All language subtitles for White.Cargo.1942.Richard.Thorpe

TAKE ON FUEL RIGHT AWAY.

WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE NORTH
SECTOR IN ABOUT AN HOUR.

VERY GOOD,
MR. WORTHING.

HOW ARE YOU,
MR. WORTHING?

HELLO, JIM.

I DIDN'T EXPECT YOU
FOR OVER A WEEK.

IT'S A BIG TERRITORY. I'VE BEEN
PUSHING THROUGH DAY AND NIGHT.

WHISKEY AND SODA?

A LITTLE TONIC WATER.

THE BOYS WILL BE GLAD TO SEE
YOU-AN EXCUSE FOR A CELEBRATION.

A VISITOR'S
QUITE AN EVENT.

EVEN WHEN
IT'S THE BOSS?

EVEN WHEN
IT'S THE BOSS.

ALL CELEBRATIONS ARE OUT, AND
ALL LEAVES, JIM, FOR THE DURATION.

BUT A WHITE MAN CAN'T TAKE THIS
AFRICAN CLIMATE AS A STEADY DIET.

WE TOOK IT
IN THE OLD DAYS

WITHOUT ANY FANCY
REFRIGERATORS, ELECTRICITY,

AND AIR CONDITIONING
GADGETS.

BELIEVE ME, JIM, YOU'RE
GOING TO TAKE IT, TOO.

WITH THE JAPS IN MALAYA, WE
NEED RUBBER... AND MORE RUBBER.

WE'RE PRETTY NEAR
OUR LIMIT NOW.

WE'VE DOUBLED OUR
LAST YEAR'S OUTPUT.

TRIPLE IT. QUADRUPLE IT. THANKS.

BUT THE LABOR.

FAIR TREATMENT AND GOOD WAGES
ALWAYS ATTRACT GOOD LABOR.

GO OUT IN THE BUSH
AND RECRUIT THEM.

HOW ABOUT EQUIPMENT
AND TRANSPORTATION?

DO WHAT WE DID
IN THE OLD DAYS.

THAT'S WHAT
WE STARTED WITH.

THERE WEREN'T ANY SCHOOLS
OR INFIRMARIES OUT HERE THEN,

AND THE PLAGUE WOULD
WIPE OUT A WHOLE DISTRICT,

BUT WE BROUGHT THE RUBBER IN
AND GOT IT DOWN TO THE COAST.

QUITE A DOPE
BACK IN 1910, HMM?

YES, IT WAS.

BLASTED HOT TODAY.

BET YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT
I'M THINKING, WITZEL.

I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW
YOU THOUGHT.

I'M THINKING HOW YOU'D
LIKE TO BE SAYING GOOD-BYE

TO THIS
PUTRID RIVER

AND THOSE STINKING
RUBBER POTS.

IT'S THE LAST TIME I'LL
EVER SMELL BUSH SWEAT.

AND BEST OF ALL, IT'S THE
LAST TIME I'LL EVER SEE YOU.

HAVE YOU
NOTICED ANYTHING?

THE NATIVES HAVE BEEN
LOOKING AT ME LATELY

IN A QUEER SORT OF WAY.

MAYBE THEY WONDER HOW YOU
CAN WALK WITHOUT A SPINE.

WHAT'S THE MATTER?

BELLY SICKNESS.

UMEELA.

HIM MUCH BELLY SICK.

TAKE HIM DOWN
TO THE WHITE JUJU.

NOTHING WRONG
WITH HIS BELLY.

IT'S HIS FOOT-
MAMBA BITE.

SEE IF THE OLD QUACK
CAN GET THE INFECTION OUT.

UTOTO.

OH!

BELLY SICKNESS.

OH, YES.

IT'S ALWAYS
BELLY SICKNESS.

WELL, BRING HIM IN.

DARBY!

OH.

UGH!

TAKE THAT RAG OFF HIM.

AAH!

GET ME THE ALCOHOL,
DARBY.

NO, NO, NO.
THAT WHITE BOTTLE.

THAT'S IT.

WELL, BLESS MY SOUL.

THAT'S EMPTY, TOO.

IT'S A GOOD JOB
THE BOAT IS DUE.

THAT'S TOO BAD.

AAH!

STINGS, EH?

YOU CAN IMAGINE
WHAT IT DOES

TO THE LINING
OF YOUR STOMACH.

OH, HELLO, WITZEL.

THOUGHT I'D DROP IN.

10 DEGREES COOLER
HERE THAN MY PLACE,

AND MUCH COZIER.

HA HA.

NO, THANKS. I WON'T
HAVE ANOTHER.

I...

I JUST HAD ONE.

YEAH. SO I NOTICED.

OH.

ANOTHER TOUCH OF FEVER?

FOR THE WHITE MAN,
IT'S ALWAYS FEVER.

FOR THE NATIVES,
IT'S ALWAYS BELLY SICKNESS.

YOU THINK MAYBE
YOU OUGHT TO HAVE

A PAPER OF QUININE?

DON'T YOU EVER PRESCRIBE
ANYTHING BUT QUININE?

WHY DON'T YOU TAKE SOME
YOURSELF FOR A CHANGE

AND LEAVE
MY WHISKEY ALONE?

I'VE TOLD YOU, WITZEL,

THAT A FEW MONTHS
IN A TEMPERATE CLIMATE-

OH, DROP
THAT BEDSIDE MANNER.

YOU'RE NOT TALKING TO
ASHLEY, YOU'RE TALKING TO ME.

AT LEAST I'M GLAD
HE'S GOING HOME.

OF COURSE YOU'RE GLAD. DOESN'T
MEAN A BLASTED A THING TO YOU

THAT I'VE GOT TO BREAK
IN A NEW JELLYFISH

THAT THEY'RE SENDING
OUT FROM THE HOME OFFICE.

AND I KNOW JUST
THE TYPE HE'LL BE-

COME OUT HERE WITH A WHOLE
SUPPLY OF STIFF LINEN COLLARS

AND ASK ME A MILLION
ASININE QUESTIONS AN HOUR.

"I SAY,
HOW'S THE HUNTING?

ARE THE NATIVES
FRIENDLY?"

THEN HE'LL GET HOMESICK AND
GO BACK HOME AND WRITE A BOOK

ABOUT "WHEN YOU'RE
DRIVING IN YOUR MOTOR,

DO YOU EVER STOP TO PONDER WHERE
WE GET THE RUBBER FOR YOUR TIRES?"

I CAN'T STOMACH
ANY MORE OF THEM.

HE MAY BE A VERY
CHARMING FELLOW.

I TELL YOU,
I CANNOT GO ON

LIVING MONTH AFTER
MONTH, YEAR AFTER YEAR,

WITHIN THE SAME
FOUR WALLS

WITH THE SAME MAN
ANY LONGER!

I'D FIND MYSELF
WAITING FOR HIM

TO PHRASE A CERTAIN
SENTENCE IN A CERTAIN WAY,

AND IF HE DID, IT
WOULD DRIVE ME MAD.

I KNOW...

AND IF HE DIDN'T, IT
WOULD DRIVE ME MAD!

I TELL YOU, WITZEL,
A FEW MORE YEARS OF THIS-

FOR HEAVEN'S SAKES, STOP
DIGGING GRAVES, WILL YOU?

I KNOW WHAT YOU MEAN
- A FEW MORE YEARS WILL FINISH ME.

I DIDN'T SAY SO.

NO, BUT YOU LOOKED IT!

WHY DON'T YOU
CLEAR OUT YOURSELF?

YOU'RE ALWAYS TELLING
EVERYBODY ELSE TO.

WELL, PERHAPS
THERE'S A REASON.

YEAH, NO MEDICAL BOARD TO
CALL A TURN WHEN YOU'RE DRUNK.

DRUNK?

WELL, YOU'RE
HALF-DRUNK NOW!

INDEED, I WISH I WERE.

GO ON AND TAKE IT. YOU'LL ONLY STEAL
IT WHEN MY BACK IS TURNED, ANYWAY.

IF I WERE
A YOUNGER MAN, WITZEL,

I WOULD RESENT
YOUR INNUENDOES.

YOU WOULDN'T
RESENT ANYTHING

WITH A DRINK HANGING
ON THE END OF IT.

THE BOAT!
THERE SHE IS!

THE BOAT! HA HA!

SOON WE'LL HAVE
LETTERS AND PARCELS

AND PAPERS TO KEEP US
BUSY FOR WEEKS! THE BOAT!

DOCTOR, DOCTOR!
WHERE ARE YOU?

THE BOAT'S COMING!
THE BOAT'S COMING!

I SAW THE SMOKE BEFORE
I HEARD THE WHISTLE.

DID YOU REALLY?

HEY, AND THE MAIL.

WE'LL GET THE MAIL.

I'LL LEAVE YOU TWO
SENTIMENTALISTS TOGETHER.

SEE YOU BEFORE
YOU GO, ASHLEY,

ALTHOUGH I DOUBT IF WE'VE
GOT ANYTHING MORE TO SAY

TO EACH OTHER
WE HAVEN'T ALREADY SAID.

I DOUBT IF I COULD RESIST
THE TEMPTATION, THOUGH,

OF HEARING YOU
SAY ONCE MORE,

"IT'S BLASTED HOT TODAY."

YOU HEARD THE WHISTLE,
DIDN'T YOU?

IT WASN'T
MY IMAGINATION, WAS IT?

NO, OF COURSE NOT.

I SAW THE SMOKE
WAY AROUND THE BEND.

SHE'S COMING,
AND I'M GOING.

NOTHING CAN
STOP ME NOW.

HERE. HAVE A DRINK.

