1 00:01:12,034 --> 00:01:13,724 Thanks very much, Ronnie. 2 00:01:13,758 --> 00:01:15,448 - Goodbye. - Goodbye. 3 00:01:15,482 --> 00:01:17,620 - Bye. - You'd better go, Mummy. 4 00:01:17,655 --> 00:01:19,275 - Bye, darling. - Bye. 5 00:01:19,310 --> 00:01:20,413 Goodbye, Teddie. 6 00:01:22,896 --> 00:01:24,827 Somebody catch! 7 00:01:24,862 --> 00:01:27,482 - Goodbye. - Bye! 8 00:01:27,517 --> 00:01:28,793 Bye-bye! 9 00:01:48,034 --> 00:01:50,931 Good evening, Miss Layton! 10 00:02:22,379 --> 00:02:24,000 Hello. 11 00:02:25,620 --> 00:02:29,068 I'm afraid everyone else is lying down. 12 00:02:29,103 --> 00:02:30,689 And you? 13 00:02:30,724 --> 00:02:32,896 I'm waiting for the fireflies to come out. 14 00:02:32,931 --> 00:02:34,103 Hmm. 15 00:02:34,137 --> 00:02:36,965 The last place the light goes from is the lake. 16 00:02:37,000 --> 00:02:38,620 Though when it's really dark, 17 00:02:38,655 --> 00:02:40,620 the lake's darker than anything. 18 00:02:40,655 --> 00:02:43,103 Water reflects the light. 19 00:02:45,620 --> 00:02:47,241 Will you have a drink, Ronald? 20 00:02:47,275 --> 00:02:49,137 If you'll have one, too. 21 00:02:49,172 --> 00:02:50,620 Whiskey, if I may. 22 00:02:52,551 --> 00:02:53,724 Tom Collins. 23 00:02:53,758 --> 00:02:55,758 Oh, you feel I need a burra-peg, then. 24 00:02:55,793 --> 00:02:57,275 I don't know about need. 25 00:02:57,310 --> 00:02:59,551 Deserve. 26 00:02:59,586 --> 00:03:00,724 No, thank you. 27 00:03:03,103 --> 00:03:05,000 Haven't you had a rest? 28 00:03:05,034 --> 00:03:06,034 I've been writing letters -- 29 00:03:06,068 --> 00:03:08,689 well, one letter -- 30 00:03:08,724 --> 00:03:11,068 to father in Germany, about the wedding. 31 00:03:11,103 --> 00:03:13,103 They'll be in Manoora soon -- 32 00:03:13,137 --> 00:03:15,034 Teddie and Susan. 33 00:03:15,068 --> 00:03:16,068 Yes. 34 00:03:16,103 --> 00:03:18,448 I've really come to say goodbye. 35 00:03:18,482 --> 00:03:21,620 I'm off to Calcutta first thing in the morning. 36 00:03:21,655 --> 00:03:23,275 Oh, I'm sorry. 37 00:03:23,310 --> 00:03:24,724 The signal was waiting for me 38 00:03:24,758 --> 00:03:26,482 when I got back from the station. 39 00:03:26,517 --> 00:03:28,931 Things are on the move. 40 00:03:31,413 --> 00:03:33,000 Will you write to me sometimes? 41 00:03:36,068 --> 00:03:37,379 Yes, of course. 42 00:03:37,413 --> 00:03:39,758 Thank you. 43 00:03:48,068 --> 00:03:49,862 Bus. 44 00:03:53,482 --> 00:03:54,517 Cheers. 45 00:03:57,103 --> 00:03:59,172 I'm glad you were alone. 46 00:03:59,206 --> 00:04:01,137 I wanted to apologize. 47 00:04:02,448 --> 00:04:05,172 That stone that someone chucked this morning 48 00:04:05,206 --> 00:04:07,551 was meant for me. 49 00:04:07,586 --> 00:04:08,862 It sounds melodramatic, 50 00:04:08,896 --> 00:04:11,310 but persecution of that kind's been going on 51 00:04:11,344 --> 00:04:12,379 ever since I left Mayapore. 52 00:04:12,413 --> 00:04:15,724 That stone and -- hmm... 53 00:04:15,758 --> 00:04:18,724 that unpleasant scene at the platform. 54 00:04:18,758 --> 00:04:22,862 I was the worst best man Teddie could have chosen. 55 00:04:22,896 --> 00:04:24,965 Oh, no. 56 00:04:25,000 --> 00:04:28,517 It made me feel ridiculous, 57 00:04:28,551 --> 00:04:31,586 as though I have something to hide, 58 00:04:31,620 --> 00:04:33,448 when all I want is to forget. 59 00:04:33,482 --> 00:04:39,758 I hope your mother, in particular, understands that. 60 00:04:39,793 --> 00:04:44,482 I'm not unconscious of my obligation to her. 61 00:04:44,517 --> 00:04:46,000 We all understand. 62 00:04:47,379 --> 00:04:48,620 Thank you. 63 00:04:50,862 --> 00:04:52,517 But I don't really understand 64 00:04:52,551 --> 00:04:54,310 about the woman at the station. 65 00:04:54,344 --> 00:04:57,413 Was she the mother of one of the boys who got arrested? 66 00:04:57,448 --> 00:04:59,137 His aunt. 67 00:04:59,172 --> 00:05:02,379 The man who was with her put her up to it. 68 00:05:02,413 --> 00:05:03,758 He knows there's nothing I can do. 69 00:05:03,793 --> 00:05:04,758 The case is useful to him, 70 00:05:04,793 --> 00:05:06,482 it serves his purpose. 71 00:05:06,517 --> 00:05:08,482 - Bye-bye. - Bye! 72 00:05:08,517 --> 00:05:10,034 Catch! 73 00:05:10,758 --> 00:05:13,241 - Bye. - Bye! 74 00:05:59,275 --> 00:06:01,931 What the devil? 75 00:06:01,965 --> 00:06:03,310 Who was that? 76 00:06:03,344 --> 00:06:04,586 A madwoman. 77 00:06:07,655 --> 00:06:09,034 Some madwoman! 78 00:06:14,965 --> 00:06:16,896 What was she like -- 79 00:06:16,931 --> 00:06:19,241 the girl in the Mayapore business? 80 00:06:19,275 --> 00:06:20,896 Rather like you. 81 00:06:20,931 --> 00:06:23,379 No, not physically. 82 00:06:23,413 --> 00:06:25,103 Well, um... 83 00:06:25,137 --> 00:06:28,034 not as pretty. 84 00:06:28,068 --> 00:06:30,517 She was a bit clumsy. 85 00:06:30,551 --> 00:06:32,758 She made a joke of it, 86 00:06:32,793 --> 00:06:35,965 but she was sensitive. 87 00:06:36,000 --> 00:06:38,586 The kind of girl you could talk to -- 88 00:06:38,620 --> 00:06:41,655 although our backgrounds were quite different. 89 00:06:43,551 --> 00:06:45,551 Were you in love with her? 90 00:06:45,586 --> 00:06:47,620 I don't know. 91 00:06:52,931 --> 00:06:57,275 I thought I was for a while. 92 00:06:57,310 --> 00:06:58,344 But if I was, 93 00:06:58,379 --> 00:07:01,137 it wasn't love at first sight. 94 00:07:03,000 --> 00:07:04,931 I thought she was another of those English girls 95 00:07:04,965 --> 00:07:06,793 who come over here with a bee in their bonnet 96 00:07:06,827 --> 00:07:08,620 about the rotten way we treat Indians. 97 00:07:08,655 --> 00:07:10,310 She didn't see why a line had to be drawn -- 98 00:07:10,344 --> 00:07:11,482 has to be drawn -- 99 00:07:11,517 --> 00:07:14,482 but it's essential, isn't it? 100 00:07:14,517 --> 00:07:17,689 Poor Daphne tried to do without all that. 101 00:07:17,724 --> 00:07:19,000 I tried to stop her, 102 00:07:19,034 --> 00:07:21,655 and found out she wasn't just another English girl 103 00:07:21,689 --> 00:07:24,137 with a bee in her bonnet, she was this girl. 104 00:07:24,172 --> 00:07:27,413 And it wasn't a bee. 105 00:07:29,793 --> 00:07:31,724 I don't know what it was... 106 00:07:34,379 --> 00:07:36,034 but it destroyed her. 107 00:07:38,655 --> 00:07:39,724 I'm sorry. 108 00:07:39,758 --> 00:07:40,896 I said she was like you, 109 00:07:40,931 --> 00:07:42,620 and I'm describing all the things 110 00:07:42,655 --> 00:07:43,793 that made her different. 111 00:07:43,827 --> 00:07:45,172 But then... 112 00:07:47,482 --> 00:07:48,793 This may sound impertinent. 