONDELAYO?

AND HEAR WITZEL SAY I QUIT? I'D DIE FIRST.

BUT I'VE GOT TO SEE YOU SOMETIMES.

I'VE GONE CRAZY LISTENING TO THE DOCTOR

TELL THE SAME STORIES OVER AND OVER AGAIN

AND TO WITZEL'S TIRADES.

YOU'RE MY ONLY SALVATION.

NO GO RUBBER STATION.

WITZEL WON'T DARE TOUCH YOU. I SWEAR IT.

I GOT YOU A LOT OF SILKS

AND SOME COPPER BEADS.

NEXT TRIP, THERE WILL BE A NEW GRAMOPHONE.

DON'T YOU WANT TO SEE ME ANYMORE?

IF AWYLA WERE BIG BOSS RESIDENT,

TONDELAYO BE VERY HAPPY.

TONDELAYO COULD GO WHERE SHE LIKE...

IF WITZEL WERE...

AFTER TOMORROW, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO COME AND GO

ANYWHERE YOU LIKE IN THIS TERRITORY.

AND WITZEL WON'T BE ABLE TO DO A THING ABOUT IT...

EVER AGAIN.

BUT YOU- YOU DON'T MEAN IT.

YES.

BUT-

YES, YES, YES.

BUT IT WON'T DO, I TELL YOU.

I'LL BE THE JUDGE OF THAT.

BUT THAT'S SOMETHING YOU'LL REGRET ALL YOUR LIFE.

IT'S- IT'S UNWHOLESOME.

I SUPPOSE IF I DIDN'T MARRY HER,

IT WOULD BE ALL RIGHT.

I'D RATHER DIE THAN GIVE WITZEL THAT SATISFACTION.

MY BOY, YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND.

THAT'S WHAT I'M TRYING TO MAKE YOU FIGHT.

IT'S A QUIRK THAT'S BECOME AN OBSESSION.

IT'S TAKING AWAY YOUR REASON.

AH!

IT'S AFFECTING YOUR MIND.

THANKS. I LIKE TO BE TOLD TO MY FACE

THAT I'M A DRIVELING IDIOT.

OH, PLEASE, LISTEN, MY BOY.

GO HOME.

I'M BEGGING YOU AS I WOULD MY OWN SON

IF I HAD ONE. GO HOME.

AND HEAR WITZEL SAY, "I TOLD YOU YOU'D QUIT?"

THERE GOES THE OBSESSION AGAIN.

WITZEL! WITZEL! WITZEL!

I SEEM TO BE THE TOPIC OF THIS CONVERSATION.

WITZEL, I NEED YOUR HELP.

LANGFORD NEEDS YOUR HELP.

LET'S FOR THE MOMENT FORGET ALL OUR DIFFERENCES.

LANGFORD HAS DECIDED TO MARRY TONDELAYO.

DID YOU SAY MARRY?

THAT'S SOMETHING YOU DIDN'T PROPHESY, ISN'T IT, WITZEL?

LOOK, HERE, LANGFORD...

I'VE NEVER BEEN VERY STRONG FOR YOU,

BUT I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU A PIECE OF ADVICE.

WHEN I WANT YOUR ADVICE, I'LL ASK FOR IT.

IF YOU MARRY THIS WOMAN,

YOU'RE GOING THROUGH A HELL

NO MAN CAN STAND UP AGAINST.

YOU'RE SO BADLY LICKED

THERE ISN'T A MAN ANYWHERE ALONG THIS COAST

NO MATTER HOW FAR DOWN HE'S GONE

WHO WOULDN'T RATHER SEE YOU DEAD.

I DON'T CARE WHAT ANY OF YOU THINK.

TONDELAYO'S THE ONLY THING THAT MATTERS TO ME NOW.

THAT'S DAMP ROT.

WITZEL, YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHAT PLEASURE YOU'RE GIVING ME.

I WOULDN'T MISS THE SATISFACTION

OF STICKING MY FOOT THROUGH ONE OF YOUR PROPHECIES

FOR ANYTHING IN THE WORLD.

BUT DON'T BE A BLASTED FOOL!

WHY MARRY A WOMAN LIKE TONDELAYO?

