1 00:00:59,531 --> 00:01:08,787 EPISODE 2 Close Quarters 2 00:01:57,513 --> 00:02:00,609 My clothes are becoming impossible to wear. I have to put them on damp. 3 00:02:00,638 --> 00:02:04,324 That is rain water, sir. The salt will be irritating the rash. 4 00:02:04,354 --> 00:02:06,419 But I thought rain water was fresh. 5 00:02:06,449 --> 00:02:09,255 It may be, if you live far enough from the sea. 6 00:02:09,783 --> 00:02:11,567 Is that why my soap won't lather? 7 00:02:11,596 --> 00:02:16,707 Did your servant, Wheeler not give you the ship's issue before he left us? 8 00:02:16,738 --> 00:02:19,103 Good God, is this soap? 9 00:02:19,133 --> 00:02:21,757 I thought it was a brick... 10 00:02:21,787 --> 00:02:24,010 It's saltwater soap. 11 00:02:24,137 --> 00:02:26,095 I do not detect any scent. 12 00:02:26,124 --> 00:02:28,884 And I suppose you think soap's naturally scented, do you? 13 00:02:28,914 --> 00:02:30,124 Is it not? 14 00:02:30,155 --> 00:02:32,446 Come with me, Mr Talbot. 15 00:02:32,476 --> 00:02:36,206 And bring as many of your clothes as you can carry. 16 00:03:39,159 --> 00:03:42,651 We have moved at last out of the fair weather of the Equatorial regions 17 00:03:42,681 --> 00:03:44,926 and are now pushing south. 18 00:03:46,503 --> 00:03:49,701 There is, once more, an unsteadiness in the deck. 19 00:03:49,732 --> 00:03:53,677 A constant canting to the right. 20 00:03:57,804 --> 00:04:00,905 Time hangs heavy. 21 00:04:00,935 --> 00:04:04,734 I amuse myself... pass the time. 22 00:04:04,764 --> 00:04:07,744 What else can a poor devil of a landsman do to occupy himself 23 00:04:07,774 --> 00:04:11,744 on a voyage from the top of the world to the bottom? 24 00:04:50,485 --> 00:04:53,352 Mr Hall! 25 00:05:01,987 --> 00:05:04,607 Mr Hall!! 26 00:05:09,557 --> 00:05:14,302 Cut them away! All hands! 27 00:05:31,310 --> 00:05:35,516 Look to Mr Talbot there! 28 00:05:37,405 --> 00:05:40,163 Mr Willis! 29 00:05:40,192 --> 00:05:43,522 Where is Mr Willis? 30 00:05:45,704 --> 00:05:49,267 You should be tending to the ladies, Phillips. 31 00:05:50,653 --> 00:05:52,885 - What happened? - The wind sir. 32 00:05:52,915 --> 00:05:55,381 The sails was taken aback. 33 00:05:55,492 --> 00:05:57,769 Round Mr Pitts to check the gudgeons. 34 00:06:03,296 --> 00:06:06,745 Have you any idea how much canvas has been flogged into ribbons? 35 00:06:06,776 --> 00:06:10,490 How much hemp there is now good for nothing but stuffing fenders? 36 00:06:10,520 --> 00:06:13,289 - You were on watch Mr Willis! - Sorry, sir. 37 00:06:15,143 --> 00:06:17,154 What are you doing on the deck, boy? Get up when I'm talking to you! 38 00:06:17,184 --> 00:06:20,494 - Sir, Mr Deverel... - What's the boy done now? Curse him! 39 00:06:20,523 --> 00:06:22,054 Mr Deverel! 40 00:06:22,084 --> 00:06:24,310 - You were on watch I believe. - Young Willis was on watch! 41 00:06:24,340 --> 00:06:28,456 There is a Standing Order against leaving a midshipman on watch at sea, sir. 42 00:06:28,486 --> 00:06:31,420 Your absence on deck was criminal neglect, sir. 43 00:06:31,449 --> 00:06:33,538 You may consider yourself under open arrest. 44 00:06:33,568 --> 00:06:35,063 Sod you, Anderson! 45 00:06:35,092 --> 00:06:37,898 - You sodding by-blow! - And Mr Deverel! 46 00:06:37,928 --> 00:06:41,724 You are forbidden to drink! 47 00:07:27,384 --> 00:07:29,163 How is she? 48 00:07:29,530 --> 00:07:35,032 The foremast is sprung so at the moment we cannot fully rig it. 49 00:07:35,652 --> 00:07:36,750 What happened? 50 00:07:36,780 --> 00:07:41,486 A squall must have struck on the wrong side of the sails. We were taken aback. 51 00:07:42,116 --> 00:07:45,309 You should get some more rest, Mr Talbot. You were struck with a rope's end. 52 00:07:45,339 --> 00:07:47,170 I'm fine, Mr Summers. 53 00:07:48,497 --> 00:07:51,172 Only glad the sea has chosen to be calm. 54 00:07:51,202 --> 00:07:53,877 It is no reason for celebration, sir. 55 00:07:53,907 --> 00:07:56,089 The damage has set us back considerably. 56 00:07:56,119 --> 00:07:59,374 We've been borne back into the doldrums. 57 00:08:48,374 --> 00:08:51,738 Talbot! Talbot! Dear fellow, have you heard? 58 00:08:51,768 --> 00:08:55,978 A sail! They've sighted a sail on the horizon! 59 00:08:56,008 --> 00:08:59,692 - Let us hope it's one of ours. - Where's your spirit, man? 60 00:08:59,721 --> 00:09:04,320 They spied her royals and they're white as a lady's kerchief. 61 00:09:04,350 --> 00:09:08,017 She's an enemy, depend on it! 62 00:09:35,886 --> 00:09:38,107 They gave no indication of having seen us? 63 00:09:38,136 --> 00:09:40,225 No sir. 64 00:09:40,254 --> 00:09:44,115 With two topmasts down, there is some chance of us avoiding her. 65 00:09:44,145 --> 00:09:47,491 I have no intention of avoiding her, sir. 66 00:09:48,078 --> 00:09:53,152 If we'll be drawn together and she's the enemy than I shall fight. 67 00:09:53,182 --> 00:09:55,480 We have six grade guns on either beam. 68 00:09:55,510 --> 00:09:58,561 Can we man the starboard side with seasoned men? 69 00:09:58,590 --> 00:10:00,460 Hardly, sir. 70 00:10:06,134 --> 00:10:11,539 Mr Summers, ask the passengers to retire to the saloon. 71 00:10:11,569 --> 00:10:14,543 And instruct the ladies as to the way down to the orlop deck. 72 00:10:14,573 --> 00:10:17,447 They must retire there immediately upon my command. 73 00:10:17,476 --> 00:10:19,774 Come, Mr Talbot. 74 00:10:29,658 --> 00:10:32,732 Just keep her full by, boys. 75 00:11:12,231 --> 00:11:15,168 My precious children. 76 00:11:15,585 --> 00:11:19,241 Come, Mr Pike. Never fear, man. 77 00:11:19,971 --> 00:11:24,177 We're all in this together and we shall give a good account of ourselves. 78 00:11:28,080 --> 00:11:32,361 As for the little girls, be easy. They are far too young for the French. 79 00:11:32,392 --> 00:11:33,530 Mr Talbot! 80 00:11:35,274 --> 00:11:36,734 You have excelled yourself. 81 00:11:36,764 --> 00:11:41,016 - No, I only meant... - The French are as civilised as we. 82 00:11:41,475 --> 00:11:46,709 We may expect to be treated with the same -indeed more- liberty and 83 00:11:46,739 --> 00:11:48,982 generosity as they are by us. 84 00:11:49,012 --> 00:11:51,731 Mr Bowles, you have some experience with the law, I believe. 85 00:11:51,760 --> 00:11:53,793 A solicitor's clerk, sir. 86 00:11:53,823 --> 00:11:55,875 Well, may we civilians not fight? 87 00:11:55,905 --> 00:11:58,879 Seen on deck with a sword and pistol in hand we are legally entitled 88 00:11:58,909 --> 00:12:01,299 to have our throats cut. 89 00:12:03,096 --> 00:12:06,703 Yes, well, you are indeed matter-of-facts so you might even be called... 90 00:12:06,733 --> 00:12:08,130 cold blooded. 91 00:12:12,257 --> 00:12:14,256 There is a way out of it, sir. 92 00:12:15,792 --> 00:12:17,644 Passengers could volunteer, 93 00:12:17,674 --> 00:12:20,339 be sworn in and entered on the ship's books. 94 00:12:20,890 --> 00:12:23,680 Don't know what the situation would be over naval pay in that event. 95 00:12:23,710 --> 00:12:27,180 I share a glass with you, Mr Bowles. You show us all where our duty lies. 96 00:12:27,210 --> 00:12:31,609 How could you volunteer before you know what enemy we face, sir? 97 00:12:31,639 --> 00:12:33,246 Suppose it is... 98 00:12:33,276 --> 00:12:36,823 a ship from the United States of America. - We are at war with America, sir. 99 00:12:36,854 --> 00:12:39,920 Some of us believe she deserves her independence. 100 00:12:43,098 --> 00:12:47,631 I understand they hate the French... almost as much as they hate the British. 101 00:12:47,660 --> 00:12:53,683 I will fight as well as any man here. But I will not fight for my country! 102 00:12:53,713 --> 00:12:56,293 I am leaving it! 103 00:12:56,893 --> 00:13:04,502 I will not fight for 'my ship', or 'my king', or 'my captain'! 104 00:13:10,459 --> 00:13:16,861 So. Mr Bowles will shed any blood, provided writing of his agreement is precise. 105 00:13:16,891 --> 00:13:20,070 Mr Pike will fight for his family, but nobody else. 106 00:13:20,100 --> 00:13:22,874 And Mr Prettiman will aid us against the French and the Dutch but 107 00:13:22,904 --> 00:13:26,935 will spare any American who should be rash enough to come his way. 108 00:13:26,964 --> 00:13:30,423 How could you joke so?! 109 00:13:30,453 --> 00:13:34,561 What does it matter what ship is out there, hidden in the mist, 110 00:13:34,591 --> 00:13:37,633 if it has guns and may shoot them at us! 111 00:13:37,663 --> 00:13:41,635 Come, let us consider the situation. 112 00:13:45,371 --> 00:13:52,181 Now. Maybe the ship... most likely she's not concerned with us. 113 00:13:52,211 --> 00:13:56,194 If she has seen us, well, we are a Royal Navy ship of the line. 114 00:13:56,224 --> 00:14:00,292 The most fearful engine of destruction in this modern century. 