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Mr. Name's on his way back, Cam.

Hurry up with that you two chop, chop.

Hurry up with that you two chop chop.

So we're sailing there.

Hi.

Thanks, B for that.

North.

I thought the bus was for us with South, sir.

So it is too, and that's where we should be headed.

Just a few days up the coast.

Just now I don't reckon these waters are safer even one more day.

You jump at your own shadow, B.

Well, how do you know they're not looking for us?

Who?

You've got to admit it, sir.

Some would even take on it what we was up to back there.

That was Bulgaria.

This here is Turkey.

And where we're headed is the province of Dubruya.

Now that belongs to the Romanians.

So where's the danger?

Well, we'll be sailing back through Bulgaria waters.

What we both ways.

Look, the Russians don't like to be cheated.

They must know by now that the prince is alive and Burovic is dead.

And they've been looking for someone's blood for that anyway.

Bays.

Just a few days north of here.

There's a cargo prime tobacco.

Just sit.

Waiting for a ship.

Now that's the cargo that's worth having.

We can pick up one anytime on the way home.

Burden and?

Burden the handbait.

Stand by to make sale!

Stand by to make sale!

Where are we headed then?

Just about there.

Well, I can't see no port.

Well, there isn't one, but it's the nearest one to Babitak.

Now, just north of here is the tobacco plantation.

And normally they cart it down a down-tube and then barged down to Selena.

But it appears that down-tube is in flood.

So the tobacco is just sort of losing value.

All we have to do is to pick it up the next and out and cart it over land.

Thank you, sir.

I shall make a fat profit.

How are you going to pay for it?

Our royal baggage.

Pay the gold.

Well, it'll take at least a couple of weeks and maybe more.

Well, just think of it as a little holiday.

You're going to get the feel of it, you see?

And every ship has their own ways, their own yours.

You're going to learn to recognize them, respect them, master.

Not like she's a dog, though.

You've got to be a dog.

You've got to be a dog.

You've got to be a dog.

You've got to be a dog.

You've got to be a dog.

Not like she's a dog, though.

You can't go beating the bad habits out of her.

You've got to learn to coax her to do what you want.

So in the end, it looks like that's what she wanted to do all along.

You understand what was there?

Yeah.

A treat like a sweetheart.

Well, yes, you do that.

At the time you're a master, you'll have a good marriage.

Better than most land lovers, and that's a fact.

All right, Mr. Anien, still pretty cut out.

That is Mrs, huh?

You concentrate on mind in your course.

Mr. Arnold, you're two points off.

Yeah, you don't really think we're still in trouble,

because that cable with his Royal Linus, do you?

Right, I reckon to go meddling in politics.

There's nothing in it for the likes of us, and it don't pay.

MUSIC

MUSIC

And, uh, this will be my office.

Rather smaller than Mr. Oneidians.

Of course.

Well, you haven't told me what you truly think, Mr. Dunwoody.

Oh, it's all due respect to your brother, my dear.

Particularly bearing in mind his recent grievous lust,

I seriously question whether this arrangement between you can work.

Why shouldn't it?

It disturbs me that so much of the accommodation would have to be shared.

Only your office?

Especially when you consider that the Fraser line is a public company,

whereas your brother's line is just a small family business.

Don't think he'd like to hear you say that.

Well, simply in the volume of trade in my lady, there is no comparison.

But even so, don't you think it's high time?

My brother and I stop trying to cut each other's throats and to help each other instead.

What I fear most is that you will find yourself helping him rather more than he does you.

Even so, my brother's business is thriving, Mr. Dunwoody.

I hardly think we're saddling ourselves to a lame horse.

Mission?

How long will he be gone, sir?

Two days, maybe two weeks.

I don't know. Oh, Tom, you might give those fishing tubs a-looking over,

so you have any worth hiring.

We'll need something to ferry the cargo back.

And keep your eyes bein' there.

A horse?

A horse, sir?

A lad!

Gigi, horse!

Uh...

Ride!

Here, see you later, Roger.

I don't know it in the rosse.

Good, Ed.

Konnye!

Gee-up! Gee-up! Gee-up! Gee-up! Gee-up! Gee-up! Gee-up! Gee-up!

Ho-ho-ho!

Whoa!

Aah!

Oh, no.

Well, if I can, so can you.