OH, YOU'VE BEEN AWFULLY
DECENT TO ME, DOCTOR.

WHY IS IT
AFRICA'S NEVER GOT YOU?

WISH YOU COULD
COME BACK WITH ME.

WHY DON'T YOU QUIT?

HELLO, DOCTOR!

HELLO, PADRE.

ASHLEY.

PADRE!

I'M SO GLAD I DIDN'T
MISS YOU, ASHLEY.

I HAD TO WISH YOU
GODSPEED.

GLAD YOU CAME.

YOU LOOK
A LITTLE TIRED.

YES, MY CANOE HIT
A DRIFTING IRONWOOD LOG

AND CAVED IN THE SIDE.

SIT DOWN.

THE CREW BOYS
RAN IT ASHORE,

AND I WALKED
THE LAST 3 MILES.

YOU HAVE EVERYTHING
READY TO LEAVE?

READY? OH, YES. I HAVE
BEEN PACKED AND REPACKED

THE LAST SIX WEEKS.

YOU'RE NATURALLY EXCITED.

EXCITED?
OH, NO, NO.

I'M NOT EXCITED.

NO, I'M JUST
CALM NOW

AND PEACEFUL LIKE.

LIKE MORPHINE
BEGINNING TO TAKE EFFECT.

YEAH.

OR THE PEACE OF
THE HEART AFTER PRAYER.

YOU TWO SOUND LIKE A COUPLE
OF COMMERCIAL TRAVELERS

ADVERTISING YOUR WARES.

HOW ARE YOU, PADRE?
HAVEN'T SEEN YOU IN WEEKS.

WELL, IT'S A LONG
BUSHWHACK.

I THINK I'LL SEE
THE QUEEN COME IN, TOO.

SKIPPER!

HELLO, ASHLEY!

HOW ARE YOU, DOC?

HELLO, SKIPPER!

TAKE COMMAND, TED.

SEE YOU AT WITZEL'S.

AYE, AYE, SIR.

SKIPPER, I'M COMING BACK
WITH YOU!

GOOD.

I'M GOING HOME!

HELLO, THERE!

WELL, HELLO, CAPTAIN!

GLAD TO SEE YOU, PADRE.

GLAD TO SEE YOU.

HAVE A DRINK?

NEVER BEEN KNOWN
TO REFUSE.

WHERE'S THE NEW MAN?

IN THE CABIN, FUSSING WITH HIS LUGGAGE.

WHAT TYPE OF MAN IS HE?

NOT BAD.
A BIT TOO CLEAN,

BUT SO WAS
WE ALL ONCE.

HERE WE ARE AGAIN, GENTS.

HELLO, TED.

HOW DO YOU DO, REVEREND?
HOW DO YOU DO, MR. WITZEL?

WELL, HERE WE ARE.
WE GOT SOME MAIL.

YES, THE MAIL.

SEEMS AGES SINCE
I HAD A LETTER.

NEVER MIND, ASHLEY.
YOU'LL BE WRITING US SOON.

ONE FOR YOU,
MR. WILBUR ASHLEY.

OH, THAT'S
A CATALOG.

DON'T DO THAT.

IT'S SOMETHING
TO READ.

"MR. WILBUR ASHLEY,

"MR. ASHLEY,

"ASHLEY,

ASHLEY"...

"ASHLEY!"

"ASHLEY."

"MR. HARRY WITZEL,

"MR. HARRY WITZEL...

WITZEL"...

UH...

"THE REVEREND MR. ROBERTS.

MR. ROBERTS."

UH...

"ROBERTS."

THANK YOU.

"MR. HARRY WITZEL."

AW, IT'S TOUGH, DOCTOR.

ARE YOU QUITE SURE

YOU DIDN'T LEAVE ANY IN
THE BOTTOM OF THE BAG?

I'M A LITTLE DISAPPOINTED.

NAH. THAT'S ALL
THERE IS, DOC.

SO THEY FORGOT YOU
AGAIN THIS TIME, EH, DOC?

TOO BAD.

OH, IT'S-IT'S
OF NO CONSEQUENCE.

NO DOUBT MY NEXT MAIL
WILL BE MUCH BIGGER.

OH, I BEG YOUR PARDON.

MY FAMILY'S GOING
TO PICK ME UP AT MADEIRA!

ISN'T THAT GREAT?

THEY'VE SENT 23
MISSIONARIES TO NEW GUINEA.

IMAGINE THAT-23.

WELL, TO THE NEXT MAIL.

THERE'S THE PASSENGER
COMING ASHORE, TED!

PILOT HIM UP!

AYE, AYE, SIR!

HERE'S YOUR CONSIGNMENT,
WITZEL.

ALWAYS HAPPY TO SEE YOU,
SKIPPER.

THANK YOU, DOC.

WELL...

OH, NO.

GOOD AFTERNOON,
EVERYBODY.

GREETINGS.
HOW DO YOU DO?

GLAD TO SEE YOU.

WHICH ONE OF YOU GENTLEMEN
IS MR. WITZEL?

I'M VERY GLAD
TO KNOW YOU, SIR.

I EXPECT WE'LL BE SEEING
A GREAT DEAL OF EACH OTHER

IN THE NEXT FOUR YEARS.

YEAH. LET ME INTRODUCE YOU
TO YOUR FELLOW PRISONERS.

THE GENTLEMAN IN THE CHAIR IS REVEREND
MR. ROBERTS. HE'S OUR MISSIONARY.

HOW DO YOU DO, SIR?
GOOD.

THIS IS THE DOCTOR.

HE'LL FILL YOU
FULL OF QUININE

ON THE SLIGHTEST
PROVOCATION.

AND THAT'S WILBUR ASHLEY,
THE MAN YOU'RE RELIEVING.

MR. LANGFORD, IT WON'T BE
MANY MONTHS BEFORE YOU REALIZE

JUST WHAT A RELIEF
YOU REALLY ARE.

THAT DOESN'T SOUND ANY
TOO CHEERFUL, DOES IT?

DON'T TAKE NO NOTICE
OF THEM.

THEY'RE ALL SUN-BAKED.

HA HA HA!

GENTLEMEN, ON THIS
AUSPICIOUS OCCASION,

I CLAIM THE PRIVILEGE
OF A TOAST.

HERE'S TO THE MAN
WHO HAS JUST COME OUT...

THANK YOU.

AND HERE'S TO THE MAN
WHO'S GOING BACK.

THANK YOU,
THANK YOU.

AND HERE'S
TO THE MAN WHO STAYS.

HEAVEN HELP HIM.

BLASTED HOT TODAY.

I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR HOURS TO
HEAR YOU SAY THAT, YOU SWINE!

I'LL GO AND CHECK
THAT RUBBER.

COME ON, TED.

AYE, AYE, SIR.

JUST A MINUTE.
I'M COMING WITH YOU.

NOT TAKING
ANY CHANCES.

I MIGHT AS WELL
PICK UP MY SUPPLIES.

BE BACK SHORTLY,
MR. LANGFORD.

I WANT TO HAVE A LONG CHAT
WITH YOU ABOUT THE OLD COUNTRY.

AND I WITH YOU
ABOUT THE NEW ONE.

THE OLD COUNTRY.
AHH.

I'LL BET YOU GET
GREAT HUNTING OUT HERE.

YEAH, GREAT.

MOST OF THE TIME
YOU'LL HUNT FOR A SPOT

THAT'S COOL ENOUGH
TO BREATHE IN.

THEN YOU HUNT THROUGH
ALL THIS TWADDLE

THAT THE HOME OFFICE
SENDS OUT HERE BY THE TON.

ARE, UH...

ARE THE NATIVES FRIENDLY?

OH!

DO YOU HAPPEN TO KNOW,
MR. LANGFORD,

WHETHER THEY BROUGHT OUT
MY MEDICAL SUPPLIES?

NO, I REALLY
COULDN'T SAY, DOCTOR.

OH... SEEMS A SHAME

TO WASTE GOOD WHISKEY
STERILIZING.

I'M MOVING OUT OF HERE,
LANGFORD.

TOO HARD ON THE NERVES FOR
BOTH OF US UNDER THE SAME ROOF.

KEEP OUT OF MY WAY, AND
I'LL KEEP OUT OF YOURS.

DO YOUR WORK, AND DON'T GET
INVOLVED WITH THE NATIVES.

INVOLVED?

NEVER LET THE MEN SEE
YOU'RE AFRAID OF THEM,

AND DON'T
MAMMY-PALAVER.

MAMMY-PALAVER?

TALK TO THEIR WOMEN,
GIVE THEM TRINKETS.

WOMEN?

THAT'S RIDICULOUS,
AS IF I'D BE INTERESTED.

YOU'RE NOT SUGGESTING
THAT I MIGHT-

I'M NOT SUGGESTING
THAT YOU MIGHT.

I'M PROPHESYING
THAT YOU WILL.

THE COLLEGE OF SURGEONS,
IN MY DAY,

WAS A GREAT INSTITUTION.

YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW
QUITE HOW TO TAKE YOU.

I DON'T KNOW WHETHER
YOU'RE RIBBING ME

OR WHETHER YOU'RE BEING
DECIDEDLY UNPLEASANT.

NOTHING PERSONAL.

WE ALL COME OUT HERE
WITH GREAT IDEAS

ON WHAT WE'RE
GOING TO DO.

IN THE END, WE DO JUST THE
SAME AS THE OTHER FELLA.

JUST A MATTER OF TIME
TILL THE DAMP ROT SETS IN.

DAMP ROT?

YEAH.
SEE THAT PLANK?

