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Is

me.

You.

No.

Ok.

All

well,

Chin, Chin

beer is the only thing I can drink.

I've been making inquiries about you. Nickels

you're unable to steam and an oil that aren't you?

None better steam or sail.

We

can you keep your mouth shut? Can I keep my mouth shut?

I'm a clam. I am.

How would you like to take a tidy little pearling lugger

and cruise around the islands for about a year

trading?

I'll tell you how it is

a young fellow. I know has been working too hard.

I want to send him out to sea

and keep him there.

Understand our glancing Children.

Nothing like him to bring happiness into a man's life.

I always say this boy's always been delicate.

He's got a touch of the lungs.

His governor wants to keep him away from

where there are lots of people.

I see.

And what do I get out of it?

200 quid when your passenger goes aboard and 200 more when you come back,

make it 509 games.

All right.

I don't care about the money. Money. Don't mean nothing to me.

Anything to oblige a friend. All you've got to do is to get on board and sail. You win.

Now,

now,

why ain't even got a shaven tackle or a toothbrush? All right, grow a beard. Then

you ain't been bothered by a toothbrush for a long time. Have you?

You always treated me like a gentleman Ryan.

And when a chap treats me like that, I behave like one

already coming up good.

This is Captain Nichols,

talkative Bloke. A he,

what do you think of your ship?

I can't see much. Tell you more in the morning.

You'd better be well out to sea by morning.

Oh,

this is Fred.

Fred. Do

Blake will do

Fred Blank. This is Captain Nichols first straight seaman.

All right, we'll get on,

I'll have them put our luggage below.

I wasn't born yesterday, Ryan.

Why don't you come out with a strike and tell me what it's all about?

I don't want no questions.

Do you believe what you're told? Or I go

your blasted eyes out myself. All right. Govern an alarm

and don't be too hard on him.

He's only a young one.

He's old enough to hang.

You've always wanted to go to sea. Well, now you're going,

goodbye. Father.

Someone ought to pour vitriol on that handsome face

of yours to keep you out of trouble.

Come on, you black pats. We're getting underway,

get on the meat

and you want them

to

and you want them peak onions.

Come

on look alive. Look alive.

I'll wait. Why? This is Ks small

good beer I could do with a, swallow

me a banana white man.

I'm going back to the boat. Come on. What are you skiing? I don't like strangers.

You know that. Well, there's two of us. Ain't there to one of him.

This Kim Shins, ain't it? Yes, I ain't seen him in donkeys years.

I thought I'd come in and have a chin wag with, he's sick.

Oh, bad luck. Well, perhaps we can get a drink.

Sit down, sit down, Fred.

Where are you from?

So is the island

Nichols? My name Captain Nichols. And this is,

this is Fred Blake.

I could swear I've seen you somewhere. Perhaps making a long stay.

Oh, I'm waiting for the Dutch Packer to take me to Fua.

What did you say your name was?

I didn't mention it

but it happens to be Saunders, Saunders. I got it fo

choo

Dr

Saunders. I was up there seven years ago. Everybody knows

Dr Saunders, best doctor in the Far East chief. All swear by him.

Some of the whites still too.

I thought you never met Foia

for one year into the other.

Well, I came down here to operate on Kim Chin got a cataract off his eye.

He has a better luck for me.

You know, doctor

I suffer from Dyspepsia. Something awful. Are you gonna start that again?

Leave off biting your nails. Fred disgust. The man. But I called it.

You and your dyspepsia. You know, I'm a martyr to it. I've tried everything.

Nothing. Don't do me no good.

This beer now, you think I shan't suffer for it.

If anybody can do anything for me, it's you doc, they don't have to tell me.

You're clever. I can see that for myself.

Well, I can't perform miracles. You know,

you can't expect me to do much in a minute for a chronic condition like yours.

But you can prescribe for me, can't you?

There ain't nothing. I won't try. And how long are you staying

our time?

Our own? No, it isn't. We're pushing off as soon as we can get what we want.

Traders.

They're

in a manner of speaking.

Is there any Australian news in that paper? Yes.

If you can read Dutch. Well, you have no English papers at all, I suppose.

Oh,

yes. Now and then,

but when they get here they're about a month old. Don't they ever get any news here?

Yeah, that's what the Dutch packet brings three times a year.

There's no cables, a while or anything like that. No,

I fancy if a man wanted to keep out of the way of anything, he'd feel pretty safe here.

Mhm.

