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David Robinson?

My orders are to place you

under arrest, Mr. Robinson.

- MAN: It seems there. - Will be a retrial.

Only an impartial jury can

officially acquit David.

I've got a job.

Working with grandpa.

Don't worry.

He won't be with us for long.

Oscar says that this

William Lester is the finest

prosecutor in the city.

I know a judge who

could be very useful to us

in this matter.

Why won't you marry me?

I love you.

Why don't you want to

eat with us anymore?

[THEME MUSIC]

ERNST (VOICEOVER): It would

seem my family is being tested

by some higher power,

forever pushing us

beyond the limits of endurance.

But though our trials and

tribulations never cease,

we are not downhearted.

Each new calamity only serves

to strengthen our resolve.

Take Ben, for example.

He has found work, and

it has transformed him.

He is now quite the gentleman.

Billy, too, has left the

fold for new adventures.

And though Christina is

upset to see him gone,

- she will, in time, come. - Around to the idea.

As for me, my work

continues apace.

Of course I worry

about you, father,

sitting alone in your cell.

But I am confident that

these accusations against you

will once again be

proved worthless.

They have no case against you.

Emily sends her love, too.

Our ongoing courtship

is a consolation

a source of never ending joy.

You will not see what

is right under your nose.

That Billy wasn't happy here,

and that is why he left.

- Well of course he. - Was unhappy, living.

In the stable with animals.

I suppose you're happy

living in the guest bedroom?

- Yes. - Yes, indeed, I would.

Well then you'd make

him an object of scorn.

Look around you.

This is Boston.

You don't live in a

tree house anymore.

We have servants.

And what about Bessie?

Bessie.

Is different.

EMILY: Why?

Because...

Because she's

always been a servant.

She was born to it.

Well so was Billy.

- Well the difference. - Between us,

Emily, is that you approve

of that state of affairs.

- (VOICEOVER) For all. - My letters reassuring.

My father, in reality

our family seems

to be coming apart the seams.

Christina!

You can't stay in there forever.

CHRISTINA: Yes I can!

Are you all right?

I heard you

quarreling with Ernst.

I'm afraid I'm going

to break his heart.

I never meant to do it.

Oh, mama.

Is she still in there?

Yes.

Don't worry, she'll

come out soon.

CHRISTINA: No I won't!

How's Mr. Robinson?

He's coping well.

Thank you, Emily.

Have they fixed the

date for the trial yet?

The day after tomorrow.

Guilty, whichever

way you look at it.

Robinson attacked the

man, Seth Parsons,

and he dies as a result.

We think he died.

There is no doctor's

certificate to that effect.

Are you implying that we

have no case, Mr. Lester?

Of course we have a case.

Our testimony has to be

presented with a little flair,

that's all.

The question is... will

it achieve what you want?

Will it make Emily.

Chan return to you?

And what has that got

to do with anything?

Rather a lot as,

I understand it.

There is only one thing for

you to understand, Mr. Lester.

Robinson must pay

for what he has done.

You wanted to see me, sir?

Yes, my boy, come in.

So, how are you getting on?

Passably well, sir.

I've made one or two mistakes,

which Mr. Cotterill has been

kind enough to point

out to me, but I'm

learning all the time, sir.

Splendid.

- And I'd like to. - Thank you once, again,

- For giving me this chance. - Yes, yes, yes.

Now listen to me very carefully.

A new shipment

has arrived today.

I want you to go down to

the docks and meet it.

Yes, sir.

I want you to make a full

inventory of the cargo.

Here the necessary documents.

Inventory?

But Mr. Cotterill usually...

Mr. Cotterill is

occupied elsewhere.

Don't argue with me, Ben.

No, sir.

Well, get on with it.

Oh, and Ben?

Don't fail me.

Come on, have a little

bit of this broth.

For me?

What would Billy say if he saw

you wasting away like this?

He wouldn't care.

Yes he would.

- Just because he doesn't. - Live here anymore.

Doesn't mean he's

not your friend.

He'll probably be around

to visit us in no time.

Try and keep him away.

Why did he leave, then?

We've been over this.

He had to go.

Christina, you

have to understand.

Things on the island,

they were different.

It was a special time.

- It was as though. - We dreamed it all.

What about Ben?

What about Ben?

You met him on the island,

too, and he's still with us.

That's different.

I love Ben.

Well I love Billy.

Well, I'll leave this here.

And if you won't eat it

for me, eat it for mama.

This is an awful

time for me and she

needs all of us, the whole

family, to pull together.

Instead, we're all at

each other's throats.

So please, Christina,

think of her for once.

[SQUAWKING]

Yes, Emily?

I was wondering, will

I be asked to testify?

ELIZABETH: I don't see why.

You weren't there

when it happened.

And you have had no dealings

with Seth Parsons, have you?

No.

But I have had dealings

with Kwang-Sen.