LOOKS PRETTY SOLID,
DOESN'T IT?

THERE YOU ARE.
DAMP ROT.

WHAT CAUSES IT?

CLIMATE, MOISTURE.

MEN REACT TO IT
IN ALMOST THE SAME WAY.

THERE'S A PRETTY FAIR EXAMPLE
FOR YOU OVER THERE.

HE USED TO BE A PRETTY GOOD
SURGEON IN HIS DAY.

NOW HE'S LESS
THAN A HORSE DOCTOR.

DAMP ROT.
VERY DAMP WITH HIM.

IT'S GOT ME
IN ANOTHER FORM,

AND IT'LL GET YOU JUST AS
SURE AS YOU'RE SURE IT WON'T.

THAT'S
VERY INTERESTING.

I'LL TELL YOU
HOW IT'LL START.

YOU'LL STOP SHAVING
REGULARLY.

I DOUBT IT.

I KNOW IT.

THEN YOU'LL STAGNATE
AND DETERIORATE,

AND IN THE END...

WELL, JUST REMEMBER WHAT
I TOLD YOU ABOUT TRINKETS.

LOOK, WITZEL, AFRICA'S
GOING TO BE MY HOME

FOR THE NEXT FOUR YEARS,

AND I INTEND
TO MAKE IT LIVABLE.

NO MAN OR WOMAN COULD MAKE
YOUR PROPHECY COME TRUE.

THAT'S THE FIRST INTELLIGENT
SOUND HE'S MADE TODAY.

LANGFORD!

COME BACK!

NEVER DO THAT.

NEVER PUT YOURSELF
BETWEEN THEM AND THE WATER.

I DIDN'T. I GOT A SHOT OF
HIM JUST AS HE WAS SUBMERGING.

THEY USUALLY SWIM IN PAIRS.

THERE WAS PROBABLY ANOTHER
ONE BEHIND YOU IN THOSE REEDS.

GOOD HEAVENS!

THEY ALWAYS GET AWAY
FROM YOU IF THEY CAN.

THE NATIVES TREAT THEM
WITH CONTEMPT.

BUT I'M NO NATIVE.

BETTER GO BACK
TO THE BUNGALOW.

YOU'RE NOT USED TO THIS.

WHAT'S ALL THAT ABOUT?

THE POLICE BOYS
ARE BRINGING HIM IN.

WITZEL WILL GIVE HIM A FAIR HEARING
AND THEN HAND OUT THE PUNISHMENT.

WHY WITZEL?

HE'S THE RESIDENT
MAGISTRATE.

SOMEONE HAS TO REPRESENT
THE LAW IN THESE PARTS.

WITH ALL HIS FAULTS,
WITZEL IS JUST.

COURT'S IN SESSION.

THE EVIDENCE
YOU'RE ABOUT TO GIVE

SHALL BE THE TRUTH,
THE WHOLE TRUTH,

AND NOTHING
BUT THE TRUTH.

POOR DEVIL LOOKS
SCARED TO DEATH.

WHAT'S HE SAYING?

APPARENTLY,
HE'S STOLEN SOMETHING-

A RIFLE...

MY RIFLE!

RECOGNIZE HIM?

ONE OF YOUR CONVERTS,
ISN'T HE?

YES.

YEAH. WELL, I NEVER
KNEW IT TO FAIL.

THAT'S WHAT YOU GET
FOR PAMPERING HIM,

GIVING HIM FAIR WAGES
INSTEAD OF THE WHIP,

STAMPING OUT FAMINE
AND LEPROSY,

SWAPPING MEDICAL CENTERS
FOR WITCH DOCTORS,

BIBLES FOR VOODOO.

MAYBE A DOSE OF MY MEDICINE WILL
BE MORE EFFECTIVE THAN YOURS.

SEND HIM BACK
TO SIERRA LEONE.

ONE YEAR.
COURT'S ADJOURNED.

YOU MEAN THEY'RE GOING TO
IMPRISON HIM A WHOLE YEAR

FOR PRACTICALLY NOTHING?

THE RESIDENT HAS THE LEGAL
POWER OF LIFE OR DEATH.

BUT JUST FOR TAKING
A RIFLE?

YES, BUT DIDN'T
YOU UNDERSTAND?

HE SHOT IT
OFF...

AND AT WITZEL.

DON'T SPILL IT!

UNGOWA!

HOW ABOUT A LITTLE SPOT
BEFORE WE EAT?

OH, MAYBE I BETTER STAY AND WATCH THIS.

YOU'LL HAVE PLENTY OF TIME
IN THE NEXT FOUR YEARS.

OH?

WE USUALLY EAT ALONE.

YOU DO?

WITZEL'S ORDERS.

BUT WE ALWAYS CELEBRATE
BEFORE THE BOAT LEAVES.

AHH. HA HA.

NOW, THAT'S WHAT
I CALL A FEED.

NOW, IF WE WAS BACK
IN SIERRA LEONE...

OH...

YOU MEAN MAGGIE.

IT'S BEEN SO LONG,

I WOULDN'T KNOW HOW TO
TALK TO A CIVILIZED WOMAN.

OH, SHUT UP.

WHO DO YOU THINK WE SEE LAST
TRIP BACK IN SIERRA LEONE?

YOU KNOW, THAT CHOCOLATE CLEOPATRA.

TONDELAYO.

WELL, WHO IS
THIS TONDELAYO?

QUITE AN EYEFUL, IF YOU SHOULD ASK ME.

UP TO HER TRICKS AGAIN
AT THE CONVENT.

YOU SHOULD SEE THE
TRADERS WHAT GOT RELIGION

JUST TO GET AROUND THERE TO
TAKE A SQUINT AT THAT HALF-BREED.

IT'S THE HARDEST FIGHT
WE HAVE.

AS SOON AS WE TEACH A FEW
WOMEN TO COOK AND SEW

AND SPEAK A DOZEN WORDS
OF OUR LANGUAGE,

SOME WHITE TRASH WILL TURN
IT TO HIS OWN ADVANTAGE.

WHY SHOULDN'T HE?

BECAUSE THE END IS
ALWAYS IN THE BEGINNING.

IT'S ALWAYS THE WHITES WHO
BECOME THE MORE DEGRADED.

SHE SENT A MESSAGE
TO YOU, WITZEL.

SAYS ONE DAY SHE'S COMING
BACK TO COOK TIFFIN FOR YOU.

OH?

YOU WOULDN'T DRIVE HER OFF THE
TERRITORY THEN, WOULD YOU, WITZEL?

SHE SHOWS HER NOSE
AROUND HERE,

SHE'LL GET A WHIP
ACROSS HER BACK.

SOUR GRAPES. I'VE SEEN
THE WAY YOU LOOK AT HER.

YOU BLASTED IDIOT.

NOW, GENTLEMEN, PLEASE.

ISN'T IT RIDICULOUS
TO BLAME HER

FOR EVERY WHITE MAN
THAT LOSES HIS BALANCE?

WELL, I LIKE THAT.

DIDN'T YOU ASK ME TO KEEP
HER AWAY FROM YOUR MISSION?

THAT WAS VERY DIFFERENT.

YOU BET
IT WAS DIFFERENT.

THE FAIRY TALES YOU WROTE
ABOUT THAT SAND WALKER.

SHE WAS TO BE
EXHIBIT "A,"

AN EXAMPLE
TO YOUR CONVERTS,

MORE SINNED AGAINST
THAN SINNING.

I STILL BELIEVE THAT.

THE UNDEVELOPED MIND
OF A CHILD

MADE DANGEROUSLY VAIN BY
THE ATTENTIONS OF WHITE MEN.

WELL, CAN'T SAY THAT I BLAME THEM.

WITH ALL HER FAULTS,
SHE HAD AN INNATE MORALITY.

OR SHALL WE CALL IT
SELF-PRESERVATION, PADRE?

CALL IT WHAT YOU LIKE. IT'S A
RAY OF LIGHT. IT DESERVES CREDIT.

TONDELAYO PLAYED YOU
FOR A SAP-

TRANSLATED YOUR GOOD WORDS INTO
BUSH DIALECT THAT ALL MIGHT HEAR,

AND THEN,
BEHIND YOUR BACK,

TAUGHT YOUR CONVERTS TO
LIE AND CHEAT AND STEAL.

SHE'S TOO HIGH AND
MIGHTY FOR THE NATIVES,

AND TOO SMART
FOR THE WHITE MAN.

AND FOND OF TRINKETS.

THANKS, WITZEL.
THANKS FOR THE TIP.

DON'T MENTION IT.

OH, CUT THAT OUT.

THAT TUNE
TAKES ME BACK.

TAKES WHO BACK?

TAKES WHO BACK, HUH?

IT'S ALL RIGHT,
ASHLEY, OLD MAN.

TAKES WHO BACK?

TAKES ME BACK.
TAKES ME BACK.

OH, THAT'S RIGHT.

TAKES ME BACK HOME.

HOME

SWEET...

OH, PIPE DOWN,
WILL YOU?

SWEET HOME

BE IT EVER SO HUMBLE

THERE'S NO PLACE
LIKE HOME

HEY, QUIT THAT STUFF.

HOME

SWEET

SWEET HOME

BE IT EVER SO HUMBLE

THERE'S NO PLACE
LIKE HOME

HEY, TED,
GIVE US A DANCE.

YEAH. HOW ABOUT
A BARN DANCE OR A POLKA?

A HORNPIPE!

HORNPIPE!

GOOD WORK!
GOOD WORK!

SAY, DO YOU FELLAS DRINK
THIS MUCH EVERY NIGHT?

UNFORTUNATELY, NO.