Well, if you gentlemen will, excuse me,

I've got to go and see my patient.

Oh,

if you fellow would car to dine with me tonight,

I'd be glad to get you up some kind of meal delight.

You

don't want to be bothered with us, doctor? Oh, which is not a bother.

I have my Chinese servant. He's a pretty good cook.

Let's come about six. Thanks, doctor.

You'll be sailing before six.

Who says? So

I say so

when you can't sail without me and I'm eating dinner with the doctor,

you know, doctor,

I don't think I'm going to have my Dyspepsia tonight.

What did you say that stuff was? You gave me gastric stimulant?

But do you think you could cure me? No, no, I wouldn't say that.

But, uh,

if I could watch you for a couple of weeks, I'd

try this and,

and I have a good mind to stay on for a bit and let you try. We're in nowhere.

We're sailing tomorrow morning. That was our understanding. We're sailing.

When I say we sail, ask the doctor to give you some of that,

whatever it is and take it along with you.

You'll be all right.

No, I can't do that.

Absent treatment is no good in the case of this kind,

but I'll tell you what,

I'm sick of this island

and I don't fancy remaining here for a

couple of months waiting for that Dutch packet.

Now,

if you will give me a passage on your Luger

as far as Massa

or

Surabaya,

you shall have all the treatments you want.

We can't take passengers. Look here, young fella who gives orders on this boat.

You or me? Well, he's not going on the ship from that fat.

You seem to have something against me, young man. Nothing personal doctor.

Well, I've known the doc for 20 years. He's all right. Not a liar.

You've never set eyes on him till this afternoon.

But I know a lot about him and if what I know is true,

he ain't got very much on any of us.

Well, I don't meddle much in other people's concerns. You'll make me tired.

What are you scared of? Now?

Listen, I don't want to be the cause of trouble between you two.

I'll say no more about it, but I want you.

It's a chance in a million to put my digestion, right?

You'll get your kick pack and come aboard tomorrow morning.

I wanted to say my head straight up for British

young fellow.

You might meet with an accident

on the way

you think I've been knocking about all over the world since before

you were born without knowing how to take care of myself.

And I sail a boat.

You and them four blacks.

You don't know one end and a boat from the other.

Where do you want to go, doctor?

Oh,

any Dutch Island where I can get a ship to take me on my way?

All right,

I suppose that will be better than being cooped up alone with that belching idiot.

We're sailing about 10.

Now. Who's boss?

The dinner was lovely. Doc.

We'll be sailing in the morning. Ok.

I'll smoke six pipes tonight.

No more.

No less

that.

Thank

you.

We put into the shelter of Palm Island before we all go under.

Ah,

better.

I don't

fancy

going to

any

think it's a joke.

What's the matter?

Get down in the cabin. Your wife

up your life? You were,

is a pretty

good

place to die.

A

chance of

getting through this.

Well, what don't we

put you out of your misery or make a

man out of

you?

You want to take the wheel?

What's the cost?

Keep

it straight into the wind.

If you don't put

on the bottom,

if you last about 15 minutes, you will just long enough for me to have a

pump and a brand here too

about the song.

You

take the wheel

headed into the wind.

All right. Take him up

and

keep

the ball.

You come and

you

for

me. If he needs me, there's a leopard loose in my belly.

Make a

man

of

no more, no

less.

You help

it.

You are not a bad looking specimen.

You stay on deck all night.

Yes, I thought if we found it, I'd rather be in the open. Were you frightened?

Well, I was at first but I'm not anymore.

You know, I think if it's coming to you it'll come. And that's that.

I thought I notice it's a change in you this morning.

You never know about people. Do you

techs? For instance,

of all the rotten skunks I've ever known

he'd rather go crooked than straight. There's not a decent thing about him.

But did you see him last night?

I'd take off my hat to him the way he handled this boat.

When I saw him standing up there laughing at it all.

I thought that if a rat like that could do it, I could do it 10 times better.

Last night, I was ready to die

today. I'm ready to live. Shall I tell you something?

What?

Just a little reflection based on experience.

Go ahead.

When some incident

has shattered the career you've mapped out for yourself.

A fool or a

crime

or a misfortune of some kind.

It's sometimes a stroke of luck

that that disaster

has forced you into a new life and taken you out of the humdrum existence.

You might otherwise have lived.

I make the most of that. Why do you say that to me?

I thought it might be a useful piece of information.

Thanks. You come. Have the *** hit a new hurricane in stomach?