How far you say this here, plantation is?

Oh.

About ten miles.

A bit further.

How'd you reckon I'll get in the back of the ship, Pat Mule?

de-de-de.

Hey!

Yeah.

The cart should be back by tomorrow night.

Tell your master it's pleasure to do business with him, eh?

Eh, there you go.

Comfortable?

Not when I think of that track.

I didn't know you better.

I'd say you was going soft.

Come on then.

BUZZING

A young king who divks into town..

Don't keep stuck a feather in his cap of gold.

It might be a little bit of a warning.

I don't know what there is to be so happy about.

But you don't know what I paid for that tobacco.

It's not every day that you can pick up a...

That word there yesterday?

I haven't taken a wrong turning, have we?

There were no storms last night, neither.

I don't like it.

I've got the same sort of feeling that I had.

Get off!

All right, come on! Where are you, Daniel?

Get off!

Smokey!

Smokey!

What are we going to do?

If I'm Mr. Anedin, Captain Baines, that's what.

I don't know where they are.

There can't be too many tobacco plantations, Andy.

I'm a... I could be gone days, maybe weeks.

But I want you to stay right here, do you understand?

Yeah, right.

Hey, feeling?

Oh.

I think my head must be hard on yours.

I've been to wait for some time.

Where are we?

I don't know.

Some sort of castle, I think.

See anybody?

Yep.

Oh.

Oh, we're alive.

I suppose that's something.

We'll try to ask you yourself why.

Oh.

I mean, why would anybody want us?

Unless it's something to do with that business on the time on River and I warned you.

Oh, no, I can't.

It's all the way back to Bulgaria.

Not unless we've been unconscious for two days.

Priggers.

That's what they are, you son.

Well, look like brigands to me.

Only if they're brigands, why aren't we dead?

I don't know!

Oh.

It'd be perfectly helping over to find out.

Right now.

First, gotta find out where we are.

I've tried that.

Then...

Think of a way of getting out of here.

Here.

Come on.

Huh?

I'm lighter than you.

Oh.

Oh.

Oh.

Oh.

Oh.

Oh.

Tip still.

Well, hurry up.

We're in a tower.

High up.

Some sort of tower.

Right.

Surely the window is too narrow.

Or do you intend to starve yourselves?

Puteile, unless you have wings.

Any attempt to escape will inevitably result in your deaths.

So, content yourselves to be my guest, gentlemen.

Do not rob me of my honor.

I'm not sure.

You're my guest, gentlemen.

Do not rob me of my honor.

I shall bargain for your lives, not your corpses.

Who?

Who are you?

No one of note.

A functionary.

And in whose service?

That of my country.

In whose aspirations you have so foolishly meddled.

Damn, I told you.

I don't know what you're talking about.

No man's memory could be so short.

Because of you, Alexander still lives.

A prince without a throne.

Without place or purpose.

Except to become a rallying point for all the enemies of my master, this are.

Not alone would be enough to earn you your punishment.

But you did more.

You caused an honest man to die in Alexander's place.

Here.

You killed Barovitch, not me.

You forced him to take the prince's place?

No.

He went willingly, believing you, or whoever it was, I told him that the prince would not be earned.

What is true depends on he who tells it.

And you have too much reason to lie, Mr. Onidim.

What are you gonna do with this?

Parnish you in a way all greedy men understand.

Greedy.

To have allowed me to entice you here so easily.

Yes, I think so.

Or do you still believe the Danube is in flood, Mr. Onidim?

Think what Alexander has cost you.

Your cargo, your gold, already gone.

And that but nothing to what is yet to be paid.

Or your lives.

Think of it as a little holiday.

Kidnapped.

According to our embassy in Bucharest, I tried to contact you earlier, Mom, but you were not to be found.

So I sought out Mr. Onidim's nephew here.

What have you landed, my brother in?

You misunderstand, Mom.

This isn't any of our doing, I assure you.

But you've had to explain how my uncle gave you the name of the book.

When James sailed, he was bound for Bulgaria.

With none other than Prince Alexander aboard.

And if he'd come straight home, this would not have happened.

But he didn't.

He stayed in the area to trade entirely his own decision.

And is this kidnapping in some way connected with Prince Alexander and the Russians?

And we don't know that.

It's possible, but we don't know it yet.

I realize what a shock this must be.