113 00:07:50,724 --> 00:07:52,586 No, I'm sure it won't. 114 00:07:52,620 --> 00:07:55,310 Well... 115 00:07:55,344 --> 00:07:57,931 that first morning when I joined you at the station restaurant 116 00:07:57,965 --> 00:08:00,620 and you sat in the front of the car, next to the driver, 117 00:08:00,655 --> 00:08:03,241 I thought -- please, forgive me -- 118 00:08:03,275 --> 00:08:05,103 I thought, "Here's another one who doesn't see 119 00:08:05,137 --> 00:08:06,344 why the line has to be drawn." 120 00:08:06,379 --> 00:08:09,344 That's why I started talking about young Kasim. 121 00:08:09,379 --> 00:08:11,793 I think subconsciously he'd impressed me as being 122 00:08:11,827 --> 00:08:13,103 a man of Hari Kumar's type. 123 00:08:13,137 --> 00:08:14,413 Hari Kumar? 124 00:08:14,448 --> 00:08:18,103 The chief suspect in the case. 125 00:08:18,137 --> 00:08:20,793 The man she was friendly with. 126 00:08:22,551 --> 00:08:23,655 In that car, 127 00:08:23,689 --> 00:08:26,793 there was a sort of fantasy in my mind 128 00:08:26,827 --> 00:08:30,655 of Hari and Daphne about to come together again. 129 00:08:30,689 --> 00:08:33,241 But, uh... 130 00:08:33,275 --> 00:08:35,965 I was wrong. 131 00:08:36,000 --> 00:08:38,655 Mr. Kasim knows where the line has to be drawn, doesn't he? 132 00:08:40,482 --> 00:08:42,241 Oh, so do you. 133 00:08:43,517 --> 00:08:46,517 I can't speak for Mr. Kasim. 134 00:08:46,551 --> 00:08:49,965 Well, then, for yourself. 135 00:08:50,000 --> 00:08:52,068 What are we talking about, Ronald -- 136 00:08:52,103 --> 00:08:54,275 the social pressure that keeps the ruled 137 00:08:54,310 --> 00:08:55,896 at arm's length from the rulers 138 00:08:55,931 --> 00:08:59,068 or the biological pressure that makes a white girl 139 00:08:59,103 --> 00:09:02,068 afraid of being touched by an Indian? 140 00:09:02,103 --> 00:09:06,000 I think they're connected. 141 00:09:06,034 --> 00:09:08,551 A white man -- 142 00:09:08,586 --> 00:09:10,172 I or Teddie, for example -- 143 00:09:10,206 --> 00:09:11,620 if one's tastes ran that way, 144 00:09:11,655 --> 00:09:14,344 could marry an Indian woman or live with her. 145 00:09:14,379 --> 00:09:15,965 He'd have the dominant role, 146 00:09:16,000 --> 00:09:17,724 whatever the color of his skin. 147 00:09:17,758 --> 00:09:21,379 But an Indian man touching a white-skinned woman 148 00:09:21,413 --> 00:09:24,206 would always be conscious that he's... 149 00:09:25,655 --> 00:09:27,551 What's the word? 150 00:09:29,448 --> 00:09:31,931 Diminishing her. 151 00:09:32,827 --> 00:09:35,793 And she'd be conscious of it, too. 152 00:09:37,310 --> 00:09:39,689 I'm sorry. 153 00:09:41,068 --> 00:09:42,379 I've put it very badly. 154 00:09:45,310 --> 00:09:49,827 And I've broken one of the sacred rules. 155 00:09:49,862 --> 00:09:53,689 One isn't supposed to talk about that kind of thing. 156 00:09:53,724 --> 00:09:56,000 One isn't supposed to talk about anything very much. 157 00:09:56,034 --> 00:09:58,206 I know. 158 00:09:58,241 --> 00:10:02,379 It's how we hide our prejudices and go on living with them. 159 00:10:04,724 --> 00:10:08,793 Would you say goodbye for me? 160 00:10:08,827 --> 00:10:11,827 And, um, apologize to your family. 161 00:10:13,068 --> 00:10:15,793 I expect Aunt Fanny will be out in a while. 162 00:10:15,827 --> 00:10:17,275 No, I really must be going. 163 00:10:19,413 --> 00:10:21,931 I'm only half packed. 164 00:10:31,379 --> 00:10:32,965 Look, there's a firefly. 165 00:10:34,413 --> 00:10:37,000 The end of your vigil. 166 00:10:43,655 --> 00:10:45,896 It's alive with Japs. 167 00:10:45,931 --> 00:10:48,310 First evidence of the enemy is Jap booty 168 00:10:48,344 --> 00:10:49,758 captured in a previous encounter, 169 00:10:49,793 --> 00:10:52,586 evidence of the turn of the tide of war, 170 00:10:52,620 --> 00:10:56,000 clearing the Arakan of Japanese strongholds. 171 00:10:56,034 --> 00:10:58,655 On the lookout for snipers. 172 00:10:58,689 --> 00:11:00,724 "Duck your head over the next hill -- signed Tojo." 173 00:11:00,758 --> 00:11:01,965 And it's sound advice, 174 00:11:02,000 --> 00:11:05,034 as Allied bombers go into action. 175 00:11:17,172 --> 00:11:19,103 The Japs retreat, but weary soldiers 176 00:11:19,137 --> 00:11:21,275 search the area for snipers left behind. 177 00:11:21,310 --> 00:11:24,034 A Jap hideout. 178 00:11:24,068 --> 00:11:25,896 Japan boasts her soldiers never retreat, 179 00:11:25,931 --> 00:11:27,482 never lose their nerve, 180 00:11:27,517 --> 00:11:30,034 fight bravely to the death rather than face capture. 181 00:11:30,068 --> 00:11:31,620 Well, here's the truth. 182 00:11:31,655 --> 00:11:33,000 A Jap soldier surrendering, 183 00:11:33,034 --> 00:11:35,379 as frightened as a cornered rabbit. 184 00:11:41,965 --> 00:11:45,310 Wounded prisoners are taken back for first aid. 185 00:11:45,344 --> 00:11:46,448 A captured flag 186 00:11:46,482 --> 00:11:48,172 marks the end of the engagement, 187 00:11:48,206 --> 00:11:50,379 but there's excitement ahead. 188 00:11:50,413 --> 00:11:52,896 In fact, Dorothy Lamour, three jungles up, 189 00:11:52,931 --> 00:11:54,724 to say nothing of Tarzan. 190 00:12:10,689 --> 00:12:13,482 You have a question, Lady Manners? 191 00:12:13,517 --> 00:12:14,793 Yes. 192 00:12:14,827 --> 00:12:16,827 I'm afraid I've forgotten your name. 193 00:12:16,862 --> 00:12:20,000 - Rowan. - Rowan. 194 00:12:20,034 --> 00:12:21,965 It's a curious thing, memory. 195 00:12:22,000 --> 00:12:24,206 My husband had an excellent one, 196 00:12:24,241 --> 00:12:26,413 a great asset to a governor. 197 00:12:26,448 --> 00:12:29,241 You were in Burma, Captain Rowan? 198 00:12:29,275 --> 00:12:31,413 Until my dose of fever. 199 00:12:31,448 --> 00:12:34,034 And shall you go back to active service? 200 00:12:34,068 --> 00:12:36,034 No -- no, I'm told not. 201 00:12:36,068 --> 00:12:38,482 I've applied to get back into the political department, 202 00:12:38,517 --> 00:12:41,000 which is what I've always wanted. 203 00:12:44,034 --> 00:12:46,068 Have you the photograph there? 204 00:12:46,103 --> 00:12:47,586 H.E. gave me an envelope, 205 00:12:47,620 --> 00:12:49,620 which he said you might ask for. 206 00:12:49,655 --> 00:12:51,724 I'd like to see it, if I may. 207 00:13:00,241 --> 00:13:02,379 Would you unseal it for me? 208 00:13:05,586 --> 00:13:07,862 You can see Kandipat now. 209 00:13:07,896 --> 00:13:10,172 I should explain, before we reach the prison, 210 00:13:10,206 --> 00:13:12,758 I shall pull down the blinds over the window. 211 00:13:12,793 --> 00:13:14,586 I have all the necessary documents 212 00:13:14,620 --> 00:13:16,448 to pass us through the gates. 213 00:13:16,482 --> 00:13:20,103 Would you like me to go through the arrangements? 214 00:13:20,137 --> 00:13:23,551 I'm sure H.E. has arranged everything as I would wish. 215 00:13:23,586 --> 00:13:26,655 But in case I forget to say it afterwards, Captain Rowan, 216 00:13:26,689 --> 00:13:30,344 thank you for everything you've done for me. 217 00:14:00,517 --> 00:14:02,448 Are you ready? 