Well, a bet yellow like a devil.

I told him not to eat those pork sausages

loyal. Where did you come from?

You are beautiful

and you are English.

I didn't know anyone who was on this island.

I live here.

You mean in that jungle there

on the other side of the big hill over there?

How did you get here,

swam

all the way,

not

just from the boat, we're anchored the next,

getting fixed up after that storm last night.

See what you are.

I have any clothes on.

What

is it?

Who?

I don't know. You very well.

What's your name? Louise.

Louise

Louis,

Louis,

Louis.

That's English too, isn't it?

Haven't you ever heard of my farm?

No, I'm sorry,

I'm Fred Blake. Have you ever heard of me?

No,

there you are. You see,

where did you come from?

Nowhere in particular.

I've been there.

Oh, tell me about,

tell you about what

Australia about the street cars and the automobiles and the talking pictures.

Haven't you ever seen any of those things?

No, but I read about them in books and in the papers.

Did you ever ride at an airplane?

What does it feel like?

Hello?

Who's that?

Perhaps I'd better go

fellow. Doesn't like to see his girl talking to another fellow with no clothes on.

Does he?

Is that what they think in Australia?

Oh, no, don't go, please. It's all right.

Hello.

There. This is Fred Blake. Gary.

He's got a ship in the next coast that they're trying to repair.

Got caught in the storm last

night.

Calm, sit down. I have a bite to eat. I'm sorry, I don't think I can.

Thanks. Why did you anchor and the cove for repaired?

Why didn't you go down to the settlement,

British settlement? No, Dutch.

Oh, you Dutch? No. I'm a Dane.

I

represent a Danish supporting company here.

Are you all alone? There are three of us. Good.

Why don't you come up to dinner to my house tonight?

If you don't see strangers very often? Now, why don't you bring them up to my house?

I'll get it.

That might be nice too. She's a good cook.

I'll swim back to the boat and tell them,

tell them to follow the cove in that direction.

You may have a little difficulty in the harbor. There's a submerged reef there.

Maybe I better go with you. No, no, no, no, we'll get by. All right.

It's a very narrow channel. I used to keep it dred

out but it's almost filled up again now. Oh, please don't. I

will get that. How about it at all? It would be very easy to pile up on that reef.

I don't want to keep you away from,

from Louise. So that's all right.

I think it comes back to the house with the head

and I'll expect you and your friends for dinner.

You ready?

Oh,

that is a good

swim.

I have some towels blow, come on down. I'll fix you out with some clothes.

You see it

just beneath the surface of the water there.

Army

watch your hel,

the hall is steady.

How do you get in and out of here in bad weather?

If we don't,

if there's any kind of a blow, you haven't a chance

lots of ships have piled up on that reef.

Start with a little

now. Hold it,

gotta make it. Skipper.

Got a dinner date tonight

with the lady

we're over.

I've sailed the Seven Seas, but this is the snuggest I ever saw.

Is that marble marble, all marble from Harlem. You don't say yes.

The old Dutch merchants were so rich. They didn't know what to do with their money.

So they brought out marble as ballast for their ships and built palaces with it.

Wait, you see mine

lunatics. I call them.

Sometimes they brought out a cargo of nothing

but ice and the journey took six months.

Here we are.

Hello.

Hello.

I haven't seen any British Earth for a year and a half.

This is Captain, Captain Nicholson.

You governor

Fred?

How do you do, Dr

So

Dr

Saunders

come right in.

You have a drop of whiskey before dinner.

I

could have touched it. You know, my descript, you won't allow me.

This is Swan.

He's by way of being my father in law.

This is Captain Nichols

and Fred Blake.

Nice to see British as again, isn't it, Mr Swans, a Swede

sea fan man.

Yeah,

I come out here 50 years ago.

I haven't been back since.

Maybe I'll go next year.

He says that every year. Sit down, won't you?

So,

I'm a sea fan man myself.

Yeah,

I've been captain of a schooner in the slave trade.

You go up to Port Mas

and ask anybody about Jack Swan.

They remember me.

I'm the first white man to ever walk across the island alone. Black Burton.

Have you ever run Chinaman?

All I have. I've been a blacksmith, a planter in a trader.

I've run a donkey engine skin mules and fought cannibals.

I've made a bit of money in my time and I was ruined by the great hurricane.

Lost everything I had.

I've had four wives and more Children than you could count.

Oh, thanks.