Where is the government proposed to do?

In the circumstances I deeply fear, Mom, there's nothing Her Majesty's government can do.

You mean you're just abandoned him?

Any intervention on the part of the government might be taken as an admission that your brother's presence in the Black Sea was at our behest.

But it was.

Oh, no, Lady Fogarty.

And any inference like that would not do.

I cannot impress on you too strongly how serious that would be.

We're talking of the spark that might lead to war.

What ransom of the kidnappers demanding?

£50,000.

Oh, what do they think James is?

Why don't they ask for the crown jewels as well?

They've also imposed a time limit.

They demand payment by the end of next month.

All?

All they threaten to kill, both your uncle and his captain.

And knowing this, you tell me that the government will not help in any way.

That's a choice, a general.

The government will give us the money.

I must emphasize that at the time of his capture Mr. Enidin was on private business and not in our employment.

So far as we know, he's in the hands of brigands, the area is rife with them.

Now, if the government were to accept responsibility for all such unfortunate accounts...

Then don't.

Don't even consider it, sir.

I can't if James can't rely on his country. Thank God he can on his family.

As soon as we have further word from his kidnappers, you may be assured that you will have it too.

I am, as I said, deeply sorry.

I still can't.

Can't believe that such a thing could really happen.

I wish it was all a bad dream.

So, Petty Uncle James doesn't want Prudent to get embroiled in someone else's politics to begin with?

Is that all you can say?

Well, it's the truth, damn it.

Perhaps not the kindest moment to say so.

But it's still still so unreal.

Prickens.

There are people one and he reads about.

Bulgaria, Romania, they're just names.

Well, I could certainly wish they were nearer.

Even with one of my steamships, it would take three weeks to get there.

Three weeks?

But that means if we were to deliver the ransom by the end of next month, we have only...

We have 11 more days in which to find the money.

Yes, we're all well aware.

Well, I wasn't.

Well, I wasn't.

Well, you are now.

We hardly leave enough time for you two to waste arguing.

Wouldn't it be quicker to cross Europe by train?

Take a steamer for the Black Sea from one of the Mediterranean ports?

Wouldn't that gain a few more days?

Very likely.

I'll ask Mr Dunwoody to ascertain just how long it would take.

Take on the smack.

You sure the one that comes in with the food aid arm?

Positive.

Now, it's the one that's armed at the back that we want to get just here.

I hope that I can finish.

They're coming.

Give us it.

All right.

Tell me where.

Come on.

Now, what's the matter with you?

The grubs come.

Look, what's the matter with you?

Come on, wake up.

Come on.

For God's sake, what's the matter with you?

Wake up, man.

I think he's ill.

I think this guy will be wrong with it.

Come on, wake up, man.

For God's sake, we're God's sake.

I think he's ill.

I think this guy will be wrong with it.

Go away, man.

For God's sake, save something.

I think he's sinking.

He needs help.

I don't know if something is wrong with him, but he needs help.

You savvy.

He needs help.

No.

No.

No.

No.

No.

No.

No.

No.

Oh.

No.

No.

No.

No.

No.

No.

No.

No.

No.

I'm doing the fuck that boy.

I hope your next idea is better than that.

Is that one damn nearly got us killed?

It doesn't matter how many times we do the sum,

the answer isn't going to change.

But it's got to, Aunt Elizabeth.

Well, I can't speak for Mr. Dawkins,

but I'll vouch that Mr. Dunwoody has traced every spare

shilling I own.

Call me we could communicate.

Try to negotiate.

I mean, 50,000.

It's only if only they'd give us longer.

Sorry, I'm late.

Chamber of Commerce wished me to express their profound sympathy

and their sincerest hopes for Uncle James' safe return.

Not one offer of health amongst all your business friends.

Mr. Bralley has offered to lend a thousand.

Mr. Hartley, a father of 500.

Best than nothing.

Oh, and the Reverend Metcalfe is going to offer up special prayers on Sunday.

Have you managed to contact your mother yet?

No, she's left the cook's tour.

No one seems to know where she is now.

Well, we still only have 26,500.

36,500.

A thousand pounds?

Only alone, Aunt Elizabeth.

Still, very generous.

No, not really.

But we needn't talk about the interest until Uncle James is home.

Oh, typical of you, Samuel.

Give with one hand and take back with the other.

