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'the biggest convoy of troops
and equipment on record.

'Wlth the Japanese poised,
ready for attack from Burlna,

'with Gennan annles smashing
their way to the Caucasus

'and the threat of violent nonviolence
from Gandhi and Congress,

'the Defence of lndla ha: become
one of the most urgent duties

'of Britain and the United Nations.

'The escort Included a battleship

'as well as cruisers,
destroyers and other warships.

'Ship after shlp had come safely In

'to lle quietly at anchor
under the blazing sun.'

(Cicada: and frogs calling)

(Crow: cawlnfl)

Hlmyulttmdmnte,
fltbeSmlzlJnfindhn-Jfl

- No wounds.
- Who I: It?

I don't know, Slater Ludmlla.

Some fellow ha: been through
hls pockets. From the huts?

Yes. The poor one: pretend to sleep.

But what a fearful place to be
without God's blessing on you.

Take hlm up!

Fifllmuhfluummmsmnn.

Il' he': not wounded, he must be Ill.

(Snlfls) This one I: drunk, Slater.

It I: what I've been waiting for
all the tlme I've worked for you -

to flnd that we've carried home
the useless carcass of a drunken man.

Not the dying or maybe the dead
but only a drunk.

This one I: only a boy.

To be so drunk,
he must also be unhappy.

Lamnhemlflflflpmjlurhhm.

GoodnlflnJhbeSuuzl.

(Speaking In Hindi)

Good morning. I want to see
the person In charge.

I want to see the woman
who calls herself Slater Ludmlla.

(Deflwuzflflsvlevtlnflhuflut.

Right now she's busy. Can I be of help?

- Who are you?
- I...I'm nobody.

Hardly worthy of your consideration.

Rsflflflmlrbefliun.

Mr: Ludmlla Smith?

My name I: Merrick.
I'm the district superintendent of police.

OI' course - we are used
to visits from the police,

but not, Mr Merrick,
your coming yourself.

- How can I assist you?
- I wlsh to carry out a search.

- OI' course.
- And where shall we begin?

Wherever you want.

(Merrick) Another of your helpers?

Ehq-lunthemflmue.
Dhmwlzlflmpshwcnflslmln.

I only know
that he ha: a hangover, Slater.

He': all right now, ready to go.

- No one can go tlll I say so.
- Are we, then, all under anest?

A: I'm sure you've already guessed,
Slater Ludmlla,

we're looking for a wanted man.

I: this what I: known a:
the "death house"?

(Laughing) I believe

that people who have never been here
at the Sanctuary have called it that.

- There are no dead this morning.
- No, not this morning.

Not for several days.

- The homeless?
- I do not house the homeless.

The clinic receives only In the evening.

Those who cannot afford to lose
a day's work come here.

- Mr De Souza la In charge.
- No one with medical qualifications?

Dr Krishnamurti assists, and also
Dr Anna Klaus oi' the puniah hospital.

The municipal board provides nothing,

so the money, while It continues,
must come from |ne and from God.

- That's a curious
- It': a curious county.

But God allow: for that.

These are all your helpers,
your regular workers?

No one I: regular here.
They come and go.

I take on those who need a few
rupees or those who need It most.

- Then Mr De Souza I: also Irregular?
- No.

The Sanctuary I: a: much hls a: mlne.
He I: not Interested In rupees.

In llfe, rupees are a great consideration.

Then there I: only your night visitor.

Thank you, Slater Ludmlla. We need
take up no more of your tlme.

(Ludlnlla) who Is that boy?

We SouzflHhnumhOounu.
mhnthlmu",

a nephew by marriage,
I believe, of the Sen Gupta.

When, then, do you say
Coomer ll' It I: Kumar?

Ah, why?

It wlll be Interesting,
ll' not best, to see what follows.

(Sneak: Hindi)

What? I'm sorry -
I'm afraid I don't speak lndlan.

(Sneak: Hindi)

Doesn't he understand?
No use talking lndlan at me.

Slater Ludmlla, I: there a room
where we can question this man?

- Question? What for?
- Mr Kumar, these are the police.

They are looking for someone.

It': their duty to question
anyone we cannot vouch for.

Last night, we found you In a ditch.

Now, what I: so terrible
In that, except hangover?

Come to the office.

I: that your name - Kumar?

No, but It'll do.

Ha.

And your address?

What I! thli?

- Can anyone just barge In here?
- Come to the of lice. Don't be silly.

Slater, we won't waste
any more of your tlme.

(Slater Ludmlla) Enough!
This I: my property.

I wlll not tolerate such behaviour.

And stop being slllyl ll' you have nothing
to hlde, you have nothing to fear!

We seem to have got beyond the stage
where a talk would be satisfactory.

- I'm taking hlm Into custody.
- Oh? What charge?

- On no charge.
- But I have a charge.

Being assaulted
by this fellow with the beard.

Slater, does this man have
possessions to be returned to hlm?

We found nothing.

We turn out pockets, you understand,
for purposes of identification.

No, I have nothing, except one thing.

- And that?
- A statement.

I come with you under protest.

He lives with hls aunt, Ilnl Sen Gupta,
the sister 0|' hls father.

HI: father, 20 years ago went to England
and dled belbre this war began.

He made and lost a fortune
and dled by hls own hand.

- And the boy?
- Came to hls aunt In Mayapore.

But all he knows, I think, I: England.

But ll: will not be all.
I will speak to the uncle.

Romesh Ghancl has a lawyer,
so ll: will not be all.

I left my cycle In the rack outside.
I'm to report to Matron.

You're our new voluntary bod.

She seems grlm
but the bank's worse than the blte.

- Thank you, Nurse.
- Good luck.

Oh, by the way, out here OAs are sisters.

Only Anglo-Indians are nurses.

- I'm sorry.
- One of those things.

(Woman) Come In.

Matron, I'm Daphne Manners.

-Iwutoldtorepolttoyou.
- Manners.

Ah, that': a famous name
In Mayapore. How do you do?

I've been here since
your late uncle was governor.

- How I: Lady Manners?
- She's living In Rawalpindi.

She's very well.

Where shall we start?
By showing you the Manners Wing?

You're staying with
the Deputy Commissioner, I suppose?

No - with Lady Chatterjee
at the MacGregor House.

I travelled with her from Rawalpindi.

She's one of Lady Manners's
closest friends.

OI' my uncle, too, of course.

Unyummpuunmnpuma.

She entertains a wlde circle
of friends, both European and lndlan.

But this I: a British hospital.

In lndla, you'll soon understand
what that means.

You may flnd things here
of which you do not approve.

Perhaps they're thlnga
that ought to be changed.

I'm sure they wlll be, ll' you prefer to Walt.

Meanwhile, there are the slck to care for.

What were you doing In England?

Driving an ambulance
In London In the Blitz.

- That must have been exciting.
- Yes. I was scaled sf ill'.

You didn't have to bother there
about people's views.

You saved their lives. It': the same here.

Il' you're to satisfy me, you must forget
everything except the work, understand?

Yes, yes, of course.