SHE'D RATHER YOU GAVE HER

A TRUMPERY PIECE OF JEWELRY ANY DAY.

AND IF YOU DO MARRY HER,

YOU'RE A BIGGER FOOL THAN EVEN I THINK YOU ARE.

GOT YOUR MESSAGE URGING ME TO COME QUICKLY.

I THOUGHT YOU MIGHT BE ILL.

HE'S NOT ILL. HE'S STARK, STARING MAD.

WANTS YOU TO MARRY HIM TO TONDELAYO.

YES, YOU'D BETTER TALK TO HIM, PADRE.

HE WON'T LISTEN TO US.

NO.

I TELL YOU AS A MAN-

AS A MAN WHO'S LIVED IN THE TROPICS FOR 20 YEARS.

SURELY YOU'RE NOT ASKING ME

TO MARRY YOU TO THIS WOMAN.

NO, NO. I'M JUST DOING THIS FOR A LITTLE AMUSEMENT.

OF COURSE I WANT TO MARRY HER.

WHAT'S MORE, I'M GOING TO.

THEN YOU WILL HAVE TO FIND SOMEONE ELSE

TO PERFORM THE CEREMONY.

SO THE DAMP ROT'S GOT YOU, TOO.

WHAT RIGHT HAVE YOU TO REFUSE?

I TELL YOU I LOVE THIS WOMAN.

I CAN'T AND WON'T LIVE HERE ALONE ANY LONGER.

BUT THE CIRCUMSTANCES-

CIRCUMSTANCES BE HANGED!

WOULD YOU HAVE REFUSED TO MARRY US

WHEN YOU FIRST CAME OUT HERE?

NO. YOU'D HAVE SAID SHE WAS ONE OF GOD'S CREATURES.

WELL, SHE ISN'T ANY DIFFERENT NOW.

IT'S YOU THAT'S DIFFERENT.

PLEASE REMEMBER YOU'RE NOT YOURSELF.

IS THE POWER VESTED IN YOU TO MARRY US?

YES, BUT I FEEL-

I'M NOT ASKING YOU WHAT YOU FEEL!

DO YOU REFUSE?

WELL, I FEEL THAT BEFORE YOU DO A THING OF THIS KIND,

YOU SHOULD GIVE IT EVERY CONSIDER-

DO YOU REFUSE?

IF YOU'VE ANY GUTS IN YOU AT ALL, ROBERTS, REFUSE!

ALL MY INSTINCTS URGE ME TO,

BUT MY CALLING COMPELS ME TO COMPLY

WITH THE PRECEPTS OF MY FAITH

AND JOIN THEM IN HOLY MATRIMONY,

IF LANGFORD INSISTS.

THANKS.

TONDELAYO.

JUST A MINUTE!

I'VE HEARD ALL I WANT FROM YOU.

YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR PLENTY MORE.

TONDELAYO.

YES, AWYLA.

YOU WANT TO STAY HERE WITH ME, DON'T YOU?

NOT JUST FOR A MONTH, BUT ALWAYS.

AWYLA GIVE ME MUCH SILK AND MANY BANGLES.

YOU SEE? SHE DOESN'T EVEN UNDERSTAND

WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.

YOU UNDERSTAND ALL RIGHT, DON'T YOU?

NOW...

SURE.

AWYLA BUY ME MANY THINGS.

NO BEAT ME MUCH,

AND TONDELAYO STAY LONG TIME.

EVERYONE CALL ME MRS. LANGFORD.

MRS. LANGFORD.

TONDELAYO FEEL VERY HAPPY.

MRS. LANGFORD MAKE YOU TIFFIN.

MRS. LANGFORD GIVE DOCTOR WHISKEY.

OH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

NO, NO. I...

WITZEL, HIM TAKE GIN AND LIME.

GET OUT OF HERE! GET OUT!

NOW YOU GET OUT.

I'LL GO WHEN I GET THROUGH WITH YOU, AND NOT BEFORE.

YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR WHAT I'VE GOT TO SAY

IF I HAVE TO HOLD YOU DOWN AND CHOKE IT INTO YOU.

YOU CAN'T PRETEND THAT A FEW WORDS FROM THE PADRE THERE

CAN SANCTIFY THIS THING, YOU KNOW THEY CAN'T.