I'm losing interest on that money.

My heart bleeds for you.

But not as much as it does for my father.

If I wasn't concerned for him, I wouldn't be here.

We still have 14,000 pounds to find, and we only have six days before the emissary must leave.

Yes, well, I had been thinking about that problem.

One or two suggestions did occur to me, but of course, if my advice isn't, well...

Oh, don't be insufferable.

Charlotte!

I thought you might consider selling off one or two of Uncle James' ships.

You, Aunt Elizabeth, could dispose of some of your shares, say, 10,000 or so.

Why?

Yes, of course.

Well, I knew it wouldn't be a very popular suggestion, but I really can't see how else you can raise the money in the short time that's left.

After all, it is Uncle James' life we're talking about.

But, erm...

That would lose you your majority holding again, my lady.

Thank you, Mr. Dunwoody. I do realize that.

But unless you can suggest some other easily convertible asset.

We might defer work on the new steamer.

No, that would lay over 200 men idle.

And besides, the bank would never agree to our diverting their money.

No, let's not waste any more time. Put the matter in hand, please, Mr. Dunwoody.

Well, must it be as much as 10,000?

And would you ask Mr. Dawkins to come in, please?

I'm sorry.

Oh, I'll manage to buy them back again eventually.

Somehow.

You wanted to see me later, Fagata?

We still have to find a further 5,000 pounds, Mr. Dawkins.

Now, since my brother is unable to act on his own behalf, we must ask you to do so for him.

What we have decided is that you must sell off as many of my father's money.

But I have not the authority, not the selling of ships.

But I have.

May I remind you, Mr. Dawkins, that I own 15% of the uneaten line?

With all due respect, I hardly think, even 15% is...

I'm sure you'd agree, Mr. Dawkins, that my brother wouldn't thank you for keeping his fleet intact.

If that meant he was to be murdered for the one to 5,000 pounds.

But criminal charges could be brought?

Dead men have no use.

But criminal charges could be brought?

Dead men have no use for ships.

Only a short message.

Remember it will be sent by cable.

But something to reassure your family you are still alive.

Something to encourage them to make every effort for your safe return.

And perhaps something also to prove the message is truly from you.

A mention of something known to you and them only.

How much is the ransom?

Enough to flatter you that your life should be held so dear.

Now, see what such simple cooperation brings you.

There should be no need for us to meet again.

In a short time you will either be released or shot.

In great hope of the former, I leave you now.

I'll make sure we do meet again.

Here! We got no matches!

We'll be shot killed.

Come on!

Here!

The time we get through here, I will not wrap your meat climbing no chimneys.

I'll do the climbing. You just come and dig.

I'll do the fishing.

It's in an area of woodland, I understand.

Just here, only 15 or 20 miles from Constantner.

So when you hand over the money, that's where my uncle will be released.

I only wish I could tell you.

One has to admit that that cable is our only proof they actually hold your uncle.

This was written by James, I'm sure of it.

At least it proves that he is.

But he was when he wrote it.

Of course it won't actually be me who hands over the money, will it?

Why not?

Well, for the same reason that the government could not intervene earlier.

Perhaps you would be good enough to tell me just who will be handing over the money.

Well, only, that's to say, normally one would expect some representative of the family.

Oh, I see. So it seems it must be one of us.

Oh, no, no, no, no. No, I couldn't possibly.

I couldn't possibly just leave the business.

Well, for how long? A month at least. Month?

Oh, no, no, no. It's out of the question.

Well, then I shall go. No.

It'll have to be me.

Hop within them, he come with you, please.

But this is madness.

Two ladies, please forgive me, but two ladies alone, defenseless, going to...

Oh, it's out of the question.

We are quite capable of protecting ourselves, sir.

Oh, in the normal way of things, now, don't know what it was.

We don't have a great deal of choice.

Oh, very well, then I'll go, damn it.

Thank you, Samuel. I shall be very glad of your company.

And I think it would be better if you were to stay at hope.

Why? Because quite frankly, I don't think you'd find the journey particularly enjoyable for obvious reasons.

And neither would I.

But we could save as much as ten hours, my lady, if you'd be prepared to make a change at Dole, here, in the early hours of Wednesday morning.

How early?

Oh, the timetable indicates a night train from Breson, passing through at two hours after midnight.