115 00:14:00,609 --> 00:14:03,446 A thousand to one we will neither see nor meet that ship again. 116 00:14:03,476 --> 00:14:05,491 I fear it is not so. 117 00:14:05,825 --> 00:14:09,481 That ship, whatever she is, is becalmed as we are. 118 00:14:09,511 --> 00:14:10,410 In a prolonged calm, 119 00:14:10,440 --> 00:14:13,674 ships are drawn together by the mutual attraction of heavy objects. 120 00:14:13,704 --> 00:14:18,438 If the wind does not get up, then we shall inevitably lie side by side. 121 00:14:19,841 --> 00:14:23,742 - I do not find this credible. - it is true, nevertheless. 122 00:14:23,772 --> 00:14:27,390 The captain feels you are better able to conduct yourselves with propriety 123 00:14:27,420 --> 00:14:30,102 if the plain facts are laid before you. 124 00:14:30,435 --> 00:14:32,385 And what are we to do, then? 125 00:14:32,414 --> 00:14:36,252 The gentlemen here have engaged themselves to help in what way they can. 126 00:14:36,282 --> 00:14:40,890 I expected no less and will provide you all the suitable employment. 127 00:14:44,570 --> 00:14:47,526 So much for your attempt at heartening us, Mr Talbot. 128 00:14:47,556 --> 00:14:50,419 Mr Summers has got a better way about it. 129 00:14:50,449 --> 00:14:53,202 I have no sword. Have you a sword, Bowles? 130 00:14:53,232 --> 00:14:55,796 Good God! No, sir. 131 00:14:55,826 --> 00:14:58,736 The ship will have a supply, no doubt. 132 00:14:58,926 --> 00:15:04,103 Mr Brocklebank, you are, forgive me, of a full habit. 133 00:15:04,133 --> 00:15:06,249 Will you descend into the orlop with the ladies? 134 00:15:06,279 --> 00:15:09,412 I have an inclination to stay on deck. 135 00:15:09,938 --> 00:15:14,124 Though I have on numerous occasions depicted the war at sea 136 00:15:14,154 --> 00:15:18,676 yet I have never before had the opportunity of taking notes in battle. 137 00:15:18,705 --> 00:15:24,164 I have often inquired of military men precisely how a cannonball in flight 138 00:15:24,194 --> 00:15:26,860 is visible to the naked eye. 139 00:15:26,889 --> 00:15:30,505 We could not be better situated for the observation! 140 00:15:30,535 --> 00:15:35,823 I only hope darkness is not too far advanced before we are engaged. 141 00:15:35,854 --> 00:15:39,144 On your reckoning, sir, the perfect idea of a cannonball is to be formed by the 142 00:15:39,174 --> 00:15:41,998 gentleman who's having his head knocked off by it. 143 00:15:42,029 --> 00:15:46,734 If it comes, sir - why, it comes. 144 00:16:01,790 --> 00:16:03,830 Half a point to starboard! 145 00:16:04,014 --> 00:16:06,668 Bring her half-a-point to starboard. Roundly. 146 00:16:32,552 --> 00:16:38,016 The oddest thought has occurred to me. I might, in actual fact, be killed. 147 00:16:38,731 --> 00:16:41,722 I have only now realized it -which may seem strange to anyone who 148 00:16:41,752 --> 00:16:43,664 has not been in a like case. 149 00:16:44,532 --> 00:16:48,379 The knowledge is... oppressive. 150 00:16:54,738 --> 00:16:56,126 Edmund. 151 00:16:56,156 --> 00:16:58,793 I thought you was closed up at the guns. 152 00:16:58,823 --> 00:17:01,399 I had letters to write, Deverel. 153 00:17:06,324 --> 00:17:08,123 The captain has lifted your arrest? 154 00:17:08,153 --> 00:17:09,630 Battle pays all debts. 155 00:17:09,660 --> 00:17:13,114 The others have gone down, I urge you to join them. 156 00:17:13,142 --> 00:17:14,716 Good luck to you. 157 00:17:22,461 --> 00:17:24,393 ..you gentlemen and emigrants 158 00:17:24,423 --> 00:17:28,072 you lay your hands at such ropes as the captain to the guns may command. 159 00:17:28,102 --> 00:17:34,155 And when he says 'Haul!', you will haul until your guts fall out! 160 00:17:34,185 --> 00:17:40,098 Then you will be as quiet as little mice 161 00:17:40,128 --> 00:17:44,325 So the Frogs do not hear us coming. 162 00:17:44,355 --> 00:17:48,489 And when you have run the guns out -silence, you pick up your guts 163 00:17:48,519 --> 00:17:52,407 you put'em back and you stand waiting. 164 00:17:53,175 --> 00:17:54,788 If we should open fire, 165 00:17:54,818 --> 00:17:59,099 them gun tracks run back so fast you cannot see'em move. 166 00:17:59,129 --> 00:18:00,376 Now. 167 00:18:01,211 --> 00:18:04,722 I've seen gun trucks here. 168 00:18:05,089 --> 00:18:07,851 And I've seen gun trucks back there. 169 00:18:07,881 --> 00:18:12,695 But I have never seen'em half-way. They move so quick! 170 00:18:12,725 --> 00:18:16,626 So, you do not want to be lounging behind'em 171 00:18:16,656 --> 00:18:21,021 or the Frogs will think that you are what they calls... 'confiture'. 172 00:18:22,206 --> 00:18:25,713 Jam, gentlemen. Jam. 173 00:18:28,101 --> 00:18:31,992 Will the... will the enemy be firing by then? 174 00:18:33,207 --> 00:18:36,070 How do I know, sir? Eh? 175 00:18:37,987 --> 00:18:40,120 What do I care? 176 00:18:40,255 --> 00:18:43,364 When fire is opened, things is different. 177 00:18:43,394 --> 00:18:48,351 Very queer how different things is. When a gun is being fired in anger. 178 00:18:48,381 --> 00:18:54,329 Then, gentlemen, you have the full permission of His Majesty the King 179 00:18:54,359 --> 00:18:58,105 to shout. And yell. And shit yourselves. 180 00:18:58,135 --> 00:19:02,200 So long as it's fucking noisy and you hold your guts in as you when told to! 181 00:19:02,230 --> 00:19:03,170 God! 182 00:19:05,357 --> 00:19:11,961 And if any volunteer should think that the far side of the ship is a bit cooler, 183 00:19:11,991 --> 00:19:15,961 or a little bit further from the enemy, 184 00:19:15,991 --> 00:19:21,355 these two little fire irons in my belt are loaded. 185 00:19:23,134 --> 00:19:26,641 Now, my heroes. Run out that gun! 186 00:19:27,776 --> 00:19:31,057 Not that one, sir. That one. 187 00:19:31,224 --> 00:19:33,049 Haul! 188 00:19:34,954 --> 00:19:37,697 Now, now, Mr Talbot, sir. Where was you goin'? 189 00:19:37,727 --> 00:19:40,600 Had we been in action, I'd be forced to put a pellet in your head, 190 00:19:40,630 --> 00:19:43,145 you've come so close to the midpoint! 191 00:19:46,791 --> 00:19:50,917 The gun deck is no place for a man of your heights. 192 00:19:50,947 --> 00:19:53,831 You'll be better on deck where the Frogs can get an eyeful of you 193 00:19:53,861 --> 00:19:55,449 all bloody and glaring. 194 00:19:55,479 --> 00:19:56,950 Keep low as you go, sir. 195 00:19:56,980 --> 00:20:00,698 Come on my lads a round of applause for a gamecock of the afterguard! 196 00:20:20,272 --> 00:20:23,619 - Talbot! You're our first casualty! - Give me a weapon, Deverel. 197 00:20:23,649 --> 00:20:28,447 - A meat axe, a sledge hammer, anything! - You'll board with me? 198 00:20:28,477 --> 00:20:32,484 I will carve up and eat the first Frenchman I come across. 199 00:20:32,514 --> 00:20:35,686 Spoken like a true Briton. 200 00:20:37,428 --> 00:20:39,729 Can you use it? 201 00:20:43,821 --> 00:20:44,748 Well enough. 202 00:20:44,778 --> 00:20:47,071 Wait till Oldmeadow's men have fired or you'll get a lead through you. 203 00:20:47,101 --> 00:20:49,354 - And don't forget your boots. - Boots? 204 00:20:49,384 --> 00:20:52,085 Kick'em in the balls. It's as good as anything. It will all be over in a second. 205 00:20:52,116 --> 00:20:57,809 One way or another. If you're alive after a minute, you'll be a hero. 206 00:21:08,694 --> 00:21:12,829 Might I suggest some heartening message be passed among the men, sir? 207 00:21:12,859 --> 00:21:16,047 Why? The men already had their rum. 208 00:21:17,307 --> 00:21:18,951 Trafalgar, sir. 209 00:21:21,526 --> 00:21:23,529 If you think it proper. 210 00:21:23,559 --> 00:21:26,758 Have the men reminded of the unforgettable signal. 211 00:21:27,915 --> 00:21:33,157 O, and Summers! Remind the men that, with the war going the way it is, 212 00:21:33,187 --> 00:21:36,968 this may well be their last chance for prize-money. 213 00:21:44,921 --> 00:21:47,074 Death or glory... 214 00:21:54,017 --> 00:21:57,885 - They brought out the guns. - Present arm! 215 00:22:03,987 --> 00:22:06,423 - Aloft there! - She missed us, sir! 216 00:22:06,453 --> 00:22:09,623 It was a signal rocket, you young fool! 217 00:22:11,790 --> 00:22:13,305 Here she comes. 218 00:22:18,858 --> 00:22:20,451 Here she comes. 219 00:22:22,312 --> 00:22:24,617 Bring her half a point to starboard. 220 00:22:41,410 --> 00:22:45,682 His Majesty's frigate Alcyone. Captain Sir Henry Somerset. 221 00:22:45,712 --> 00:22:47,972 27 day out of Plymouth. 