AND YOU, PADRE, YOU KNOW BLASTED WELL THEY CAN'T.

I HAVE NO CHOICE, WITZEL.

MY DUTY COMPELS ME TO COMPLY.

DUTY? HAVEN'T YOU FORGOTTEN THE MEANING OF THE WORD?

WHERE'S YOUR COMMUNION OF THOUGHT? YOUR OWN WORDS, PADRE.

IF YOU WERE BACK HOME NOW,

WOULD YOU MARRY THAT WOMAN

TO THIS POOR, HALF-DEMENTED FOOL?

I CAN'T ANSWER THAT. THINGS OUT HERE ARE SO DIFFERENT.

YOU MEAN YOU'RE DIFFERENT.

IF YOUR UNDERSTANDING OF THE MARRIAGE SACRAMENT IS SO WARPED

AS TO ALLOW YOU TO PERFORM THIS FARCE,

THEN YOU SHOULD BE UNFROCKED.

YOU'RE GOING TOO FAR, WITZEL.

I HAVE NO LEGAL RIGHT

TO REFUSE THIS MARRIAGE,

BECAUSE TONDELAYO IS NOT OF ACCRA BLOOD.

ARE YOU CRAZY, TOO?

WHAT'S THAT YOU SAID?

SHE'LL TELL YOU HERSELF THAT SHE'S HALF-ACCRA.

I'M TELLING YOU HER FATHER WAS EGYPTIAN,

HER MOTHER A LOW-CASTE ARAB.

BOTH DIED AT THE HANDS OF WANDERING ACCRAS

WHO ALLOWED THE CHILD TO SURVIVE.

I HAVE UNDENIABLE PROOF AT THE MISSION.

WHY HAVE YOU KEPT THIS TO YOURSELF?

AFRAID OF THE EFFECT

IT MIGHT HAVE ON HIS CONVERTS, I'LL BET.

YES, THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT MY CONSCIENCE TOLD ME.

TONDELAYO COULD ONLY MEAN ANOTHER EXAMPLE

OF OUR FAILURE.

ANOTHER OF YOUR PROPHECIES GONE UP IN SMOKE, WITZEL.

GET THAT! I'M MARRYING ONE OF US.

WHAT DIFFERENCE DOES THAT MAKE?

I'M NOT ARGUING ABOUT GEOGRAPHY.

IT'S WHAT SHE IS THAT COUNTS.

LOOK HERE, LANGFORD, YOU MAY THINK I'VE BEEN TOUGH ON YOU.

ALL RIGHT, I HAVE.

MAYBE SOMETIMES I'VE EVEN BEEN UNFAIR,

BUT IT WAS ALL FOR YOUR OWN GOOD, LANGFORD,

BECAUSE I SAW WHEN YOU FIRST CAME OUT HERE

THAT YOU WERE NOT CUT OUT FOR THIS JOB.

AND I WAS IN HOPES THAT YOU'D QUIT AND GO ON BACK HOME

BEFORE IT WAS TOO LATE.

FOR 7 YEARS, I'VE WATCHED

A TRIBE OF YOU FELLAS COME AND GO,

BUT BY THE SAINTS, I'VE NEVER RUN INTO ANYBODY

AS PIGHEADED AS YOU ARE.

YOU'RE ONLY MAKING IT WORSE, WITZEL.

KEEP OUT OF THIS, YOU OLD FOOL. KEEP OUT.

YOU WANT TO SEE THIS POOR WRECK COMPLETELY DESTROYED

BY A CEREMONY THAT CAN'T BE ANYTHING BUT A MOCKERY?

YOU'RE JEALOUS, WITZEL!

JEALOUS, YOU POOR FOOL?

DO YOU THINK IF I WANTED TO DECORATE HER

IN A LOT OF CHEAP JEWELRY SHE WOULDN'T COME TO ME?

SHE'D COME RIGHT NOW.

THAT'S WHAT YOU THINK.

WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO

WHEN YOUR TIME IS UP AND YOU GO ON BACK HOME?

WILL YOU TAKE THAT CONNIVING SCUM OF THE WEST COAST

BACK WITH YOU THEN?