218 00:14:02,482 --> 00:14:04,206 Quite ready, if you are. 219 00:14:30,379 --> 00:14:32,206 Your name is Kumar? 220 00:14:32,241 --> 00:14:33,724 Uh-huh. 221 00:14:33,758 --> 00:14:35,758 Sit down, please. 222 00:14:41,896 --> 00:14:43,862 These proceedings are authorized 223 00:14:43,896 --> 00:14:45,758 by order of the Governor in Council. 224 00:14:45,793 --> 00:14:48,275 The purpose is to examine any facts 225 00:14:48,310 --> 00:14:50,034 relevant to your detention 226 00:14:50,068 --> 00:14:52,448 under the Defense of India Rules. 227 00:14:52,482 --> 00:14:55,275 I am instructed to advise you 228 00:14:55,310 --> 00:14:57,000 that the purpose of the proceedings 229 00:14:57,034 --> 00:14:59,310 is only to examine and not to make a recommendation 230 00:14:59,344 --> 00:15:01,413 in regard to your detention. 231 00:15:01,448 --> 00:15:03,827 I now ask you, 232 00:15:03,862 --> 00:15:06,310 do you agree to this examination? 233 00:15:06,344 --> 00:15:07,655 Huh. 234 00:15:07,689 --> 00:15:10,827 Do wish it to be conducted in English or in Hindi? 235 00:15:10,862 --> 00:15:14,517 Angrezi. 236 00:15:14,551 --> 00:15:16,758 I'm sorry. 237 00:15:16,793 --> 00:15:20,034 I mean, in English. 238 00:15:20,068 --> 00:15:22,931 I seldom have an opportunity of speaking English 239 00:15:22,965 --> 00:15:24,172 to anyone but myself. 240 00:15:24,206 --> 00:15:25,275 I see... 241 00:15:25,310 --> 00:15:29,034 Then we'll proceed in English. 242 00:15:29,068 --> 00:15:30,172 Your name is Kumar, 243 00:15:30,206 --> 00:15:31,931 your given name Hari, 244 00:15:31,965 --> 00:15:34,034 son of the late Duleep Kumar, 245 00:15:34,068 --> 00:15:37,034 of Didbury in the county of Berkshire. 246 00:15:37,068 --> 00:15:40,103 Honestly, Mildred, that's a laugh. 247 00:15:40,137 --> 00:15:43,551 You say someone threw a stone at the Nawab's car? 248 00:15:43,586 --> 00:15:46,655 Teddie and the best man were in it. 249 00:15:46,689 --> 00:15:48,413 Well, I'm glad you're amused. 250 00:15:48,448 --> 00:15:50,862 You must admit, it does have its comic side. 251 00:15:52,620 --> 00:15:54,034 Teddie at the altar 252 00:15:54,068 --> 00:15:56,655 with a lump of sticking plaster on his face. 253 00:15:56,689 --> 00:15:58,482 Only 72 hours of honeymoon, 254 00:15:58,517 --> 00:16:01,206 he has to buzz off and fight the Japs. 255 00:16:01,241 --> 00:16:03,413 How did Susan take it? 256 00:16:03,448 --> 00:16:06,448 Susan was splendid -- she saved the day. 257 00:16:06,482 --> 00:16:08,793 And it's not comic for her. 258 00:16:08,827 --> 00:16:11,448 Back to life as bloody usual in Pankot -- 259 00:16:11,482 --> 00:16:14,586 and in the bloody grace and favor, too. 260 00:16:18,206 --> 00:16:19,689 I must say, she's looking radiant 261 00:16:19,724 --> 00:16:20,793 for a grass widow. 262 00:16:24,275 --> 00:16:26,655 Mildred, you don't suppose that... 263 00:16:26,689 --> 00:16:29,655 Oh, really, Nicky. I don't suppose anything. 264 00:16:29,689 --> 00:16:31,827 This whole stupid business could have been avoided 265 00:16:31,862 --> 00:16:33,034 if Captain Merrick had said. 266 00:16:33,068 --> 00:16:34,103 What? 267 00:16:34,137 --> 00:16:35,448 What he should have said to Teddie. 268 00:16:35,482 --> 00:16:38,758 That he was the policeman in that ghastly Manners case, 269 00:16:38,793 --> 00:16:40,896 and he'd been tracked down ever since. 270 00:16:40,931 --> 00:16:43,275 Then why didn't he? 271 00:16:43,310 --> 00:16:47,034 Perhaps because he wanted to be best man. 272 00:16:47,068 --> 00:16:48,724 Seems rather an off thing to do, 273 00:16:48,758 --> 00:16:50,172 I mean, as Teddie's fellow officer. 274 00:16:50,206 --> 00:16:52,034 - He's hardly that. - I thought you said he was. 275 00:16:52,068 --> 00:16:56,551 Nicky, Captain Merrick is not a Muzzy Guide. 276 00:16:56,586 --> 00:16:58,827 In fact, he's scarcely a gentleman at all. 277 00:16:58,862 --> 00:17:00,448 Not top drawer? 278 00:17:00,482 --> 00:17:03,172 Not by any stretch of the imagination. 279 00:17:05,206 --> 00:17:07,379 Oh, well. 280 00:17:07,413 --> 00:17:09,586 How's that? 281 00:17:09,620 --> 00:17:11,103 Is Sarah making the fourth? 282 00:17:11,137 --> 00:17:14,034 I would like to return for a moment 283 00:17:14,068 --> 00:17:16,310 to the time when District Superintendent Merrick 284 00:17:16,344 --> 00:17:20,586 made, what you claim, was an obscene remark. 285 00:17:20,620 --> 00:17:23,137 You had refused to answer any questions. 286 00:17:23,172 --> 00:17:24,689 Because Merrick had refused 287 00:17:24,724 --> 00:17:26,862 to give me the reason for my arrest. 288 00:17:26,896 --> 00:17:30,586 But then, at 22:45, you made the statement, 289 00:17:30,620 --> 00:17:33,689 as it appears on the DSP's report, 290 00:17:33,724 --> 00:17:35,862 "I haven't seen Miss Manners 291 00:17:35,896 --> 00:17:38,344 since the night we visited the temple." 292 00:17:41,000 --> 00:17:41,965 Yes. 293 00:17:42,000 --> 00:17:44,275 And until this examination, 294 00:17:44,310 --> 00:17:47,517 you have persistently refused to make any other statement. 295 00:17:47,551 --> 00:17:48,724 Yes. 296 00:17:48,758 --> 00:17:51,517 How long did the interrogation continue? 297 00:17:51,551 --> 00:17:53,068 I lost track of things like time. 298 00:17:53,103 --> 00:17:54,965 Two hours? More? 299 00:17:55,000 --> 00:17:56,034 Could have been. 300 00:17:56,068 --> 00:17:57,275 So you were alone 301 00:17:57,310 --> 00:17:59,379 with the examining officer for two hours or more? 302 00:17:59,413 --> 00:18:00,896 No. 303 00:18:00,931 --> 00:18:02,620 Other people came in after a bit. 304 00:18:02,655 --> 00:18:03,689 The two constables? 305 00:18:03,724 --> 00:18:05,655 There may have been others. 306 00:18:05,689 --> 00:18:07,034 It seemed like it. 307 00:18:07,068 --> 00:18:10,241 Are you saying you were confused? 308 00:18:10,275 --> 00:18:11,689 A little giddy, perhaps, 309 00:18:11,724 --> 00:18:13,793 standing for a long time? 310 00:18:13,827 --> 00:18:15,931 I wasn't standing then. 311 00:18:15,965 --> 00:18:18,482 - You were allowed to sit? - No. 312 00:18:18,517 --> 00:18:19,965 I don't understand. 313 00:18:20,000 --> 00:18:23,586 You were not standing, but you were not sitting. 314 00:18:23,620 --> 00:18:25,517 What were you doing, lying down? 315 00:18:25,551 --> 00:18:28,379 I was bent over a trestle. 316 00:18:28,413 --> 00:18:30,862 Bent over a trestle? 317 00:18:30,896 --> 00:18:33,758 Tied to it... 318 00:18:33,793 --> 00:18:38,000 for the more persuasive part of the interrogation. 319 00:18:38,034 --> 00:18:39,862 You told us you were naked. 320 00:18:39,896 --> 00:18:41,620 Were you physically ill-treated? 