All language subtitles for The Onedin Line S03e06 Black Gold

A goodly vessel, Caroline.

Impressive.

I'm told you can tell a captain by his
ship.

In that case, maybe Captain O 'Neill
isn't that we need for our enterprise.

Sure he is, Henry.

A charter to Brazil, you say? To the
Amazons, to be precise.

Well, we know the Amazon, do we not,
Mrs. Morton?

Some rather bitter memories of the
place, please.

Carry our cargo for the return voyage
only, but we should pay you for the

trip. Oh, and what is the cargo?

Black gold.

I beg your pardon?

Rubber.

I see.

Mr. Wickham is in the employ of Dr.
Hooker at the Royal Botanical Gardens at

Kew.

Dr. Hooker dared the Andes to procure
the wild Chimtona tree.

So the quinine should be available to
the world.

He is also famous for bringing in the
giant azaleas and rhododendrons of the

Himalayas. And now you aim to transplant
the rubber tree.

Where?

India?

I may as well admit it.

We foresee that before the turn of the
century, every industry, every machine,

every steamship will have need of
rubber.

As important as that? Yes.

But due to the excessive commercial
activity and the unscientific tapping of

rubber tree in the Amazon, it faces
extinction.

Already there are vast areas where the
only rubber tree is a caiman, a worn

tree. Totally useless.

Yes.

Now, we believe that we can, and indeed
we must, develop rubber plantations in

India, which will yield a regular
harvest.

Indefinitely, like the grapevine.

Well, there's only just one snag. The
Brazilian government...

Guard their black gold, as you call it,
very zealously. They've put an embargo

on the exporting of all rubber seeds
from Brazil.

We could, um, gather the seeds
ourselves.

Yeah, well, I'm a ship owner, not a seed
picker.

You refrain from actually picking the
seeds, Captain O 'Neill.

However, you and your vessel could be
indispensable to smuggle them out.

Yes, and how do I deal with the
Brazilian government, eh?

I know a number of people in the region.

You should be paid for every seed.

Oh. How much?

Fifteen pounds per thousand.

More for the price of the charter,
Captain Oneiden. You'd be well in

Yes, well, I am well in profit. My ships
are fully laden.

I've neither the necessity nor the
disposition for such a venture.

You would be rendering your country an
invaluable service. Well, that argument

appeals to those who seek glory in
patriotic thieving.

Am I to take it your refusal is final,
Mr. Oneiden?

I'm afraid it is, Mr. Wickham.

Little Charlotte. You're going to have a
lovely birthday then.

James is here.

Oh, good afternoon, James.

Water.

It's saving me yet again.

We were bound for the Caribbean,
Fogarty.

Aye, but something else has come up.

Profitable, I hope.

Aye.

Caroline, Elizabeth, if we don't hurry
up, this camp will be ruined.

Robert, do you want to fetch in the
cake?

Oh, come on.

Come on, I'll be coming over. There we
are now.

James, if you would deign to spoil your
daughter a little bit.

She's getting to look more and more like
you, sir.

That'll stand her in good stead, won't
it?

You're not stranded for a cargo, are
you, Captain Fogarty?

No, just a change of plans.

It's ready.

Come along, Captain Baines. I expect you
to enthrall us with tales of your

adventures. Here we are.

Mrs. Charlotte's going to blow out the
birthday candles.

Yes, you will.

Here we are, darling. Birthday?

Charlotte's birthday, Jane. Jane,

Annie's dead. It's the living you can
wish for now.

Elizabeth's right, Jane.

If you persist in going on like that,
poor Mrs. Charlotte will never be

to celebrate her birthday.

It's just a day's... Oh, he begrudges
the poor little mite her life. That's a

terrible thing to say, Sarah. Well, it's
the truth.

Oh, after all the trouble I've been to.
Perhaps she might at least have had the

decency to sit down and eat with us.
Perhaps you shouldn't have gone to all

trouble, Sarah.

Perhaps you should have left well alone.

Listen, Elizabeth Fraser. Sarah,
Elizabeth.

Excuse me, ma 'am. I think I'll go out
and see Mr. O 'Neill.

It's Charlotte's birthday. Let's not
spoil it.

Miss Biddulph, will you help Charlotte
light the candle?

Come on.

Let's blow the candles out, eh?

Come on. One, two, three.

This is what I

was looking for.

I should think a tropical umbrella is a
must for the Amazon.

Lovely.

Albert bought it back on one of his
trips to America.

You do miss him, don't you?

No, I don't.

Well, just at times like that birthday
party today.