NO, YOU BET YOUR LIFE YOU WON'T,

AND I'LL TELL YOU WHY YOU WON'T.

BECAUSE EVEN IF YOU HAD THE GUTS TO,

SHE'D WALK OUT ON YOU

FOR THE FIRST PIECE OF TRUMPERY JEWELRY

THAT WAS DANGLED IN FRONT OF HER EYES.

TRY IT, WITZEL. JUST TRY IT.

IF YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING THIS TO SPITE ME,

IF YOU THINK YOU'RE BEATING MY PROPHECY,

YOU'VE GOT ANOTHER GUESS COMING,

BECAUSE YOU'RE DOING EXACTLY WHAT I SAID YOU'D DO,

ONLY YOU'RE CALLING IT BY ANOTHER NAME.

YOU'RE JEALOUS, WITZEL...

AND YOU'RE A SWINE.

CALL IT MARRIAGE! CALL IT WHATEVER YOU LIKE!

IT'S STILL PLAIN MAMMY-PALAVER!

AND YOU, PADRE, TRICK IT UP WITH A FEW WORDS,

HOLY OR UNHOLY, IT'S STILL MAMMY-PALAVER!

VOWS OR NO VOWS, YOU CAN'T SANCTIFY IT!

IT'S JUST MAMMY-PALAVER!

GET THAT INTO YOUR SKULL, LANGFORD. IT'S MAMMY-PALAVER!

MAMMY-PALAVER!

WITZEL, GET A HOLD OF YOURSELF.

FOR WHAT, FOR HEAVENS SAKES!

TONDELAYO.

WHAT YOU DO WITH HIM?

DID YOU HEAR WHAT THE MISSIONARY SAID ABOUT YOU?

LOOK. FUNNY.

I WANT TO EXPLAIN SOMETHING TO YOU

THAT'LL MAKE YOU VERY PROUD.

HIM MAKE BIG FACE THIS SIDE...

HIM MAKE LITTLE FACE THIS SIDE.

NEVER MIND THAT NOW.

IT'S IMPORTANT WHAT I HAVE TO TELL YOU.

WHY YOU NO WEAR THIS? MUCH PRETTY.

WHEN THE MISSIONARY COMES BACK TO MARRY US,

HE'LL EXPLAIN A LOT OF THINGS TO YOU-

ABOUT YOUR PARENTS, WHO THEY WERE.

SURE.

FROM NOW ON, YOU'LL BE TREATED AS YOU DESERVE.

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THAT?

I THINK AWYLA AWFUL NICE.

LOOK.

YEAH.

FOR HEAVEN SAKES, TURN THAT THING OFF.

I'VE READ THE SAME SENTENCE OVER 20 TIMES.

TONDELAYO LIKE MUSIC.

DO YOU HAVE TO PLAY THE SAME THING

OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN?

PRETTY, HUH?

MMM.

MAYBE YOU BUY ME GOLD ONES

WHEN YOU TAKE ME TO DUELLA.

DON'T YOU EVER THINK OF ANYTHING BUT JEWELRY?

YOU'VE GOT ENOUGH JUNK NOW TO OPEN A SHOP.

JUST THE SAME,

YOU SAY YOU BUY ME MUCH SILK AND MANY BANGLES.

WELL, HAVEN'T I?

SURE...

BUT TONDELAYO WANT MORE.

TONDELAYO ALWAYS WANTS MORE.

TONDELAYO MUST BE VERY PROUD.

SHE IS MRS. LANGFORD.

SHE MUST HAVE MORE THINGS THAN ANYBODY ELSE.

ASHLEY...

HIM GIVE ME EVERYTHING,

AND I NO HAVE TO MARRY HIM.

ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT!

I'LL BUY YOU ANYTHING YOU LIKE!

FOR HEAVENS SAKES, DON'T MAKE ME ARGUE

ON A NIGHT LIKE THIS.

I GET YOU GIN AND LIME.

NO.

AWYLA MAKE ME SICK. ALWAYS IT IS TOO HOT.

ALL TIME WE DO NOTHING.

AWYLA JUST SIT AND SIT AND NOT GIVE HANG ABOUT ANYTHING!

WHAT AM I SUPPOSED TO DO, SING AND DANCE?