321 00:18:41,655 --> 00:18:43,620 A cane was used. 322 00:18:44,931 --> 00:18:47,551 You say you were caned? 323 00:18:47,586 --> 00:18:50,586 How many times were you hit? 324 00:18:50,620 --> 00:18:51,655 I don't know. 325 00:18:51,689 --> 00:18:54,172 Six times? 12 times? More than 12? 326 00:18:54,206 --> 00:18:55,482 I didn't count. 327 00:18:55,517 --> 00:18:57,482 You have no idea? 328 00:18:57,517 --> 00:18:59,379 Did you lose consciousness? 329 00:19:00,965 --> 00:19:04,034 It's very difficult to breathe in that position. 330 00:19:04,068 --> 00:19:05,724 It's all you think of in the end. 331 00:19:08,241 --> 00:19:11,551 After a time, they brought Vidyasagar down 332 00:19:11,586 --> 00:19:13,862 to hear me confess, 333 00:19:13,896 --> 00:19:17,068 but I said nothing. 334 00:19:17,103 --> 00:19:20,344 Then Merrick sent everyone out. 335 00:19:20,379 --> 00:19:22,896 We were alone. 336 00:19:22,931 --> 00:19:26,551 He spoke and acted even more obscenely. 337 00:19:26,586 --> 00:19:29,310 That is the second allegation of obscenity 338 00:19:29,344 --> 00:19:32,758 you have made against an officer of the Indian police, 339 00:19:32,793 --> 00:19:35,655 but the word is not precise. 340 00:19:35,689 --> 00:19:37,448 You must give examples 341 00:19:37,482 --> 00:19:39,482 so that anyone reading the report 342 00:19:39,517 --> 00:19:43,000 can judge whether its use is justified or not. 343 00:19:45,000 --> 00:19:48,931 He asked if I was enjoying it. 344 00:19:48,965 --> 00:19:50,206 He said, 345 00:19:50,241 --> 00:19:53,241 "Aren't you enjoying it? 346 00:19:53,275 --> 00:19:55,034 Surely, a randy fellow like you 347 00:19:55,068 --> 00:19:57,344 doesn't exhaust himself just having it once." 348 00:19:57,379 --> 00:19:59,655 He had his hand between my legs at the time. 349 00:19:59,689 --> 00:20:02,241 Strike that from the record. 350 00:20:02,275 --> 00:20:04,758 Delete everything that followed 351 00:20:04,793 --> 00:20:07,551 the prisoner's statement, "We were alone." 352 00:20:09,482 --> 00:20:10,551 Why are you lying? 353 00:20:10,586 --> 00:20:13,448 I'm not lying. 354 00:20:13,482 --> 00:20:15,379 I'm answering your questions. 355 00:20:15,413 --> 00:20:18,172 I put it to you that you are. 356 00:20:18,206 --> 00:20:21,275 You still have an opportunity to retract. 357 00:20:21,310 --> 00:20:23,310 I advise you to think most carefully 358 00:20:23,344 --> 00:20:25,586 whether you should take that opportunity. 359 00:20:25,620 --> 00:20:28,068 I have nothing to retract. 360 00:20:31,379 --> 00:20:33,413 I'm sorry. 361 00:20:33,448 --> 00:20:35,724 I seem to have misunderstood. 362 00:20:35,758 --> 00:20:37,965 Misunderstood the questions? 363 00:20:38,000 --> 00:20:39,586 No. 364 00:20:39,620 --> 00:20:43,448 The reasons for asking them. 365 00:20:43,482 --> 00:20:45,931 I made the wrong guess. 366 00:20:48,137 --> 00:20:50,172 Something's happened to her, hasn't it? 367 00:20:50,206 --> 00:20:52,241 You mean Miss Manners? 368 00:20:52,275 --> 00:20:54,379 Yes. 369 00:20:57,689 --> 00:21:00,103 I agreed to this examination because I thought 370 00:21:00,137 --> 00:21:02,758 Daphne had finally persuaded someone to believe the truth. 371 00:21:04,793 --> 00:21:07,137 This begins to smell of... 372 00:21:07,172 --> 00:21:11,379 an uneasy conscience. 373 00:21:11,413 --> 00:21:13,172 Something's happened to her, 374 00:21:13,206 --> 00:21:15,827 and I'm the loose end you want to tie up. 375 00:21:19,068 --> 00:21:20,103 What's happened? 376 00:21:24,310 --> 00:21:26,103 Is she dead? 377 00:21:31,000 --> 00:21:33,034 I've sometimes felt it, but... 378 00:21:38,068 --> 00:21:40,103 If she is... 379 00:21:40,137 --> 00:21:42,931 you should have said. 380 00:21:42,965 --> 00:21:44,448 You should have told me. 381 00:21:45,896 --> 00:21:47,241 We presumed you knew. 382 00:21:48,931 --> 00:21:50,896 She died of peritonitis. 383 00:21:53,724 --> 00:21:55,275 That's blood poisoning, isn't it? 384 00:21:55,310 --> 00:21:57,758 Burst appendix, that sort of thing. 385 00:21:57,793 --> 00:21:59,310 I gather the peritonitis 386 00:21:59,344 --> 00:22:02,241 was the result of a Caesarean operation. 387 00:22:04,517 --> 00:22:06,241 A Caesarean? 388 00:22:10,827 --> 00:22:12,034 I see. 389 00:22:15,172 --> 00:22:16,310 She married? 390 00:22:18,034 --> 00:22:19,000 No, 391 00:22:19,034 --> 00:22:21,000 she didn't marry. 392 00:22:23,827 --> 00:22:25,896 I see. 393 00:22:28,413 --> 00:22:30,275 Do you still have nothing to retract? 394 00:22:30,310 --> 00:22:32,103 No. 395 00:22:34,172 --> 00:22:35,275 Nothing. 396 00:22:40,931 --> 00:22:42,379 Nothing. 397 00:22:53,758 --> 00:22:56,620 Auntie Mabel, are you sleepy? 398 00:22:56,655 --> 00:22:59,758 Yes, but not tired. 399 00:22:59,793 --> 00:23:01,793 I've reached the age, you know, 400 00:23:01,827 --> 00:23:03,931 whenever I sit down and do nothing, 401 00:23:03,965 --> 00:23:05,000 I just drop off. 402 00:23:05,034 --> 00:23:06,896 So if you and Barbie will excuse me, 403 00:23:06,931 --> 00:23:08,931 there are some drawers I should turn out. 404 00:23:08,965 --> 00:23:10,241 Oh, don't you need me to help you? 405 00:23:10,275 --> 00:23:11,758 Oh, Aziz can do it. 406 00:23:11,793 --> 00:23:13,862 It's something he enjoys. 407 00:23:13,896 --> 00:23:15,896 You stay and talk to Sarah. 408 00:23:20,620 --> 00:23:22,586 I mustn't stay too long. 409 00:23:22,620 --> 00:23:25,413 There's something I still don't understand. 410 00:23:25,448 --> 00:23:28,517 Who was the Indian woman at the station? 411 00:23:28,551 --> 00:23:30,172 The aunt of the boy Miss Manners 412 00:23:30,206 --> 00:23:32,413 is supposed to have been infatuated with. 413 00:23:32,448 --> 00:23:33,965 He's still in prison. 414 00:23:34,000 --> 00:23:36,896 Kneeling at Captain Merrick's feet, 415 00:23:36,931 --> 00:23:38,620 beseeching him. 416 00:23:40,620 --> 00:23:42,931 Poor woman. 417 00:23:42,965 --> 00:23:44,655 He said they were exploiting her. 418 00:23:44,689 --> 00:23:46,413 Using her as part of a scheme 419 00:23:46,448 --> 00:23:48,689 to make him look like a marked man. 420 00:23:48,724 --> 00:23:50,965 He hadn't seen her since he'd left Mayapore. 421 00:23:51,000 --> 00:23:53,517 Oh, did he remember my friend Edwina Crane? 422 00:23:53,551 --> 00:23:55,620 Oh, I'm sorry, I never thought to ask. 423 00:23:55,655 --> 00:23:57,034 Oh, I don't suppose he did. 424 00:23:57,068 --> 00:23:58,758 Although as DSP in Mayapore, 425 00:23:58,793 --> 00:24:01,793 he must have known all about her being attacked. 