Still, it served your purpose.

It served my purpose?

Well, what else do you think made James
change his mind?

Oh, you mean about going to the Amazon,
after all?

James has never been one to involve
himself in family matters, particularly

family.

He should marry again to escape us.

But she'll have to be someone special,
someone who'll comfort him, who won't

on his shoulder, someone who knows her
own mind, like... Like his late wife.

I should be most interested to know what
happens on your trip to the Amazon.

Nothing will happen. Particularly as Mr.
Wickham has had to cry off.

Meaning?

Something very romantic about tate -a
-tate dinners after six pounds on a long

voyage. You're talking from experience,
I take it.

Imagination. You seem to forget one
thing.

Should James wish to marry, there is a
bride most willing.

Leonora's a nice girl.

Captain Payne, do you think we'll catch
the tide at this rate?

Aye, sir.

It's good to have a woman aboard again.

If you must know, I don't give ourselves
a very good chance. Oh, I wouldn't say

that. Mr. Wickham and I have somewhat
modified our plan of attack.

Oh, have you?

Yes. I am to approach one of the rubber
barons as a representative of Dr.

Hooker and ask him in all innocence to
provide us with exotic botanical

specimens.

One Manuel Ortega.

Will he oblige? Yes, certainly.

In the case of the botanical specimen.

I thought we were up to rubber, say so.

He won't provide those, of course.

But my hope is that while he is
preoccupied with my requirements, you

able to collect them.

I've already told you.

I'm not a feed picker. I don't mean you
personally.

Captain Baines.

Captain Baines. I doubt very much
whether he'll oblige. I've already

him. He's most willing.

And what else have you arranged on our
behalf?

I've smuggled aboard a most delicate
wine.

In gratitude for your gallantry.

Gallantry? Was it not gallantry that
finally decided you to accompany me?

I was offered a general cargo at very
favourable rates by your friend, Mr

Wickham. Oh, dear.

Does that mean you're going to abandon
me at Parra?

Don't tempt me.

You know, we women do have our uses.

Do you know your place?

What is our place?

Out of a man's way.

Now, that wasn't the case with your late
wife, was it?

Anne was different.

William should be back soon.

I would like to see him before I leave.

We need that.

Next time.

Oh, with last -minute things to do.

Is that what saying goodbye to your son
is, a last -minute thing to do?

It certainly is not.

Yesterday was Sunday. You could have
spent the whole day with him.

Well, I had to be on hand for the Lordy.
Of course.

Will you be seeing James at Parra?

I doubt it.

Why?

I have a letter for Mrs. Morton.

I can see she gets it.

I've never known you be so mysterious
about a voyage, Daniel.

Mysterious?

Trifle guilty, maybe.

Master of a steamship, after all I've
said about him.

Well, you've commanded one before.

At least you're moving with the times.

How's Emma?

Same.

How's Albert?

The same.

Do wait for William.

That could be.

Miss Binnell.

Good morning, Mrs. Fraser. I wonder,
could I trouble you for the key to

house? I thought I'd dust the upstairs
rooms.

Oh, dear, I see I've come at an
inconvenient time.

Captain Fogarty?

Miss Biddiff?

Captain Fogarty just came to collect a
letter for Mrs. Maudsley.

Yes, I... I must be leaving, Mrs.
Fraser. No, no, I can come back later.

need, Miss Biddulph.

Here's the key.

Do you have a carriage outside, Captain
Fogarty?

No. Pity.

You could have dropped Miss Biddulph off
at my brother's house.

No, don't worry. I like walking.

Well, then, good day to you, Miss
Biddulph.

And good day to you, Captain Fogarty.

Thank you for your trouble.

Well, we're over the first hurdle.

Manuel Ortega cordially invites us to
Santarém.

Santarém? But that's upriver.

Oh, it's only about 400 kilometers.

Well, there are plenty of riverboats for
charter.

Santarém as soon as well, ma 'am. Oh.

And so you know all about rubber seeds,
do you, Camp Baines?

I have some friends in Santarém, sir.

Friends? Indians.

Oh, but that's splendid.

They can help you collect the seeds.

Aye, ma 'am, that's what I thought.

I was shipwrecked one time off Trinidad.

and the ship that picked us up dropped
me a parrot. I had no money, and I

couldn't sign on another ship
immediately, so I worked on the river

And on one of the trips, I saved the
life of the chief, and they sort of

me, you know, made me a blood brother
like him. Ah, saved him from the rubber

barons, did you?

Well,

you know how it is.

I mean, life is cheap out here, and
theirs is the cheapest of the lot.