BE A CLOWN?

I MARRIED TO YOU FOR 5 MONTHS,

AND YOU NOT BEAT ME ONCE.

DON'T BE RIDICULOUS.

AWYLA, PLEASE BEAT ME,

THEN MAYBE YOU FEEL MUCH BETTER.

SOON WE MAKE UP.

MUCH LOVE.

MANY BANGLES.

LOOK, IN A FEW WEEKS, THE QUEEN WILL BE IN.

I'VE ORDERED YOU A LOT OF SILKS

AND A PARASOL AND GOODNESS KNOWS WHAT.

MAYBE THEY'LL AMUSE YOU FOR A FEW DAYS.

SOON I'LL SEND YOU TO THE SISTERS AT LAGOS.

THE SISTERS AT LAGOS MAKE ME SICK.

I AM MRS. LANGFORD.

THEY CANNOT MAKE ME COOK AND PRAY ANYMORE.

WHEN THE DOCTOR COMES,

TELL HIM I'LL BE BACK.

I MUCH RATHER WITZEL COME.

WHY WE NO MAKE TIFFIN FOR HIM SOMETIME?

WHY THE SUDDEN INTEREST IN WITZEL?

HIM MUCH LONELY.

HIM WATCH TONDELAYO PLENTY.

OH, HE DOES?

HIM ALWAYS NEAR RIVER WHEN TONDELAYO SWIM.

YOU KEEP AWAY FROM WITZEL.

HE WANTS NO PART OF US,

AND WE WANT NO PART OF HIM.

MRS. LANGFORD.

MRS. LANGFORD.

JIM FISH!

PICK UP!

MRS. LANGFORD DOES NOT ACCRA PALAVER.

PICK UP!

PICK UP! PICK UP! MUCH QUICK!

PICK UP!

PICK UP, OR I HAVE YOU WHIPPED!

CAREFUL.

MUCH CAREFUL.

AAH!

WELL, WELL, BLESS MY SOUL.

WHAT ARE YOU DOING WITH THAT WHIP?

TONDELAYO SCARE MUCH DEVIL OUT OF NATIVE.

YEAH.

WHERE'S YOUR HUSBAND?

HIM OUT. HIM ALWAYS OUT.

HIM SAY NOT COME BACK TILL LATE.

I TOLD HIM I WAS COMING OVER.

SURE.

HIM SAY TOO HOT TO PALAVER WITH YOU.

REALLY? I HOPE HE'S NOT SICK.

AWYLA ALWAYS SICK.

IF HE STAY SICK,

TONDELAYO GO AWAY.

BUT YOU CAN'T DO THAT.

YOU'RE MARRIED.

SURE. I'M MRS. LANGFORD.

WELL, I DON'T MEAN THAT.

IT'S NOT THE NAME.

IT'S THE MEANING OF MARRIAGE THAT COUNTS.

OH... ALWAYS THEY COME DOWN.

DAMP ROT.

THIS TIME WE'LL LEAVE IT DOWN.

WELL, IF HE'S NOT COMING BACK,

I'LL RUN ALONG.

HELLO, LANGFORD.

I THOUGHT YOU WERE COMING OVER.

TONDELAYO SAID YOU WERE TOO HOT TO TALK.

UNFORTUNATELY, TONDELAYO STILL LIES ON PRINCIPLE.

SHE HASN'T YET LEARNED TO TELL THE TRUTH

WHERE A LIE WILL DO JUST AS WELL.

WITH LOTS OF PATIENCE, MY BOY,

YOU'LL TEACH HER.

EVERY TIME I GO DOWN THAT RIVER,

I SWEAR I'LL NEVER COME BACK.

THEN I SEE THAT LEER ON WITZEL'S FACE,

AND BY THE TIME THE SUN'S GONE DOWN,

THERE'S ONLY ONE THOUGHT BEATING IN MY MIND,

"TONDELAYO. TONDELAYO."

WHAT DO YOU WANT?

NOTHING.

TAKE IT AND GET OUT THEN.

WHY YOU NO EVER COME SEE AWYLA?

WHY YOU NO EVER COME SEE ME?

FOR THE SAME REASON I DON'T TREAD ON SNAKES.