426 00:24:01,827 --> 00:24:03,482 But he had his hands full 427 00:24:03,517 --> 00:24:06,413 with that other awful business, didn't he? 428 00:24:06,448 --> 00:24:08,862 Wasn't he supposed to be in love with her -- 429 00:24:08,896 --> 00:24:10,862 Miss Manners, I mean? 430 00:24:10,896 --> 00:24:13,413 He said he'd been attracted to her. 431 00:24:13,448 --> 00:24:16,172 He made it sound like a confession, 432 00:24:16,206 --> 00:24:19,551 as if he was determined to be honest about the whole thing. 433 00:24:19,586 --> 00:24:22,448 But all the time, I felt he wasn't. 434 00:24:22,482 --> 00:24:23,724 I don't know why I felt that. 435 00:24:23,758 --> 00:24:28,034 But everything he said sounded rehearsed. 436 00:24:28,068 --> 00:24:29,517 And while he was saying it, 437 00:24:29,551 --> 00:24:31,551 I felt him watching for the effect, 438 00:24:31,586 --> 00:24:34,551 knowing what it would be. 439 00:24:34,586 --> 00:24:36,689 You didn't like him. 440 00:24:36,724 --> 00:24:38,448 No. 441 00:24:38,482 --> 00:24:40,862 I don't think I liked him at all. 442 00:24:45,655 --> 00:24:47,137 What did you say? 443 00:24:47,172 --> 00:24:48,517 Did I say anything? 444 00:24:48,551 --> 00:24:50,000 I'm sorry, I thought you did. 445 00:24:52,137 --> 00:24:54,965 You seem to be haunted by it -- 446 00:24:55,000 --> 00:24:57,620 that's what I was thinking -- 447 00:24:57,655 --> 00:25:00,137 by that whole awful business. 448 00:25:01,827 --> 00:25:04,241 Someone should be haunted by it. 449 00:25:04,275 --> 00:25:07,413 Yes, I suppose we should. 450 00:25:08,448 --> 00:25:09,862 Oh, don't go just yet. 451 00:25:09,896 --> 00:25:12,793 There's something I want you to take to Susan. 452 00:25:12,827 --> 00:25:13,965 I won't be a moment. 453 00:25:14,000 --> 00:25:15,448 All right. 454 00:25:27,068 --> 00:25:28,896 Lady Manners? 455 00:25:28,931 --> 00:25:32,206 Are you all right? 456 00:25:32,241 --> 00:25:33,482 Yes. 457 00:25:42,655 --> 00:25:45,758 He spoke the truth. 458 00:25:45,793 --> 00:25:47,034 I'm glad you felt that. 459 00:25:47,068 --> 00:25:48,137 Sitting close to him, 460 00:25:48,172 --> 00:25:50,172 it was painfully apparent that he did. 461 00:25:50,206 --> 00:25:51,310 You never mentioned to him 462 00:25:51,344 --> 00:25:52,827 that you remembered him at school 463 00:25:52,862 --> 00:25:54,931 at Chillingborough. 464 00:25:54,965 --> 00:25:56,034 It seemed... 465 00:25:56,068 --> 00:25:58,724 unnecessary. 466 00:25:58,758 --> 00:26:00,517 Kumar will be released. 467 00:26:00,551 --> 00:26:03,103 To what? 468 00:26:03,137 --> 00:26:05,827 No matter. I've had my amusement. 469 00:26:05,862 --> 00:26:07,034 Amusement? 470 00:26:07,068 --> 00:26:08,724 Isn't it all a charade? 471 00:26:08,758 --> 00:26:11,896 We go back into our corners and try to guess the word -- 472 00:26:11,931 --> 00:26:15,000 Hari Kumar, too, and Mr. Merrick. 473 00:26:15,034 --> 00:26:17,551 Nothing can happen to Mr. Merrick, can it? 474 00:26:17,586 --> 00:26:21,379 The uncorroborated evidence of a prisoner. 475 00:26:21,413 --> 00:26:24,758 That's part of the charade, too. 476 00:26:44,275 --> 00:26:45,896 Here we are! 477 00:26:47,517 --> 00:26:51,172 It's a combined wedding and 21st birthday present. 478 00:26:51,206 --> 00:26:53,931 Apostle spoons. 479 00:26:55,413 --> 00:26:58,586 I'd be so grateful if you'd take them to her. 480 00:26:58,620 --> 00:27:00,310 Thank you, Barbie. 481 00:27:00,344 --> 00:27:01,896 That's very kind. 482 00:27:03,172 --> 00:27:05,896 I thought I ought to tell you I may be leaving Pankot. 483 00:27:05,931 --> 00:27:10,344 Oh, Sarah, why? Where to? 484 00:27:10,379 --> 00:27:12,172 Just to do something more useful -- 485 00:27:12,206 --> 00:27:13,172 nursing, perhaps, 486 00:27:13,206 --> 00:27:14,344 or what I'm doing now, 487 00:27:14,379 --> 00:27:16,137 but where the war's a bit closer. 488 00:27:16,172 --> 00:27:17,551 Do you think that's selfish? 489 00:27:17,586 --> 00:27:18,862 Why selfish? 490 00:27:18,896 --> 00:27:21,103 Because of leaving mother and Susan. 491 00:27:21,137 --> 00:27:23,068 With daddy a prisoner of war, it seems to be 492 00:27:23,103 --> 00:27:24,517 my job to help look after things. 493 00:27:24,551 --> 00:27:26,965 Susan's a married woman now. 494 00:27:27,000 --> 00:27:28,827 Yes, that's why I thought I'd go. 495 00:27:28,862 --> 00:27:33,172 Of course, I should miss you dreadfully. 496 00:27:33,206 --> 00:27:35,275 So would everyone. 497 00:27:35,310 --> 00:27:37,655 But it would be wrong to hold you back. 498 00:27:37,689 --> 00:27:39,620 That would be selfishness. 499 00:27:40,931 --> 00:27:42,827 Thank you for Susan's present. 500 00:27:42,862 --> 00:27:44,724 Please don't bother to see me off. 501 00:27:46,344 --> 00:27:48,137 Say goodbye to Auntie Mabel for me. 502 00:27:48,172 --> 00:27:49,758 Of course. 503 00:28:05,827 --> 00:28:08,068 Oh, no. 504 00:28:09,275 --> 00:28:11,034 - Hello, Barbie. - Sarah's gone. 505 00:28:11,068 --> 00:28:12,655 She asked me to say goodbye. 506 00:28:12,689 --> 00:28:15,413 We're sorting out some winter things. 507 00:28:15,448 --> 00:28:16,482 Oh, no, Aziz. 508 00:28:16,517 --> 00:28:18,206 Han! Bond Street! 509 00:28:18,241 --> 00:28:20,724 I bought it in London the last summer I was there, 510 00:28:20,758 --> 00:28:22,724 so you can tell how out-of-date it is. 511 00:28:22,758 --> 00:28:25,344 But every winter, 512 00:28:25,379 --> 00:28:28,724 Aziz tries to make me bring it out 513 00:28:28,758 --> 00:28:30,586 because of the tag. 514 00:28:30,620 --> 00:28:32,275 Bond Street's pukka. 515 00:28:32,310 --> 00:28:34,551 You could shorten the skirt. 516 00:28:34,586 --> 00:28:35,586 Han! Shorten skirt? 517 00:28:37,482 --> 00:28:39,448 Very well, Aziz. 518 00:28:39,482 --> 00:28:41,896 Put it on this pile. 519 00:28:47,724 --> 00:28:50,724 Memsahib. Sarah bachcha. 520 00:28:52,137 --> 00:28:55,137 That's a christening gown. 521 00:28:55,172 --> 00:28:56,448 Was it Sarah's? 522 00:28:56,482 --> 00:28:57,758 Ah, Sarah-mem. 523 00:28:57,793 --> 00:28:59,896 Look -- butterfly. 524 00:28:59,931 --> 00:29:01,620 Butterflies. 525 00:29:01,655 --> 00:29:03,448 Oh, but it's beautiful. 526 00:29:03,482 --> 00:29:05,620 My mother gave it to me when I married -- 527 00:29:05,655 --> 00:29:07,620 for my children. 528 00:29:07,655 --> 00:29:09,862 But, of course, I never had any of my own, 529 00:29:09,896 --> 00:29:13,034 so I saved it for my stepson for when he had children. 530 00:29:13,068 --> 00:29:14,655 Did Susan wear it, too? 531 00:29:14,689 --> 00:29:16,068 No. 532 00:29:16,103 --> 00:29:18,586 Mildred had something new for her. 533 00:29:18,620 --> 00:29:20,724 There's a full length of it still unmade-up, 534 00:29:20,758 --> 00:29:23,275 enough for a shawl. 535 00:29:23,310 --> 00:29:26,793 Aziz, show Barbie-mem the piece. 536 00:29:40,068 --> 00:29:42,068 It's exquisite! 537 00:29:42,517 --> 00:29:45,000 Look! 538 00:29:45,034 --> 00:29:47,413 They're caught up in the web! 539 00:29:47,448 --> 00:29:49,206 Poor prisoners. 