Each pound of rubber tapped out here
costs the life of at least one Indian.

Excuse me. I'd better see about
chartering the river.

Oh, and there's little Charlotte.

Oh, isn't she lovely?

James must miss her very much.

He can do no wrong in your eyes, can he?

He's not the only man in the world, you
know.

No, but he's the only one I want.

I see.

You don't mind.

I mean, you're not against me.

Oh, no, I'm all for it. The sooner you
do, the sooner Robert and I can get on

living our own lives again.

If only I could make him notice me.

Well, they say the way to a man's heart
is through his stomach.

But I very much doubt if it's the way to
James and Edith's heart.

No, I've found that much out already. I
mean, I've cooked his supper, I've

cleaned his house, and then he sails off
to Brazil with her.

Oh, he's not interested in Mrs.

Maudsley.

I wish I could be sure of that.

She has such an air of confidence.

Mrs. Fraser has it, too.

When I went to pick up the key to James'
house last week, Captain Fogarty was

there.

Oh, I forgot. I have to make out an
order for some soap.

He's come to pick up a letter.

But by the way he looked at her...
Captain Fogarty is a very old friend of

family.

I didn't wish to imply anything
improper.

It was just that it made me think that
Captain Oneida never looks at me like

that.

Your phone, now.

How's Mr. Robert?

Working hard.

On his campaign?

Aye, and it's a busy time in this shop.

My father says he has a great political
future.

Well, yes.

Robert could be as important as Samuel
Plimsoll.

He could campaign more, that is.

Well, then you must see that he does.

It means travelling.

Well, then he must travel.

And you with him.

And who'd look after Charlotte and the
shop?

Well, as for the shop, you'd have to
find somebody, but I'd willingly look

Charlotte.

I tried.

I think we should have started up river
finances.

Thus we must pay our respects to this
Ortego, gentlemen.

I'm ready.

Captain Bain, shouldn't you have left
for the occasion?

He's not coming.

Captain Bain, it's only a private dinner
party. Aye, ma 'am, but we thought Mr.

Ortego shouldn't know about me.

Oh, yes, I understand.

Perhaps you could show me where we're
likely to find the plantation, ma 'am?

yes.

Ah, here.

Down at Tapao's River, this is where we
must aim for.

Tapao's River it isn't. You must
remember we have a very narrow margin

delay.

Those rubber trees should already have
reached ripeness.

But you must wait until the pods burst.

Burst? Oh, yes.

And they sometimes shoot some 50 yards
or so, so I fear it'll be a back

-breaking job.

Aye, aye, ma 'am.

Well, if that's all, I suggest we don't
keep this Manuel Ortega waiting.

Of course. Shall we go?

Dear Dr. Hooker, he has sent me the
prettiest flower in the world, and all

asks in return is a few botanical
specimens.

You're most flattering, Manuel.

But it is not true, Mr. O 'Neill.

The what?

That I have the best of the bargain.

Is not Mrs. Maudsley the most beautiful
of them all?

Really?

Yes, indeed.

Most handsome.

Handsome! Trust the English to use a
masculine adjective to describe feminine

beauty.

Thank you for your hospitality, Mr.
Bottega.

I think we must be going.

Please, Mitro, need him.

You cannot deprive me of Caroline's
company for two.

Well, we wish to make an early start in
the morning. You know, we've got to add

a lot of work to do. Oh, work, work, it
can wait.

We have so much to talk about, my dear.

Old times and the present.

It's not that late, surely.

But should you wish to go, Mr. O 'Neill,
then please don't feel obliged to stay.

She's not leaving yet, she said so.

Let me stay for a minute, if you don't
mind.

Of course.

Happy reminiscences, eh?

Aye.

We've made good time, Captain.

Either, uh, pass these steamships.

Worth the soot in your hand.

We may need to make faster time going
back.

Tomorrow we track up River.

Stray.

It must not be observed.

The jungle.

Aye, for one, we'll be a fish out of
water.

Jungle is my element.

But it can be as dangerous as sea.

Okay.

with Ortega in the middle of the jungle.
I shall be safe.

Look, surely you can't be blind to his
interest in you. He has always been

interested in me, even when my husband
was alive.

Ah, you encourage him.

There are some men you don't have to
encourage.

I would like to remind you I'm here for
one purpose, to distract him whilst you

collect the seeds.

That is what I am doing.

Well, I'll not leave you alone with him.

You forget, his word is law here.

What does he want?

He's come to fetch me.

Manuel Ortega is giving a ball in my
honor.