Where, where's Louise? She's in the kitchen cooking something or other?

She'll be in, in a minute.

Do you know where

Mr Frith keeps his newspapers? They're generally around here somewhere.

Oh,

I was just wondering if maybe there was a chance of my taking a squint at them.

I don't see why not Frith.

Where's that bundle of papers that came a few days ago

over there?

I don't believe you. Well, I am Captain Nicco. Oh, no, no, no, no.

Have a drop of Scotch.

Not for me.

Scotch has been the ruler of the Pacific.

If they'd stuck to Rumman sailing ships,

things wouldn't be what they are now. Yes, that's what I always say.

You and your stinking with it.

Get away from here with it.

I'm going to get even with him someday.

A run

a beet and pin. So he's

g,

what's he done?

It bothers your life out of me.

Married my daughter 20 years ago.

And he's been living off me ever since.

But I argued even with him,

I've been spending the last few years on a metrical translation of the Lucia.

You sin.

I don't seem to recall that it's an old Portuguese poem, the last of the great epics.

And you've been working on it for years.

Yes,

it will be my daughter's diary.

I want her to be proud of me.

I want to do this one thing superbly.

Do you suppose there are many people in the world who appreciate the lu

and of course, there are

up

about 100. I should think

it's a precarious bid for fame. My friend. You underestimate

it. It's one of the most glorious things ever written.

Why? It's part of my very life now. Yes,

I see.

I see. You're an intelligent man.

I want to read you one or two cantos of it sometime.

Yes,

I should be delighted.

I've got a hernia on my chest. Well, I'm a martyr to Dyspepsia. I am.

I've got rheumatism in all my joints.

How I could be perfectly happy with nothing but a little rheumatism.

You want to have this Dyspepsia? I don't know what real suffering is.

Well, I've got,

mm,

gentlemen, my daughter,

take your paces. Gentlemen.

It was nice of you to come.

And this is Dr

Saunders.

Won't you take me to dinner

with more pleasure than I can tell you,

haven't you ever been in car

before?

No.

There are crooks that look to me,

you're Jimmy Swan

and

no offense meant. And none titan,

I'd much rather look like a crook than like a fool.

I know a crook when I see one,

I've been a bit of a cook myself.

Mhm.

Yeah.

Yeah.

There's not very much for you to do on this island.

Is there besides going for a walk or swimming

and managing the plantation,

keep the books, pay all the bills. Do the marketing.

Look after Swan so that he doesn't get into trouble.

Keep things quiet for father.

You do all that

mother used to do it.

She was wonderful,

but she died last year

and I had to come home from school.

Where

on another island

it wasn't much of a school. I spent two years there.

Are you going to stay here alone?

I'm in no hurry to go. Now,

the duties and ceremonies of a host.

My eye.

I shot a man 10 years ago for looking over my shoulder the way you're doing

five years ago.

I cut a man's hand off for hugging the cards with his fingernails like you're doing.

Mind

the king

of

space,

the heart.

Where did you learn to dance like that?

I followed you.

That's all.

How did you tear that out of our pizza?

Something that happened a while ago that I wanted to forget.

What was it?

Tell me

sometime, perhaps

sometime when it's all over.

You're lovely.

Say it again.

Didn't anyone ever tell you that before?

I

don't know anyone

but Eric.

You're beautiful.

Kiss me.

Perhaps we'd better go in.

I'm not going back.

Well, they'll be out here in a minute. No, they won't. They'll play for hours.

Well, they should call,

tell him I'm going to bed.

It's quiet and dark in my room

and I can think.

Good night.

750 for the little

s

500. No, no, we were vulnerable.

Never mind adding up the score. I'll take your word for it.

Oh, there you are.

Where's Luis? Oh, she's gone to bed so soon.

Yeah,

she said she had a little headache and wanted me to say good night to everybody for it.

They're going to bed at 10

in this house.

I said, why don't you come over to my place and have a night cap that include me.

Certainly I could do with one. Come on.

Thank you very

much

time

spent

seven

years

in,

I speak every language that's ever spoken. No.

Go up there and ask anybody don't talk to me about New

Gaia. There was a chief that wanted me to marry one of his black daughters. He did.

If I'd had any sense, I'd stay there and been king of the cannibal islands.

And you with your description,

charming people.

Charming.

Hm.

He's as strong as an ox that fella.

I'm just like a baby beside you. I've always been strong.

Ever been in a fight. No. Why should I,

you would kill a man like that?