Come along!

Good morning, Matron.

- Oh, I'm sorry.
- No matter.

Mlss Manners, this ls Dr Anna Klaus
of the women's punish hospital.

Mummpmmum
lhultflflelnunntollayapore.

I felt such a fool.

Anna Klaus I: not a harpy -
almost a chum.

- I was just putting on my glasses...
- Those wretched specs.

Are you sure you need them?

Auntie Ethel sald
I ought to glve them up.

- I suppose they do look awful.
- Not for that.

I don't approve of specs
for young people.

I'll lend you Huxley': book.
You must do the exercises.

Look through the trees!
Can you see the hills?

No, not at all.

Hmm. Never mlnd.
We'll try again tomorrow.

Drink up! We'll have the other hall'
and bash ofl' Into dinner.

(Ringing bell)

- Rnju, tell Cook we'll eat In 20 minutes.
- Yes, madam.

Anna Klaus ls Jewish.
Is that a description? Not per se.

She was thrown out of Gennany
by Hitler before the war.

I see her through my dealings
with the women's punish hospital.

You know she telephoned today?

Not about you - about a young lndlan
who waa In trouble with the police.

- What sort of trouble?
- Not politics.

I don't think Anna really knew.

She'd spoken to this msdwoman
who calls herself Sister Ludmlla

and hashes around picking
up dead bodies and the dying.

So, I telephoned Judge Menen
and he rang me hack In hall' an hour.

"Llll," he sald, "your young man seems
to have a lot of Influence.

"There's been a lawyer there already.
The police have let hlm go."

(Laughing) I expect
we did more hann than good.

Well, after such a fuss
they won't forget hlm.

"Ah, Mr Kumar," the police would
say. "He ha: a lot of friends."

I saw Ronald Merrick again today.

- He was In that blg truck of hls.
- Well, Ronald I: a chum.

- At least, I think he ls.
- How do you mean?

I wonder ll' he comes to the MacGregor
House only to plck things up.

There aren't so many places where
a district superintendent of police

can mlx with Congress wallahs
and hear their news.

He': a policeman all the tlme,
young Ronald, don't you think?

- He may not be with you.
- I don't really know hlm.

- He': good-looking.
- (Laughing) Yes, he ls, quite.

All the girls are after Ronald Merrick.

I want to ask you something.

- Well, bash on.
- May I call you Auntie?

I seem to be rather short of relations.

I mean, It was sudden when
Daddy and David were killed.

Then I came to lndla and found
Auntie Ethel. Wlll you be auntie too?

It': nlce of you to ask. OI' course!

But what wlll the Matron aay
and the people at the Gymkhana Club?

"I any, Daphne, Lady 8
not really your aunt.

- "She can't be."
- I shan't bother about the club.

- I'll never go.
- Because ol' me? But you should.

- How else wlll you meet young people?
- I shall meet them here.

I shall glue a cocktail party.
I shawl: ask Ronald lleltlck.

I'll ask hlm to dinner
so ll' he comes It'll be for you.

So long before the rains.

When the rains come,
everything smells sweet.

I llke the smell of lndla.

Daddy used to talk a lot about It.
I never could Imagine...

It': the smell of dung. Your father
didn't tell you that. They burn lt.

I shall ask young Mr Kumar to my party.

Young Mr Kumar I: a mystery,
llke the smell of lndla.

(Both laughlllfl)

(Man) 'The hideous sight of
a flreswept Bunnese town by night -

'the result of a Japanese attack
on an undefended town

'from which the population fled
a: the place I: gutted by flre.

'From such scenes,
the panic-stricken people of Bunna

'have fled in their thousands,
moving in great colonies

'from the tenor
which sweeps across their land.'

Dld you hear the radio?

Last night the RAF bombed Rostock.

Sham-IVE!”-.

It's strange being a German
listening to the news.

Divided loyalties, you know.

Anna, excuse us. I want Daphne
to meet Robin and Connie White.

Mr and Mr: Deputy C.

They're popping In just to show witting.
And to meet you, of course.

Aunt Llll, you know that Isn't true.

Oh, but It ll.

We met your aunt and uncle
yeara and yeara ago, didn't we?

- I think so. Excuse me.
- You won't remember.

- Robin was frlghtfullyjunlor then.
- I owe Auntie Ethel a letter.

- I must ask.
- Oh, I'm sure she won't remember.

Though there was a funny story
about that meeting.

Now, who ha: Llll got here tonight?

There's Val over there - Srlnlvuan.

He': the lawyer who gets roped In when
Congress people get Into hot water.

Judge Menen, talking to my husband.

Terribly amusing. You must meet hlm.

You must be Mr Kumar.
I'm Llll Chatterjee.

How do you do, Lady Chatterjee?
I'm afraid Aunt Shallnl couldn't come.

Oh, dear. How sad.

How I: It, Mr Kumar,
that we've never met?

Actually, we have, at the flower show.

- Your roses won second prize.
- At the flower show?

I wrote about lt
for the Mayapore Gazette.

OI' course! Now I remember!

Daphne, this I: Mr Kumar.

I told you there was something I knew
and couldn't remember.

Well, that was lt. Mr Kumar work:
for the Mayapore Gazette.

How do you do?

I'll leave you two together.

Rmnmmnhdmblhqyunlhhuk.

- Your aunt couldn't come?
- No.

I'm Llll': house guest, Daphne Manners.

I haven't been here very long, so I'm
not much help. Do you know everyone?

Pretty well. There are some
technical college types.

Faces I remember, names I forget.

I: the Mayapore Gazette
an English paper?

Your English I: terribly good.
Where did you learn to speak It?

Aqua.

England - of course.
I mean, how stupid of me.

Now, where's Rnmuwaml?
You haven't got your drink.

- Sahib?
- Thank you.

(Clock chiming)

I say, would you llke to see the garden?

OI' course, you can from here. I mean,
would you llke me to show It to you?

Yes, of course.

I may get Into trouble.
I did earlier today, from Bhalu.

I picked some marigolds
for Aunt Llll': breakfast tray

and trod on one of hls precious beds.

It': all right now, though.

I gave the old rascal
ten chips when I got home.

But don't say anything to Llll.
She'd be furious ll' she knew.

Dld you have a nlce garden
where you were In England?

I suppose It was all right.
I didn't take much notice of It.

- Were you In England long?
- Yes. Since I was two.

I went to school there.

- Where was that?
- Chllllngborough.

Oh, I must know someone
who went to Chllllngborough.

No, I don't think I do.

David would have done.
He was my brother.

"Wu" because he': dead.

He and my father were killed laat year
In the desert, two montha apart.

I'm sorry.

That's why I came to lndla.

I'd lost my mother before the war.

My mother dled when I was born.
That's why I went to England.

And then I lost my father, too,
so I came here.

- Makes u: rather the same.
- How the same?

Well, we've both lost our parents,
lost our homes.

Now we've both come a long...

I don't feel the same. It': not the same.

Well...you came back...

Back? How can I possibly...?