222 00:22:48,002 --> 00:22:53,739 The war with the French is over! God save our gracious King! 223 00:23:40,049 --> 00:23:42,748 God save the King! 224 00:23:55,893 --> 00:23:59,398 God bless you boys, God bless you! 225 00:24:10,059 --> 00:24:12,116 Wheeler? 226 00:24:13,540 --> 00:24:18,395 - Curse it, you drowned. - Allow me, sir. 227 00:24:20,566 --> 00:24:22,994 You're a ghost, Wheeler. 228 00:24:24,169 --> 00:24:27,018 - Surely... - You're wounded, Mr Talbot. 229 00:24:27,048 --> 00:24:29,997 I will bring water to your cabin. 230 00:25:09,826 --> 00:25:16,643 Only think, Mr Talbot! I have served at the guns! 231 00:25:17,039 --> 00:25:19,563 - My congratulations, Pike - Mr Askew remarked 232 00:25:19,593 --> 00:25:24,271 that a few days of gun drill and he would have turned us into prime gunners. 233 00:25:24,504 --> 00:25:29,633 He said that we would be fit enough to fight all the Frogs in the world! 234 00:25:29,663 --> 00:25:33,677 - You are still excited, sir. - Well, I was... and I am. 235 00:25:33,707 --> 00:25:36,124 Bates, some brandy. Bates please consult 236 00:25:36,154 --> 00:25:39,609 with my servant Wheeler about a bottle of brandy and a glass for my hutch. 237 00:25:40,328 --> 00:25:43,282 A glass for Mr Pike. - Thank you, sir. 238 00:25:43,948 --> 00:25:46,189 No... I'm not accustomed to brandy, it 239 00:25:46,219 --> 00:25:48,163 burns my mouth. An ale, if you please. 240 00:25:48,193 --> 00:25:52,145 D'you hear brandy... d'you hear Bates? 241 00:25:52,175 --> 00:25:55,533 Sorry to see you struck down, Mr Talbot. 242 00:25:55,563 --> 00:25:58,391 I had to laugh, it seemed so comical... 243 00:25:58,421 --> 00:26:01,125 Though, of course, it must have been very painful. 244 00:26:01,155 --> 00:26:04,786 It still is, Mr Pike. 245 00:26:04,986 --> 00:26:07,595 Call me Dick. Will you not? 246 00:26:07,624 --> 00:26:09,884 There in the office, they would call me Dickie, 247 00:26:09,914 --> 00:26:14,331 or Dickie-bird... - No, no, the ale is for... um... 248 00:26:21,221 --> 00:26:25,519 When Mr Askew said that you would come so close to the midpoint... 249 00:26:25,549 --> 00:26:30,538 I remember, Mr Pike. I wish to forget the whole lamentable episode. 250 00:26:31,097 --> 00:26:32,666 Of course, sir. If you wish... 251 00:26:32,696 --> 00:26:35,319 Mr Pike, Mrs Pike would appreciate your assistance with the twins. 252 00:26:35,349 --> 00:26:37,043 They're very over-excited. 253 00:26:37,073 --> 00:26:39,693 - Of course, ma'am. - Please be seated, Miss Granham. 254 00:26:39,723 --> 00:26:44,112 I expected to find Mr Prettiman. Phillips was to cut his hair. 255 00:26:44,142 --> 00:26:47,413 - I will look for him for you... - Good heaven! You're wounded! Bates! 256 00:26:47,443 --> 00:26:48,770 Sit down. 257 00:26:49,995 --> 00:26:52,483 - Yes, ma'am. - Fetch me a clean cloth and some water. 258 00:26:53,151 --> 00:26:56,072 Now you do not look at all the thing. 259 00:26:56,565 --> 00:27:00,775 My skull contains now a large fragment of the ship's deck... 260 00:27:00,804 --> 00:27:03,588 You have a lacerated contusion. 261 00:27:03,618 --> 00:27:05,381 Tear it into pieces. 262 00:27:06,283 --> 00:27:08,491 The Alcyone will have a surgeon aboard, I believe. 263 00:27:08,521 --> 00:27:12,049 I've taken harder knocks in fisticuffs, ma'am, I pray you 264 00:27:12,079 --> 00:27:13,800 be not concerned with it. 265 00:27:13,830 --> 00:27:16,377 I'll get you something to eat, sir. 266 00:27:19,152 --> 00:27:23,483 The episode was made to seem... a little comical. 267 00:27:24,527 --> 00:27:28,162 Now I see the result I berate myself for having been amused by it. 268 00:27:28,337 --> 00:27:32,776 It seems that I covered myself with blood, but not glory. 269 00:27:33,528 --> 00:27:35,807 Not as far as the ladies are concerned, sir. 270 00:27:39,053 --> 00:27:40,997 You're quite the hero. 271 00:27:50,877 --> 00:27:56,368 You are tired and concussed, Mr Talbot. 272 00:27:56,398 --> 00:28:00,422 The war is over. And you should rest. 273 00:28:20,788 --> 00:28:24,657 I've yet to ask you, Wheeler, how you came to fall overboard. 274 00:28:25,475 --> 00:28:31,315 I slipped, sir. Three days in the water before the Alcyone picked me up. 275 00:28:31,346 --> 00:28:33,621 You are a lucky dog, Wheeler. 276 00:28:35,390 --> 00:28:38,444 - But you were pushed, surely. - Sir? 277 00:28:41,967 --> 00:28:45,559 You informed on Billy Rogers to the captain, did you not? 278 00:28:47,629 --> 00:28:51,769 And he... the others say he tried to do away with you. 279 00:28:52,612 --> 00:28:54,706 If you say so, sir. 280 00:29:01,154 --> 00:29:03,470 But you drowned... 281 00:29:05,168 --> 00:29:07,153 You must have. 282 00:29:09,633 --> 00:29:11,277 I did, sir. 283 00:29:11,527 --> 00:29:14,783 And the life in me's so strong. 284 00:29:16,018 --> 00:29:19,592 Then you're a ghost, Wheeler. 285 00:29:24,520 --> 00:29:26,540 Ghost. 286 00:29:57,110 --> 00:30:00,411 - I'm sure that it's in your trunk. - I can't wear it! 287 00:30:00,441 --> 00:30:03,683 Well, your trunk is not in there. Oh, I don't know what's happening. 288 00:30:03,713 --> 00:30:06,906 - What are you doing, Mr B? - Papa! Papa! 289 00:30:06,936 --> 00:30:09,361 Oh, wake up man! 290 00:30:09,744 --> 00:30:11,198 No, you can't wear that shirt... 291 00:30:11,228 --> 00:30:13,559 Wake up, man! 292 00:30:13,589 --> 00:30:15,350 Wheeler! 293 00:30:15,380 --> 00:30:17,585 Find something else! Quick! 294 00:30:17,615 --> 00:30:18,968 Yes, that's it! 295 00:30:18,998 --> 00:30:20,642 Found the scarf! 296 00:30:21,920 --> 00:30:23,492 Oh, dear... 297 00:30:23,994 --> 00:30:25,792 Where is... Wheeler! 298 00:30:25,822 --> 00:30:28,109 No, it won't do! It's no good! 299 00:30:36,264 --> 00:30:38,619 Morning, Miss Granham. 300 00:30:39,829 --> 00:30:42,926 Like it, ma'am, you are radiant. 301 00:30:42,956 --> 00:30:46,072 A pretty speech from our gallant defender. 302 00:30:46,985 --> 00:30:49,188 How does your head, sir? 303 00:30:49,218 --> 00:30:54,363 I now know what is meant by heart of oak I appear to be roofed with the stuff. 304 00:30:54,393 --> 00:30:58,967 - Bates, have I missed breakfast? - I've put aside a plate, sir. 305 00:31:01,987 --> 00:31:04,974 All you ladies are going out of your way to delight us. 306 00:31:05,183 --> 00:31:09,361 You do not think highly of the nature of the ladies, sir. 307 00:31:09,391 --> 00:31:11,726 We are prepared for a whole day of festivity. 308 00:31:11,756 --> 00:31:14,581 We shall dine in Alcyone's wardroom. 309 00:31:14,611 --> 00:31:18,024 There is to be a ball, on our own deck and an entertainment presented. 310 00:31:18,054 --> 00:31:20,486 - By our own seamen. - Good God! 311 00:31:21,011 --> 00:31:23,762 Captain Anderson agreed to a ball? Surely not! 312 00:31:23,792 --> 00:31:26,950 Not at first, Mr Talbot, he sat up most upright. 313 00:31:26,980 --> 00:31:35,068 But then Lady Somerset managed Sir Henry who had a word with our captain. 314 00:31:35,097 --> 00:31:36,579 Supposing there is wind 315 00:31:36,609 --> 00:31:39,350 Surely we cannot sail together and dance at the same time. 316 00:31:39,380 --> 00:31:42,976 Oh, no. Lady Somerset feels that there will not be... 317 00:31:43,006 --> 00:31:48,006 Sir Henry says that he relies on her to make the weather behave. 318 00:31:48,036 --> 00:31:52,696 Oh, they are such a delightful and charming couple! 319 00:31:52,726 --> 00:31:58,006 Lady Somerset has a 'fortop' piano but she declares herself sadly out of practice 320 00:31:58,036 --> 00:32:02,837 so she presses Miss Chumley to play it. Oh, she does so delightfully... 321 00:32:02,867 --> 00:32:08,274 - Who is Miss Chumley? - Miss Chumley? Miss Chumley is 322 00:32:08,304 --> 00:32:11,466 An orphan and Lady Somerset's 'prodigy'. 323 00:32:11,496 --> 00:32:14,488 God! She be as finished a musician as that, ma'am? 324 00:32:14,518 --> 00:32:19,971 Ah, well, they taking her with them to India to live with her distant relative. 325 00:32:20,001 --> 00:32:24,206 for she's quite without fortune -except for her skills- her tal... 326 00:32:24,236 --> 00:32:27,307 Ah! So much to do! 327 00:32:29,157 --> 00:32:33,040 Good Heavens! It feels as though I've woken into a dream. 328 00:32:35,082 --> 00:32:37,935 A ball, in the middle of the ocean... 329 00:32:47,806 --> 00:32:52,430 I must own to a most eccentric feeling, in the circumstances. 330 00:32:52,460 --> 00:32:56,339 Almost a universal fright at the prospect of peace. 331 00:32:56,615 --> 00:32:59,469 We are set free from the simple and understandable duty of 332 00:32:59,499 --> 00:33:02,123 fighting for our king and country. 333 00:33:02,870 --> 00:33:07,389 It was all so unexpected and quaint that I had forgot the ringing of my head. 334 00:33:08,892 --> 00:33:12,430 - Mr Talbot. - Captain Anderson. 