FAR TOO MUCH ALCOHOL IS CONSUMED
BY THE MEN OF THIS COAST.

EVEN YOU, DOCTOR,
MUST ADMIT THAT.

IT'S MORE HEALTHFUL
TO BE SOBER,

ALTHOUGH PERHAPS NOT QUITE SO PLEASANT.

LANGFORD, I ADVISE YOU
TO TRY AND DO WITHOUT IT.

I DON'T THINK THAT'LL
BE TOO DIFFICULT.

YOU'LL UNTHINK A LOT OF THINGS
BEFORE YOU COME DOWN TO EARTH.

WE'RE ALL SUPERMEN WHEN
WE FIRST COME OUT HERE.

BLASTED HOT TODAY.

IF YOU SAY THAT AGAIN,
YOU SWINE, I'LL BRAIN YOU!

NO, NO, NO. WAIT,
WAIT, WAIT. NO.

THEY'VE LOADED, TED.

SIGNAL 'EM
WE'RE COMING ABOARD.

AYE, AYE, SIR.

NEXT TRIP,
THE DRINKS ARE ON ME.

CHARMED.

SO LONG, PARSON.

GOOD-BYE, SKIPPER.

CHEERIO, WITZEL.

SKIPPER,
JUST A MINUTE.

I HAVE SOMETHING I'D
LIKE YOU TO DO FOR ME.

SHALL WE SEE THEM OFF?

IT'S THE LEAST
WE CAN DO.

COME ON, WITZEL.

ALL RIGHT.

SAY, WHERE'S ASHLEY?

OH, SKIPPER, YOU'VE
FORGOTTEN YOUR PASSENGER.

MIGHT BE A JOKE
TO LEAVE HIM.

HE'D GO BARMY
IF WE DID.

COME ON, TED.

COME ON, MY LAD.

YOU'RE GOING HOME.

HOME.

WE'LL HAVE
TO CARRY HIM ABOARD.

I'VE ALWAYS REGRETTED THAT LIQUOR
NEVER AFFECTED ME LIKE THAT.

WE'LL DEAD-FREIGHT HIM.

YEP.

COME ON.
UP YOU GO.

THERE WE ARE.

A-ROTO-TEE-TOTE

SHE PAYS THE BOAT
IN A VERY CHARMING MANNER

I WOULDN'T DISRUPT
THE EQUILIBRIUM

OF HIS SEMICIRCULAR
CANAL.

IT'S APT TO CAUSE
VERTIGO AND NAUSEA.

WHAT?

IT'LL MAKE HIM SICK.

WHY DIDN'T YOU SAY SO?

ROTO-TEE-TOTE

SHE PAYS THE BOAT
IN A VERY CHARMING MANNER

SEE YOU IN THE MORNING,
LANGFORD.

YEAH.

HE'S GOING HOME,

AND HE DOESN'T
EVEN KNOW IT.

WELL, HE DIDN'T HAVE TO DRINK
HIMSELF INTO THAT CONDITION.

WELL, YOU'LL UNDERSTAND
MANY THINGS, MY BOY,

BEFORE YOU'VE BEEN
OUT HERE VERY LONG.

WELL, SIR,
I BID YOU GOOD NIGHT.

DO YOU HAVE TO GO,
DOCTOR?

PERHAPS THERE IS TIME
FOR ONE LITTLE SPOT.

IT'LL BE THREE MONTHS BEFORE
WE HEAR THAT WHISTLE AGAIN, EH?

OH, NO, NO, NO, NO.
SHE'LL WHISTLE AGAIN

WHEN SHE GETS
AROUND THE BEND.

THE CAPTAIN ALWAYS
SENDS HIS AU REVOIR.

I ALWAYS LISTEN.

IT ALWAYS COMES...

LIKE A DISTANT HANDSHAKE.

YOUR HEALTH, SIR.

AGAIN, SIR,

I BID YOU GOOD NIGHT.

I AM TONDELAYO.

WHAT'S THE MATTER?
WHAT'S WRONG?

YOU SENT FOR ME.

IT WASN'T THE HEAT
THAT DROVE ASHLEY CRAZY.

IT WAS TONDELAYO.

THAT'S INTERESTING.

TOO INTERESTING.

YOU'RE OUT HERE
TO WORK.

SHE WAS PICKED UP LEAVING YOUR BUNGALOW.

WHAT WAS SHE DOING
THERE?

CURIOSITY, I GUESS.

UH-HUH.
YOURS OR HERS?

PERHAPS BOTH.

WHY DIDN'T YOU
KICK HER OUT?

I'M NOT USED
TO KICKING PEOPLE,

PARTICULARLY
IF THEY'RE WOMEN.

AND GOOD-LOOKING.

WHAT ARE YOU DRIVING AT?

WHY SHOULDN'T I
TALK TO HER?

SHE'S A LOT MORE CIVILIZED
THAN SOME PEOPLE I KNOW.

YOU SHOULD KNOW.

PENDULLA.

I DON'T KNOW
WHAT THIS IS ABOUT,

BUT DON'T BE SCARED.

WITZEL NO BEAT
TONDELAYO, EH?

OF COURSE HE WON'T.

KEEP OUT OF THIS,
WILL YOU?

THIS YOUNG FOOL
ISN'T ON TO YOUR TRICKS.

YOU'LL GET NO SILKS
AND BANGLES FROM HIM

BECAUSE THEY'RE GOING TO THROW
YOU OUT OF THIS DISTRICT RIGHT NOW,

AND IF YOU SHOW YOUR NOSE
IN HERE AGAIN,

I'LL CUT MY INITIALS
ACROSS YOUR BACK.

DON'T LET HER OUT OF YOUR SIGHT
TILL YOU THROW HER OVER THE BORDER.

DON'T YOU EVER
GIVE ANYBODY A BREAK?

YES. I'M TRYING
TO GIVE YOU ONE.

IT'S A SHAME
TREATING YOU LIKE THIS.

WITZEL
MUCH BIG BOSS.

WITZEL THINKS
HE'S A TIN GOD.

MAYBE ONE DAY
TONDELAYO COME BACK

AND MAKE TIFFIN FOR YOU.

WHY TAKE CHANCES?

THERE'S NO TELLING WHAT
WITZEL MIGHT DO TO YOU.

ONE TIME, WITZEL...
HIM LIKE TONDELAYO MUCH.

OH?

WELL, MAYBE
THAT'S THE TROUBLE.

WELL, ANYWAY, I JUST WANTED
TO TELL YOU I WAS SORRY.

HERE. MAYBE YOU CAN USE
THIS MONEY ON THE COAST.

IT'S NO GOOD TO ME HERE.

MUCH SILK
AND MANY BANGLES!

GOOD LUCK.

BLASTED HOT TODAY.

THIS WILL BE YOUR SECTION-
1,200 TREES.

RIGHT. WHAT DO I DO?

YOU DON'T DO ANYTHING,
BUT MAKE SURE THAT THEY DO.

THAT WATER HAS
TO BE KEPT RUNNING

TILL THESE SAPLINGS ROOT THEMSELVES
DEEP ENOUGH TO DRAW MOISTURE.

THAT SHOULDN'T
BE DIFFICULT.

YEAH? THAT SUN
EVAPORATES THE WATER

BEFORE THE EARTH
CAN ABSORB IT.

IT'S YOUR JOB TO SEE
THAT IT DOESN'T.

KEEP THESE TREES ALIVE
FOR SIX MONTHS,

THEN THEY'LL
TAKE CARE OF THEMSELVES.

RIGHT. I'LL INSPECT
THEM EVERY MORNING.

IF YOU DO THAT, THOSE BOYS WILL SPEND THE
REST OF THE DAY SQUATTING IN THE WATER.

NEVER LET THEM KNOW WHEN YOU'RE
COMING. KEEPS THEM ON THEIR TOES.

NEW BOSS.

BAD TEMPER,
STRONG ARM.

YOU WATCH.

HE SPEAKS A FEW WORDS.
HE'LL HELP YOU CATCH ON.

DO I HAVE TO LEARN
HIS LANGUAGE?

YOU'LL WAIT A LONG TIME IF YOU
WAIT FOR HIM TO LEARN YOURS.

I'LL MAKE AN INSPECTION HERE IN
SIX MONTHS AND TABULATE THE TREES.

YOU CAN TAKE OVER NOW.

UH, YOU CAN
GET BACK TO WORK NOW.

HEY, YOU CAN
GET BACK TO WORK NOW.

WELL, GO ON!
BACK TO WORK!

I SAID,
GET BACK TO WORK!

GO ON! GO ON!
GET OVER THERE!

TELL THOSE BOYS
TO HURRY!

GO ON OVER THERE
AND GET TO WORK!

HA HA HA!
HA HA HA!

STOP THAT NOISE.

HA HA HA!

STOP THAT NOISE, I SAY!

HA HA HA!
HA HA HA!

WITZEL.

WITZEL!

HA HA HA!
HA HA HA!

WITZEL!

YES?

DON'T SEND THE CANOE
BACK FOR ME

TILL TIFFIN TIME.

I'M GOING TO STAY HERE
ALL DAY.

THOUGHT I SENT WORD
I WANTED TO SEE YOU.

I WAS VERY GREEN.

WON'T HAPPEN AGAIN...

NOW I'M BECOMING
ACCLIMATIZED.

60% OF YOUR TREES
DEAD IN FIVE MONTHS.

YOU'RE EVEN BETTER
THAN ASHLEY.

THERE ARE A FEW THINGS
I'D LIKE TO EXPLAIN TO YOU.

SIT DOWN.