I'm sorry. I've stayed too long.
I've really got to go.

Thanks.

I'm sorry. It': not the same for anyone.

(|.|||) Goodbye-

(Car starting)

(Kumar) Goodbye, Lady Chatterjee,
and thank you.

Goodbye, Mr Kumar. Ah, there you are.

Some people from the tech
are staying on.

I hope they won't be dull.

Wlutfllyuunukndyunqmhnlm,
vdlnfqulthlduhqdfl?

- I think he': terribly sad.
- Why do you say that?

Because he seems so lost.

(r Patriotic music)

(Daphne) What's all this In ald of?

(Man) The War Week Exhibition?
Some show the 0C': organised.

A bit of flag-waving
to Impress the natives.

Really? I don't see how.
I don't see many of them here.

Well, that': the point, Isn't It?

One waves the flag
to show who It belongs to.

- Hello.
- Oh.

Ills-s llanneln,
I think you know Brigadier Reid.

Brigadier... Oh, yes.

Rawalpindi. I met you with
your aunt at some official do.

Oh, yes. Yes, It was.

- How I: Lady Manners?
- She's very well, thanks.

Oh, this ls Babs Union, Brigadier Reid.

- How do you do?
- Tony Masters.

- How do you do, all?
- Reggie Brocklnghurst.

Sh...

Well, let's hope this all goes down well.

First public showing
of the Berkshires In Mayapore.

Yes, slr. It ls.

Wlth Gandhi and the Congress
putting their spokes In,

It': a good way of showing our mettle.

And not just for the regiment,
the whole thing.

You'd better go and get yourselves
some tea before It': all gone.

Yes, slr. We shall.

How's |.|||, by the way?

Hm.

I'm sorry she can't be here.

Yes. So am I.

What would you llke to do, all?
The parade atalta In about hall' an hour.

I say, Daphne. I didn't know
you knew the Brigadier.

- No. Neither did I.
- Just look at this spread.

Some lndlan contractors
making a packet out of this lot.

Bearer, tea for the memsahlhs.

Wlutuetlnsesmflvdflnfl
Yuuwhhatuflckvtlmyulvmn.

Come on, bearer! (Speak: Hindi)

Sony, sahib.

What's on after the parade?

The sepoys are doing some wrestling.

- Oh, I couldn't bear to see that.
- There'll be boxing from our chaps.

Hang on a minute.

Hello. It': Mr Coomer, Isn't It?

Actually, It': Kumar.

- Harl Kumar.
- Oh.

- Coomer was In England.
- Yes, I see.

Do you remember me?
We met at Llll Chatterjee';

Yes, I know.

- How are you?
- Flne.

(Daphne) I suppose you're here
for the Gazette.

Yes, that': why. For the parade.

It's just about to start, I think.

Wellmhope you enjoy It.

By the way, ll' you want to come again,
please do come any evening.

- It': open house, you know.
- Yes, thanks. I wlll.

I'll see you again, then.

Sony.

- I say, who was that...?
- That?

Oh, just a boy
who was at Chllllngborough.

Ghllllngborough? Good Lord.

(J' Band playing march music)

(I Vera Lynn: We'll lied: Again)

OhJfldJhdtlhflflldlflhlne.

What's the matter with It?
I'm all In favour of Vera Lynn.

- Glrl with the golden whatsit.
- I think you're drunk.

I llll, I "file-

Hello, Merrick.

(Daphne) Hello, Ronald.

You enjoy the parade?

I saw you there.

A double whisky, Joseph.

I'd rather have this than a mllltary band.

Boom! Boom! Boom! It': been
In my head all bloody afternoon.

I thought the music was very good.
I llke mllltary hands.

Do you?

I've got a rather good collection
of Sousa records.

- You must come and listen to them.
- Oh.

Thanks. I will.

Well, ummsometlme.

- That was pretty cool.
- "Come up and see my etchings."

Never trust a policeman, too.

Well, I'm Impressed.
Daphne's ohvlously got what It takes.

- So have I, ll' that': what you want.
- Shut up.

- Where are you going, then?
- Where do you think?

(Bell tlnkllng)

(Lady Chatterjee) The English have
always revered aalnta

but hated them to be shrewd.

To a Hindu, of course,
llfe I: a struggle towards oblivion -

the material world being an llluslon.

Drinks, Rnmuwaml.

So, ll' Mr Gandhi chooses
to Ignore reality,

even one as llhely and unpleasant
as Invasion by the Japanese,

I really do have to admire
hls shrewdnea

In striving for personal sahnlflon

by putting the cat
so thoroughly among the pigeons.

Whereas, for Western religious mores,

getting to heaven requires
only an act we're all capable of.

Dying, I mean.

Your turn to take a tlle.

Thank you, I.

So, are you going to become a sannyasl?

Bash oflwlth a staff and begging bowl
to renounce the world?

“Mum!!-

By the way,
I met Mr Kumar the other day.

Hukqlhhnhlhuphunhuqthne.

You don't mlnd, do you, Auntie?

No, of course not.

Hemavdlthhlnhnnflmflm
fln iflullnSenGwh.

It seems one night he got drunk,
so that': why the police picked hlm up.

Anna Klaua told me what she'd learned

from that madwoman
who runa the Sanctuary place.

What - are you Interested In Mr Kumar?
Rather an odd flsh.

Perhaps I'm an odd flsh myself.

In those specs.

I don't suppose he'll ever come.

Thank you, Auntie.

- Daphne!
- Oh, come In, Aunt Lllll

I'm hashing ofl' now. I'll be hack
about midnight, I expect.

- Have a good tlme.
- Glve my love to the Whites.

I hope Kumar ha:
the good manner: to turn up.

(Daphne) OI' course he wllll

Rnju took my note to the house
and he was out, that': all.

Goodbye, Aunt |.||||

OI' course he'll come.

Oh, Loni, I'm going to be In trouble.

I'm sure I never picked
such tons cl' Haulers. II

Tell Cook we'll want dinner
In hall' an hour.

- Yes, madam. Sahlh I: here.
- Where?

HI: tong: I: just now leaving.
The sahib': coming up the steps.

- Hello.
- Hello. I'm sorry I'm late.

- I got a tonga at the station.
- You're not late at all.

Do you lllce gln fizz?
That's what I'm having.

Yes, that's! be Ilne.

- Rnju, two gln fizzes, please.
- Yes, madam.

(Sneak: Hindi)

- Son-y?
- Ice?

Oh. Yes, please. I'm afraid
my Hindi still Isn't very good.

I took lessons, but my teacher was
too fond of garlic so I gave up.

Oh, I haven't learned much Hindi at all.

- Cigarette?
- Thanks, but I've given up.

You were smoking at the party.

Yes. Yes, I was then.

Thanks.

Well, cheers.

I've ordered dinner In hall' an hour,
so we'll have tlme for the other hall'.

Perhaps I should have told you -
Llll won't be here.

Oh. Oh, I see.

Saturday's one of her bridge nights.

She's playing with the DC and his wife,

so I knew she'd be out and I hate bridge.