335 00:33:13,115 --> 00:33:17,021 I came near to being myself, once again. 336 00:33:29,630 --> 00:33:34,271 Sir Henry Somerset, may I present Mr Edmund Fitzherbert Talbot... 337 00:33:34,301 --> 00:33:37,420 Who is to serve His Majesty in the Antipodes. 338 00:33:37,451 --> 00:33:41,398 Mr Talbot. I know of your godfather, of course. How is he? 339 00:33:41,428 --> 00:33:45,341 Troubled by his gout, Sir Henry. But in good spirits, the last I heard. 340 00:33:46,025 --> 00:33:49,627 Good, good. Lunch, gentlemen? 341 00:34:23,870 --> 00:34:27,819 Mr Talbot! Come forward, do. 342 00:34:32,976 --> 00:34:36,081 Lady Somerset, may I present Mr Talbot? 343 00:34:36,110 --> 00:34:39,506 - Lady Somerset. - Such a pleasure. 344 00:34:40,970 --> 00:34:45,755 Come in, Marion. I was laying odds you'll be up and about. 345 00:34:46,556 --> 00:34:50,050 The lightning that struck the top of the mizzenmast ran down and melted 346 00:34:50,080 --> 00:34:53,398 conductor into white hot drops the deck had burst open 347 00:34:53,428 --> 00:34:56,428 and the electrical fluid destroyed me. 348 00:34:56,458 --> 00:35:00,995 It surrounded the girl who stood before me with a white line of light. 349 00:35:03,565 --> 00:35:09,806 Mr Talbot... May I present Marion Chumley? 350 00:35:11,089 --> 00:35:16,075 Poor Marion. She's been positively prostrate with the 'mal de mer'. 351 00:35:16,454 --> 00:35:21,004 Slightest movement - good God! - Up it all comes... 352 00:35:21,335 --> 00:35:24,754 - The Alcyone is lively then Sir Henry? - So-so, Captain Anderson. 353 00:35:24,785 --> 00:35:27,696 An utmost dispatch is utmost dispatch, after all. 354 00:35:27,725 --> 00:35:31,010 - And your ship? - Ooh... steady as a rock, sir. 355 00:35:31,041 --> 00:35:34,432 And even when she were taken aback, she only put her rail under for less than 10... 356 00:35:34,461 --> 00:35:38,827 Gentlemen, you are making the poor child quite pale. You'll say no more about it. 357 00:35:38,857 --> 00:35:43,628 The floor is as steady as a ballroom and I've seen you happy enough on that. 358 00:35:45,400 --> 00:35:47,999 I believe we are to hold the ball aboard of my ship, ma'am, which is 359 00:35:48,030 --> 00:35:49,824 even steadier than this. 360 00:35:49,854 --> 00:35:55,151 Anything is steadier than this... beautiful, wild thing. 361 00:36:03,846 --> 00:36:07,714 I am certain beyond a peradventure 362 00:36:07,744 --> 00:36:10,499 that Captain Anderson would offer up his vessel as refuge 363 00:36:10,528 --> 00:36:13,030 for the rest of your journey, Miss... 364 00:36:13,832 --> 00:36:15,796 Miss Chumley... 365 00:36:15,826 --> 00:36:18,252 Now, now, Mr Talbot. 366 00:36:19,056 --> 00:36:22,482 We're not going to India, we're going to Sydney Cove. 367 00:36:22,599 --> 00:36:25,838 Besides, our ship is full of... passengers, emigrants, cargos... 368 00:36:25,868 --> 00:36:29,276 Miss Chumley, if you would take passage with us, I would abandon my cabin to you. 369 00:36:29,306 --> 00:36:32,004 I shall sleep in the orlop or the bilges. 370 00:36:32,035 --> 00:36:34,651 I shall guarantee to pace the decks at night. 371 00:36:34,750 --> 00:36:38,248 But come sir, we have an empty cabin. I shall move there immediately and 372 00:36:38,277 --> 00:36:40,116 Miss Chumley shall take mine. 373 00:36:40,147 --> 00:36:44,330 To India you must go, Marion. And on Alcyone too... mhmm. 374 00:36:45,996 --> 00:36:48,943 Oh, come straight in, Janet! Down there. 375 00:36:48,973 --> 00:36:49,962 You need not be scared, 376 00:36:49,993 --> 00:36:52,669 nor say anything. You were only brought in to make up the numbers. 377 00:36:57,909 --> 00:36:59,978 ...entirely different from theirs... 378 00:37:01,439 --> 00:37:04,175 I understand you are to give us a recital, Miss Chumley. 379 00:37:04,204 --> 00:37:06,584 Where did you hear such a thing? 380 00:37:06,614 --> 00:37:10,776 Rumour went that you was a prodigy, which word I first discounted. 381 00:37:10,807 --> 00:37:12,352 Now... 382 00:37:13,151 --> 00:37:15,648 I see that it was no more than the truth. 383 00:37:15,678 --> 00:37:19,370 - Prodigy, Mr Talbot? - Prodigy, Miss Chumley. 384 00:37:20,367 --> 00:37:23,122 The word was wrongly reported to you, sir. 385 00:37:23,153 --> 00:37:27,461 Lady Somerset is sometimes kind enough to refer to me as her "prot�g�e". 386 00:37:28,412 --> 00:37:33,850 To me, Miss Chumley, prodigy. Ever and always. 387 00:37:39,508 --> 00:37:42,020 Miss Chumley... 388 00:37:44,624 --> 00:37:50,610 I am dazed. No, bedazzled, dazzled. 389 00:37:50,639 --> 00:37:53,459 Have bewitched me already. You must have done so before. 390 00:37:53,489 --> 00:37:56,439 Have we met in Cathay, Tartary, Timbuctoo... where was it? 391 00:37:59,312 --> 00:38:02,466 Mr Talbot, are you travelled? 392 00:38:02,884 --> 00:38:05,547 - No, Sir Henry. - But you... aam... 393 00:38:05,578 --> 00:38:09,620 - Well, I'm sure Marion has not been... - Mr Talbot is making up a fairy story, uncle. 394 00:38:09,649 --> 00:38:12,943 I'm certain he intended for you not to listen, for it is a great nonsense. 395 00:38:12,972 --> 00:38:15,863 Nonsense? Miss Chumley... 396 00:38:15,892 --> 00:38:20,118 - You cut me to the quick. - I would never be so cruel, Mr Talbot. 397 00:38:20,544 --> 00:38:23,656 Fairy tales are not nonsense to some. 398 00:38:24,274 --> 00:38:27,112 The Alcyone is a flyer to have made such a time out of Plymouth. 399 00:38:27,142 --> 00:38:29,639 You must have judged what she will carry to a hair, sir. 400 00:38:29,670 --> 00:38:32,385 As far as Gib she was positively snoring. 401 00:38:32,416 --> 00:38:34,302 You should have been with us back at Plymouth Sound though, 402 00:38:34,331 --> 00:38:35,602 right across from Shit Creek - 403 00:38:35,631 --> 00:38:38,057 they took us out with a steam tug. Good God! 404 00:38:38,087 --> 00:38:39,877 I've never been so astonished in my life! 405 00:38:39,907 --> 00:38:44,757 The smoke! The smoke from that chimney! 406 00:38:44,788 --> 00:38:48,396 My coach cloak was quite spoiled by it. 407 00:38:48,426 --> 00:38:51,285 - Marion said her pillow was black. - Helen! 408 00:38:51,315 --> 00:38:52,091 You did, my dear. 409 00:38:52,120 --> 00:38:54,364 Don't you remember the trouble we had with your scalp? 410 00:38:54,394 --> 00:38:57,168 Come, Lady Somerset! Miss Chumley is not a Red Indian. 411 00:38:59,104 --> 00:39:00,607 Very good. 412 00:39:01,866 --> 00:39:05,547 If I may enquire, Sir Henry, what is a steam tug? 413 00:39:05,576 --> 00:39:08,760 Well, Mr Talbot, it is an extraordinary invention. 414 00:39:08,791 --> 00:39:10,193 And I swear, 415 00:39:10,223 --> 00:39:13,985 nothing but the native genius of our nation could have brought it forth. 416 00:39:14,015 --> 00:39:17,291 It is a craft with a steam boiler. 417 00:39:17,321 --> 00:39:21,538 The force from which makes great paddle wheels rotate on either beam. 418 00:39:21,568 --> 00:39:25,619 That's too much fire for me I cannot like the things. 419 00:39:25,650 --> 00:39:28,958 If one should explode than it might set off an entire fleet like tinder. 420 00:39:28,988 --> 00:39:32,735 Well, that's probably right, but they're building a larger one in Portsmouth. 421 00:39:32,765 --> 00:39:34,480 This shall be the ruin of real seamanship. 422 00:39:34,509 --> 00:39:36,382 Well, they make a devil of a mess. 423 00:39:36,411 --> 00:39:39,928 But there's no denying they towed us out against the wind in under two hours, 424 00:39:39,959 --> 00:39:42,750 whereas it would have taken a whole day kedging. 425 00:39:43,643 --> 00:39:46,735 Might not a larger vessel operate on the high seas? 426 00:39:46,927 --> 00:39:51,120 It's possible, Mr Talbot. But there's not a necessity for it. 427 00:39:51,149 --> 00:39:54,691 Once given sea room, a ship may do well enough for herself. 428 00:39:54,721 --> 00:39:58,043 But might one not build a steam warship that would 429 00:39:58,074 --> 00:40:01,289 paddle out of the harbour and seek the enemy. 430 00:40:07,709 --> 00:40:09,397 When you come in the Government, 431 00:40:09,427 --> 00:40:14,152 I beg you, accept any post but that of the Admiralty. 432 00:40:15,118 --> 00:40:17,645 But you have not answered Mr Talbot's question, uncle. 433 00:40:17,674 --> 00:40:21,915 I'm sure he would make a splendid admiral or.. whatever it is. 434 00:40:21,945 --> 00:40:25,506 If we would have a steamed tug large enough to engage an enemy. 435 00:40:25,536 --> 00:40:27,744 We'd need double the crew to keep'em clean. 436 00:40:27,774 --> 00:40:29,226 Let alone feed'em with coal. 437 00:40:29,256 --> 00:40:32,638 I'm sure the mechanical genius of the British would overcome such difficulties. 