I never voted to kill anything. How long have you been here? Four years.

Ever get homesick. No,

to me, all the far east is here,

the east of the Garden of Eden

with my books and more leisure than any millionaire

and with Louise, what more could I want?

Ah. Yes,

Louise.

How old is she? 1919.

And she's been managing everything ever since her mother's death. Yes,

that crazy household is quite a responsibility.

I'll tell you in confidence

you're engaged.

Does that sell?

Yes. But it's not official. So, don't mention it.

You see, old Swan doesn't like me any more than he likes frit.

Doesn't think I'm good enough.

He has an idea that one of these days some

rich English Lord will come along in his yacht.

And so far the nearest approach has been Fred here in his pearling lugger.

I don't mind waiting

when you love anyone as I love Louise a few months or a year. Don't matter.

You love her like that.

Yes,

of course. You've only just seen her. You don't realize how beautiful she really is

and there's something else in her tool

like a wraith. Not quite at home in the hands of men.

It's so beautiful that I almost regret it. She can't always keep it.

Why shouldn't she?

I feel that she'll lose it when she becomes a wife and a mother.

It's the soul of her. It's so beautiful.

Don't be silly. Why is it silly?

Makes me ashamed that I won't go to her as pure as she'll come to me.

My dear boy,

the most valuable thing I've learned from life is to regret

nothing.

Life is short,

nature is hostile

and man is ridiculous.

Good night. Good night.

Thanks for the night cap. You're going to, yes, I'm afraid so.

I'm awfully glad you told me how you felt about Louise. You blame me.

No.

Listen,

I live all alone in this marble palace. Why don't you come and take one of the rooms?

We could have great times together. Yes. Why don't you, Fred?

Well, our ship is almost ready to sail. Sail where to some other island?

Not nearly so pleasant. Well, how about getting you to Surabaya?

You want to catch that Dutch packet, don't you?

Well, he could get it here in about a week if he cares to wait.

Well, of course, I'll wait. Why?

Trade a marble palace for a ship's cabin on my account?

Well, you see it, of course you'll stay. You can have any room you want.

They're big enough to make a gymnasium out of.

Yes, I suppose one could make a gymnasium out of one of them. Could you

do you know how to box? No, but I know wrestling. You do. Grand.

I'll move my things over tomorrow. You teach me wrestling and I'll teach you boxing?

You've taken quite a fancy away,

eh?

Me,

please

keep your life.

That's a good one.

The

Louise,

what are you fighting for? We're not fighting. We're boxing.

That's my instructor on the floor.

Right. For not keeping my eye on you.

Is it fun to hit each other with these? Yes, it's sort of a game.

Eric's getting good at it.

Where have you been?

I haven't seen you for days and days. Oh, I've been working awfully busy

trying to get that boat fixed up. I've been waiting for you.

Well, we've been getting ready to sail

when,

in a few days.

Matter of fact, I ought to be down there now. Besides, I'm keeping you from your work.

Don't be silly. Why don't you both come along with me?

I have to inspect the nutmeg plantation. Oh, no, really? I

have to get that cabin painter today.

I should have been down there an hour ago. Let me watch you.

Well, there's nothing to watch besides.

How do you expect me to paint with you watching

you better? Let me get at it and I'll see you both later.

No,

wait a minute, you stay here and take care of Eric. I've never seen your boat.

It's just like any other boat

you better get in, Fred.

Give her a bucket of paint and let her enjoy herself. It looks like it, doesn't it?

I'll see you later.

Good bye

bye bye.

I

can still feel that punch that Eric gave me on the show.

Is there going to be anybody on your boat?

I don't know the crew. Perhaps

Eric couldn't come.

I'm dying to see the boat.

Eric's a splendid fellow, isn't he?

Oh, they repair the,

yes,

you see, there really isn't anything you can do here.

I like to be with you.

I'm pretending that we're going to sail away somewhere.

Perhaps Eric will take you for a trip on your honeymoon.

You know, there's the kind of a chap I'd like to be.

Oh, he's grand.

You're lucky you'll have a man like Eric,

aren't you gonna kiss me?

Why do you suppose I've been staying away

because I was afraid of something like this.

Don't you understand? You're engaged to Eric,

you're going to marry him.

He's 10 times better than I am. I'm not thinking about, er, you must think about Eric.

Fred

love me

because Eric is free.

The police aren't hounding him up and down the coast.