AFRAID I MIGHT SOIL
THESE PRETTY CHAIRS.

WHY DOES IT ANNOY YOU THAT
I DON'T LIVE LIKE A PIG?

YOU DIDN'T COME OUT HERE
TO OPEN A TEA SHOP.

YOU HAVEN'T GOT WHAT IT
TAKES. GO ON BACK HOME.

AND HEAR YOU SAY,
"I TOLD YOU YOU'D QUIT"?

YOU SAY IT EVERY DAY AND
WITH THE SAME INTONATION.

IT'S GETTING
ON MY NERVES.

I'M FED UP WITH YOUR
BLASTED PROPHESIES!

"YOU'LL GO NATIVE.
YOU'LL GO HOME."

THAT'S WHERE
YOU SHOULD GO-HOME.

EVERY NATIVE HERE LAUGHS
AT YOU BEHIND YOUR BACK.

A LOT OF HELP
YOU'VE GIVEN ME!

WHAT DO YOU THINK I AM,
A WET NURSE?

I THINK YOU'RE A SWINE.

I TAKE THAT AS A
COMPLIMENT, COMING FROM YOU.

NOW, THEN, IF IT ISN'T
ASKING TOO MUCH,

WOULD YOU MIND MAKING OUT A
REPORT FOR THE HOME OFFICE?

TELL THEM WHAT A NICE, COZY
LITTLE PLACE YOU'VE GOT HERE.

AND DON'T FORGET TO TELL THEM
THAT YOU SHAVE EVERY DAY

AND THAT YOU'VE GOT
THE CUTEST LITTLE BATHTUB.

OH, AND YOU MIGHT MENTION JUST RATHER
CASUALLY AS SORT OF A POSTSCRIPT

THAT YOU KILLED
A FEW ACRES OF TREES.

THEY'LL LIKE THAT.

GET ME A GIN AND LIME.

I SAID, GET ME
A GIN AND LIME!

DON'T PRETEND
YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND.

AND I TOLD YOU FOR DAYS
TO FILL THAT LAMP!

GIN AND LIME.
GIN AND LIME!

GOOD MORNING-

MUST BE VERY IMPORTANT

IF I HAVE TO
GET OUT OF MY TUB.

WITZEL, IT'S MORE IMPORTANT
THAN YOU SEEM TO REALIZE.

WELL, WHERE IS
LITTLE LORD FAUNTLEROY?

OH, PLEASE.

LANGFORD!

WITZEL WANTS
TO TALK TO YOU.

WELL, IT'S
A GREAT PRIVILEGE.

HELP YOURSELF
TO A DRINK, DOCTOR.

WHAT ARE YOU DOING?

GETTING YOURSELF FIXED UP
TO GIVE THE NATIVES A LAUGH,

OR ARE YOU GETTING READY TO GO HOME?

WHEN MY FOUR YEARS ARE UP,
I'LL SIGN FOR ANOTHER STRETCH.

I'LL BE HERE WHEN THEY CARRY
BACK WHAT'S LEFT OF YOU.

POOR BLOODY FOOL.

OH, NOW,
PLEASE, WITZEL.

I ASK YOU, DON'T KEEP
TELLING HIM TO GO HOME.

IT'S BECOME
AN OBSESSION WITH HIM.

AS SOON AS HE BECOMES
ACCLIMATIZED-

DON'T USE THAT WORD
"ACCLIMATIZED"!

I CAN'T STAND IT!
EVERY DAY FOR MONTHS,

I'VE HAD TO LISTEN TO LANGFORD
PHILOSOPHIZING ABOUT BEING ALL RIGHT

AS SOON AS HE GETS
ACCLIMATIZED.

AND FOR THE LOVE OF PITY,
DON'T TELL ME TO TAKE QUININE.

THAT'S WHAT YOU WERE
GOING TO SAY, ISN'T IT?

OR THAT YOU'VE LIVED IN
AFRICA FOR THE LAST 20 YEARS.

I KNOW THAT, TOO. OR THAT I'M
ABOUT DUE FOR ANOTHER ATTACK.

THAT'S WHAT
YOU WERE GOING TO SAY.

I ONLY-

CAN ANYBODY SAY ANYTHING THAT
DOESN'T SOUND LIKE A NURSERY RHYME?

DO YOU HAVE TO SHOUT?
ARE WE ALL DEAF?

NO, BUT
YOU'RE ALL DUMB.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO
COME HERE, YOU KNOW.

NO, NOT IF I WANT TO DO EVERY
BLASTED BIT OF WORK MYSELF, I DON'T.

THIS ISN'T
A SEASIDE RESORT.

WE'RE OUT HERE
TO WORK.

IT WAS AGREED WHEN YOU CAME
OUT THAT WHAT I SAID, WENT.

EVER SINCE THEN, YOU'VE SAT
BACK AND LET ME DO THE WORK

WHILE YOU WAIT
TO GET ACCLIMATIZED.

YOU GO TO THE DEVIL.

NOW, NOW, MY BOY.

PERHAPS YOU WOULDN'T MIND
DECIPHERING THIS REPORT OF YOURS.

AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED, IT MIGHT
AS WELL BE WRITTEN IN CHINESE.

IF YOU'D SPEND A LITTLE MORE
TIME SHOWING ME WHAT I OUGHT TO DO

AND A LITTLE LESS TIME PROPHESYING
WHAT I WON'T DO, WE MIGHT GET SOMEWHERE.

NOW, NOW, NOW,
GENTLEMEN, PLEASE.

IN HUNDREDS OF SQUARE MILES,

THERE ARE ONLY
FOUR WHITE MEN.

WE ALL HAVE OUR FAULTS, AND
WE GET ON EACH OTHER'S NERVES.

THE LEAST WE CAN DO IS TO
MAKE ALLOWANCES FOR EACH OTHER

AND BE A LITTLE HUMAN.

WHAT DO YOU SAY,
WITZEL?

WELL, MAYBE THERE IS
SOMETHING IN WHAT YOU SAY.

YOU'RE RIGHT, DOCTOR.

SORRY IF I WAS
UNPLEASANT, WITZEL.

IT'S ALL RIGHT.

FEELING KIND OF
ROTTEN TODAY.

I KNOW. FORGET IT.

I'LL BE ALL RIGHT AS SOON
AS I GET ACCLIMATIZED.

THERE YOU GO WITH THAT BLASTED
WORD "ACCLIMATIZED" AGAIN!

ISN'T THERE ANOTHER WORD IN THE
ENGLISH LANGUAGE BUT "ACCLIMATIZED"?

ACCLIMATIZED,
ACCLIMATIZED!

YES! THERE'S "GO HOME"
AND "GO NATIVE"!

YEAH. WELL, PERHAPS I'M NOT
SO FAR WRONG ON THAT, EITHER.

I GOT A TIP TONDELAYO'S
BACK IN THE DISTRICT AGAIN.

AT YOUR INVITATION?

YOU MIND
YOUR OWN BUSINESS!

I'M RESIDENT
OF THIS DISTRICT,

AND IF SHE SETS HER
FOOT IN THIS STATION,

I'LL PUT A WHIP
ACROSS HER BACK

IF I HAVE TO DRAG HER
OUT OF YOUR ARMS TO DO IT.

YOU DIRTY,
ROTTEN-MINDED SWINE!

NO, NO, NO, MY BOY.

SOMEDAY I'LL KILL HIM.

I SWEAR IT!
SOMEDAY I'LL KILL HIM!

NO, NO, YOU MUSTN'T-

LET ME ALONE. YOU GET ON MY
NERVES AS MUCH AS HE DOES.

GET OUT. GET OUT!

IF THERE'S NO OTHER WAY
I CAN APPEAL TO YOU,

I MIGHT REMIND YOU
THAT I AM YOUR GUEST.

ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT,
I APOLOGIZE.

I'M SORRY.
WHAT MORE CAN I SAY?

IS IT TRUE WHAT WITZEL SAID
ABOUT TONDELAYO BEING BACK?

HOW SHOULD I KNOW?

OF COURSE, YOU DO KNOW
JUST WHO AND WHAT SHE IS.

YES, YES, YES.

SHE KNOWS HOW TO PURR
HER WAY INTO YOUR MIND

AND SCRATCH
HER WAY OUT,

ALWAYS TAKING
AND NEVER GIVING.

SHE'S THE NEAREST THING TO
A CIVILIZED WOMAN I'VE SEEN

IN FIVE
IMPOSSIBLE MONTHS.

HOW DO YOU DO,
AWYLA?

WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN
ALL THESE MONTHS?

MISSION AT LAGOS.

ALL PRAY, PRAY,
AND COOK, COOK.

TONDELAYO REMEMBER MUCH
AWYLA.

WHY DO YOU CALL ME
AWYLA?

AWYLA IS IBIO
FOR "MY MAN."

YOU BETTER GET OUT OF THE
DISTRICT BEFORE WITZEL FINDS YOU.

AWYLA AFRAID OF WITZEL?

I DESPISE HIM.

AWYLA TELL WITZEL
TONDELAYO GO WHERE SHE LIKE,

DO WHAT SHE LIKE...

SEE WHO SHE LIKE.

I'D LIKE NOTHING BETTER.

SIT DOWN, PLEASE.

NO, NO,
I MEAN THE CHAIR.

NO.

AWYLA MAKE MUSIC
FOR TONDELAYO.

YES?

THESE RECORDS ARE ALL
SCRATCHES AND MAPLE SYRUP.

HERE, LET ME SHOW
YOU HOW WE DO IT.

THAT'S RIGHT.

AWYLA AWFUL NICE.

YOU BETTER GO NOW.