540 00:29:49,241 --> 00:29:51,344 Would you like that piece? 541 00:29:53,413 --> 00:29:54,448 For me? 542 00:29:55,896 --> 00:29:58,862 It's too beautiful. 543 00:29:58,896 --> 00:30:02,586 So delicate, alive. 544 00:30:02,620 --> 00:30:05,206 Aziz will keep it safe. 545 00:30:12,862 --> 00:30:14,344 Mabel! 546 00:30:14,379 --> 00:30:15,655 Come in. 547 00:30:18,034 --> 00:30:19,551 Good morning, Barbie. 548 00:30:23,827 --> 00:30:25,896 I've had one, too. 549 00:30:25,931 --> 00:30:29,068 "Mrs. John Layton, Miss Sarah Layton, 550 00:30:29,103 --> 00:30:30,413 and Mrs. Edward Bingham 551 00:30:30,448 --> 00:30:32,586 request the pleasure of your company 552 00:30:32,620 --> 00:30:35,172 at the Officers' Mess of the Pankot Rifles. 553 00:30:35,206 --> 00:30:37,206 RSVP." 554 00:30:37,241 --> 00:30:39,241 It's Susan's 21st. 555 00:30:39,275 --> 00:30:40,517 I had a note from Susan, too, 556 00:30:40,551 --> 00:30:42,275 thanking me for the apostle spoons. 557 00:30:42,310 --> 00:30:45,689 She says the wedding presents will be displayed. 558 00:30:45,724 --> 00:30:48,172 I expect you'd like to go. 559 00:30:48,206 --> 00:30:50,551 Well, only if you go, too. 560 00:30:50,586 --> 00:30:51,793 Well, I shall have to. 561 00:30:51,827 --> 00:30:54,517 But I want to come away before they start eating. 562 00:30:54,551 --> 00:30:56,965 I can't bear eating standing up. 563 00:30:57,000 --> 00:30:59,068 But Mildred knows that, she won't mind. 564 00:30:59,103 --> 00:31:02,689 Eating in crowds gives me indigestion, too. 565 00:31:02,724 --> 00:31:04,517 We can just slip away. 566 00:31:04,551 --> 00:31:08,275 But what shall I wear? 567 00:31:08,310 --> 00:31:12,724 I did see some heliotrope stuff in the bazaar. 568 00:31:12,758 --> 00:31:15,517 If only we could get down into Ranpur for some shopping. 569 00:31:15,551 --> 00:31:16,965 We have two weeks. 570 00:31:17,000 --> 00:31:20,034 I shall never go to Ranpur again. 571 00:31:20,068 --> 00:31:22,413 At least, not until I'm buried. 572 00:31:22,448 --> 00:31:24,551 Buried? 573 00:31:24,586 --> 00:31:27,586 In St. Luke's churchyard there, 574 00:31:27,620 --> 00:31:29,655 where my husband is. 575 00:31:31,000 --> 00:31:32,620 St. Luke's? 576 00:31:32,655 --> 00:31:34,413 "Whom God has joined." 577 00:31:34,448 --> 00:31:37,068 I hadn't thought. 578 00:31:37,103 --> 00:31:38,862 You could wear a heliotrope, Barbie. 579 00:31:38,896 --> 00:31:40,413 It's such a happy color. 580 00:31:40,448 --> 00:31:41,862 Yes. 581 00:31:41,896 --> 00:31:44,551 Yes, I think I could carry it. 582 00:31:44,586 --> 00:31:47,034 Susan says all the young officers 583 00:31:47,068 --> 00:31:48,827 will want to meet you. 584 00:31:48,862 --> 00:31:52,551 You must be the grandmother of the regiment, I suppose. 585 00:31:52,586 --> 00:31:55,758 It's years since I've visited the mess. 586 00:31:57,965 --> 00:32:00,379 We shall go. 587 00:32:08,793 --> 00:32:11,068 Is it Ghulam? 588 00:32:11,103 --> 00:32:12,413 Ghulam Mahommed? 589 00:32:12,448 --> 00:32:13,931 Yes, memsahib. 590 00:32:13,965 --> 00:32:16,103 I think we're late. 591 00:32:25,103 --> 00:32:26,896 Thank you, Ghulam. 592 00:32:29,034 --> 00:32:30,965 It's very crowded. 593 00:32:43,551 --> 00:32:45,620 You both made it. 594 00:32:46,862 --> 00:32:48,965 Hello, Auntie. 595 00:32:49,000 --> 00:32:50,931 Oh, it's so nice of you to come. 596 00:32:50,965 --> 00:32:53,103 And thank you for the marvellous present. 597 00:32:53,137 --> 00:32:55,724 - Hello, Barbie. - Hello, Susan. 598 00:32:55,758 --> 00:32:57,551 Mabel, you know Kevin Coley, don't you? 599 00:32:57,586 --> 00:32:58,724 Yes. 600 00:32:58,758 --> 00:33:01,689 I'm the oldest captain in the regiment now. 601 00:33:01,724 --> 00:33:03,517 Deputizing for Susan's father. 602 00:33:03,551 --> 00:33:05,827 I think I met you once with John. 603 00:33:05,862 --> 00:33:06,896 Yes. 604 00:33:06,931 --> 00:33:08,758 He seems to be keeping his spirits up 605 00:33:08,793 --> 00:33:11,000 in prison camp... 606 00:33:11,034 --> 00:33:12,517 from what I hear, that is. 607 00:33:12,551 --> 00:33:16,241 Well, of course, he can't write many letters, but Sarah 608 00:33:16,275 --> 00:33:18,344 brings me all the news. 609 00:33:18,379 --> 00:33:20,862 Where is Sarah? 610 00:33:20,896 --> 00:33:23,413 It's awful daddy can't be here, all the same. 611 00:33:23,448 --> 00:33:26,310 Aunty, come and meet General and Mrs. Rankin. 612 00:33:26,344 --> 00:33:27,655 Kevin will introduce you. 613 00:33:27,689 --> 00:33:29,241 Yes, of course. 614 00:33:52,793 --> 00:33:54,620 Barbara. 615 00:33:54,655 --> 00:33:56,034 Hello, Clarissa! 616 00:33:56,068 --> 00:33:57,310 Hello, Arthur! 617 00:33:57,344 --> 00:33:59,000 How nice to see you here. 618 00:33:59,034 --> 00:34:00,827 How are you? 619 00:34:00,862 --> 00:34:02,275 Is Sarah here? 620 00:34:02,310 --> 00:34:06,344 She wasn't at the door, unless I missed her. 621 00:34:06,379 --> 00:34:07,655 How awful if I did. 622 00:34:07,689 --> 00:34:09,655 She was here a minute ago. 623 00:34:09,689 --> 00:34:11,896 Somewhere... 624 00:34:11,931 --> 00:34:13,241 I'll see if I can find her. 625 00:34:13,275 --> 00:34:14,862 Thank you. 626 00:34:17,965 --> 00:34:19,310 Oh, thank you. 627 00:34:20,758 --> 00:34:24,000 His poor feet in this dreadful crush. 628 00:34:25,724 --> 00:34:27,862 Oh, there she is now. 629 00:34:30,034 --> 00:34:31,793 Hello, Barbie. 630 00:34:31,827 --> 00:34:34,103 Ooh, what a nice suit. 631 00:34:34,137 --> 00:34:36,482 Is Mabel all right, do you think? 632 00:34:36,517 --> 00:34:38,551 I feel I ought to be with her, but there were so many. 633 00:34:38,586 --> 00:34:40,517 They've got her a chair -- over there. 634 00:34:40,551 --> 00:34:42,137 Several young men are looking after her 635 00:34:42,172 --> 00:34:43,655 and she's absolutely fine. 636 00:34:43,689 --> 00:34:46,275 We're slipping away, you know, before the buffet. 637 00:34:46,310 --> 00:34:48,034 Yes, I know. 638 00:34:48,068 --> 00:34:51,310 Have you changed your mind? 639 00:34:51,344 --> 00:34:53,137 I mean, about the presents. 640 00:34:53,172 --> 00:34:55,379 Susan did say they would be on display, 641 00:34:55,413 --> 00:34:57,551 but perhaps it proved too difficult. 642 00:34:57,586 --> 00:35:00,344 No, they're on the table, there. 643 00:35:00,379 --> 00:35:01,344 Shall we go and look? 644 00:35:01,379 --> 00:35:02,620 Oh, yes, I must. 645 00:35:02,655 --> 00:35:04,793 Then I'll see you later, Barbie. 646 00:35:07,034 --> 00:35:10,551 - This is Captain Webb. - Mrs. Layton. 647 00:35:10,586 --> 00:35:12,551 Barbara? 648 00:35:12,586 --> 00:35:13,689 Yeah. 649 00:35:16,448 --> 00:35:18,586 Here they are. 650 00:35:18,620 --> 00:35:20,137 I say! 651 00:35:20,172 --> 00:35:23,172 A splendid display. 