He's able to give you the things you should have. But I,

every settlement I put into has me by the throat. Every stranger I see is my enemy

for your own sake. Let me alone, won't you? What have you done?

What's it matter what I've done?

That's what you didn't want

Dr Saunders to read in our newspaper. Exactly.

I don't want anyone to read it a couple of days. I'll be gone from here. No, no.

Yes, I will.

You will never see me again.

And I want you to forget that you've ever known me.

I can't. Yes, you can. You must

marry Eric. Make him happy, please. No, it isn't as easy as that.

I don't care if the police are follow you. I don't care what you've done.

Listen, Louis,

I killed a man in Sydney.

Did he deserve to be killed? That's not the point.

It means that I'm an outcast from every British settlement

and even in a Dutch settlement like this, if anything should happen,

they'd have me in a minute.

I've got to keep sailing from island to island to island. What did you kill him for

over a woman?

Her

husband was way up in politics and my father was trying to get his backing.

I met her at a political garden party.

She was a lot older than I was,

but she seemed to like me and did everything she could to get me along with her.

I knew what she was up to,

but father wanted me to be nice to her on the

account of the game he was playing with her husband.

And when I saw there was going to be trouble, I tried to back out as nicely as I could.

And one day I got a note from her saying she was going away and asking,

couldn't I come up and say good bye to her.

I couldn't see any reason why I should refuse.

So I went, it seemed sensible and reasonable enough until I was ready to leave.

And then she said it wouldn't really hurt you to kiss me. Goodbye, would it?

So I bent down to kiss her and she put her arms around my neck and wouldn't let me go

for a moment. Her husband was just as startled as I was.

Then he shouted at me, but I couldn't understand what he said.

He let out his fist and I dodged it.

And then he got a hold of me. He was a big powerful chap bigger than me.

And we struggled all over the room.

He hit me when he couldn't, I hit him back.

And

finally he got me down

and we were rolling around the floor like mad men.

He got his knee on my windpipe and I began to choke. I tried to shout, but I couldn't,

I threw up my right arm and suddenly I felt a revolver placed my hand.

I

swear. I didn't know what I was doing.

It happened in a second.

I twisted my arm and pulled the trigger

gave an awful groan and rolled off me.

I was in a daze.

I saw his wife kneel down beside him.

She was smiling

and then she got up and put her arms around my neck. She said,

you can't leave me here. You've got to take me away with you.

I told her she was mad and tried to run fast in her arms and shouted at her. Let me out.

Listen, she said

my property now

I'll take care of this and when it's all hushed up, we'll go away.

I told her we wouldn't. And she said you'll do it or hang.

She tried to put her arms around the neck again,

but I flung her away and ran out of the house

and here I am,

you didn't

liable to be picked up at any moment.

That's why I say Eric is free

and he's good.

He's the most wonderful chap I've ever known

and he loves you.

Kiss me bread.

Hello, Eric.

Had your dinner?

No, I'm waiting for frail. Know where he is.

I haven't seen him since the middle of the afternoon. It's almost 10 o'clock.

He ought to be at your place, hadn't he? He hasn't been home.

I had to go out and look at a plantation. I just got back a little while ago myself.

He's probably out courting.

He's a good looking young fellow and the girls take a shine to him too.

Between you and me.

He eat it off pretty good with that girl up there.

What girl,

you mean, Louise? She was down looking over the boat with him this afternoon,

but I thought I'd better mind my own blasted business.

I'll go down to the f

you won't find him.

You suppose he could have gone to the fritz for dinner.

He wouldn't be there this late. Don't be too sure. Would he go to bed at 10 up there?

It wouldn't surprise me

if they were stucked up together this moment.

And very nice too.

I wish I was in his place.

You idiot.

Do you want to commit suicide?

I've known a lot of them big fellas, sentimental.

They are never eat a chap when he's sitting down. That's what they always say.

And their minds don't work quick. I suppose you want to get Fred into trouble.

So, where are you going? I'm going over to the fridge

to get Fred out. If that's where he

is,

they can have all the girls they like, I'll treat them all for a good,

so pudding with plenty of

crile and a good wallop of cream over it. That's my idea of Evan.

And you can put your love and your golden

s when the monkey put the peanuts.

Are you standing out there for her?

Come on in.

I don't like people watching me from outside of the door.

I thought maybe I could

find,

I,

well,

he's in there scratching some more of this stuff on paper that don't amount to a hoot

fridge.

No,

please don't disturb him. Not disturb him.