I didn't want to be alone.

I wanted to talk about home
and eat chicken poolah,

and I was afraid ll' Llll wasn't here,
you wouldn't come, so I cheated.

That's why I didn't say.

- Do you mlnd?
- No.

No, I don't mlnd.

I seem to get things wrong,
llke 'Coomer'.

Oh, yes. That.

(Carefully accented) It I: Harl Kumar.

Yes. Not Harry any more. Harl.

AI In Milt! Harll

Dld you that picture
years and years ago?

With Greta Garbo?

Yes. She was wonderful.

Oh, wasn't she? I was 13, I think.

- So was I.
- What music do you like?

I went to the bazaar today
and bought a plle of records -

Glenn Miller, the Ink Spots.

- Jazz and swing.
- Llll': got a portable.

- Shall we try some after dinner?
- Yes. That'd be fun.

(-I" Swing music)

The Idea was, after Chllllngborough
I'd swat for the ICS exams.

That's what my father always wanted.

But after he was dead
and I came out here,

there wasn't much money
for anything llke that.

Or, rather, there was, but it belonged
to my aunt's hrother-In-law,

munmumnmmwh-.

He': a rlch bani ya - a merchant.

But he wasn't witting to cough up,
so I tried various things

and ended up at the Gazette.

How do you like It?

It': all right.
It': one way to cross the river.

- Cross the river?
- From my side to yours.

Well, what shall we have next?

- There's a Victor Sylvester.
- Oh, yes. Let's have that.

I: It dlfllcult, then - crossing the river?

Not dlfllcult.
It': just that you become lnvlslhle.

(-I" Swing music)

I aay, I've almost forgotten how
and was never much good anyway...

Would you care to dance?

Well, I was once deacrlbed
by my partner aa an elephant In clogs

but ll' you're prepared to rlak It,
perhaps we could sort each other out.

Here goes, then.

How do you mean, 'Invisible'?

- Oh, It': my fault!
- Oh, I'm sorry.

I'm galumphing. Thls ls hopeless.

It': too slow.

There's In the Mood over there -
Joe Loss. Can you flnd It?

Even I can dance to that.

Huekh.

Oh, thanks.

It was Mother who told me
to stop galumphing - when I was 15.

I'd always thought I was the Diana type -

you know, long-legged and graceful,
flitting through the forest.

But It turned out I wasn't.

- (r In the Mood)
- Right.

- Have another go?
- Yes.

(Insects chirping)

(Carriage approaching)

(Home whinnying)

(Daphne) I used to love the Proms.
Dld you ever go?

(Harl) I'm afraid I never did.
Here's Lady Chatterjee.

Thank you, I.
ls our guest still theme?

Yes, madam.

- Hello!
- Hello, Aunt LIII.

- You look cosy.
- Lady Chatterjee.

Had a good time?

We've been playing records
and nattering about home.

I: It really 12 o'clock?

Mm. And there's a tong: boy
on the drive smoking a bldl.

He': come for me. I must be going.

- Must you really?
- Yes, It': late.

I almost Inade a grand slam
with Judge Menen against the Whites.

Do you know who looked In?
Ronald Merrick.

Something ofllclal,
of course, with the DC.

By the way, he says you're
popping round to hear some records.

Oh, yes. Yes, I am.

(Machinery clanging)

(Sneak: Hindi)

(Lady Chatterjee) Daphne, I: that you?

Hello, Aunt Llll.

Oh, Lord, It': hot.

I wish I'd taken a tongs
Instead cl' the blke.

Even the hospital today
was llke an oven.

Rmnmmnhmblhqyu:
lnhlhmuflvdthhwlnuflklndhe.

Your letter I: from Mr Kumar.
I know because I had one too.

Hetlmukqlnnluheh]
lorunufiuhqmntlndlnrewuuhq

and says hls Aunt Shallnl
Invites u: both to come to dinner -

unfortunately, once more on Saturday,
which la my bridge night.

So I must refuse.

Have you anything
lald on at the club?

No.

Well, my invitation I:
for fonn': sake only.

Mr: Sen Gupta I: a widow
living In seclusion,

so really It': young Kumar
who I: returning your hospltallty to hlm.

Do you want to go?

It': rather an honour,
don't you think, ll' she asked?

Harl says they have no gramophone.

I: that a sort of hlnt I should take yours?

I rather think, even ll' It la,
Mra Sen Gupta would not approve,

especially ll' you took our records,

which are all Eulopean
and would probably offend her ears!

Thank you, I.

Have a few quick chota pegs
before you duh ofl'.

She may be a good Hindu,
so there'll be no alcohol In the house.

Auntie, you're making |ne quite nervous.

She can't be such an ogre.

I don't think Half-s frightened of
hls Aunt Shallnl.

- Chllllanwallah Bagh?
- (Speak: Hindi)

“Db.

(Woman speak: Hindi)

(Woman) Chicken tandoori.

I say to Harl, "I hope Mls: Manner:
like: her lndlan food."

Oh, yes. Very much.

Uh, Harl - don't we have any Iced beer?

- Why don't you offer?
- Yes, I'll get It.

- I mean, ll' you want.
- Ooh, yes, please.

Everybody says the rains are late
this year - that': why It': so hot.

- But you look beautifully cool.
- (Laughs)

Well, what I: heat ll' you
are...accustomed? (chuckling)

Yuuuemfifluhmuflkhflho.

When first he came to lndla
he suffer: from It very much.

My brother Duleep brings hlln up
In England as an English boy.

Yes, I know.

So you must see what fearful shock It I:
for hlm to come to this house,

to number 12 Chllllanwallah Bagh
here In Mayapore.

(chuckling) Afterwards,
I wlll be showing you photographs

that my brother Duleep sent
from England.

From Sldcot, where he': living.

- Do you know this place?
- No, I've never been there.

Oh, It's beautiful, this house,
and It was Hart's home.

All this he ls missing very much.

At first, I feel he I: not happy.

But now this I: hls home,

uflkhhstnhelprqluhfin.

Ahl Here I: the beer.

Um...haven't we a jug, Hail?

(Sneak: Hindi)

I'm telling Mls: Manner:
about your father's house.

When my husband died,

Uneepvmtehnmialvelhyapore
uflcunehunhfiflnfl.'

"No, Duleep-jl," I answered hlm.
"My duty, what I have, I: here."

Never again I feel
we shall each other.

We Indians are very fatalistic, Isn't It?

(chuckling) Too much, I feel.

Oh, well. Enough of this.

Harl, pour the beer.

Please eat. Chapatis.

(Daphne) Oh, that': Sided".
(Shallnl) Yes.

Oh, what a lovely garden.

Do you miss ll: terribly?

Not any more.

And this one is oi' Hari
with Colin Lindsey,

who also was at Harl': school.

- At Chllllngborough?
- Yes.

Often In the holidays,
Hart's father ls away to do business.

So Harl spends much tlme
at this boy's house,

and almost Mrs Lindsey ls becoming
hls mother too. (Laughs)

Colin I: Harl': greatest friend at home.