ONE TIME TONDELAYO THINK YOU LIKE HER MUCH.

ASHLEY, HIM THOUGHT SO, TOO.

YEAH.

YOU MADE SURE OF THAT ALL RIGHT, DIDN'T YOU?

ONE TIME TONDELAYO THINK

SHE LIKE TO MAKE TIFFIN FOR YOU.

MAYBE I SHOULD HAVE LET YOU.

THAT MIGHT HAVE SAVED A LOT OF TROUBLE.

TONDELAYO KNOW.

WITZEL MUCH LONELY.

TONDELAYO LIKE WITZEL MUCH.

GET OUT OF HERE AND STAY OUT.

YOU NO LIKE AWYLA.

AWYLA NO LIKE YOU.

WHY YOU NO SEND HIM BACK ON BIG SHIP?

I WOULD IF I THOUGHT HE'D TAKE YOU WITH HIM.

MAYBE TONDELAYO STAY AND MAKE TIFFIN FOR YOU.

OH, SO YOU'RE FED UP WITH HIM, ARE YOU?

AWYLA SPEAK TO TONDELAYO

AS IF SHE WERE ACCRA WOMAN WITH NO SPIRIT.

TONDELAYO NO NATIVE.

TONDELAYO MRS. LANGFORD.

TONDELAYO WISH PLENTY MUCH SHE WASN'T.

YOU'RE STUCK WITH THAT POOR SAP, AND YOU CAN'T WIGGLE OUT OF IT.

POETIC JUSTICE.

TONDELAYO MUST ALWAYS STAY

NO MATTER WHAT SHE WANTS?

NO MATTER WHAT SHE WANTS.

IT ISN'T A MATTER OF SILKS AND BANGLES ANYMORE.

NOW YOU'RE MARRIED, AND THERE ISN'T A MAN ANYWHERE ALONG THIS COAST

WHO'LL EVER GIVE YOU A TUMBLE.

REMEMBER WHAT THE PADRE SAID AT THE CEREMONY?

HIM TALK ALL THE TIME.

"I JOIN YOU TWO IN HOLY MATRIMONY

TILL DEATH DO YOU PART."

THAT MEANS THAT YOU'RE HIS PROPERTY

FOR AS LONG AS HE LIVES.

MAYBE AWYLA SEND ME AWAY SOMEDAY.

OH, NO. IT'S THE SAME LAW FOR BOTH OF YOU.

NOW GET OUT OF HERE AND STAY OUT THIS TIME.

AAH!

NOW WHAT'S WRONG?

SPLINTER! SPLINTER!

TAKE OUT.

LET ME SEE IT.

WITZEL AWFUL NICE.

YOU CONNIVING LITTLE CHEAT.

I GAVE YOU A CHANCE TO GET OUT OF HERE.

NOW I'M GOING TO THROW YOU OUT.

COME ON! NO! NO!

TONDELAYO!

LET ME GO! LET ME GO!

LET ME GO!

AWYLA!

WE'RE GOING TO FINISH THIS RIGHT NOW.

GET AWAY, YOU BLASTED FOOL!

YOU...

MAYBE THAT WILL HELP YOU ACCLIMATIZE.

HI.

I THINK HIM MUCH BETTER.

HERE. HERE.

HERE'S SOME NEW MEDICINE.

JUST GIVE HIM A DOSE EVERY 3 HOURS.

I'LL BE BACK.

NO.

I DON'T WANT ANY MORE.

DOCTOR SAY YOU MUST TAKE.

QUININE GOOD FOR FEVER.

WE'VE GOT TO DO SOMETHING AND DO IT QUICK.

I WANT TO THANK YOU.

THE DOCTOR HAS TOLD ME WHAT A GOOD NURSE YOU'VE BEEN.

GET ME SOME QUININE.

AWYLA NO DIE, HEY?

BUT IF AWYLA DIE,

TONDELAYO HAVE NO PLACE TO GO.

THAT'S TOO BAD.

MAYBE ONE DAY I MAKE TIFFIN FOR YOU, EH?

I'M AFRAID HE'S A VERY SICK MAN.

DELIRIOUS.

MUTTERING ABOUT QUININE BURNS HIS THROAT.