I MAKE YOU
CHANGE YOUR MIND.

OH, NO, YOU WON'T.

TONDELAYO
MAKE YOU TIFFIN.

THEN YOU'LL FEEL
CHANGEABLE.

I TOLD YOU
TO CLEAR OUT.

ASHLEY, HIM BAD TEMPER
JUST LIKE YOU.

BUT WHEN I MAKE HIM TIFFIN,
HIM ALWAYS NICE.

LOOK, TONDELAYO-

SOME DAYS I MAKE HIM
TIFFIN 10, 20 TIMES.

HE MUST'VE BEEN
SOME TEA DRINKER.

OH, HE NO DRINK IT ALL.

SOME HE THROW AT ME,

SOME I THROW
BACK AT HIM.

HIM GAVE ME THIS.

COST PLENTY AT LAGOS.

YOU HAVE BOAT
BRING ME MUCH SILK?

YES?

I TOLD YOU I DIDN'T
WANT WITZEL-BOSS

TO FIND YOU HANGING
AROUND HERE.

HE NO DARE HURT ME.

YOU NO LET HIM.

YOU'RE THE MOST PERSISTENT
LITTLE DEVIL I'VE EVER SEEN.

AWYLA AWFUL NICE.

NOW, LOOK.

YOU'RE AMUSING,
AND I LIKE YOU,

BUT I DON'T WANT YOU
HANGING AROUND THIS BUNGALOW.

MAYBE WHEN THE BOAT
COMES IN-

WHAT COLOR SILK
YOU BUY ME?

THERE GOES THAT
CONFOUNDED LAMP AGAIN!

AWYLA, I THINK
I MAKE YOU TIFFIN.

A CUP OF TEA.

YOU THINK THAT CURES
ANYTHING, DON'T YOU?

MAKE ALL WHITE MEN
FEEL MUCH BETTER.

WELL, I DON'T WANT
TO FEEL ANY BETTER.

ALL I'M TRYING TO MAKE YOU UNDERSTAND
IS THAT I DON'T WANT YOU HERE.

YOU NO WANT ME HERE?

NO.

WHY?

BECAUSE.

AWYLA...

OH, WHAT'S THE USE?

WHEW!

AAH!

WHAT'S THE MATTER?

A SPLINTER!

SPLINTER!

DON'T SCREAM
THE PLACE DOWN.

COME ON,
I'LL GET IT FOR YOU.

IS THE FOOT
ALL RIGHT NOW?

EVERYTHING ALL RIGHT NOW.

THAT'S FINE.

GOOD NIGHT.

AWYLA NO WANT
TO PALAVER?

IT'S TOO HOT.

REALLY, I...

I WISH YOU WOULDN'T
STAY HERE.

YOU KNOW,
YOU'RE VERY PRETTY.

I KNOW.

WHO IS YOUR MOTHER?

WHAT ABOUT YOUR FATHER?

MAYBE I GET MUCH
BLUE SILK, HUH?

MAYBE.

LANGFORD.

HEY, DON'T GO IN THERE.

LANGFORD.

WELL, COME RIGHT IN.
MAKE YOURSELF AT HOME.

MAYBE YOU'D LIKE TO OPEN MY
SUITCASES OR READ MY MAIL.

I TOLD YOU I WANTED
A TABULATION

OF ALL THOSE NEW TREES
IN THE NORTHEAST SECTOR.

I DON'T WORK AT NIGHT.

YOU DON'T WORK AT ALL.

MAYBE ONE DAY, THEY'LL SEND ME
A MAN WITH GUTS FOR A CHANGE.

YOU BETTER GET OUT OF HERE RIGHT AWAY.

TONDELAYO SCARED
WITZEL SEE HER GO.

I'LL MAKE SURE THAT HE DOESN'T. COME ON.

WAIT A MINUTE.

HE'S GONE.

TONDELAYO MUCH SCARED
WITHOUT AWYLA.

ALL RIGHT,
I'LL TAKE YOU.

WHERE DO YOU GO?

UP RIVER.

TRADING POST.

COME ON.

DON'T RATTLE
THOSE BEADS.

HEY, WAIT A MINUTE.

WHEW. TAKE IT EASY,
WILL YOU?

IS IT MUCH FARTHER?

UH-UH.

I DIDN'T KNOW

THERE WAS A TRADING POST
AROUND HERE.

NO TRADING POST.

TONDELAYO
TELL NATIVES

TRADER
CHEAT THEM MUCH.

NATIVES NO TRADE.

HIM GO BACK
TO LAGOS.

HIM BUY TONDELAYO
MANY BANGLES.

HIM MUCH NICE MAN.

YOU CERTAINLY DON'T HAVE
ANY INHIBITIONS, DO YOU?

HUH?

I MEAN,
WHEN YOU WANT A THING,

YOU REALLY GO AFTER IT.

THEY WON'T HURT YOU.

MAYBE TONDELAYO
GO BACK TO LAGOS.

MAYBE TRADER STILL THERE.

TRADER LIKE TONDELAYO MUCH.

HE'D BE A FOOL
IF HE DIDN'T.

AWYLA...

BOAT'S DUE TOMORROW.

I'LL BUY YOU SILKS
AND BANGLES.

YOU COME FOR THEM
IN THE EVENING, HMM?

TONDELAYO NEVER GO
BUNGALOW AGAIN.

TONDELAYO MUCH SCARED
OF WITZEL.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO
BE AFRAID OF HIM.

NO.

BUT I WANT TO
SEE YOU AGAIN.

TONDELAYO WAIT
TILL AWYLA COME TO HER.

WELL...

WHERE WILL I FIND YOU
IN THIS WILDERNESS?

TONDELAYO BE HERE
TOMORROW NIGHT.

AWYLA COME, YES?

WHAT YOU DO IF WITZEL
FIND OUT TONDELAYO BACK?

IF HE LAID
A FINGER ON YOU,

I'D PUT A BULLET
THROUGH HIM.

LEAVE THOSE ALONE.
I WANT TO READ THEM.

I SAID LEAVE THOSE
ALONE. LEAVE THEM ALONE.

BLAST YOU, YOU UNDERSTAND
WHAT I'M SAYING.

LEAVE THEM ALONE.

FOR HEAVENS SAKES, TELL
THIS NATIVE TO CLEAR OUT.

HE GETS ON MY NERVES SO I WANT TO YELL.

THANKS.
DRIVES ME CRAZY.

I CAN'T MAKE HIM
UNDERSTAND A WORD.

I'LL NEVER BE ABLE

TO GET ONTO THEIR
BEASTLY TRIBAL LANGUAGES.

OH, THEY'LL COME EASY
AFTER A FEW YEARS.

YEARS?

SEEMS I'VE BEEN HERE
A CENTURY ALREADY.

WELL,
I'LL BE ALL RIGHT

WHEN I BECOME
ACCLIMATIZED.

I, UH...

I'M RUNNING
A LITTLE SHORT OF...

GO AHEAD.

OH, THANK YOU.

THAT'S MINE.

I DIDN'T KNOW
YOU WENT IN FOR JEWELRY.

I THOUGHT YOU TOLD ME

YOU HADN'T SEEN TONDELAYO
IN TWO MONTHS.

WELL, I HAVEN'T.

SHE DROPPED THIS

THE NIGHT I PLAYED
THE GRAMOPHONE FOR HER.

THAT'S THE OLDEST TRICK
IN THE WORLD.

THE LONGER SHE STAYS AWAY,
THE MORE LONELY YOU GET.

YOUR MIND'S GETTING MORE
LIKE WITZEL'S EVERY DAY.

WHAT IF SHE WERE ONE
OF OUR OWN WOMEN?

WOULD YOU STILL PUT THE
SAME IMPLICATIONS ON IT?

WELL, THAT'S DIFFERENT.

TONDELAYO
MEANS NOTHING TO ME.

GLAD TO HEAR THAT,
MY BOY.

EVEN OUT IN THIS COUNTRY,

WE LIVE UP
TO CERTAIN STANDARDS.

I RESENT BEING TOLD WHAT I
CAN DO AND WHAT I CAN'T DO.

WHAT RIGHT'S WITZEL GOT TO
SCARE HER OUT OF THE TERRITORY?

SHE HAS MORE RIGHT HERE
THAN WE HAVE.

I KNOW JUST HOW
YOU FEEL, MY BOY.

I ONLY DROPPED IN
TO WARN YOU.

SHE'S BEEN SEEN
DOWNRIVER.

HOW FAR DOWNRIVER?

I REALLY
COULDN'T SAY.

WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN?

I'VE LOOKED
EVERYWHERE FOR YOU.

DID YOU GO TO LAGOS?

WHY DIDN'T YOU
SEND ME SOME WORD?

WITZEL.

WITZEL, WITZEL! EVERYTHING
OUT HERE IS WITZEL.

DOES HE OWN
ALL OF AFRICA

AND EVERYTHING THAT
LIVES AND BREATHES IN IT?

YOU'RE COMING BACK WITH ME
RIGHT NOW FOR A SHOWDOWN.

TONDELAYO NO WANT WHIP.

AWYLA GO LAGOS?

TAKE TONDELAYO?

AND HEAR WITZEL SAY
I QUIT? I'D DIE FIRST.

BUT I'VE GOT TO
SEE YOU SOMETIMES.

I'VE GONE CRAZY LISTENING TO THE DOCTOR

TELL THE SAME STORIES
OVER AND OVER AGAIN

AND TO WITZEL'S
TIRADES.

YOU'RE
MY ONLY SALVATION.

NO GO RUBBER STATION.

WITZEL WON'T DARE TOUCH YOU. I SWEAR IT.