(Man and woman speaking In Hindi)

(Speaks Hindi) Harl, inlhll: ls It?

(Harl) What's going on?
What's the commotion?

Here I: another one of Harl and Colin.

It': Ills-s Manners': tongs, Aunt Shallnl.

I told hlm to come hack at 11:00.
Oh, I never noticed the tlme.

It': been such a lovely evening.

Please come again, any tlme you want.

Thanks. I'd love to.

What happened to your friend?

- To Colin?
- Yes.

Oh, we lost touch.

Oh, there's lightning.

- They must come soon, don't you think?
- (Thunder rumbles)

- The rains.
- Yes, very soon now.

And everything wlll be
green and fresh llke England.

Llke England.

Does that remind you?

I wanted to bend down
and kiss her, your Aunt Shallnl,

when I sald goodbye, but I didn't dare.

I'm very fond of her now
and grateful, too -

she was the only one of my relatives
to glve me a home.

And I could see how proud she was.
Look!

It': that madwoman, Isn't It,
from Russia?

She collects dead bodies
In the street and dresses llke a nun.

(Harl) She Isn't mad,
and I don't think she's Russian.

We call her Slater Ludmlla.

I wrote a piece about her
for the Gazette.

The editor didn't want It,
sald she was a joke.

I think he was afraid It was political,

a: ll' the British didn't care
people dled In the streets.

Nobody cares - not even
the people dying - except for her.

I: that what she does -
care for the dying?

She runa a clinic
at a place called the Sanctuary.

Dole: out free rlce -
mother: and children, mostly.

- Have you been there?
- Mm-hm.

Would you take me? I'd llke to see.

Il' you want. She'll probably Ignore you.

Well, how did you get to know her?

By chance.

(I Marching music)

Would you care for a brandy
or a liqueur?

Tiuisthlnqaoolclinndanufln.

- Brandy.
- Brandy for the memsahib.

Oh, Turkish.

You have gone to a lot of trouble.

(Merrick) And for me.

(Sneak: Hindi)

(I Musk: ends)

Well. There you are.

I wanted you to hear the Sousa.

And that': a super radiogram.

- Dld you get It out here?
- It was ordered from Cal.

Most of this stuff I: FWD,
of course, except the pictures.

Oh, I hadn't noticed.

They're Henry Moores.

What a surprising man you are.

You mustn't think
a policeman ha: no imagination.

I didn't. I meantmhow clever of you
to flnd them, that': all.

People sometimes do dlsmla
policemen a: lneensltlve.

It's not surprising, I suppose.

So far a: I'm concerned,

I felt the lndlan Police Service was
the best job I could do.

OI' course, ummthere wasn't a war then.

Ii' I'd known what was going to happen,
it would've made things different.

But then anybody can say that.

Il' we knew what was going to happen,
our choices wouldn't be the same.

No. No, they wouldn't.

I llke this klnd of thing too.

(I Rapll: piano music)

It': Clair De Lune.

Yes.

What made you think of that?

Do you llke It too?

It was one of David's favourites.
My brother.

Almost the last tlme I was with hlm,
we went to the old Queen's Hall.

Before It was bombed.

It': Walter Gleseklng, Isn't It?

That's who we heard.

- I: It upsetting? I can take It ofl'.
- No, It': all right.

I want to hear It.

Go on with what you were saying,

about not being a policeman
ll' you'd known about the war.

When It started, I applied for a transfer.

Nothing doing. They told me
I waa more valuable where I waa.

Which was good, really,
and the work la Important.

I care a lot about It.

For someone with my background,
It seemed to open up a way.

What I: your background, Ronald?

I don't know at all.

It': very ordinary.

My father did quite well
but I'm only a grammar school boy.

And my grandparents were...

pretty humble sort of people,
you might any.

I worked very hard,
passed all the right exams.

I've only one regret about
my mlaapent youth, ll' that': what it was,

and that I: I never really had It
to spend or mlapend.

I suppose that's why It's hard now
to do the things others do so easily -

enjoy myself, feel free with people.

I tend to concentrate on the job
and lll'e goes by.

So that': what I was doing illhlle all
the other chaps were simply having fun.

That's why I never found
what you might call the right sort of glrl.

It': meant I've often been pretty lonely,
keeping to myself.

I know I haven't got much to offer.

That's why our friendship
means a lot to me.

Your: and mlne,

ll' you understand.

Understand?

What?

I'm only asking whether,
after you've had tlme to think about It,

you'd consider the posslblllty
of becoming engaged to me.

Oh.

Well, thank you, Ronald.

I thought I'd ask.

Yes, It was very klnd.

I'm awfully sorry.

I hadn't really thought much
about getting engaged to anyone.

Well, there you are.

You liked the music?

Yes. Yes, I did.

I'm sorry.

It was a marvellous dinner too.
You went to heaps ol' trouble.

And I am sorry.

- Are you coming In for a nightcap?
- Thanks. Not tonight.

On, all right.

And thank you for a lovely evening.

- By the way...
- Yes?

I hope you don't mlnd the suggestion

but I'd llke you to have the use
of this car at night.

I can send my driver
to the hospital when you finish late.

The MacGregor House I: rather
Isolated, on the edge of the cantonment,

and there may be trouble brewing up,
a: I expect you know.

- What sort of trouble?
- Antl-British feeling.

Ilflillfllhflmhkfilflwh.

Il' the lndlan National Congress
party votes In support,

It'll amount to a call to every lndlan

to strike and refuse to help u:
keep out the Japanese.

Gantlhhheuftapprechtefindie¢
thhhamfinhofinadflduhufllh-

young lndlans with a bit of education
and no sense.

That crazy old man sets them on flre
with dreams and llluslons

and I have to cool them ofl'.

That's why I'd llke you to have
the use of the car...whenever you want.

It': very klnd of you, Ronald,
although I'm sure It won't be necessary.

Forgive me ll' I say It ls, a: a policeman.

Il' you Insist.

I don't intend
to put you under any ohllgatlon.

You do understand?

Yes, of course.

I'll see you to the house, then.

Goodnight, Ronald,
and thank: again for everything.

Think about what I aald -
at the bungalow, I mean.

Some Idea: take some
getting used to, and I'm a patient man.

Yes, of course.

Goodnight.

Good evening, Rnju.

(Thunder rumbling)

(Rnln falling)

Namute. Namute.

- Namute.
- (Coughing)

(Baby crvlnu)

Nol Hold the baby! How can I treat
unless you hold hlm still?

Please, let me do It.

Thank you.

Mr Kumar, I have been to the hank.

One day I am sure
the manager wlll say to me,

"Slater Ludmlla,
this week there I: no money."

But not today.
I have the money, and we have raln.

So many patients too.

Slater Ludmlla, this I: Mls: Manners.

I brought her here
because she wants to meet you.

- To meet me?
- How do you do?

Ills-s Manners works III
the Mayapore Gene!!! Hospital.

But ll' she comes to help us here,
we won't tell, shall we, Sister?

- You wlsh to help?
- ll' you'd let me.