Why shouldn't I disturb him? I like to disturb him.

I want him out here anyway.

I told him I'd get even with him someday.

Yes.

Ah, Dr

Saunders. Glad you came up, man.

So I was wondering if you had seen, what are you doing?

You want to be in bed?

That it,

I manage.

I translate the ball

and it was over there. All the

horses and all the king's men can't put that blasted thing together again.

Five years,

five years when you should have been out making something of your chance,

you don't know what you destroyed.

It might have been read throughout the world.

I was doing it for Louise.

Louise

didn't

never mind Swan. You've only torn up a few dozen sheets of paper.

They were merely an illusion. It would be foolish to give them a second thought.

The reality of the poem remains that is indestructible.

I'm sorry, doctor. I can't read you those two cantos as I promised

it's my loss. Mr Fr

Tomorrow. I shall set to work to do it all over again

and I shall do it better.

But I really didn't come to make a call. I was looking for Fred.

I thought he might be here.

Hello, Eric.

He was here to dinner, but he went home. I think

there is Louise in her room probably. And you're not worth your salt either.

Thanks, Brit,

Eric.

Stop

bread.

I

killed

you.

Oh,

good night.

Good night. Thank you

fresh.

Right.

Fred. What's the matter?

You hear me?

Wake up?

What,

what is it?

What's happened?

Why did he kill me?

He should have

probably

almost did.

I

didn't want it to happen this way.

I can't stand him picking me a swine.

You were with Louise, I suppose.

You just couldn't resist it.

Come on here, I'll have you.

Oh, but I'm in love with her.

I want to marry her.

I loved her the first time I saw her,

but she loved me.

I wanted to tell Eric,

I must find him doctor.

I must explain to him.

Take it easy, son. I think you're a fool to go to him tonight. He can kill you.

I don't care. I must have it out with him and then if he wants to kill me, let him

herrings,

Eric,

Eric

six pipes. Ok.

No more,

no less.

I mean, it's fresh

but the inductor quickly,

I can hear it. Please.

Doctor to come quickly. Da there's been an accident.

Yes, he shot himself. He,

he's dead.

Well,

if he's dead, what's the use of my coming?

But we can't leave him there like that.

You've got to do something. You're not alone.

Don't do that.

That's blood.

Better wash it off.

Coming here.

Yeah. Put your hand in here.

Have you got any on your clothes?

I don't think so.

Ok.

Some whiskey.

You know, we don't want to run into the Dutch authorities. My friend,

I believe they are not very easy people to deal with.

Yeah. Come here.

Saddam.

Yeah,

you can't leave Eric lying there in a pool of blood for Ed.

Isn't it a fact that something happened in Sydney? To make you leave there in a hurry.

Now, the authorities here are going to ask you a lot of questions.

If they start to investigate you, it might be very inconvenient.

I'm fed up on the whole thing. Don't be a fool.

If he's dead, there's nothing you can do about it.

Nothing I can do

red.

Did you shoot him?

Me?

If he were my own brother, I couldn't have thought more of him.

Why didn't he kill me instead?

Perhaps she thought he did.

Curious, isn't it? Don't laugh.

The only decent love I've ever had.

And it's cost me the life of my best friend.

Yeah.

Drink this.

Mm.

What was it you did in Sydney

killed a man.

Have you ever killed a man? Only professionally?

I can't make you out. Doctor

is nothing sacred to you, don't you believe in anything? Oh, Tom. Right.

Tonight,

tonight, when I was with Louise, I was happy.

II, I

thought we could

perhaps be married and settle down here.

I could have explained to Eric. Couldn't, I,

I thought, I thought maybe we could go into business together or something.

Well, it's a little late to think of that now.

But you could still marry Louis after what's happened.

I couldn't stick the sight of it.

Why did I ever think she was beautiful?

Why did I ever let her put her arms around me and kiss me?

I hope I never see her again.

Well, what are you going to do then?

I don't know.

I can't stay here. I can't go home.

I don't know what I want to do.

I think you better try to get a little sleep.

Sweet.

I suppose Fred will be wanting to sail this morning. I shouldn't be surprised.

Well, he can't do it.

The barometer's fallen and the wind will be blown like old Harry in a little while.

We found her on that reef in 15 minutes.

I

think I'd better wake him up in 10. No, I'll let him sleep.

I hate to awaken a man to grief.

Here it is.

I'm sorry to tell you that the Danish trader

called Christenson has been found dead in his womb.