Why does he take such

an interest in all this?

I really don't know, dear.

I think he must be

a very spiteful man.

[CRYING]

I did find something out.

I found out who

the judge is to be.

Who is it?

ELIZABETH: His name

is Abraham Moss.

Is he famous?

Let's just say he's not

known for his leniency.

A hanging judge, that's

what they call him.

Mama!

ELIZABETH: Christina!

[CRYING]

[MUFFLED SPEECH]

You there!

Excuse me?

What is that?

How many barrels?

Hey, don't walk away.

Those have not been counted!

I said those have

not been counted!

Listen to me!

I'm trying to make an inventory!

Entire cargo gone astray?

What were you doing, man?

And this?

This is supposed to

be an inventory, huh?

This worthless scrap of paper?

Sir, I...

Did I ask you to speak?

A trained monkey might

have fared better.

- Were it not for the fact. - That you were married.

To my grand daughter, I'd

have you swabbing decks

on the first ship out of here.

Do you understand?

Do you understand?

Yes, sir.

All right.

This time... this time

we say no more about it.

And I will not dock

your wages, as I should.

It would give me no pleasure

to take money from Joanna.

Well, what are you waiting for?

Was everything accounted for?

Good.

We'll let him stew on

it for a day or two.

JOANNA: You haven't said a

word since you came home.

Is everything all right at work?

Yes.

Why?

No reason.

[THUNDER CRASHING]

Not like the monsoon, is it?

- Even the rain is. - Different in Boston.

EMILY: Mrs. Robinson,

may I speak with you?

ELIZABETH: Yes, dear, of course.

I have to leave this house.

Emily?

Today.

My bags are packed.

I shall leave within the hour.

I'm sorry, Mrs. Robinson.

As much as I hate to leave

you in your hour of need,

I feel I can no longer be

a member of this family.

Will you forgive me?

Well, I uh... I don't

know what to say.

Naturally, you are free to go.

We always knew you

would eventually.

But why now?

Is it something to

do with the trial?

No.

What, then?

Have we offended

you in some way?

Far from it.

You have been the only family

I've ever really known.

I will be forever in your debt.

Only...

Only what?

It's Ernst, Mrs. Robinson.

I see.

He has asked me to marry him.

And you've refused.

I do love him, of course.

To see him suffering daily...

It's too much to bear.

Have you talked

it over with him?

No, I can't.

Well where will you go?

Home.

Home to China, and a new life.

I must help,

make arrangements.

No, please.

I beg you.

Give this to Ernst,

and let me go.

I'll never ask

anything of you again.

I have no power

to stop you, Emily.

You may go, with my blessing.

Ben?

Yes, Mr. Wyss?

This fellow here

says he knows you.

Make it quick.

Hello, Ben.

Sidney.

You remember me, then?

Yes, of course.

What do you want?

[TUTTING]

Now that's no way to treat

one of your own, is it?

After all this time, too.

All that living hand to

mouth on a desert island's

blunted your good manners, Ben.

Sorry.

I'm shocked, that's all.

How are you?

All the better

for seeing you, Ben.

This your desk, is it?

Yes.

Well, well.

Never had you down as

the book learning type.

I'm afraid you can't stay.

Mr. Wyss has very strict rules.

Oh, I bet he does.

Don't worry, Ben, I ain't

going to show you up.

Just want answers to a

few questions is all.

Yes, of course.

What would you like to know?

Well first off, who is this

new addition to the Thomas

family... this Joanna

Robinson... and when do

I get to make her acquaintance?

[SQUEAKING]

So I got to wondering

what happened to our Ben,

not hearing nothing.

And I says to myself,

Sidney I says,

- we ain't heard he's. - Alive, but yet we.

Ain't heard he's dead neither.

And then one day I'm

walking through the town,

and who should I see getting

out of a fancy carriage

with a lady on his arm but old

Ben Thomas in all his finery?

You didn't fool me, Ben.

I knew you right off.

I understand

you're related to Ben

on his father's side, Sidney.

That's right.

His father is my

father's brother.

The Thomas'.

There's hundreds of us.

Eh, Ben?

You'll have to get to know

us better, Mrs. Robinson.

Please, help yourself.

Thank you.

So Ben tells me your husband's

up for murder, Mr. Robinson.

Nasty business.

You gonna get him off or what?

It's been a very

pleasant evening.

And I likes your family, Ben.

I likes them all, especially

that young wife of yours.

A very handsome woman.

- How much? - What's that, cousin?

Let's have it.

How much to stay away and

keep my whereabouts a secret?

Why Ben, I can't

hardly believe my ears.

Sidney, just tell me.

- Well, since you want. - To put a price on it,

A couple of hundred should do.

I'm a shipping clerk.

Where can I find such a sum?

You married into

money, didn't you?

Sell the family silver.

Now you listen...