God tells us 'what we should do.
How can I quarrel inrlfli Hlln?

Ah.

What are you telling me -
you have no tlme to learn?

I honestly believe
It': wasting your tlme and mlne.

To learn to speak to your own people
and you are calling this a waste oi' time?

I say It I: your llfe
until now you have been wasting.

- Let u: begin again.
- Hello.

- Oh, hello.
- I am witting, Kumar. When you want.

You should be feeling shame

to be apeaklng always
In the language of a foreign power.

(Whispering) Who was that?

A chap called Pandlt Baba. He tried
to teach me Hindi, but I gave It up.

Because hla breath smelt of garlic.

Oh, yes, I told you.

Quite honestly
because I was pretty awful too.

- Are you going hack to work?
- No. Just leaving.

Would you come with me
to Subhu Chamfs?

I've got to look at some photographs
he': taken of me

for Lady Manners,
my aunt In Rawalpindi.

It': her Idea of a birthday present.

I said, "How ghastly,"
and that they'd be terrible,

but It's what she wants,
so come and help me choose?

- Chuck out the worst, I mean.
- ll' you want.

And after you can come and have tea
at the MacGregor House.

- Where's your blke?
- It': at the of lice.

- We can cycle hack together, then?
- Yes. Yes, righto.

- There, now.
- (Woman) Dld you see that, dear?

(Thunder rumbling)

Rmuummruqouqmmufll-.

Really? Good.

I say! It': really coming down.
I'm going to take cover!

- Where?
- Blblgharl

Come onl

I'll flnd some cover at the bottom!

- All right?
- Nol

Oh, gosh! That was lucky!

It might have caught u:
In the middle of nowhere!

- What I: this place?
- Don't you know?

You've never been inside the Blhlghar?

(Sighing) I suppose
that': llke living In London

and never going to see the Tower.

On:

Oh, I'm... Mind ll' I smoke?

So, when did you come here, then?

Oh, Llll brought me.

I don't know.
Soon after I came to Mayapore.

Because of all the atorlea of the ghosts
and the bulldlng that used to be here

and the MacGregor House, and...
Don't you honestly know?

Named!!-.

Blhlghar means
"the house of the women".

You must know that at least.

Kvnnhmlhultllweulqb
bythehhnedllaylwlt.

Somewhere nearby to enjoy himself
and keep hls coultesans.

Well, then.

A Scotsman called MacGregor
appeared on the scene -

an ex-East lndla merchant -

and he hullt another house,
the MacGregor House.

Well, by now the old prince was dead

and hls sons didn't have
so many coultesans, I suppose.

Anyway, the Blhlghar was empty.

Sovmuflhfiqoflehhhn
vdflnheuflhnyunqhfim

he Installed her here, just around
the corner from hls home.

Alfltlmwalhnfimlnfli.

He called unexpectedly and found her
In the anns of her young lover,

a boy of her own race.

And, uh, he killed them both
and humed down the Blblghar.

It's the ghosts of those young lovers
that people think they see.

And MacGregor too, I shouldn't
wonder, ll' he feels at all sorry by now.

How typically lndlan.

- That's just what I thought.
- And I don't believe a word.

Neither did I. I do now, though.

What - even the ghosts?

Hjmlfllhlkdflnhldnfld “Bhhk-

the British, I mean -
there must be ghosts.

Hundreds of thousands, probably.

-AIIII I hate III.
-\fll'hlli?

Illdll.

I hate all the beggar: and the cmwda,
and the heat and the bugs

and, most of all, myself
for being black and English.

I'm sorry. I don't know what to say.

I hated lndla at first, too.

Doesn't It get better?

- I didn't mean to talk about It.
-I knew, really.

Yes, of course.

You won't chuck them away,
a: you aald?

- The photographs you didn't want?
- why?

I just thought one was rather good.

I'd llke to have It.

Oh, yes, of course.

They're all pretty ghastly, actually.

- Do you know which one It was?
- Yes.

This one.

- Sure you don't mlnd?
- They're only proofs.

They'll all get thrown away except
the one we chose for Auntie Ethel.

Now It': stopped-

So we can go.

I don't think I'd better come to
the MacGregor House with you.

Why not? Llll Isn't there.
Not that it would matter.

No, I know It wouldn't matter.

I should go home. Thank: all the same.

I'll be at the Sarlctuary again
on Tuesday as usual.

Il' you come round.

Otherwise I don't know when I'll see you.

Oh, I'll see you. Bound to see you...
somewhere around.

Goodbye, ghosts!

Aunt Llll?

How are your eyes?
Better without the specs now?

Oh...

Yes, I think they are.

Il' you do the exercises every day...
What were you saying?

Do English people ever go
inside the temple? I mean, can you?

The local temple. I wanted to see inside.

I've never heani of anyone.

It's not an interesting temple,
so tourists never come.

I'm not sure
an English glrl would be allowed.

I can ask one of the teacher:
at the tech.

Don't bother. I can ask Harl.

Yes, well, you could do that, I suppose.

- I thought I'd...
- I wondered...

Sony.

I wondered ll' you were getting bored.

You never go out now except for
haahlng ol'I' to that Sanctuary place.

- Or do you go there only to meetm?
- I'm not bored at all.

Just tired after my heavy duties
at the hospital,

watching the lndlan onierlles
emptying the bedpans.

And I'm meeting Ronald Merrick
for dinner at the club tomorrow.

Honestly, Auntie.

Thank: for hrlnglng me home, Ronald.

I was going to aak ll' you'd care
to come round to my place again.

On Saturday, ll' you're free.

Oh, no, I can't. Not Saturday.

I've got something organised,
more or lea.

- A visit to the local temple.
- Oh.

Who's taking you? Mr Kumar?

Yes, he ls. Why - had you heard?

Well, not exactly.

People have started talking.

Oh, have they?

You shouldn't be surprised.

It': always tricky
going out and about with Indians,

especially at time: llke these.

Because there's a war?
But we're fighting the Japanese.

Then watch how Congress votes on
Mr Gandhi's Qult lndla resolution.

It could be a shock.
I tried to warn you about this.

I know. I don't see
what It ha: to do with Mr Kumar.

It might have quite a lot.

He hasn't a very good reputation.

He makes capital
out of living In England for a while,

which he seems to think
makes hlm English.

You know what I feel for you.

It': because of that I haven't aald
anything about thla before.

But I feel It': my duty
to warn you against this...

association with Mr Kumar.

Oh, stop acting llke a policeman.

Well, It': partly a police matter.

Kumar was under suspicion
at one time, and still ls.

But you muat know about all that.

I know nothing at all
and I'm not Interested.

I met Harl here a: Aunt Llll': guest

and people should stop telling me
who to have a: friends,

especially ll' the only trouble ls
the colour ol' their skins.

That's the oldest trick In the game,
pretending colour doesn't matter.

It': bale, It matter: llke hell.

I'm sorry. I put It very badly.

But I can't help It.

The Idea revolts me.

It': all right.
It': all right, Ronald, I understand.