438 00:40:33,545 --> 00:40:35,114 Well speak up, Captain Anderson. 439 00:40:35,145 --> 00:40:37,773 You have so much brain as to be found in the service, I think. 440 00:40:37,802 --> 00:40:39,550 The real objection, 441 00:40:40,213 --> 00:40:43,831 if you will have an answer to such a preposterous question, 442 00:40:43,860 --> 00:40:45,294 is this: 443 00:40:45,435 --> 00:40:47,566 If she is to be a warship, 444 00:40:47,596 --> 00:40:51,705 then a paddlewheel on either beam will reduce her broadside. 445 00:40:52,141 --> 00:40:55,005 Secondly: during an engagement, 446 00:40:55,035 --> 00:40:59,388 if a single ball were to strike the flimsy members of her paddle, 447 00:40:59,418 --> 00:41:01,269 she would be rendered uncontrollable. 448 00:41:01,299 --> 00:41:04,518 Well said. Yeah. 449 00:41:04,547 --> 00:41:09,591 We are answered, Mr Talbot. We are beaten from the field. 450 00:41:22,473 --> 00:41:24,569 I'm sorry... 451 00:41:30,454 --> 00:41:33,875 - Oh, really? - Now, isn't that surprising? 452 00:41:34,896 --> 00:41:36,447 One would hardly have thought it. 453 00:41:40,381 --> 00:41:42,761 How true. You're most welcome, Miss Granham. 454 00:41:45,036 --> 00:41:46,301 Miss Granham... 455 00:41:46,551 --> 00:41:47,612 ...I wonder... 456 00:41:47,804 --> 00:41:49,698 ...if you'll be kind enough to consider... 457 00:41:51,588 --> 00:41:53,014 ... the possibility... 458 00:41:54,099 --> 00:41:55,508 ...that we might... 459 00:41:56,368 --> 00:41:57,753 ...dance. 460 00:42:02,308 --> 00:42:04,428 Tonight, there is to be a ball, Miss Chumley. 461 00:42:04,459 --> 00:42:06,858 And we must dance the night away. 462 00:42:06,888 --> 00:42:10,706 I will beg the allemande of you. And the quadrille. 463 00:42:10,858 --> 00:42:13,594 And the round, and the waltz. And the cotillion. 464 00:42:13,624 --> 00:42:16,160 - Whichever shall I chose? - All, if you please. 465 00:42:16,189 --> 00:42:18,968 It would be improper, sir. You must know that, surely. 466 00:42:18,997 --> 00:42:21,032 Then I'm an advocate of impropriety. 467 00:42:21,062 --> 00:42:24,547 Peace has been declared, sir. Better share it. 468 00:42:24,577 --> 00:42:27,436 You cannot be so cruel as to let me go. 469 00:42:27,466 --> 00:42:29,999 The wind will do so, Mr Talbot. 470 00:42:30,030 --> 00:42:32,802 And tonight I must take your hand for as many -and perhaps rather more- 471 00:42:34,386 --> 00:42:37,070 dances than I thought proper. 472 00:42:40,253 --> 00:42:44,782 If I am seized by the wrist, what can I do but submit? 473 00:42:44,813 --> 00:42:48,131 - The fault will be yours. - I will be brazen. 474 00:42:50,443 --> 00:42:53,077 Wheeler! Wheeler! 475 00:42:57,672 --> 00:42:59,627 - Sir? - Ah, Wheeler. 476 00:42:59,658 --> 00:43:02,108 I need you to take my... 477 00:43:03,421 --> 00:43:06,834 - Devil take it, man, you stink of rum! - I was owed a few seepers... 478 00:43:06,864 --> 00:43:10,418 I require you to take all of my gear across the lobby, to the cabin Mr Colley used. 479 00:43:10,448 --> 00:43:12,167 - I can't do that, sir. - What do you mean, you can't? 480 00:43:12,196 --> 00:43:13,864 - I haven't an order. - I'm giving you an order! 481 00:43:13,893 --> 00:43:15,219 - Captain Anderson... - I've just been with him and 482 00:43:15,250 --> 00:43:19,859 he raised no objection so you need not. Now go! Hurry! 483 00:43:48,444 --> 00:43:52,272 'Non pi� andrai, farfallone amoroso,' 484 00:43:52,302 --> 00:43:55,851 'Notte e giorno d'intorno girando,' 485 00:43:55,880 --> 00:44:00,625 'Delle belle turbando il riposo,' 486 00:44:00,655 --> 00:44:04,752 'Narcisetto, Adoncino d'amor.' 487 00:44:04,926 --> 00:44:08,756 'Delle belle turbando il..' - Mr Talbot! 488 00:44:08,786 --> 00:44:10,270 What is this? 489 00:44:10,871 --> 00:44:12,800 You're not dressed for the ball, Mr Summers. 490 00:44:12,830 --> 00:44:14,609 Why do you wish to change cabin? 491 00:44:14,639 --> 00:44:16,948 I could not think of asking Miss Chumley to use a bunk in which 492 00:44:16,978 --> 00:44:18,900 the poor Mr Colley willed himself to death. 493 00:44:18,930 --> 00:44:21,852 I shall sleep here, she across the lobby, in my hutch. 494 00:44:21,883 --> 00:44:23,077 'Cabin', I should say. 495 00:44:23,106 --> 00:44:25,070 This is impossible. You cannot just... 496 00:44:25,101 --> 00:44:28,574 I will do as I wish! Now answer me, why are you not dressed for the ball? 497 00:44:28,603 --> 00:44:30,982 I told you before. I do not dance. 498 00:44:31,012 --> 00:44:34,410 Oh, come, Mr Summers. All officers dance. 499 00:44:34,439 --> 00:44:38,006 My background is not like other officers'. 500 00:44:38,036 --> 00:44:40,504 Unlike your friend, Lt Deverel, 501 00:44:40,534 --> 00:44:43,507 I was promoted from the lower deck. 502 00:44:44,056 --> 00:44:46,132 A common sailor? 503 00:44:48,215 --> 00:44:51,085 Well then, Mr Summers, I must congratulate you. 504 00:44:51,115 --> 00:44:52,804 What for, Mr Talbot? 505 00:44:52,833 --> 00:44:54,838 For imitating to perfection the manners and speech 506 00:44:54,869 --> 00:44:58,062 of a somewhat higher station in life. 507 00:44:58,092 --> 00:45:02,031 'Delle belle turbando il riposo,' 508 00:45:02,062 --> 00:45:05,748 'Narcisetto, Adoncino d'amor...' 509 00:45:35,292 --> 00:45:40,199 'God save our gracious king' 510 00:45:40,228 --> 00:45:45,158 'Long live our noble king' 511 00:45:45,188 --> 00:45:50,077 'God save our king' 512 00:45:50,108 --> 00:45:55,078 'Send him victorious' 513 00:45:55,109 --> 00:45:59,755 'Happy and glorious' 514 00:45:59,785 --> 00:46:04,418 'Long to reign over us' 515 00:46:04,448 --> 00:46:09,430 'God save the king' 516 00:46:09,461 --> 00:46:14,355 'Thy choicest gifts in store' 517 00:46:14,386 --> 00:46:19,207 'On him be pleased to pour' 518 00:46:19,238 --> 00:46:23,952 'Long may he reign' 519 00:46:23,981 --> 00:46:28,723 'May he defend our laws' 520 00:46:28,752 --> 00:46:33,587 'And ever give us cause' 521 00:46:33,618 --> 00:46:38,603 'To sing with heart and voice' 522 00:46:38,632 --> 00:46:45,211 'God save the king.' 523 00:46:54,706 --> 00:46:58,005 'Here's a health unto his Majesty' 524 00:46:58,034 --> 00:47:00,992 'With a fa la la la la la la' 525 00:47:01,022 --> 00:47:03,830 'Confusion to his enemies' 526 00:47:03,979 --> 00:47:06,789 'With a fa la la la la la la' 527 00:47:06,818 --> 00:47:09,534 'And he that will not drink his health' 528 00:47:09,563 --> 00:47:12,317 'we wish him neither wit nor wealth' 529 00:47:12,346 --> 00:47:17,005 'Nor yet a rope to hang himself' 530 00:47:17,035 --> 00:47:23,588 'With a fa la la la la la la la la With a fa la la la la laaaaaaa' 531 00:47:53,969 --> 00:47:56,764 Well done! Well done! 532 00:47:58,385 --> 00:48:00,178 Bravo! 533 00:48:11,025 --> 00:48:19,155 'The sheep's in the meadow the kye are in the corn' 534 00:48:19,185 --> 00:48:26,717 'Thou ower lang in thy bed, o, bonny at morn' 535 00:48:26,982 --> 00:48:33,218 'Canny at night, oh bonny at morn' 536 00:48:33,361 --> 00:48:41,301 'Thou ower lang in thy bed, bonny at morn' 537 00:48:41,679 --> 00:48:48,251 'The birdie's in the nest, the trout are in the burn' 538 00:48:48,280 --> 00:48:51,184 - She sings well, does she not? - Oh, yes... 539 00:48:51,215 --> 00:48:53,285 A singing master would have wished more tremolo. 540 00:48:53,315 --> 00:48:55,816 And, of course, more practiced presentation, but... 541 00:48:57,211 --> 00:48:59,461 What sir, you... 542 00:49:00,895 --> 00:49:03,029 I apologize, Miss Chumley. 543 00:49:03,059 --> 00:49:06,358 I've been hit over the head and I'm not entirely myself. 544 00:49:06,713 --> 00:49:09,717 You must recover slowly from such injuries 545 00:49:09,748 --> 00:49:12,877 and not be exposed to the profound of human emotions. 546 00:49:12,906 --> 00:49:17,642 I am recovered, Miss Chumley. I must ask you to forgive me, again. 547 00:49:17,671 --> 00:49:23,396 'The lad will not work and the lass will not learn' 548 00:49:23,427 --> 00:49:27,220 I've yet to ask you: why do you travel to India? 549 00:49:29,202 --> 00:49:33,711 Lady Somerset is persuaded that India is the natural paradise. 550 00:49:33,740 --> 00:49:36,453 I believe she may be disappointed. 551 00:49:36,482 --> 00:49:41,342 What about you, Miss Chumley? What are your reasons? 552 00:49:43,154 --> 00:49:46,485 Young persons are like ships, Mr Talbot. 553 00:49:46,515 --> 00:49:50,260 They do not decide their fate, nor their destination. 554 00:50:50,551 --> 00:50:52,813 May I take your hand for the next dance, Miss Chumley? 555 00:50:52,842 --> 00:50:54,924 Oh, perhaps a refreshment first, Mr Talbot. 