You mean Eric? The tall fellow?

Yes, we are looking for Fred Blake who was living with him.

The manager tells me he was here last night to visit you. Yes, that's right.

How long did he stay? Oh, about an hour perhaps.

Were you here?

No,

I was flat on my back with my dyspepsia in my own room

and you'd have to have it yourself to know what the agony is.

Did he have the girl with him? Louise? Sweet. No,

she disappeared also.

They must be together somewhere else.

Did he say anything to lead you to believe

that he might have quarreled with Christensen last night?

No, he seemed quite cheerful

then you can offer no explanation to the tragedy.

No, I'm afraid not, do you know where Fred Blake? Then

I haven't the slightest idea.

Thank you.

If I have any more need of you, then I will call you

in the meantime, I must ask you not to try to leave the island.

That is fine.

You let me know

dot com.

It's getting to be a disgust but the fridges popping people off like that.

Well, I saved his nick once by taking him out of Sydney, but I'm not doing it this time.

Where are you going? I'm going to tell them Dutch constables were afraid he is.

You can't do that.

Oh, can't I though,

I'm going to stop their blasted police investigations before they start.

There's a few things in my own life I just assume. Forget.

And how about you? Doctor you yellow rat?

And I wouldn't be calling any fancy names about it either my friend.

It's a question of my life or his is. And I'll be glad enough to get rid of him.

Your life.

What makes you think? That's so precious?

It isn't what the brass fall into you or anyone else?

You'll be dead in six months.

What you think? It's deception that's raking you. 4.5, don't you?

Well, it isn't.

It's cancer

the best rat poison in the world.

Sure.

Please me. Like a steak. A long life in Captain Knickers.

Chop chop will. Fine.

Oh,

me.

No. Ok. Thanks for your loyalty.

But nature has devised more suffering for Captain Nichols than

even your oriental mind could ever conceive. Let him alone.

Come on, son. Come on.

Come on.

They found out.

Oh,

where are they? They're gone here. Back up.

Don't snare at me please.

You see, I've never cared for the chapters. I've cared for Eric.

I'll never forgive myself for his death.

I don't know what it all means.

Why am I here? Where am I going? My dear boy

men have been asking those questions since they stopped

throwing coconuts at each other in the primeval forests

and picked up a glimmer of intelligence.

Don't you believe in anything? Nothing except myself and my experience,

the world consists of me,

my thoughts and my feelings,

everything else is mere offensive. Well, that's not so

I demand more of life than that.

You,

you're just a stranger in this world. Yet

presently you will learn to do without what you cannot get

and make the most of what you can.

A little common sense, a little tolerance, a little good humor

and you can make yourself very comfortable on this planet.

I want life to be fair.

I want life to be brave and honest.

I'm not willing to stand by while the good are punished and the wicked goes scot free.

I want all men to be decent.

Surely. That's not asking too much. I don't know.

It's asking more than life can give.

Remember the words of Disraeli

youth is a blunder

maturity has struggled

and old age had a grit.

You've lost heart,

you've lost hope. Faith. Everything.

What in God's name have you got? Left? Resignation, resignation,

the refuge of the beaten,

but keep your resignation. I don't want it.

I'm not willing to accept evil and ugliness and injustice.

If life means that everything I believe in is to

be trampled on then for the devil with life,

you better don't go out there.

I'm not afraid of anything that's out there. I'm getting away from this island now.

I can't sail the f,

over that reef in the blow that's coming up.

Perhaps I'll find life on the other side of that reef.

The kind of life I'm looking for,

not the kind you're talking about, but you'll be killed.

I love it.

Goodbye. Doctor.

Thanks.

Not far.

Everything

I'm deck.

Get up from Angel.

Put

him

away,

get a shot.

You,

we stay with you.

Well, I've got the headlines

on the boat.

Come

back.

Get

over

that.

He's dead.

Ted you here, Ted,

why can't you leave me alone? I don't know.

Something bigger than I am.

We can't help ourselves more than we can help the wind

or the sea

tumbling.

Get on that reef in a minute.

Think, you know where the channel is? It's there.

Wow.

If you're right, perhaps we'll find life on the other side.

Run.

What's to stop it?

You Joe on the part,

the young,

he never make it

won't that be too bad?

They're over, bri.

And they made it,

we

talking

with the steps here.

Cancer

tonight.

Seven pipes are there

no more.

No less.

Oh,

yeah.