- (Starting engine)
- Thank: for the meal.

And for hrlnglng me home.

(Telephone)

Lady Chatterjeds.

- (Harl) Ills-s Manners...
- Yes?

- (Clattering upstairs)
- Now she I: here. Please hold on.

- Madam?
- I: It for me? I've got to duh.

Mr Kumar, madam.

Oh.

Oh, thank you, I. Hail?

Yes, I had your note.

- About the temple.
- (Daphne) Any chance?

Well, I had to speak to my uncle.
Romesh Chand, yes.

(Daphne) Oh, that': wonderful.
Thank you.

- That's ll' you really want to go.
- Well, of course I want to go.

Why not come to dinner
and then we'll go on?

- I don't think I can.
- Then come for a drink after.

- I'll try.
- Yes. All right.

I'll expect you In a tongs
about all: o'clock?

- OK.
- Harl?

- Yes?
- Sure you don't mlnd?

Nol Just surprised.

- Surprised at what?
- At you wanting to visit a temple.

- But I'd love to.
- Yes, tomorrow, then.

Coming to the coffee shop?

You are going to the temple
to make puja?

Someone wants to see It.

- "Someone"! Ah.
- Come on, Vldya.

What's this idea you have,
going with English memsahihs?

I could show you some real girls.

How shall we make you a good lndlan
ll' you carry on llke this?

And what I: a good Indian?
No, really! I want to know.

(Newsreel) 'Well-trained
fighting manpower

'and their annoured fighting vehicles
for the Defence of lndla

'and, when the tlme comes to take part,

'In the Allied counteroflenslve
against Japan.

'Japan's first rush carried right through
to the threshold of lndla and Australia,

'while Hitler hacked through
from the west.

'That was the moment Congress chose
to call upon Britain to qult.

'To agree would Indeed have been
quitting - quitting China, quitting Russia,

'quitting our empire and all our allies -

'really quitting, lndla.'

(r Chanting)

(r Ritual singing)

(intoning In Hindi)

(J' Singing In Hindi)

Thank you.

Whit for?

Taking me to do puja.

Can I have one?

Flyuwmmfluftehfin.

You're smoking again.

Yegmelqoodmkn.

I smoke bldls. I do puja.

I know what else you've been trying
to do since you came - put me ol'I'.

- What do you mean, put ofl'?
- Put me ofl' you!

- Llke everybody ha: tried.
- Who's that?

Everybody. People llke Ronald Merrick.
He thlnlr: you're a bad bet, by the way.

Well, he should know, I suppose.

Badbeflwhatamlsupposedtobe-
a racehorse?

I don't care a damn
what Merrick think: of me.

Why should you?
You've never even met hlm.

- I should say I've met hlm.
- Have you?

- Il' that': what you'd call It.
- How?

When I was drunk
and he picked me up at the Sanctuary!

Picked you up?

That was Ronald, Ronald hlmsell',
when you were arrested?

Course It was hlml Why not?

I thought you knew.

No.

You'd better tell me.

- Tell you what?
- What happened!

They found me
on the wasteland by the river,

Slater Ludmlla and her friends,
drunk a: a coot.

In the morning, Merrick showed up
while I was washing at the pump.

He shouted at me In Hindustani

so I answered hack,
and hls henchmen beat me up.

Then they took |ne In for questioning.

I can't believe...

What did you think
when Llll asked you to her party?

I was amused.

Were you?

You must have known!

That day In War Week when you
came up and did your lady bountiful bit.

He was watching.
You knew that, didn't you?

Dld that amuse you, Hail?

And did it just amuse you
every tlme we've been together?

Yes, you could put It that way
ll' you want.

But you've been very kind,
and I'm grateful.

I didn't mean anything a: kindness.

I didn't want...

Good night, Harl.

Good night.

(I Gramophone playing
Roll Out The Barrel)

Hello. Long tlme no see.

Not been around much.

Can I get you the other hall'?

I'll buy you one.

Oh, I'm still on duty, a: It happens.

I spent most of the day

with the Deputy Commissioner
and Brigadier Reld.

We heard this afternoon

Congress committee voted In favour
of Gandhi's resolution.

The little man In the dhoti ha:
called on hls follower: to do or dle,

l0...We I.

And I: It going to be exciting?

That depends.

The government ha:
It: own plans, of course.

It could mean strikes, arson,
civil disturbance - that's why I'm here.

We're arranging to bring women and
children to the club ii' things get rough.

So, um, you'll know where to come.

And Llll?

There'll be slmllar arrangements
at the other club for them.

Oh.

How did you enjoy
your visit to the temple?

Oh, all right. Blt of a racket, though.

Well, you know.

You can't go anywhere without
digging out the baksheesh, can you?

Yes, that': true.

- Good night, Mr De Souza.
- Good night, Slater.

Mr Kumar?

Good evening, Slater.

Clinic I: over. No one I: here
but myself and Mr De Souza.

- Wlll you come In?
- Thanks.

A: I tell you, no one I: here tonight.

Mls: Manner: did not come.

No. She comes on Tuesdays, as a rule.

So It I: I you have called to see,
perhaps to talk?

Yes.

I've been drlnklngl

No, not llke the night you picked me up.

On the wasteland by the river.

Such anger In your face.
Such passion of rejection.

Wu It hate or love?

So I prayed for you, and after,
when I saw you here together,

I thought that it was love
and she loved you too.

You thought I was drunk
for Ills-s Manners?

Dtwunot?
-No|

And tonight again?

No-ltwuthedaylsawachap
called Colin Lindsey,

my closest friend.

We were at school together.

After I came to lndls
we swapped letters, rather a lot at first,

and then we lost touch.

Not many letter: after the war began.

He became a captain.

Sald ll' hls regiment came to lndla,

he'd come to Mayapore and see me -
just llke the old days, you see?

He hadn't the leaat Idea
how I was living. I'd never told hlm.

Thought of me a: a rajah,
hunting tigers, sticking plgs.

Well, I never heard from hlm again.

Bnqtmremunmuum
hmhmwenhlhyapure,

llld I I hllll.

FikmWblnultulwmflnnmmn.

'I'd gone there to report
a cricket match for the Gazette.

'Someone hlt a four and they ran.

'And then I saw hlm - Colin.

Hflmnfllunnhlthluttlnsuln-Oomfi

'And then he saw me, and didn't see me.

'Hmqimldcflngundunqmph

'he didn't reallae there was
one black face he ahould remember!

'Didn't you know? We all look allkel

'I'd become lnvlslhle - even to hlm.

'Invisible!

Kmlmflnahhnlm'!

Look here, you fellows,
this I: Mr Coomer. Harry Coomer.

Very pukka. Very public school.

- I say, I say.
'(Speaking Hindi)

(Hall) 'They all laughed III Ine,
and In truth I was rldlculous.

'An lndlan incapable of being
anything except an lndlan -

'something totally alien to me.

'So I went, and we drank
a lot of homemade hooch

'In a hut near the road
by the Blhlghar Bridge,

'where I began to learn to be an lndlan.