I shall tell him you've decided not to
accompany us on our excursions.

Now, you see that rubber capsule up
there?

Watch it.

Any minute now, it'll explode.

The ingenious ways of nature. Eh, what,
Captain?

I'll do the other suit.

Must do something or I'll... Tomorrow
I'm coming with you.

What will Mrs. Morsley say, sir? Oh,
damn Mrs.

Morsley. Where are they? Or if Ortega
gets to know about it, sir. Well, damn

Ortega, then!

Coffee, Caroline?

Thank you.

How much do you know about me, Caroline?

What an odd question.

It has a purpose.

Well, let me see.

You are one of the richest men in South
America.

Domains cover half of the Amazon.

And I am cruel and heartless.

Do you think I am?

Well, I have had no proof of it, but I
have heard it mentioned.

Are you?

You want me to be frank?

Of course.

Yes, I am.

Or rather, I have been.

I see. But there is another me.

Oh? And there is inside every tyrant,
one who yearns to be tender, devoted,

one who wants to love.

Do you believe me?

Why shouldn't I?

It's important that you do because, you
see, this other me, he needs just a

little encouragement to blossom.

For instance, if you decided to stay
here permanently... Oh, Manuel, really?

no, please, please, I wouldn't joke
about it. Manuel, how long have we known

each other?

If you ask me how long I have loved you,
I would say, without exaggeration, from

the third hour of our first meeting in
Lima.

How very precise.

I tell you this because...

I don't want you to think of me simply
as a lonely man stranded here at the

frontiers of humanity who could not help
falling in love with the first

beautiful woman he saw now.

I have loved you for a very long time.

I don't know what to say.

You could say that you have known this
to be true.

Known it? Well, at least that you
suspected it.

But I didn't. Oh, I think you did.

Otherwise you would not have called on
me. You have many other acquaintances in

this region. Manuel, I came to you as an
old friend. Old friends are notorious

for proving unhelpful. No, no.

You came to me because you knew I would
help you.

Do anything for you.

Because you know, I would risk a great
deal to please you.

Risk, Manuel?

I would risk all for you.

So please think about it.

We should have enough by now.

I'd have liked more, but we've been too
long already.

The jungle's not our only enemy.

When we get back to the ship, the next
chance of discovery.

Mr. Needham, sir.

I've seen symptoms like this before.

My guess is this lad's suffering from
malaria.

This is more than airplanes.

It's kings.

Come on.

I'm going to go and see if I can find
some cinchona to make some quinine.

Malaria? It appears so.

You should leave me.

Yes, you have to come do that.

You'll be all right in a couple of days
when you pass the crisis.

The seeds, they'll perish.

Don't you worry about the seeds.

You just try and sleep.

Apart from the Javier Brasiliensis,
that, I think, is all that the Amazon

offer. What is the Javier Brasiliensis?

The best rubber tree.

Well, we have rubber seeds.

Caymans. They are useless to Dr. Hooker.

Useless? He will never break the
Amazon's monopoly with those.

What monopoly?

The rubber monopoly, of course.

Seeds grow into plantations, my dear.

You came here fully aware of my weakness
for you, and to take advantage of it.

I should be angry, but, well, all roads
lead to Rome.

You are here by my side, and as I said
before, I am willing to risk everything

for you.

Manuel, I have been thinking about your
proposition. Now, please, please, let me

finish. I want you to consider further
factors before you decide.

I know what Captain O 'Neill and Captain
Baines have been doing.

Oh? I should think by now they have
enough seeds to start a few plantations.

Now, I am willing to let them go if you
decide to stay here.

And if I don't? Then I shall confiscate
the seeds and see that Captain Oneiden

and Captain Baines are suitably
punished.

I see.

I very much hope that you do, my dear.

Consider all that I have to offer.

A chance to render your country a great
service.

As well as to ensure the welfare of
Captain O 'Neill and Captain Baines.

Then there is, of course, my wealth,
with which you can indulge your

whims.

What if I already hold an affection for
someone else?

Captain O 'Neill?

I posed a theoretical question.

That would give me a very strong weapon.

One which would ensure your sacrifice.

Oh, you do admit it would be a
sacrifice. Perhaps not as great as mine,

I'm endangering my country's prosperity,
but a sacrifice all the same.

You may discover that I don't exactly
lack Captain O 'Neill's qualities.

You're being most persuasive, Manuel.

I very much hope that I am.

Perhaps this time you should think it
over very carefully.

Yes.

I think I should.

I couldn't find anything sooner. This is
Remigio. Same family.