652 00:35:23,206 --> 00:35:24,620 Yes! 653 00:35:24,655 --> 00:35:26,137 Yes, it is. 654 00:35:31,827 --> 00:35:33,896 Wavell's the first viceroy we've had 655 00:35:33,931 --> 00:35:35,862 who knows anything about the country. 656 00:35:35,896 --> 00:35:36,931 Oh, Mrs. Paynton! 657 00:35:36,965 --> 00:35:38,827 But then, of course, he's a soldier. 658 00:35:38,862 --> 00:35:40,448 It's what you'd expect. 659 00:35:43,758 --> 00:35:46,344 They were in a box. 660 00:35:46,379 --> 00:35:48,172 What did you say? 661 00:35:50,310 --> 00:35:52,551 I mean, I agree. 662 00:35:52,586 --> 00:35:56,241 A splendid display -- absolutely splendid. 663 00:35:56,275 --> 00:35:58,310 So many things. 664 00:36:00,931 --> 00:36:03,689 You know, I've never been in a mess before -- 665 00:36:03,724 --> 00:36:05,758 I mean, a mess with a capital "M." 666 00:36:05,793 --> 00:36:06,827 Isn't that odd? 667 00:36:06,862 --> 00:36:09,655 Or don't you think so? 668 00:36:09,689 --> 00:36:14,034 I suppose this room is the anteroom. 669 00:36:14,068 --> 00:36:16,034 Is that the right nomenclature? 670 00:36:16,068 --> 00:36:17,034 Ooh, look. 671 00:36:17,068 --> 00:36:19,586 There's the canteen of silver. 672 00:36:19,620 --> 00:36:22,172 I'm sure I saw another toaster. 673 00:36:22,206 --> 00:36:25,241 Are you looking for something special? 674 00:36:25,275 --> 00:36:26,586 No. 675 00:36:28,724 --> 00:36:30,000 They're not here. 676 00:36:30,034 --> 00:36:32,517 Oh, excuse me! 677 00:36:32,551 --> 00:36:33,896 Barbara, do be careful. 678 00:36:33,931 --> 00:36:35,413 I think we'd better stand back. 679 00:36:35,448 --> 00:36:36,551 Yes. 680 00:36:37,620 --> 00:36:40,413 One can't expect. 681 00:36:57,586 --> 00:37:00,310 Such a crush. 682 00:37:00,344 --> 00:37:03,068 I've forgotten how to cope with crowds. 683 00:37:07,206 --> 00:37:09,206 I can't hear myself think, 684 00:37:09,241 --> 00:37:11,551 but then one never can. 685 00:37:11,586 --> 00:37:13,689 Or can you? 686 00:37:13,724 --> 00:37:15,758 Are you all right? 687 00:37:17,724 --> 00:37:20,724 I sometimes wonder... 688 00:37:20,758 --> 00:37:26,310 how many of those children did I bring to God? 689 00:37:26,344 --> 00:37:30,310 There were 12, you see, apostles. 690 00:37:30,344 --> 00:37:32,965 I was alone. 691 00:38:06,758 --> 00:38:09,068 Excuse me. 692 00:38:09,103 --> 00:38:11,000 Have you seen Mrs. Layton? 693 00:38:11,034 --> 00:38:12,862 Mrs. Layton senior, 694 00:38:12,896 --> 00:38:15,103 the lady in the gray hat and scarf. 695 00:38:15,137 --> 00:38:16,655 She was sitting in this chair. 696 00:38:16,689 --> 00:38:18,275 Oh, no. She went, I think. 697 00:38:18,310 --> 00:38:20,586 But she can't have. 698 00:38:21,827 --> 00:38:23,551 Thank you. 699 00:38:57,517 --> 00:39:00,137 Mabel? 700 00:39:16,793 --> 00:39:18,620 Mabel. 701 00:39:18,655 --> 00:39:20,862 Oh, Barbie. 702 00:39:20,896 --> 00:39:22,206 Is it time for us to go? 703 00:39:22,241 --> 00:39:24,413 - I lost you. - Mm-hmm. 704 00:39:24,448 --> 00:39:27,965 We can go out the back way, through the corridor. 705 00:39:28,000 --> 00:39:30,413 - If you're ready? - Oh, I'm ready. 706 00:39:30,448 --> 00:39:32,206 Susan's going to have a baby. 707 00:39:32,241 --> 00:39:34,275 Mildred told me. 708 00:39:34,310 --> 00:39:38,655 So Sarah's decided not to go away. 709 00:39:38,689 --> 00:39:40,689 The regimental silver. 710 00:39:40,724 --> 00:39:45,586 Exactly as it was when I first saw it 40 years ago... 711 00:39:45,620 --> 00:39:49,103 whilst how many starved? 712 00:39:49,137 --> 00:39:51,275 Nothing has changed. 713 00:39:51,310 --> 00:39:54,482 Now, I'm not even angry. 714 00:39:54,517 --> 00:39:56,620 Someone should be. 715 00:40:09,000 --> 00:40:10,724 Gaje Ghale. 716 00:40:10,758 --> 00:40:12,413 He lives again in memory 717 00:40:12,448 --> 00:40:15,068 that moment when, wounded in his arm, 718 00:40:15,103 --> 00:40:18,517 in his chest, and in his leg, he went on fighting. 719 00:40:18,551 --> 00:40:20,344 Covered in blood from his neglected wounds, 720 00:40:20,379 --> 00:40:21,586 he led his men 721 00:40:21,620 --> 00:40:23,827 into a hand-to-hand fight with the enemy. 722 00:40:23,862 --> 00:40:25,000 For superb courage, 723 00:40:25,034 --> 00:40:27,517 the Victoria Cross. 724 00:40:27,551 --> 00:40:28,965 Chhelu Ram. 725 00:40:29,000 --> 00:40:32,551 What he did saved countless lives, and he died. 726 00:40:32,586 --> 00:40:34,862 This is his widow and his child. 727 00:40:34,896 --> 00:40:38,000 For her, it's all strange and bewildering. 728 00:40:38,034 --> 00:40:39,931 Chhelu Ram was her husband. 729 00:40:39,965 --> 00:40:41,586 Now, the Viceroy comes to tell her 730 00:40:41,620 --> 00:40:43,137 that Chhelu Ram was a hero. 731 00:40:43,172 --> 00:40:45,965 Now widow and child are brought forward 732 00:40:46,000 --> 00:40:47,413 to meet the viceroy. 733 00:40:47,448 --> 00:40:49,758 Other wives are watching -- 734 00:40:49,793 --> 00:40:51,965 the commander-in-chief's wife, 735 00:40:52,000 --> 00:40:54,206 the wife of the Viceroy himself. 736 00:40:54,241 --> 00:40:56,344 Now he's giving her Chhelu Ram's medal, 737 00:40:56,379 --> 00:40:57,689 the Victoria Cross, 738 00:40:57,724 --> 00:41:00,517 and she hears the world told 739 00:41:00,551 --> 00:41:02,793 how Company Havildar Major Chhelu Ram 740 00:41:02,827 --> 00:41:04,310 rallied his men under fire, 741 00:41:04,344 --> 00:41:06,241 with no thought for his own danger, 742 00:41:06,275 --> 00:41:07,655 despite his serious wounds, 743 00:41:07,689 --> 00:41:10,482 how his men, inspired by his example, 744 00:41:10,517 --> 00:41:13,206 fought off the enemy with bayonets, 745 00:41:13,241 --> 00:41:15,965 sticks, and rocks picked up from the western desert, 746 00:41:16,000 --> 00:41:17,000 how he was wounded again 747 00:41:17,034 --> 00:41:20,862 and died still leading his men. 748 00:41:22,517 --> 00:41:25,034 And the Allied assault on Cassino continues 749 00:41:25,068 --> 00:41:26,689 with heavy fighting in all areas. 750 00:41:26,724 --> 00:41:28,344 Meanwhile, in Delhi, 751 00:41:28,379 --> 00:41:30,965 it has been strongly denied that the Japanese forces... 752 00:41:32,482 --> 00:41:34,068 Come in. 753 00:41:38,172 --> 00:41:40,793 You wanted to see me, sir? 754 00:41:40,827 --> 00:41:43,551 Ah, yes. 755 00:41:43,586 --> 00:41:46,000 Bad news, I'm afraid. 756 00:41:46,034 --> 00:41:47,310 Yes, sir, it is. 757 00:41:47,344 --> 00:41:48,310 I didn't mean the war. 758 00:41:48,344 --> 00:41:49,965 I'm afraid this is personal. 759 00:41:50,000 --> 00:41:51,793 Would you like to sit? 760 00:41:56,896 --> 00:41:58,862 We've had a signal through Calcutta. 761 00:41:58,896 --> 00:42:01,827 I thought it best to tell you first. 