'And they burnt the symbol
cl' my English shame,

'and then they carried me home.'

That's what Vldya said later.
I didn't know.

They carried me almost to my door.
They were ashamed to aee my aunt.

Mr: Sen Gupta?

I must have wandered after them onto
the wasteland, where you found me.

There It ls.

But you were foolish.

When Mr Merrick came here
looking for a wanted man

and you answered hlm -
so English, so superior.

(Mimicking Merrick) "I: your
name Coomer or Kumar?"

"Actually, It doesn't matter.
Either wlll do."

"Do you know anyone that': been
convicted of political of fences?"

-“°_-

'Bvmunuuqumqurumamrr

"Oh, yes, Superintendent,
sahib. I celtalnly do."

WMflflhh-Pflfilihl?

A guru who smells of garlic
and, to Merrick, of something worse.

"Where did you get drunk?"
"Shan't tell."

"Why did you get drunk?"

"Because I hate
this whole, damn, stinking country -

"those who llve In It
and those who run It.

"That goes for you too, Merrick."

Ymlhflhhlflhfl?

Just so. That, he wlll not forget.

Or forgive?

He wants to be so British.
Just doing hls job.

When we parted, he shook hands.

"Goodbye, Kumar. Keep out of trouble."

And I have.

Honestly, Slater.

Only a little drunk.

Wu that the telephone? I: it for me?

Lady Chatterjee, madam.

(Bell tolling)

No, I'm all right.

It was really to be expected, after all.

Yes, I shall be here.

(Sneak: Hindi)

That was Judge Menen.

They arrested the Mahatma
thla morning at four o'clock,

and a few of the chums round here.

You'd remember Val,
my lawyer? He': one.

One know: about these things,
of course.

All the same, when It happens...
a bit of a shock.

You're going to work today?

Sorry, yes. It': my Sunday on.

(Newsreel) 'A question mark ha:
been written across the face of lndla.

'With Japan knocking III lndla': gates,

'the Congress Party,
led by Gandhi and President And,

'used hooligans and agitators to press
for a civil disobedience campaign.

'Disturbances broke out In many cities

'but a strong government and lndlan
police helped to curb the outbreaks.

'Demonstrator: flooded
the public park: for ma: meetings,

'presided over by orator:
not representative of India's mllllons.

'Every effort was made
to prevent bloodshed,

'but the lawless element
found it a grand opportunity

'to run loose and stlr up trouble.'

(Footsteps approaching)

Hello, Babs. Last job of the day.

May not be, actually.
Where do they keep wound dressings?

Bottom left.

There's a bit of a flap on.
Matron': looking for you.

They've brought In a missionary lady
who was attacked on the load.

Who by? What do you mean?

They found her on the roadside
between here and Tanpur,

sitting In the rsln nursing an lndlan
schoolmaster who'd been with her.

They'd been attacked by rlotera
and the man was dead.

I know what I'd llke to do to them.

Anyone who trusts an lndlan
I: a bloody fool!

Matron wants you to alt with her
tlll a rellel' comes on.

They've cleaned her up.
She's on wan! three. Mls: Crane.

(lndlan children)
'J' There's a friend for little children

'J' Above a bright blue sky

'J' A friend who never changes

'Ifinsehvevmlmluflg;

There was nothing I could do.

Nothing!

(Mia Crane)
♪ There's a friend for little children

♪ Above the bright blue sky

♪ A friend who never changes

Ifinsehvevmlmlufl:

Ifillfifiiljifluflnflmlflm

Illfldmqeml'

Ills-s Crane.

Oh, there you are.

I'm most grateful for all this.

I: my luggage there, do you know?

Yes, It ls.

I've been wondering
ll' I brought the sweets.

To glve the children.

Would you mlnd?

OI' course.

It Isn't locked.

"Treasures on earth..."

You'll flnd them In a tln.

Yes! Here they are.

Boiled sweets for the schoolchildren.

They're here all right.

I: this your picture?

Let me see.

Oh, yes, that': mlne.

Do you know what It ls?

The Jewel In The Crown.

I use It to teach the children English.

The queen I: Victoria on her throne.

The sky I: blue.

(Children chanting) 'The sky I: blue.'

This I: the queen.

(Children chanting) 'This is the queen.'

That I: her crown.

(Children chanting) 'That I: her cmwn.'

They usually think the jewel
I: the one the prince I: oflerlng,

but I tell them,
"No, the jewel I: lndla, you see."

It': an allegory.

The jewel I: lndla.

Now, you mustn't talk too much.
You'll get tired.

Dlsraell': there.

1811, the year he persuaded
her to call herself Empress of lndla.

It was a sort of promise.

A promise not fulfilled.

There's nothing I can do, you see.

Pl, Ills-s Crane - please null...

ltwutoolate.

I stayed with her about an hour after that.

She was quieter then.

I meant to get here for clinic.
That's why I'm late.

There were rumour: In
the black town today. No one ha: come.

No One.

I must get home, then...

before It': dark.

It would be wlse, I think.
Well, good to talk.

Do you know thla Image -
the Image of the dancing Shiva?

Dancing In a circle of cosmic flre.

The circle of creation and destruction,
of dark and light.

And wholeness.

He': got wings.

Gives you a flying feeling,

a: ll' you could leap Into the dark
with hlm and not be hanned.

What was she trying to tell me?

What did she say about a promise that
was not fulfilled between us and lndla?

Mls: Crane spoke of this?

"There's nothing I can do."

Perhaps she didn't mean that.

It': something I've been thinking.

About a leap In the dark?

About us and Inclla.

(Laughing) I'm really dreaming.

I must be hall' asleep, I think.

It': stopped raining, anyway.

And the sun I: out.

You must be careful. It wlll be dark soon.

'Flnnuenmmlndhulbh,
uneheughflumnuflflhlupur.

I shall be all right, even ll' It rains.

(Laughing)

- Goodbye, Slater.
- Goodbye.

And God go with you.

'Bye!

(Glass shattering)

(Men chanting)

(Horn blaring repeltedl!)

Lady Chatterjee, I'm sorry to disturb you.
Are you all right?

Why, yes. It': good of you
to be concerned, though, Mr Merrick.

- Wlll you come In?
- No, thank you.

(Laughing) I expect you've come
to see Daphne. She's at the club.

Yes, that': what they said
at the hospital. But she isn't finale.

Oh, Isn't she? Well, then, I...

- I'm sure she's all right.
- Is she with Harl Kumar?

No, I don't think so. I'm sure she Isn't.

- At this hour, where can she be?
- She'll be In soon.

- Come In and have a drink.
- I don't think I should, thanks.

- There's rather a lot going on.
- Oh.

- I: It serious?
- It seems to be.

What a damn meal

Some of the people you know are
locked up - Mr Desal and Srlnlvuan.

Yes, I know.

But here I am.

You know...I asked her to marry me.

- Didn't she tell you?
- No, she never told me.

And you've no Idea where she can be?

- (Engine starting)
- (Merrick shouts in Hindi)