QUININE BURNS?

THAT'S FUNNY.

I'VE NEVER HEARD OF A FEVER TAKING THIS FORM BEFORE.

I'LL TAKE A LOOK AT HIM.

BE VERY CAREFUL, WITZEL, DON'T IRRITATE HIM.

WHAT DO YOU THINK I AM, A RASH?

FRANKLY, I'M STUMPED.

IT CAME ON SO SUDDENLY,

AND IT'S GROWING WORSE ALL THE TIME.

DOCTOR! DOCTOR!

WHAT IS IT?

WHY IS HIS TONGUE DISCOLORED LIKE THAT?

WELL, I DON'T KNOW.

IS THERE ANYTHING YOU DO KNOW?

THAT'S ONLY JUST SHOWN UP.

WHAT'S THE MATTER WITH HIS TONGUE?

IT HAS A BLACK COATING ON IT

THAT'S MOST UNUSUAL.

MOST UNUSUAL.

BY THE SAINTS.

COME HERE.

WHAT A LOT OF FOOLS WE ARE.

IT'S AS PLAIN AS DAYLIGHT.

HE'S BEING POISONED BY TONDELAYO.

AND I PUT THE IDEA INTO HER HEAD.

TOLD HER SHE'D HAVE TO STAY WITH HIM

TILL DEATH DO THEM PART.

I'LL STAKE MY LIFE

THAT SHE'S GIVING THAT POOR DEVIL HIS TICKET.

IF THE BOAT WOULD ONLY COME WITH MY SUPPLIES.

I'M HOT.

I'M SO HOT.

LANGFORD, WHAT ARE YOU DOING UP?

PUT HIM ON THE COUCH.

I'M COLD.

GET SOME BLANKETS.

I'M COLD.

GET ME MY BAG. I NEED SOME MORPHINE.

NO, IT'S NOT IN THERE.

IT'S IN MY PLACE OR WITZEL'S.

I FORGET WHICH.

NOW, IT'S ALL RIGHT, MY BOY.

IT'S ALL RIGHT.

THE BOAT WILL BE HERE SOON.

WE'RE GOING TO SEND YOU HOME.

HOME.

WELL?

WELL, THAT'S-THAT'S BETTER THAN MORPHINE.

IT'S SORT OF A COMA.

THERE'S THE BOAT.

HE'LL BE ALL RIGHT FOR A FEW MINUTES.

I'LL GET MY MEDICINES.

I'M STAYING WITH HIM. I'M NOT TAKING ANY CHANCES.

NOBODY'D DO ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

WELL, I'LL BE RIGHT BACK.

POOR DEVIL.

WHAT ARE YOU DOING?

WHAT ARE YOU GIVING HIM?

QUININE.

DOCTOR SAY GIVE HIM MUCH.

DID HE SAY TO GIVE HIM A BOTTLEFUL?

DID HE SAY A BOTTLEFUL?

I NO GIVE HIM BOTTLEFUL.

SEE?

LET ME LOOK AT IT.

I SAID LET ME LOOK AT IT.

THIS ISN'T QUININE.

NO?

NO. WHERE'D YOU GET IT?

DOCTOR MAKE IT.

HIM SAY AWYLA MUST TAKE IT.

DOCTOR, HUH?

WELL, IF THE DOCTOR SAID SO,

YOU BETTER GIVE IT TO HIM.

UGH!

KEEP YOUR HANDS DOWN OR I'LL CHOKE THE LIFE OUT YOU.

NOW WHAT'S IN THIS BOTTLE?

MEDICINE.

WHERE'D YOU GET IT?

DOCTOR!

YOU'RE LYING! NO! MEDICINE!

STOP SICKNESS.

STOP SICKNESS, EH?

ALL RIGHT, THEN YOU TAKE IT.

NO! NO!

NOW I'LL TELL YOU WHAT I THINK IT IS.

IT'S THE JUICE FROM THE JUNA.

AND IF IT IS, YOU'RE TRYING TO POISON HIM.

INSTEAD OF WHICH, YOU'LL POISON YOURSELF.

NO. NOT JUNA. MEDICINE.

ALL RIGHT, THEN IF IT'S MEDICINE,

IT WON'T DO YOU ANY HARM TO TAKE IT.