762 00:42:05,758 --> 00:42:07,448 I'm sorry. 763 00:42:10,241 --> 00:42:12,241 I see. 764 00:42:12,275 --> 00:42:14,620 What a terrible, terrible thing. 765 00:42:16,689 --> 00:42:18,275 I'll ring my wife. 766 00:42:18,310 --> 00:42:19,482 We'll all do what we can. 767 00:42:19,517 --> 00:42:21,931 Thank you. 768 00:42:21,965 --> 00:42:23,517 I'd better go now. 769 00:42:23,551 --> 00:42:26,000 Well, won't you wait a minute before you go? 770 00:42:26,034 --> 00:42:27,413 You've had a shock. 771 00:42:27,448 --> 00:42:29,965 No, it's better like this. 772 00:42:30,000 --> 00:42:32,344 I mean, better than just a telegram arriving. 773 00:42:32,379 --> 00:42:34,551 Yes, of course. 774 00:42:40,586 --> 00:42:42,724 Sarah... 775 00:42:42,758 --> 00:42:44,689 I'm very sorry. 776 00:42:44,724 --> 00:42:46,448 Thank you. 777 00:43:16,068 --> 00:43:17,344 Hello! 778 00:43:18,413 --> 00:43:20,413 Susan mustn't see me yet. 779 00:43:20,448 --> 00:43:23,103 I must speak to mother. 780 00:43:23,137 --> 00:43:24,413 What's wrong? 781 00:43:24,448 --> 00:43:27,000 Teddie's been killed. 782 00:43:38,068 --> 00:43:40,000 Nicky, how could you possibly 783 00:43:40,034 --> 00:43:41,793 bid three low trumps on that hand? 784 00:43:41,827 --> 00:43:43,206 Sarah's here. 785 00:43:43,241 --> 00:43:44,517 Is she? 786 00:43:44,551 --> 00:43:45,793 Whatever for? 787 00:43:45,827 --> 00:43:47,827 She wants to speak to you. 788 00:43:50,931 --> 00:43:53,620 Sarah? 789 00:43:53,655 --> 00:43:55,655 It's not about daddy. 790 00:44:05,034 --> 00:44:07,068 I'm sorry. 791 00:44:13,275 --> 00:44:15,000 Teddie. 792 00:44:20,482 --> 00:44:22,655 Would someone get my drink? 793 00:44:38,310 --> 00:44:40,310 Where's Susan? 794 00:44:40,344 --> 00:44:42,586 Asleep on the veranda. 795 00:44:47,275 --> 00:44:50,551 I'll go out and try to tell her. 796 00:44:50,586 --> 00:44:52,275 Perhaps someone should ring Dr. Travis 797 00:44:52,310 --> 00:44:54,034 in case she takes it badly. 798 00:44:54,068 --> 00:44:55,034 Do you want me to? 799 00:44:55,068 --> 00:44:58,689 No, Barbie, I can manage. 800 00:45:29,172 --> 00:45:31,724 Is it lunchtime already? 801 00:45:31,758 --> 00:45:33,655 No, I've come back early. 802 00:45:36,379 --> 00:45:38,896 Have you come on badly or something? 803 00:45:38,931 --> 00:45:42,103 No, it's not that. 804 00:45:42,137 --> 00:45:44,344 Shall we help Auntie Mabel with the flowers? 805 00:45:49,758 --> 00:45:51,551 You'll get as big as a house 806 00:45:51,586 --> 00:45:53,068 if you lie around all day. 807 00:45:53,103 --> 00:45:55,655 I'm as big as a house already. 808 00:45:57,724 --> 00:45:59,172 Have they given you the day off? 809 00:45:59,206 --> 00:46:02,413 - Sort of. - Why? 810 00:46:05,379 --> 00:46:07,034 Something's happened. 811 00:46:07,068 --> 00:46:09,931 And I have to tell you about it, 812 00:46:09,965 --> 00:46:13,103 and I don't know how to. 813 00:46:13,137 --> 00:46:15,931 So I think I'd better just say it straight. 814 00:46:15,965 --> 00:46:18,827 It's about Teddie. 815 00:46:18,862 --> 00:46:21,620 The signal came this morning. 816 00:46:21,655 --> 00:46:24,241 It says Teddie's been killed, 817 00:46:24,275 --> 00:46:27,413 so that's what we have to start believing. 818 00:46:27,448 --> 00:46:29,862 If there was any doubt about it, I wouldn't, 819 00:46:29,896 --> 00:46:31,344 but it does, 820 00:46:31,379 --> 00:46:33,793 and I'm sorry. 821 00:46:33,827 --> 00:46:34,931 I'm sorry. 822 00:46:37,586 --> 00:46:39,758 No! 823 00:46:39,793 --> 00:46:43,103 No! 824 00:46:43,137 --> 00:46:45,551 No! 825 00:46:45,586 --> 00:46:46,965 No! 826 00:47:15,344 --> 00:47:18,862 Sue, there's someone to see you. 827 00:47:18,896 --> 00:47:21,103 I'm only dropping in today. 828 00:47:21,137 --> 00:47:23,862 I thought you might like to see me. 829 00:47:28,068 --> 00:47:29,965 Who was that? 830 00:47:30,000 --> 00:47:31,241 The padre and his wife. 831 00:47:35,275 --> 00:47:38,689 They said they'd only look in. 832 00:47:38,724 --> 00:47:42,000 I told them Dr. Travis wanted her kept quiet. 833 00:47:47,379 --> 00:47:49,103 I never cared much for Teddie, you know. 834 00:47:51,172 --> 00:47:53,517 So I can't pretend to be bowled over. 835 00:47:57,586 --> 00:48:01,275 And I don't think Susan really loved him. 836 00:48:03,413 --> 00:48:06,413 She was very secretive about the honeymoon, 837 00:48:06,448 --> 00:48:07,482 at least she was with me. 838 00:48:07,517 --> 00:48:08,724 Did she say anything to you? 839 00:48:08,758 --> 00:48:10,620 No. 840 00:48:16,689 --> 00:48:20,482 I don't think Teddie was... 841 00:48:20,517 --> 00:48:23,241 very experienced. 842 00:48:23,275 --> 00:48:24,758 Not that that's important. 843 00:48:24,793 --> 00:48:27,137 Although it is if there's a lack of consideration, too, 844 00:48:27,172 --> 00:48:29,034 and that's how he struck me. 845 00:48:32,448 --> 00:48:35,413 I rather hoped that Muzzy Guide friend of his 846 00:48:35,448 --> 00:48:36,689 would cut him out, 847 00:48:36,724 --> 00:48:39,103 but he never even tried. 848 00:48:41,137 --> 00:48:43,241 What are we going to eat? 849 00:48:43,275 --> 00:48:45,724 Sue said she doesn't want anything. 850 00:48:45,758 --> 00:48:50,724 Uh, there's some cold chicken and salad. 851 00:48:50,758 --> 00:48:52,965 But you must tell Mahmood to get up a tray for her. 852 00:48:53,000 --> 00:48:54,896 She can't not eat. 853 00:48:56,068 --> 00:48:58,137 Oh, Christ. 854 00:49:02,827 --> 00:49:04,655 Come in. 855 00:49:04,689 --> 00:49:06,689 We didn't stop. 856 00:49:06,724 --> 00:49:08,586 It was my husband she wanted to see. 857 00:49:13,689 --> 00:49:14,896 Would you like a drink? 858 00:49:14,931 --> 00:49:17,344 Oh, not for me, thanks. 859 00:49:17,379 --> 00:49:18,379 Darling? 860 00:49:18,413 --> 00:49:19,586 Well, I... 861 00:49:19,620 --> 00:49:20,793 I wouldn't refuse a gimlet. 862 00:49:20,827 --> 00:49:22,896 Thank you very much. 863 00:49:26,137 --> 00:49:28,344 I'm sorry. 864 00:49:28,379 --> 00:49:30,655 It's very sad. 865 00:49:30,689 --> 00:49:32,724 She's asked for a memorial service, 866 00:49:32,758 --> 00:49:34,344 which seems suitable. 867 00:49:34,379 --> 00:49:35,379 I shall be happy 868 00:49:35,413 --> 00:49:36,827 to arrange it for her. 869 00:49:36,862 --> 00:49:39,862 Not "happy," darling. 870 00:49:39,896 --> 00:49:43,310 No. No, of course not -- happy to be of use. 871 00:49:43,344 --> 00:49:46,068 I thought on Saturday week, if you agree, Mrs. Layton. 872 00:49:46,103 --> 00:49:47,896 Then I can announce it next Sunday 873 00:49:47,931 --> 00:49:50,172 at matins and evensong. 874 00:49:53,137 --> 00:49:55,068 If it's what Susan wants. 875 00:49:55,103 --> 00:49:56,551 Thank you. 876 00:49:56,586 --> 00:49:58,931 Oh, yes, yes. 877 00:49:58,965 --> 00:50:01,275 It seems she does.