Well, if it saves ten hours, we'll do it.

You must then change at Shalom, and yet again I'll regret my lady at Macom for Churin.

Now, there you board the train for Genoa, and at Noviliguri, just here, you'll be in time to catch a northbound express to Milan.

Northbound? Where are you trying to take us to, Mr Dunwoody?

Oh, to Reminis, sir. That's where Captain Crane will be waiting for you.

According to my calculations, by the time we get to Remini, we shall have been on a dozen different trains.

A dozen?

Should we be waiting as long as this?

It's only ten minutes, late.

So far?

I'm going to go ahead and get a little help.

I'm going to go ahead and get a little help.

I'm going to go ahead and get a little help.

I'm going to go ahead and get a little help.

I'm going to go ahead and get a little help.

I'm going to go ahead and get a little help.

I'm going to go ahead and get a little help.

I'm going to go ahead and get a little help.

I'm going to go ahead and get a little help.

Ah!

That looks nice.

Look, the old man before he gets to it.

Oh, he will.

He'll kill us before then.

I think if James ever went down with his ship, somehow I could make sense of that.

Not that it would make it any easier to bear, but at least it would have a certain likeness to him, but not this.

If there's any natural justice, not this.

We'll get there in time.

I'm going to go ahead and get a little help.

I'm going to go ahead and get a little help.

I'm going to go ahead and get a little help.

I'm going to go ahead and get a little help.

I'm going to go ahead and get a little help.

I'm going to go ahead and get a little help.

I'm going to go ahead and get a little help.

I'm going to go ahead and get a little help.

I'm going to go ahead and get a little help.

Ahh, ahh, ahh.

Best to eat that fruit before they come and take it away.

They ain't no good in hungry.

I'm almost thrilled.

Hold on.

Hold on.

Hold on.

Hold on.

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Oh.

Hold on.

Hold around.

Hold off.

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Hold on!

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Hold on.

Hold on.

execution If

No, no, no.

Come here.

What can you see?

God, this big's black.

There's a space.

Wasn't it?

There's something there.

I don't like that.

Who's there?

Where are you?

John!

This is Tom!

Is that you, Tom?

Oh, the blue blazes, did you get there?

Oh, no.

Oh, no.

Oh, no.

Oh, no.

Oh, no.

The blue blazes, did you get there?

Oh.

Landfall in two hours.

Oh, and about tomorrow morning on Elizabeth.

I really must insist that you let me take the money and deliver it alone.

There's no knowing what might happen.

I don't intend for you to take any unnecessary risks.

Thank you, Samuel, but there's no need for you to worry.

When I was in Turkey, Daniel taught me how to shoot.

And I'm very good.

I'll have you go.

A friend day.

Food. Food.

And now!

On your day!

Oh, no.

Tom.

Quick, you said, come on!

Oh, no.

Oh, no.

Oh, no.

Oh, no.

Hey, Captain.

Sir.

All the hands on deck, Mr. Bains.

Oh, no.

There is a cross marking a cove.

That is where his ship is.

By the time you get there, we will have released him, and he will be aboard.

Tell me, sir.

Is he really worth it?

Do we think so?

Then tell him.

I am glad to have known him.

Such a much loved man.

down the Barton's office.

As you've learnt a technology, those will 1964.

Mr. Burns made Lysidi and Hornet's wonderful writing.

There is absolutely no choice.

This isn't any matter.

At this time he was given a request to us...

OK.

CH low.

investigative will be there by nightfall.

March Veteran ClairIN.

Oh, I bear her no ill will Aunt Elizabeth.

Just it was futile to continue living together as man and wife.

Yes, I knowed.

So does James.

There's a lot to be said for family loyalty.

Sanfield, York.

Is your name inside? Look!

Yes, sounds good.

Oh, good to see you.

No.

What the devil?

Do it all the way out to you.

£50,000!

Where did you get it?

We persuaded Mr. Dawkins to sell four of your ships.

Assign your lent £10,000.

Aunt Elizabeth sold a large parcel of shares.

I'm Roy.

You're alive.

You mean we've gone through all that for nothing?

No, what, Captain Baine?

We have just escaped.

You have paid £15,000 while we were getting out for nothing.

James, we weren't to know that.

You're surely not going to blame us for trying to save your life.

Non-scores? £50,000?

If I wasn't paid that for me!