AS RESIDENT OF THIS DISTRICT, THAT'S THE COURT'S ORDER.

OPEN YOUR GULLET. COME ON HERE!

NO! POISON! POISON!

NO!

NO! NO!

AAH!

I'LL MAKE CALIBAR THE FIRST STOP.

A NEW MAN'S ARRIVED, WITZEL.

HE'S SUPERINTENDING HIS LUGGAGE.

I IMAGINE HE'S A VERY CHARMING FELLOW.

YOU ALWAYS IMAGINE THAT.

WE'LL START LOADING.

NEVER MIND THE CONSIGNMENTS, SKIPPER.

I'LL TAKE THAT RESPONSIBILITY.

WHAT, NO CARGO?

YES.

WHITE CARGO.

GET HIM ON BOARD.

EASY, YOU BLIGHTERS,

AND DON'T SHAKE HIM TOO MUCH NOW.

COME ON DOC, YOU AND THE SICK MAN CAN HAVE MY CABIN.

SO LONG, WITZEL.

GOOD LUCK, SKIPPER.

YOU'RE, UH, COMING BACK, DOCTOR?

YES, I'LL BE BACK.

WELL, GOOD LUCK TO BOTH OF YOU.

I'VE BEEN WITH YOU FOR NEARLY 3 YEARS.

I THINK I'M JUST BEGINNING TO KNOW YOU.

WE'RE GETTING QUITE SENTIMENTAL, AREN'T WE?

NO. WE'RE GETTING QUITE HUMAN.

I SAY, I THINK I'M LOST, DOCTOR.

UH...

THEY DIRECTED ME WHERE I COULD FIND MR. WITZEL,

BUT NOBODY SEEMED TO BE THERE.

BLACK FELLOW DIDN'T UNDERSTAND A BEASTLY THING I SAID.

THIS IS MR. WITZEL.

MAY I PRESENT MR. WORTHING?

I'M TREMENDOUSLY GLAD TO KNOW YOU, SIR.

I'M SORRY THAT I WON'T BE ABLE TO SHOW YOU AROUND, MR. WORTHING,

BUT MY PROFESSIONAL DUTIES CALL ME ELSEWHERE.

HOWEVER, YOU'LL FIND MR. WITZEL

A VERY CHARMING MAN...

WHEN YOU GET TO KNOW HIM.

VERY CHARMING INDEED.

FUNNY-LOOKING PLACE, ISN'T IT?

YEAH, VERY FUNNY.

GREAT HUNTING, I'LL BET.

YEAH. GREAT.

ARE THE NATIVES FRIENDLY?

YOU KNOW, MR. WITZEL, I'M GOING TO IMPROVE THINGS OUT HERE.

THAT IS, WHEN I BECOME ACCLIMATIZED.

WHEN YOU BECOME ACCLIMATIZED!

BY THE SAINTS, THAT'S WHAT I'LL MAKE YOU DO.

ACCLIMATIZE!

THERE'S A JOB TO BE DONE HERE,

AND YOU MIGHT JUST AS WELL BE THE ONE TO DO IT.

I'LL LISTEN TO YOUR NONSENSE

AND WET-NURSE YOU WHEN YOU'RE HOMESICK,

BUT YOU'RE GOING TO STICK, MR. WORTHING,

GET THAT INTO YOUR SKULL!

YOU'RE GOING TO STICK!

OH, I'LL STICK, SIR, I SWEAR I WILL!

I'M FED UP WITH YOU SAPS WHO KEEP COMING AND GOING.

LET ME TELL YOU WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.

ALL YOU'LL KNOW IN THE NEXT FEW YEARS IS RUBBER.

RUBBER AND MORE RUBBER,

UNTIL IT COMES OUT OF YOUR EARS AND GETS INTO YOUR HAIR.

RUBBER, MR. WORTHING!

RUBBER! RUBBER! RUBBER!

I'LL STICK, MR. WITZEL.

I'LL STICK. I'LL STICK!

AND I STUCK.

YES, SIR, YOU BET I STUCK.

AND YOU BECAME ACCLIMATIZED?

DON'T EVER USE THAT WORD TO ME!

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