556 00:50:54,954 --> 00:50:55,925 At once. 557 00:51:30,816 --> 00:51:34,871 No, no, no. Right foot. Sir. 558 00:51:37,155 --> 00:51:40,589 It seems unnecessarily harsh, when room maybe found upon our ship, to subject 559 00:51:40,620 --> 00:51:43,973 your protégée to such suffering at the hands of the sea... 560 00:51:44,004 --> 00:51:50,675 Come, come, Mr Talbot. We know who is suffering and who will continue to. 561 00:51:50,704 --> 00:51:53,427 I will not allow circumstances to fault me. 562 00:51:53,458 --> 00:51:56,140 A proper sentiment on a young man. 563 00:51:56,171 --> 00:52:00,330 Why. This is the stuff of poetry. 564 00:52:00,361 --> 00:52:04,232 And here am I, a devotee of the Muses 565 00:52:04,262 --> 00:52:06,806 forced to be the one all poets deride. 566 00:52:06,837 --> 00:52:08,726 No, ma'am. 567 00:52:11,088 --> 00:52:16,488 If you are yourself, and not suffering from your injuries, you would see it as I do. 568 00:52:16,517 --> 00:52:21,241 Marion is in my care. She must remain on the Alcyone. 569 00:52:23,806 --> 00:52:27,309 Mountain won't come to Mahomet... 570 00:52:54,134 --> 00:52:56,196 You dance very well, Mr Deverel. 571 00:52:56,225 --> 00:52:58,361 It's the rum - keeps me in a straight line 572 00:52:58,392 --> 00:53:00,483 Without the rum, sir, can you still dance? 573 00:53:00,514 --> 00:53:01,916 Still in a straight line, only... 574 00:53:02,789 --> 00:53:05,284 Mr Deverel! My chair, I think. 575 00:53:05,793 --> 00:53:07,446 Mr Deverel! 576 00:53:11,799 --> 00:53:16,407 You are placed under open arrest and forbidden to drink, sir. 577 00:53:17,750 --> 00:53:20,228 - Return to your quarters. - By Christ, Anderson! 578 00:53:20,259 --> 00:53:23,557 Quiet, you fool! Say nothing. 579 00:53:25,945 --> 00:53:29,847 Come, Miss Chumley. Let us take the air. 580 00:53:42,392 --> 00:53:48,212 One of the Deverels, is he not? How very unfortunate... mmhm. 581 00:53:59,282 --> 00:54:02,494 How happy they are! How gay! 582 00:54:03,762 --> 00:54:05,814 If only I... 583 00:54:09,747 --> 00:54:15,932 You would not understand, sir. We should return. It is the cotillion. 584 00:54:15,961 --> 00:54:18,034 And I do not wish to disappoint your Mr Willis. 585 00:54:18,063 --> 00:54:19,662 Mr Willis?! 586 00:54:20,304 --> 00:54:23,834 - Impertinent scamp! I'll have his ears for this! - Come, sir. 587 00:54:23,865 --> 00:54:26,705 A moment, Miss Chumley. 588 00:54:27,022 --> 00:54:28,800 Marion... 589 00:54:30,905 --> 00:54:33,498 We must not part. 590 00:54:34,329 --> 00:54:36,032 I offer you... 591 00:54:38,236 --> 00:54:40,934 Can I offer you? 592 00:54:40,964 --> 00:54:42,486 Yes... 593 00:54:43,747 --> 00:54:49,898 I offer you the ruin of my career and the devotion of a lifetime. 594 00:54:49,927 --> 00:54:51,822 I beg you will say no more, sir. 595 00:54:51,851 --> 00:54:55,890 I cannot leave you with as little mark of favour as might be accorded 596 00:54:55,919 --> 00:54:58,081 any gentleman in either ship. 597 00:54:58,548 --> 00:55:02,219 Please, sir, say no more. 598 00:55:54,258 --> 00:55:56,120 Marion, dear. 599 00:55:59,367 --> 00:56:01,335 Stay one minute. 600 00:56:02,163 --> 00:56:03,940 I cannot. 601 00:56:05,007 --> 00:56:09,430 Than tell me you do not regard me as little as these other gentlemen. 602 00:56:18,685 --> 00:56:21,386 I do not, sir. 603 00:56:59,954 --> 00:57:02,299 Good night, Mr Talbot. 604 00:57:04,343 --> 00:57:05,979 Good night, Captain. 605 00:57:06,856 --> 00:57:10,334 Anderson! Anderson! 606 00:57:14,337 --> 00:57:17,516 Turn in, Mr Deverel, you are drunk! 607 00:57:21,296 --> 00:57:23,383 I resign my commission. 608 00:57:24,167 --> 00:57:26,211 As a private gentleman 609 00:57:26,521 --> 00:57:30,261 I issue a formal challenge to a duel. 610 00:57:31,152 --> 00:57:35,764 Mr Deverel, I urge you to turn in. 611 00:57:38,727 --> 00:57:44,322 You are a coward, sir! Accept my challenge or you are a coward! 612 00:57:57,543 --> 00:58:01,042 Inform the blacksmith the prisoner is to be restrained in irons. 613 00:58:02,902 --> 00:58:04,883 Coward! 614 00:58:21,080 --> 00:58:24,843 I did not receive it, Mr Talbot. Pray be witness to that. 615 00:58:39,037 --> 00:58:41,173 Kindly take charge of it. 616 00:58:41,608 --> 00:58:44,478 I do not wish to interfere in a service matter. 617 00:58:44,654 --> 00:58:46,695 Pick it up! 618 00:58:49,161 --> 00:58:52,142 - Mr Talbot! - Sir Henry! 619 00:58:52,171 --> 00:58:55,229 Sir Henry, I must talk to you. 620 00:58:55,260 --> 00:58:57,976 Mr Talbot, come aboard, dear boy. 621 00:59:00,714 --> 00:59:03,535 It's about little Marion, is it not? Hmm. 622 00:59:03,565 --> 00:59:07,108 Charming girl. But if you wish to correspond, dear boy 623 00:59:07,137 --> 00:59:09,286 you must seek permission from Lady Somerset. 624 00:59:09,316 --> 00:59:12,715 - It is more than that, sir. - Good God, the little minx! 625 00:59:12,746 --> 00:59:17,444 She's all sweetness, but sir, I beg you I wish to take passage at Alcyone. 626 00:59:17,473 --> 00:59:19,272 Your face, Talbot. It's bleeding. 627 00:59:19,303 --> 00:59:21,141 Bring forward the ship's surgeon. Quickly, Mr Saunders. 628 00:59:21,171 --> 00:59:24,914 It's just my head. 'Tis but a trifle. I am Mahomet. 629 00:59:24,943 --> 00:59:26,893 Good God! You've been drinking, that's what it is. 630 00:59:26,923 --> 00:59:30,736 No sir! I wish to take passage on Alcyone. You must allow me!! 631 00:59:30,767 --> 00:59:32,752 - But your career my boy... - It means nothing! 632 00:59:32,783 --> 00:59:35,549 - But your godfather. Your mother... - I beg you, sir! 633 00:59:35,578 --> 00:59:39,375 Sir Henry, you must take me to India with you, you must! 634 00:59:39,405 --> 00:59:41,891 - You must! - Hurry man, he needs medical assistance. 635 00:59:41,922 --> 00:59:44,534 I do not! I am Mahomet!! 636 00:59:45,603 --> 00:59:47,423 Sir Henry! 637 00:59:47,453 --> 00:59:49,751 I am Mahomet! 638 00:59:54,618 --> 00:59:59,310 Marion! Marion!! 639 01:00:03,541 --> 01:00:06,457 I tell you who I am. I am Mahomet! 640 01:00:06,557 --> 01:00:10,604 I am Mahomet! Marion!! 641 01:00:58,693 --> 01:01:00,705 Lord, have mercy upon us. 642 01:01:01,515 --> 01:01:03,283 Christ, have mercy upon us. 643 01:01:03,314 --> 01:01:06,798 Oh, Lord, hear us. Oh Christ, hear us. 644 01:01:06,828 --> 01:01:12,907 God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Ghost have mercy upon us. 645 01:01:52,481 --> 01:01:58,265 'We're all laid idle, we're keeping the bairn' 646 01:01:58,296 --> 01:02:02,725 'The lad widnae work and the lass widnae lairn' 647 01:02:03,359 --> 01:02:04,750 Dobbie... 648 01:02:04,781 --> 01:02:09,684 - Dobbie... 'Canny at e'en, oh bonnie at morn'... 649 01:02:24,742 --> 01:02:32,595 '...Thou's o'er lang in thy bed oh bonnie at morn.' 650 01:03:25,635 --> 01:03:27,589 Wheeler! 651 01:03:27,872 --> 01:03:29,966 Wheeler! 652 01:03:42,674 --> 01:03:44,743 Marion... 653 01:04:04,483 --> 01:04:07,128 Marion!! 654 01:04:18,686 --> 01:04:20,204 Marion! 655 01:04:30,075 --> 01:04:33,059 You were nearly gone there, Mr Talbot! 656 01:04:34,112 --> 01:04:37,349 You have the advantage of me, sir. 657 01:04:39,097 --> 01:04:40,933 Francis, you careless bugger! 658 01:04:40,962 --> 01:04:45,118 If I see you slip out of the strop I'll have you at the grating! 659 01:04:45,149 --> 01:04:48,603 Forgive me, Mr Talbot, sir. I am Lt Benét. 660 01:04:48,634 --> 01:04:51,697 with one 'n' and an acute accent on the second 'e'. 661 01:04:51,726 --> 01:04:53,376 French?! 662 01:04:53,407 --> 01:04:55,293 Distantly, sir. 663 01:04:59,057 --> 01:05:01,111 Then you're from Alcyone? 664 01:05:01,140 --> 01:05:03,392 Where else, in this waste of water? 665 01:05:03,421 --> 01:05:05,518 You should return to your cabin, sir. 666 01:05:05,547 --> 01:05:08,454 This is no place for passengers. 667 01:05:08,484 --> 01:05:11,031 Make a run for it! 668 01:05:11,061 --> 01:05:12,829 Now, sir! 669 01:05:32,322 --> 01:05:36,367 If to be restored to a complete understanding of one's situation 670 01:05:36,396 --> 01:05:41,272 is to be healed, then let us all prefer sickness. 671 01:05:47,358 --> 01:05:49,229 You should keep down what you can, sir. 672 01:05:49,258 --> 01:05:54,551 All that I wish for is that this motion would hurry up and finish me. 673 01:05:54,582 --> 01:05:58,839 Lt Benét has said to be takin' measures to make our passage more tolerable. 674 01:05:58,870 --> 01:06:00,667 He's a valuable addition to our crew. 675 01:06:00,698 --> 01:06:02,483 Then why would Sir Henry want rid of him? 676 01:06:02,514 --> 01:06:05,529 - I believe it was an exchange, sir. - Exchange for what? 677 01:06:05,559 --> 01:06:07,338 Lt Deverel. 