I GOT YOU
A LOT OF SILKS

AND SOME
COPPER BEADS.

NEXT TRIP, THERE WILL
BE A NEW GRAMOPHONE.

DON'T YOU WANT TO
SEE ME ANYMORE?

IF AWYLA
WERE BIG BOSS RESIDENT,

TONDELAYO BE VERY HAPPY.

TONDELAYO COULD GO
WHERE SHE LIKE...

IF WITZEL WERE...

AFTER TOMORROW, YOU'LL
BE ABLE TO COME AND GO

ANYWHERE YOU LIKE
IN THIS TERRITORY.

AND WITZEL WON'T BE ABLE
TO DO A THING ABOUT IT...

EVER AGAIN.

BUT YOU-
YOU DON'T MEAN IT.

YES.

BUT-

YES, YES, YES.

BUT IT WON'T DO,
I TELL YOU.

I'LL BE THE JUDGE
OF THAT.

BUT THAT'S SOMETHING
YOU'LL REGRET ALL YOUR LIFE.

IT'S-
IT'S UNWHOLESOME.

I SUPPOSE
IF I DIDN'T MARRY HER,

IT WOULD BE ALL RIGHT.

I'D RATHER DIE THAN GIVE
WITZEL THAT SATISFACTION.

MY BOY,
YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND.

THAT'S WHAT I'M TRYING
TO MAKE YOU FIGHT.

IT'S A QUIRK THAT'S BECOME AN OBSESSION.

IT'S TAKING AWAY
YOUR REASON.

AH!

IT'S AFFECTING
YOUR MIND.

THANKS. I LIKE
TO BE TOLD TO MY FACE

THAT I'M A DRIVELING IDIOT.

OH, PLEASE,
LISTEN, MY BOY.

GO HOME.

I'M BEGGING YOU AS
I WOULD MY OWN SON

IF I HAD ONE.
GO HOME.

AND HEAR WITZEL SAY,
"I TOLD YOU YOU'D QUIT?"

THERE GOES
THE OBSESSION AGAIN.

WITZEL! WITZEL! WITZEL!

I SEEM TO BE THE TOPIC
OF THIS CONVERSATION.

WITZEL, I NEED YOUR HELP.

LANGFORD NEEDS YOUR HELP.

LET'S FOR THE MOMENT
FORGET ALL OUR DIFFERENCES.

LANGFORD HAS DECIDED
TO MARRY TONDELAYO.

DID YOU SAY MARRY?

THAT'S SOMETHING YOU DIDN'T
PROPHESY, ISN'T IT, WITZEL?

LOOK, HERE,
LANGFORD...

I'VE NEVER BEEN
VERY STRONG FOR YOU,

BUT I'M GOING TO GIVE
YOU A PIECE OF ADVICE.

WHEN I WANT YOUR ADVICE,
I'LL ASK FOR IT.

IF YOU MARRY
THIS WOMAN,

YOU'RE GOING
THROUGH A HELL

NO MAN CAN
STAND UP AGAINST.

YOU'RE
SO BADLY LICKED

THERE ISN'T A MAN
ANYWHERE ALONG THIS COAST

NO MATTER HOW FAR
DOWN HE'S GONE

WHO WOULDN'T RATHER
SEE YOU DEAD.

I DON'T CARE
WHAT ANY OF YOU THINK.

TONDELAYO'S THE ONLY THING
THAT MATTERS TO ME NOW.

THAT'S DAMP ROT.

WITZEL, YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHAT
PLEASURE YOU'RE GIVING ME.

I WOULDN'T MISS
THE SATISFACTION

OF STICKING MY FOOT THROUGH
ONE OF YOUR PROPHECIES

FOR ANYTHING IN THE WORLD.

BUT DON'T BE
A BLASTED FOOL!

WHY MARRY A WOMAN
LIKE TONDELAYO?

SHE'D RATHER
YOU GAVE HER

A TRUMPERY PIECE
OF JEWELRY ANY DAY.

AND IF YOU DO
MARRY HER,

YOU'RE A BIGGER FOOL
THAN EVEN I THINK YOU ARE.

GOT YOUR MESSAGE URGING ME
TO COME QUICKLY.

I THOUGHT YOU MIGHT BE ILL.

HE'S NOT ILL.
HE'S STARK, STARING MAD.

WANTS YOU TO MARRY HIM
TO TONDELAYO.

YES, YOU'D BETTER
TALK TO HIM, PADRE.

HE WON'T LISTEN TO US.

NO.

I TELL YOU AS A MAN-

AS A MAN WHO'S LIVED
IN THE TROPICS FOR 20 YEARS.

SURELY
YOU'RE NOT ASKING ME

TO MARRY YOU
TO THIS WOMAN.

NO, NO. I'M JUST DOING THIS
FOR A LITTLE AMUSEMENT.

OF COURSE
I WANT TO MARRY HER.

WHAT'S MORE, I'M GOING TO.

THEN YOU WILL HAVE
TO FIND SOMEONE ELSE

TO PERFORM
THE CEREMONY.

SO THE DAMP ROT'S
GOT YOU, TOO.

WHAT RIGHT HAVE YOU
TO REFUSE?

I TELL YOU
I LOVE THIS WOMAN.

I CAN'T AND WON'T LIVE
HERE ALONE ANY LONGER.

BUT THE CIRCUMSTANCES-

CIRCUMSTANCES
BE HANGED!

WOULD YOU HAVE
REFUSED TO MARRY US

WHEN YOU FIRST
CAME OUT HERE?

NO. YOU'D HAVE SAID SHE
WAS ONE OF GOD'S CREATURES.

WELL, SHE ISN'T
ANY DIFFERENT NOW.

IT'S YOU
THAT'S DIFFERENT.

PLEASE REMEMBER
YOU'RE NOT YOURSELF.

IS THE POWER VESTED IN YOU TO MARRY US?

YES, BUT I FEEL-

I'M NOT ASKING YOU
WHAT YOU FEEL!

DO YOU REFUSE?

WELL, I FEEL THAT BEFORE
YOU DO A THING OF THIS KIND,

YOU SHOULD GIVE IT
EVERY CONSIDER-

DO YOU REFUSE?

IF YOU'VE ANY GUTS IN YOU
AT ALL, ROBERTS, REFUSE!

ALL MY INSTINCTS
URGE ME TO,

BUT MY CALLING
COMPELS ME TO COMPLY

WITH THE PRECEPTS
OF MY FAITH

AND JOIN THEM
IN HOLY MATRIMONY,

IF LANGFORD INSISTS.

THANKS.

TONDELAYO.

JUST A MINUTE!

I'VE HEARD
ALL I WANT FROM YOU.

YOU'RE GOING TO
HEAR PLENTY MORE.

TONDELAYO.

YES, AWYLA.

YOU WANT TO STAY HERE
WITH ME, DON'T YOU?

NOT JUST FOR A MONTH,
BUT ALWAYS.

AWYLA GIVE ME MUCH SILK
AND MANY BANGLES.

YOU SEE? SHE DOESN'T EVEN UNDERSTAND

WHAT YOU'RE
TALKING ABOUT.

YOU UNDERSTAND
ALL RIGHT, DON'T YOU?

NOW...

SURE.

AWYLA BUY ME MANY THINGS.

NO BEAT ME MUCH,

AND TONDELAYO STAY
LONG TIME.

EVERYONE CALL ME
MRS. LANGFORD.

MRS. LANGFORD.

TONDELAYO FEEL VERY HAPPY.

MRS. LANGFORD
MAKE YOU TIFFIN.

MRS. LANGFORD
GIVE DOCTOR WHISKEY.

OH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

NO, NO. I...

WITZEL,
HIM TAKE GIN AND LIME.

GET OUT OF HERE!
GET OUT!

NOW YOU GET OUT.

I'LL GO WHEN I GET THROUGH
WITH YOU, AND NOT BEFORE.

YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR
WHAT I'VE GOT TO SAY

IF I HAVE TO HOLD YOU
DOWN AND CHOKE IT INTO YOU.

YOU CAN'T PRETEND THAT A FEW
WORDS FROM THE PADRE THERE

CAN SANCTIFY THIS THING,
YOU KNOW THEY CAN'T.

AND YOU, PADRE, YOU KNOW
BLASTED WELL THEY CAN'T.

I HAVE NO CHOICE,
WITZEL.

MY DUTY COMPELS ME
TO COMPLY.

DUTY? HAVEN'T YOU FORGOTTEN
THE MEANING OF THE WORD?

WHERE'S YOUR COMMUNION OF
THOUGHT? YOUR OWN WORDS, PADRE.

IF YOU WERE
BACK HOME NOW,

WOULD YOU MARRY
THAT WOMAN

TO THIS POOR,
HALF-DEMENTED FOOL?

I CAN'T ANSWER THAT. THINGS
OUT HERE ARE SO DIFFERENT.

YOU MEAN
YOU'RE DIFFERENT.

IF YOUR UNDERSTANDING OF THE
MARRIAGE SACRAMENT IS SO WARPED

AS TO ALLOW YOU
TO PERFORM THIS FARCE,

THEN YOU SHOULD BE
UNFROCKED.

YOU'RE GOING
TOO FAR, WITZEL.

I HAVE
NO LEGAL RIGHT

TO REFUSE
THIS MARRIAGE,

BECAUSE TONDELAYO IS NOT OF ACCRA BLOOD.

ARE YOU CRAZY, TOO?

WHAT'S THAT YOU SAID?

SHE'LL TELL YOU HERSELF
THAT SHE'S HALF-ACCRA.