No, you listen cousin.

Unless you do what I

say, you're going to have

20 hungry mouths on your door.

That could work out

even more expensive.

- Whereas if you come. - Up with the loot,

I won't bother you no more.

10.

- I'll give you 10 and we'll. - Say no more about it.

Now you don't

get off that easy.

The money's there, I've

seen it for myself.

I'll give you till tomorrow.

You married into

money, didn't you?

Do you deny it?

No, sir.

I can't hear you.

No, sir.

What was your rank before

you had the good fortune

to meet Joanna Robinson?

My rank, sir?

On board ship.

- First mate? - Captain, perhaps?

[LAUGHING]

Order!

No.

The truth is, you didn't have a

penny until you met your wife.

Isn't that right?

Yes, sir.

Yes.

Well, now.

Did you befriend two brothers on.

"The Fury" in those first weeks

of the voyage?

Yes, sir.

What were their names?

For the court.

Jed and Seth Parsons.

Why are you here, Emily?

Tell me what you want.

If it's not too late, I

would like to make amends.

You are lying.

You think it is within

my power to have

David Robinson released, and so

you come here to plead for him.

I'm not here to plead

for him, but for myself.

It wasn't my fault we were

shipwrecked, Kwang-Sen.

And I confess, I allowed myself

to wonder from my true path,

from my destiny, and

for that I'm sorry.

But it's not too late.

I have left the Robinsons.

I'm free.

Nothing happened on the island.

I've saved myself for you.

I'm ready to return

to China as your wife.

And when Seth, the younger

of the two, was murdered...

Objection!

Sustained.

I'm sorry.

When it seemed that young

Seth had been killed,

did you swear vengeance

on the man you held

responsible... David Robinson?

I didn't know if...

Oh, answer the question.

Yes or no.

Did you swear vengeance?

Yes, sir.

But that vengeance

never came, did it Ben?

- Then you came across. - The young woman.

Who was to be your salvation,

whose family was to provide

you with the means

to which you have

become so clearly accustomed.

You betrayed your

friend, Jed Parsons.

The only man who ever gave

a care for your well-being.

And you wormed your way into the

affections of that young girl.

Oh, no doubt her

family were only too

pleased to have you among them.

A small price to pay

for your silence.

No, I didn't...

They used you, didn't they?

They used you, and you were

too ignorant to see it.

No!

[ACCORDION PLAYING]

I know, Bruno.

You miss him too, don't you?

We've got to find him!

Come on, Bruno.

Find him.

Find Billy!

You saw Seth

Parsons fall and hit

his head against the woodwork.

Is that right?

Yes.

And in your opinion,

was he dealt a fatal blow?

I cannot say.

Did he lay quite still?

ELIZABETH: Yes.

And then his brother arrived.

He examined Seth, and

pronounced him to be dead.

Correct?

ELIZABETH: Yes, that is correct.

And did you believe him?

It's a simple enough

question, Mrs. Robinson.

Did you believe.

Jed Parsons when he

said his brother Seth was dead?

I don't know.

I would remind you

that you are on oath.

I will ask the question again.

Did you believe the

man to be dead or not?

Yes.

For the court to hear.

Yes.

Are you all right, Ben?

You look ill.

Mr. Wyss, I love Joanna

but I'm no good for her.

I'm afraid I'll bring

unhappiness to her

and the rest of the family.

I see.

So what you intend

to do about it?

I don't know.

I'm at my wit's end.

Well I can't say that

I'm surprised, my boy.

You have the salt

sea in your blood.

I knew it the instant

that I laid eyes on you.

You're an adventurer,

a man of action.

Not for you, a life

of domesticity.

I suspect that soon you'll

be heading for the open sea

once more.

If you want to do that, I'll

put money in your pocket

so that you can at least

leave as a gentleman.

Don't decide just now.

Think on it.

Good boy, Bruno!

Has he been this way?

[BARKING]

And what had this

man ever done to you?

- Entered your cabin. - Without permission?

That is all?

Yet when he lay

there dead or dying,

did you administer to him?

Objection!

Sustained.

And when the ship founded, did

you seek his body to remove it

to a place of burial?

No!

- And you sought to. - Hide your guilt away.

On that remote island for

a period of two years.

Objection!

Did you think the day of

reckoning would never come?

- Well? - Did you?

David?

- Your husband. - Can't help you now.

- The day of reckoning. - Is here, Mrs. Robinson.

Objection!

The day of reckoning is here.

Objection!

Objection, your honor!

Order!

Order!

Order!

ERNST (VOICEOVER): My

father was devastated,

and lost all hope during the

early stages of the trial.

- Could it really. - Be that Kwang-Sen.

Had enough power or wealth to

pervert the course of justice?

[MUSIC - PAUL HOLMES AND SHIRLEY

[JAY, "GET AWAY"]

[MUSIC PLAYING]