678 01:06:07,480 --> 01:06:11,428 By this time, Dashing Jack would be the other side of the Cape. 679 01:06:11,836 --> 01:06:14,520 With my beloved Marion! 680 01:06:15,691 --> 01:06:20,286 It cannot be within the confidence of mere captains to decide such things! 681 01:06:20,317 --> 01:06:22,965 The saying is, once the ship's out of sight of land, a captain can to 682 01:06:22,996 --> 01:06:25,808 anything he likes to you but get you in the family way. 683 01:06:25,839 --> 01:06:28,222 This is too much! 684 01:06:37,339 --> 01:06:40,453 The exchange was a benefit to both captains, sir. 685 01:06:40,482 --> 01:06:46,503 Lt Benét would still be on the Alcyone now, had he not been so sweet on the captain's lady. 686 01:06:46,613 --> 01:06:48,640 - Lady Somerset? - Sir Henry caught them. 687 01:06:48,669 --> 01:06:51,933 Him on his knees and she not trying to get away very hard. 688 01:06:51,962 --> 01:06:56,833 So, Captain Anderson having an unhappy officer to dispose of and 689 01:06:56,864 --> 01:07:02,130 Sir Henry having an officer to get rid of, the exchange was made. 690 01:07:10,082 --> 01:07:12,730 Carry on! 691 01:07:23,881 --> 01:07:28,098 - Good afternoon, Mr Benét. - Mr Talbot. 692 01:07:28,814 --> 01:07:33,315 - Are we making good progress, sir? - Four and a half knots. 693 01:07:33,346 --> 01:07:34,992 Surely soon we shall find those westerlies 694 01:07:35,023 --> 01:07:37,911 and be blown all the way to Sydney Cove. 695 01:07:37,940 --> 01:07:42,053 - Indeed, sir. - Mr Benet, a moment. 696 01:07:43,073 --> 01:07:47,693 It had occurred to me that, during your passage aboard Alcyone, perhaps... 697 01:07:47,722 --> 01:07:51,331 you had the opportunity of forming some opinion on the character of Miss Chumley. 698 01:07:51,362 --> 01:07:53,210 She has none. 699 01:07:53,601 --> 01:07:56,738 - I beg your pardon? - She can have none, Mr Talbot. 700 01:07:56,767 --> 01:07:58,693 She's a schoolgirl. 701 01:07:59,171 --> 01:08:02,102 - Miss Chumley... - I have no opinion of schoolgirls. 702 01:08:02,133 --> 01:08:05,982 It's useless to look to them for sympathy or understanding or anything. 703 01:08:06,011 --> 01:08:07,062 They are blown by every wind, sir. 704 01:08:07,092 --> 01:08:09,989 Miss Chumley is no longer a schoolgirl, sir! 705 01:08:10,156 --> 01:08:11,962 She's pretty, I grant you. 706 01:08:11,993 --> 01:08:13,001 Amiable. 707 01:08:13,032 --> 01:08:14,659 - With a trace of wit. - Trace?! 708 01:08:14,689 --> 01:08:16,385 - Malleable... - Mr Benét! 709 01:08:16,414 --> 01:08:18,668 She's a sporty girl, though. I give you that! 710 01:08:18,699 --> 01:08:21,696 Why, as man to man, had little Marion detained her uncle with some plea 711 01:08:22,048 --> 01:08:25,399 about the conduct of the ship, then -I don't mind telling you- 712 01:08:25,428 --> 01:08:26,819 I should've been a devil of a sight nearer 713 01:08:26,848 --> 01:08:30,166 being caught 'in flagrante delicto' than I was. 714 01:08:30,197 --> 01:08:35,179 She knew about you and Lady Som... She understood? 715 01:08:36,932 --> 01:08:40,080 A criminal connection! 716 01:08:40,109 --> 01:08:43,647 She was accustomed to keep 'cave' for us. 717 01:08:44,593 --> 01:08:48,829 You'll excuse me, Mr Talbot. I have duties to carry out. 718 01:09:04,860 --> 01:09:08,170 Marion... 719 01:09:20,207 --> 01:09:25,736 The voyage continues. A man cannot weep forever. 720 01:09:25,766 --> 01:09:30,437 The ship is making what way she can over a beam sea and with much wind 721 01:09:30,468 --> 01:09:34,385 But our foremast is still shot and we can spread no sail. 722 01:09:34,415 --> 01:09:40,353 We've been too long in the Doldrums and our hull is incrusted with weed. 723 01:09:44,560 --> 01:09:46,305 Miss Granham! 724 01:09:46,335 --> 01:09:48,738 You should take to your cabin in these conditions. 725 01:09:48,768 --> 01:09:53,347 I am perfectly able to reach the passenger saloon, Mr Talbot. 726 01:09:54,320 --> 01:09:57,022 Then perhaps Mr Prettiman should escort you. 727 01:09:57,052 --> 01:10:01,375 He took a fall yesterday, a severe one and has been unable to leave his bunk. 728 01:10:01,406 --> 01:10:03,808 Good God! 729 01:10:07,228 --> 01:10:11,701 I had hoped to ask for a little warm water. 730 01:10:11,731 --> 01:10:13,066 Wheeler! 731 01:10:13,095 --> 01:10:15,242 - Wheeler! - Sir? 732 01:10:17,018 --> 01:10:20,409 - We want some hot water at once. - There isn't any, sir. 733 01:10:20,439 --> 01:10:24,369 Nonsense. You brought some to me just this morning. 734 01:10:24,400 --> 01:10:26,592 Miss Granham is not on my side of the lobby, sir. 735 01:10:26,622 --> 01:10:28,592 Well neither am I since I've changed over. 736 01:10:28,622 --> 01:10:31,418 - Yes, sir. But, sir, I ... - Hot water, Wheeler, and quick about it! 737 01:10:31,447 --> 01:10:34,864 And if necessary, light the damn fire again. And tell whomsoever it should 738 01:10:34,893 --> 01:10:37,404 concern that it was under my instruction. 739 01:10:39,304 --> 01:10:41,326 Please allow me to escort you to your hutch... 740 01:10:41,356 --> 01:10:44,483 'cabin', I mean to say, for you're not a rabbit. 741 01:10:44,513 --> 01:10:46,705 Wheeler will bring your hot water, I promise you. 742 01:10:46,736 --> 01:10:48,355 I will see to that. 743 01:10:48,497 --> 01:10:50,260 Under my instruction. 744 01:10:50,291 --> 01:10:51,787 Now! 745 01:11:13,290 --> 01:11:16,640 Haul away on the messenger, Mr Toner! 746 01:11:19,574 --> 01:11:23,197 - Come on, you idlers! - Tell me, what are the crew doing? 747 01:11:23,227 --> 01:11:26,522 They're rigging a dragrope. Weed on the hull, Mr Talbot. 748 01:11:26,552 --> 01:11:29,961 I was informed that such an operation can only be performed in a harbour or tidal creek. 749 01:11:29,991 --> 01:11:33,545 You will notice that neither are at our disposal, Mr Talbot. 750 01:11:33,575 --> 01:11:37,796 But how can you insure that the dragrope will stick to the hull? 751 01:11:37,826 --> 01:11:42,404 A careful officer will exercise his wits in finding a way round such difficulties. 752 01:11:42,434 --> 01:11:44,838 The dragrope may be held from several directions; 753 01:11:44,868 --> 01:11:47,838 not merely side to side, but fore and aft. 754 01:11:47,868 --> 01:11:51,405 Mr Benét has proposed a plan which we think will work. 755 01:11:51,435 --> 01:11:53,757 Mr Benton, your men are idling! 756 01:11:53,786 --> 01:11:57,473 You have benefited from the exchange of officers. 757 01:11:57,504 --> 01:12:04,682 Mr Benét is a real seaman, sir. He's all ropes and blocks and canvas. 758 01:12:05,836 --> 01:12:09,007 There's no steam about Mr Benét... 759 01:12:11,866 --> 01:12:15,042 Certainly very energetic man... 760 01:12:15,072 --> 01:12:19,583 As far as your opinion of his seamanship is concerned, I must take it on trust. 761 01:12:19,613 --> 01:12:22,684 He will go far in my opinion. 762 01:12:24,677 --> 01:12:27,245 A veritable marine Adonis... 763 01:12:27,276 --> 01:12:30,259 You have a fancy way with words, sir. 764 01:12:30,289 --> 01:12:34,598 I trust he will find a way into your journal. 765 01:12:36,855 --> 01:12:39,687 Pull away at the dragrope! 766 01:12:42,524 --> 01:12:45,227 Roundly now! 767 01:13:02,524 --> 01:13:08,191 The devil take the sea and the Navy together! 768 01:13:08,583 --> 01:13:10,544 They do their best, Oldmeadow. 769 01:13:10,574 --> 01:13:13,639 Well, it's not enough, that's what I say. 770 01:13:14,411 --> 01:13:17,732 Aaaa, Mr Brocklebank, sir. 771 01:13:19,656 --> 01:13:23,132 I've been told you've been forced to keep to your bunk 772 01:13:23,162 --> 01:13:28,255 It is supposed that a little movement may improve me. 773 01:13:32,096 --> 01:13:33,673 Talbot! 774 01:13:35,496 --> 01:13:38,707 Oh... I'm in a sad way. 775 01:13:39,266 --> 01:13:42,333 But so, I am informed, is our ship. 776 01:13:45,226 --> 01:13:49,452 Mr Benét is endeavouring to rid the hull of weed. 777 01:13:49,482 --> 01:13:52,474 Yes, but will it ease the motion? 778 01:13:52,505 --> 01:13:56,348 I am not sure. But it will increase our speed 779 01:13:56,377 --> 01:14:01,414 - I hear Mr Prettiman took a heavy fall. - Yes, his leg has been smashed to pieces. 780 01:14:01,444 --> 01:14:06,712 I fear, gentlemen, that we shall all be tossed about in this broad ocean 781 01:14:06,742 --> 01:14:08,628 until it finishes us all... 782 01:14:08,658 --> 01:14:13,162 Nonsense, Brocklebank. We shall reach the Antipodes in no time at all. 783 01:14:13,191 --> 01:14:16,620 I have it on good authority from Lt Summers. 784 01:14:18,061 --> 01:14:21,969 Devil take it, men! Would I be this... happy if... 785 01:14:21,999 --> 01:14:23,942 we was going to sink? 786 01:14:48,318 --> 01:14:52,344 I have given much thought to the situation, sir. 787 01:14:52,374 --> 01:14:56,308 I had ample time to consider the future. 