To marry Ortega.

He knows about our deception. You've
done the deception.

Do you really want to marry him?

If it means your safety.

Oh, come.

You're hardly the sacrificial lamb.

Well, it's not a fate worse than death.

In fact, it's quite tempting.

Are you serious?

Why, Mr. O 'Neill...

You seem almost concerned.

Do you really want to marry him?

Do you need me to answer?

Hurry up and pack.

Try and get this done.

The salt's from the bark.

It's a quinine of sorts.

Thank you.

Get those dirty things off.

I'm terribly sorry to disturb you, but
there's something the matter with

Charlotte. Something the matter?

Yes, it's a rash.

Have you sent for the doctor?

No, I... Well, where is she now?

She's in the house.

You mean you left her there alone?

Yes.

You matter?

I think the worst is over.

I can help you now. Oh, no, you can't.

You just rest and get your strength up.
It says we can get you back to the ship.

I've delayed you long enough already.

Oh, dear chap, it's been a blessing in
disguise.

We've got 90 ,000 seats while we waited
for you.

We've done it, then.

Well, ask me that again when we're clear
of Brazilian waters.

You don't like me very much, do you?

You make a good cup of tea.

You know I want to marry your brother,
and your allegiance is with Mrs.

Maudsley.

Allegiance? You make it sound like a
war. Isn't it?

Well, if so, the spoils are most meagre.

I thought you'd understand.

You of all people.

What do you mean by that?

Have you been listening to gossip?

No. If you think Daniel Fogarty and I...
I really don't see why I should explain

myself to you.

I intend to marry your brother. That's
your affair.

But to use an innocent child... I'm not
using her. I'm looking after her. And

not very well.

At least I'd give her the affection she
needs if I were given the chance.

You're not right for James, you know.
I'll tell you that. How do you know? How

can anybody know till it's put to the
test? My concern is not for my brother.

can take care of himself.

But you have my sympathy.

I don't need it, I assure you. You will
do.

If you ever succeed in marrying him,
James will make your life a calvary.

I'm not made of butter, Mrs. Fraser.

I can see that.

You are no doubt asking yourselves how I
managed to get to Parra ahead of you.

How did you?

There is a quicker way via the
tributaries.

The ancients did not exaggerate when
they called the Amazon the inland sea.

You're trespassing.

Trespassing?

You need permission to come aboard my
ship.

Your ship is under custody, Captain O
'Neill.

Lieutenant Mendez is here to inspect
your cargo.

If he should find one rubber seed, he
has orders to destroy your cargo, And he

found your ship.

We have full customs clearance.

Did he ask about the thieves?

Well, the few I showed him.

And?

Botanical specimens for Kew Gardens.

And quite right, too.

Consider yourself under arrest, Captain
O 'Neill.

On what charge? While smuggling rubber
seats, of course.

But our cargo was botanical specimens
and caiman seagull provided by you.

Which makes you an accessory to the
crime.

Oh, I take it you assume there will be a
trial.

I shall make damn sure that there is a
trial. You don't seem to realize I can

have you executed simply by giving an
order. And what about me, Manuel?

You shall be deported, my dear.

We are under the protection of Her
Majesty's government.

Gunboats. In case of just this trouble,
Mrs. Morsley deposited a sealed letter

with Mr. Shipton Green.

He's the British consul.

Accusing me of ruthless tyranny and so
forth.

Facts, even statements from your
Indians.

All attested.

But it wasn't necessary, was it?

I mean, you are going to be gentlemen
enough to take the seeds and let us go.

Are you not, my dear?

A toast, gentlemen.

I'll grant you this, you're a good
loser.

Ah, but we haven't lost.

Only the seeds.

The seeds are on their way to Liverpool.

On their way to Liverpool?

What are you talking about?

Mr Wickham and Captain Fogarty have 100
,000 seeds aboard the Amazon.

Fogarty?

Excuse me, ma 'am. I don't understand.

Forgive me, but Captain Fogarty was
approached for this task when you told

find another master.

When later you reversed your decision,
Mr. Wickham decided that perhaps two

masters might have a better chance of
success.

I'm glad to say he was proven right.

So we was just a decoy.

Well, if you'd known about Captain
Fogarty, you might not have agreed to

Thank you.

Shall we call it truth?

Fogarty.

What did he get out of it? Pride.

And having served his country.

You can't eat that.

Well, then, am I forgiven? You employ my
time, my crew, my ship,

on a fool's errand.

Now I'm to smile and say you're
forgiven.

Don't like being used, Mrs. Maudsley.

No man does.