788 01:14:56,338 --> 01:15:03,077 It was a question, you see, I've been able to formulate - the great question. 789 01:15:03,107 --> 01:15:05,495 We know how ships are lost: 790 01:15:05,525 --> 01:15:10,317 they run on the rocks or they are sunk in action. 791 01:15:10,346 --> 01:15:16,073 You would have seen in a dozen pictures the battle smoke conveniently placed 792 01:15:16,104 --> 01:15:20,494 And in the foreground - smashed stump of a mast 793 01:15:20,525 --> 01:15:23,172 with three small figures clinging to it. 794 01:15:23,203 --> 01:15:28,315 'HMS Whatnot' ablaze. It's all been seen. All recorded 795 01:15:28,345 --> 01:15:34,432 - I'm not sure, sir, quite what it is that- - Ah, the question. It is this: 796 01:15:34,900 --> 01:15:40,014 How does the ship sink when it is not recorded? 797 01:15:40,045 --> 01:15:43,646 Huh? Every year ships will disappear. 798 01:15:43,675 --> 01:15:49,475 They pass over a horizon and they enter a mystery, gentlemen. 799 01:15:49,505 --> 01:15:55,291 The water may be fair; the water -stealthy. 800 01:15:55,321 --> 01:15:58,856 It creeps on them. Over them. 801 01:15:58,886 --> 01:16:05,089 They pump until they are exhausted. And the water wins! 802 01:16:05,120 --> 01:16:09,625 No one paints a picture of them disappearing into the sea... 803 01:16:09,656 --> 01:16:13,612 swallowed up by... - Damn it, Brocklebank, we will not sink! 804 01:16:13,642 --> 01:16:16,123 You cannot think away of painting the event if... 805 01:16:16,153 --> 01:16:21,276 No, you mistake me, sir. It is not a question of paint. 806 01:16:21,306 --> 01:16:23,764 But a question of conduct. 807 01:16:23,794 --> 01:16:27,191 By Jove, Talbot, he's put his finger on it! 808 01:16:27,221 --> 01:16:30,297 Mr Oldmeadow understands. 809 01:16:30,327 --> 01:16:35,487 How does a man drown when he sees it coming? Huh? 810 01:16:35,516 --> 01:16:39,021 It is a question of dignity, Mr Talbot. 811 01:16:39,051 --> 01:16:44,718 I must have my dignity. How must I drown? 812 01:16:45,556 --> 01:16:50,088 Oblige me, someone, by calling the servant Wheeler. 813 01:16:50,936 --> 01:16:55,193 - Wheeler! - Wheeler! 814 01:16:58,531 --> 01:17:00,639 I beg your pardon, sir. You called for me? 815 01:17:00,814 --> 01:17:03,938 We are interested, you see, Wheeler. 816 01:17:03,968 --> 01:17:08,285 You're about the only man alive who had what must have been a 817 01:17:08,315 --> 01:17:10,719 deuced unpleasant experience. 818 01:17:11,476 --> 01:17:14,791 You'd oblige us by describing... 819 01:17:14,820 --> 01:17:18,231 Brocklebank! Don't! Stop! No - Wheeler... 820 01:17:18,262 --> 01:17:21,070 I don't believe the man's recovered - if he ever will. 821 01:17:21,100 --> 01:17:24,689 No, no Wheeler. Mr Brocklebank spoke in jest. 822 01:17:24,719 --> 01:17:27,856 It would be like asking some poor devil what had happened 823 01:17:27,885 --> 01:17:30,679 after he'd been turned off. 824 01:17:30,710 --> 01:17:36,541 No matter, my man. I am a minority. 825 01:17:37,864 --> 01:17:39,691 That will be all, sir? 826 01:17:39,721 --> 01:17:43,828 Yes, Wheeler. That will be all. 827 01:17:48,439 --> 01:17:52,736 I am at a loss to understand you, sir. 828 01:17:52,767 --> 01:17:58,199 We had what might well be a unique opportunity to understand life. 829 01:17:58,229 --> 01:18:02,849 And what is even more important: understand death! 830 01:18:02,879 --> 01:18:08,380 Unlike you, Mr Brocklebank, I intend to wait on the event. 831 01:18:18,774 --> 01:18:20,555 Ah, Wheeler. 832 01:18:20,585 --> 01:18:25,586 I... feel it is my duty to apologize 833 01:18:25,615 --> 01:18:27,856 on Mr Brocklebank's behalf. 834 01:18:27,886 --> 01:18:31,213 The man's clearly not been well and I... 835 01:18:31,995 --> 01:18:35,225 Good Heavens, man. You're as white as a... 836 01:18:35,254 --> 01:18:37,536 Ghost, sir? 837 01:18:37,566 --> 01:18:40,298 I can't drown, sir. I can't drown!! 838 01:18:40,327 --> 01:18:42,839 For goodness sakes man, pull yourself together! 839 01:18:42,869 --> 01:18:46,933 You'll just have to put up with what happens like the rest of us! 840 01:19:24,231 --> 01:19:27,348 Steady the course, Mr Smiles! 841 01:19:35,246 --> 01:19:37,126 Nicholas! Boatswain! 842 01:19:39,428 --> 01:19:42,218 That was part of the keel. 843 01:19:46,490 --> 01:19:50,500 It was flotsam. Nothing more. 844 01:19:52,085 --> 01:19:57,262 How could it be flotsam, Mr Talbot? It has sank! 845 01:20:08,185 --> 01:20:12,655 Ladies and gentleman! You are in no immediate danger! 846 01:20:12,686 --> 01:20:15,284 The ship has lost her false keel and that is all. 847 01:20:15,315 --> 01:20:19,218 Would you all please return to the lower deck. 848 01:20:24,129 --> 01:20:26,385 Charles! What's happening? 849 01:20:26,416 --> 01:20:29,008 We were dragging a whole coral reef halfway around the world. 850 01:20:29,038 --> 01:20:29,928 I saw a wood. 851 01:20:29,958 --> 01:20:32,361 One through bolt has been torn. Mr Gibbs is plugging the hole. 852 01:20:32,391 --> 01:20:35,426 - Then we are not drowning? - No, Mr Talbot. We are not. 853 01:20:35,457 --> 01:20:36,986 Not today. 854 01:20:38,077 --> 01:20:39,829 Let me through!! 855 01:20:44,659 --> 01:20:46,511 Wheeler! 856 01:20:46,944 --> 01:20:48,984 Wheeler! 857 01:20:49,207 --> 01:20:51,262 Wheeler! 858 01:21:19,656 --> 01:21:21,794 Poor boy. 859 01:21:24,762 --> 01:21:27,921 He has more sensibility than he knows. 860 01:21:38,901 --> 01:21:41,913 You must lie still for a while, sir. 861 01:21:42,858 --> 01:21:45,425 You must lie still, sir! 862 01:21:45,764 --> 01:21:48,424 Thank you, Mrs Brocklebank. 863 01:21:48,453 --> 01:21:52,127 Believe me, I think I'm now able to rise. 864 01:21:54,384 --> 01:21:56,558 Better, Mr Talbot? 865 01:21:57,060 --> 01:21:59,790 - I'm fully recovered, thank you. - He's not, Mr Summers. 866 01:21:59,820 --> 01:22:01,869 Believe me, ma'am, I regret the necessity, 867 01:22:01,899 --> 01:22:05,278 but I require a moment alone with Mr Talbot. 868 01:22:07,926 --> 01:22:10,236 Your fiancé has also been asking for you, ma'am. 869 01:22:10,267 --> 01:22:11,480 Fiancé? 870 01:22:11,510 --> 01:22:13,843 Have you not heard, Mr Talbot? 871 01:22:13,873 --> 01:22:17,722 Why, it is the only good news to grace our ship in weeks. 872 01:22:17,752 --> 01:22:21,519 Mr Prettiman has proposed marriage and Miss Granham has accepted. 873 01:22:21,550 --> 01:22:24,921 - It's a love story. - Is this true, Miss Granham? 874 01:22:26,510 --> 01:22:30,808 It is customary to offer your congratulations at such news, sir... 875 01:22:30,837 --> 01:22:34,986 Of course. I mean - congratulations. 876 01:22:35,648 --> 01:22:38,999 I shall pass on your kind words to Mr Prettiman. 877 01:22:40,929 --> 01:22:44,084 Now, excuse me, sir. 878 01:22:54,045 --> 01:22:59,733 I have been in a faint. But now I'm ready to return, Mr Summers. 879 01:23:02,399 --> 01:23:06,765 - Return, sir? - Why, to my own... 880 01:23:11,065 --> 01:23:15,530 The sooner you answer my questions, Mr Talbot, the sooner Colley's... 881 01:23:15,561 --> 01:23:19,178 -that is, your cabin- is able to be tidied. 882 01:23:19,208 --> 01:23:20,631 Tidied? 883 01:23:21,449 --> 01:23:24,637 That is... landsman's talk. 884 01:23:24,667 --> 01:23:29,665 - You should've said 'made all shipshape' - You were the only witness, Mr Talbot. 885 01:23:30,630 --> 01:23:31,431 Who did it? 886 01:23:31,460 --> 01:23:33,835 Good God man! You know already he did it himself! 887 01:23:34,027 --> 01:23:36,372 - You saw it happen? - Yes. 888 01:23:36,671 --> 01:23:39,643 And I wish to talk no more on the subject. 889 01:23:41,612 --> 01:23:44,500 Only one more question, Mr Talbot. 890 01:23:44,529 --> 01:23:47,917 Have you any knowledge why the wretched man did it? 891 01:23:55,874 --> 01:24:01,092 To the best of my knowledge, he was afraid of drowning. 892 01:24:10,184 --> 01:24:14,697 Men, like cables, each have their breaking strain. 893 01:24:15,993 --> 01:24:19,710 I cannot help but feel there is death on my hands. 894 01:24:20,470 --> 01:24:24,810 Like the ghost of Colley, the spirit of Wheeler is still aboard. 895 01:24:25,953 --> 01:24:29,714 Perhaps it was a young man in the grip of a fever who dreamed of a meal 896 01:24:29,744 --> 01:24:31,948 on board a neighbouring ship. 897 01:24:32,240 --> 01:24:35,334 And all that followed... 898 01:25:11,797 --> 01:25:14,851 A young person will always remember the time 899 01:25:14,881 --> 01:25:18,473 when two ships were side by side in the middle of the sea 900 01:25:18,503 --> 01:25:23,941 And hopes that one day they may put down their anchors in the same harbour.