I'M TELLING YOU HER FATHER WAS EGYPTIAN,

HER MOTHER
A LOW-CASTE ARAB.

BOTH DIED AT THE HANDS
OF WANDERING ACCRAS

WHO ALLOWED THE CHILD TO SURVIVE.

I HAVE UNDENIABLE PROOF AT THE MISSION.

WHY HAVE YOU KEPT THIS
TO YOURSELF?

AFRAID OF THE EFFECT

IT MIGHT HAVE ON HIS CONVERTS, I'LL BET.

YES, THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT
MY CONSCIENCE TOLD ME.

TONDELAYO COULD ONLY
MEAN ANOTHER EXAMPLE

OF OUR FAILURE.

ANOTHER OF YOUR PROPHECIES
GONE UP IN SMOKE, WITZEL.

GET THAT!
I'M MARRYING ONE OF US.

WHAT DIFFERENCE
DOES THAT MAKE?

I'M NOT ARGUING
ABOUT GEOGRAPHY.

IT'S WHAT SHE IS
THAT COUNTS.

LOOK HERE, LANGFORD, YOU MAY
THINK I'VE BEEN TOUGH ON YOU.

ALL RIGHT, I HAVE.

MAYBE SOMETIMES I'VE
EVEN BEEN UNFAIR,

BUT IT WAS ALL FOR
YOUR OWN GOOD, LANGFORD,

BECAUSE I SAW WHEN
YOU FIRST CAME OUT HERE

THAT YOU WERE NOT CUT OUT FOR THIS JOB.

AND I WAS IN HOPES THAT
YOU'D QUIT AND GO ON BACK HOME

BEFORE IT WAS
TOO LATE.

FOR 7 YEARS,
I'VE WATCHED

A TRIBE OF YOU
FELLAS COME AND GO,

BUT BY THE SAINTS, I'VE
NEVER RUN INTO ANYBODY

AS PIGHEADED
AS YOU ARE.

YOU'RE ONLY MAKING
IT WORSE, WITZEL.

KEEP OUT OF THIS, YOU
OLD FOOL. KEEP OUT.

YOU WANT TO SEE THIS POOR
WRECK COMPLETELY DESTROYED

BY A CEREMONY THAT CAN'T
BE ANYTHING BUT A MOCKERY?

YOU'RE JEALOUS,
WITZEL!

JEALOUS,
YOU POOR FOOL?

DO YOU THINK IF I WANTED TO DECORATE HER

IN A LOT OF CHEAP JEWELRY
SHE WOULDN'T COME TO ME?

SHE'D
COME RIGHT NOW.

THAT'S WHAT YOU THINK.

WHAT ARE YOU
GOING TO DO

WHEN YOUR TIME IS UP
AND YOU GO ON BACK HOME?

WILL YOU TAKE THAT CONNIVING
SCUM OF THE WEST COAST

BACK WITH YOU THEN?

NO, YOU BET
YOUR LIFE YOU WON'T,

AND I'LL TELL YOU
WHY YOU WON'T.

BECAUSE EVEN IF
YOU HAD THE GUTS TO,

SHE'D WALK OUT
ON YOU

FOR THE FIRST PIECE
OF TRUMPERY JEWELRY

THAT WAS DANGLED IN FRONT OF HER EYES.

TRY IT, WITZEL.
JUST TRY IT.

IF YOU THINK YOU'RE
DOING THIS TO SPITE ME,

IF YOU THINK YOU'RE
BEATING MY PROPHECY,

YOU'VE GOT ANOTHER
GUESS COMING,

BECAUSE YOU'RE DOING
EXACTLY WHAT I SAID YOU'D DO,

ONLY YOU'RE CALLING IT BY ANOTHER NAME.

YOU'RE JEALOUS, WITZEL...

AND YOU'RE A SWINE.

CALL IT MARRIAGE! CALL
IT WHATEVER YOU LIKE!

IT'S STILL PLAIN
MAMMY-PALAVER!

AND YOU, PADRE, TRICK
IT UP WITH A FEW WORDS,

HOLY OR UNHOLY, IT'S
STILL MAMMY-PALAVER!

VOWS OR NO VOWS,
YOU CAN'T SANCTIFY IT!

IT'S JUST MAMMY-PALAVER!

GET THAT INTO YOUR SKULL,
LANGFORD. IT'S MAMMY-PALAVER!

MAMMY-PALAVER!

WITZEL,
GET A HOLD OF YOURSELF.

FOR WHAT,
FOR HEAVENS SAKES!

TONDELAYO.

WHAT YOU DO WITH HIM?

DID YOU HEAR WHAT THE
MISSIONARY SAID ABOUT YOU?

LOOK. FUNNY.

I WANT TO EXPLAIN
SOMETHING TO YOU

THAT'LL MAKE YOU
VERY PROUD.

HIM MAKE BIG FACE
THIS SIDE...

HIM MAKE LITTLE FACE
THIS SIDE.

NEVER MIND THAT NOW.

IT'S IMPORTANT WHAT
I HAVE TO TELL YOU.

WHY YOU NO WEAR THIS?
MUCH PRETTY.

WHEN THE MISSIONARY
COMES BACK TO MARRY US,

HE'LL EXPLAIN A LOT
OF THINGS TO YOU-

ABOUT YOUR PARENTS,
WHO THEY WERE.

SURE.

FROM NOW ON, YOU'LL BE
TREATED AS YOU DESERVE.

WHAT DO YOU THINK
OF THAT?

I THINK AWYLA AWFUL NICE.

LOOK.

YEAH.

FOR HEAVEN SAKES,
TURN THAT THING OFF.

I'VE READ THE SAME
SENTENCE OVER 20 TIMES.

TONDELAYO LIKE MUSIC.

DO YOU HAVE TO
PLAY THE SAME THING

OVER AND OVER
AND OVER AGAIN?

PRETTY, HUH?

MMM.

MAYBE YOU BUY ME GOLD ONES

WHEN YOU TAKE ME
TO DUELLA.

DON'T YOU EVER THINK
OF ANYTHING BUT JEWELRY?

YOU'VE GOT ENOUGH JUNK
NOW TO OPEN A SHOP.

JUST THE SAME,

YOU SAY YOU BUY ME
MUCH SILK AND MANY BANGLES.

WELL, HAVEN'T I?

SURE...

BUT TONDELAYO WANT MORE.

TONDELAYO
ALWAYS WANTS MORE.

TONDELAYO
MUST BE VERY PROUD.

SHE IS MRS. LANGFORD.

SHE MUST HAVE MORE THINGS
THAN ANYBODY ELSE.

ASHLEY...

HIM GIVE ME EVERYTHING,

AND I NO HAVE TO MARRY HIM.

ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT!

I'LL BUY YOU
ANYTHING YOU LIKE!

FOR HEAVENS SAKES,
DON'T MAKE ME ARGUE

ON A NIGHT
LIKE THIS.

I GET YOU GIN AND LIME.

NO.

AWYLA MAKE ME SICK.
ALWAYS IT IS TOO HOT.

ALL TIME WE DO NOTHING.

AWYLA JUST SIT AND SIT AND
NOT GIVE HANG ABOUT ANYTHING!

WHAT AM I SUPPOSED
TO DO, SING AND DANCE?

BE A CLOWN?

I MARRIED TO YOU
FOR 5 MONTHS,

AND YOU NOT BEAT ME ONCE.

DON'T BE RIDICULOUS.

AWYLA, PLEASE BEAT ME,

THEN MAYBE YOU FEEL
MUCH BETTER.

SOON WE MAKE UP.

MUCH LOVE.

MANY BANGLES.

LOOK, IN A FEW WEEKS,
THE QUEEN WILL BE IN.

I'VE ORDERED YOU
A LOT OF SILKS

AND A PARASOL
AND GOODNESS KNOWS WHAT.

MAYBE THEY'LL AMUSE YOU
FOR A FEW DAYS.

SOON I'LL SEND YOU
TO THE SISTERS AT LAGOS.

THE SISTERS AT LAGOS
MAKE ME SICK.

I AM MRS. LANGFORD.

THEY CANNOT MAKE ME COOK
AND PRAY ANYMORE.

WHEN THE DOCTOR COMES,

TELL HIM I'LL BE BACK.

I MUCH RATHER WITZEL COME.

WHY WE NO MAKE TIFFIN
FOR HIM SOMETIME?

WHY THE SUDDEN INTEREST
IN WITZEL?

HIM MUCH LONELY.

HIM WATCH TONDELAYO PLENTY.

OH, HE DOES?

HIM ALWAYS NEAR RIVER
WHEN TONDELAYO SWIM.

YOU KEEP AWAY
FROM WITZEL.

HE WANTS NO PART
OF US,

AND WE WANT
NO PART OF HIM.

MRS. LANGFORD.

MRS. LANGFORD.

JIM FISH!

PICK UP!

MRS. LANGFORD
DOES NOT ACCRA PALAVER.

PICK UP!

PICK UP! PICK UP!
MUCH QUICK!

PICK UP!

PICK UP, OR
I HAVE YOU WHIPPED!

CAREFUL.

MUCH CAREFUL.

AAH!

WELL, WELL,
BLESS MY SOUL.

WHAT ARE YOU DOING
WITH THAT WHIP?

TONDELAYO SCARE MUCH
DEVIL OUT OF NATIVE.

YEAH.

WHERE'S YOUR HUSBAND?

HIM OUT.
HIM ALWAYS OUT.

HIM SAY NOT
COME BACK TILL LATE.

I TOLD HIM
I WAS COMING OVER.

SURE.

HIM SAY TOO HOT
TO PALAVER WITH YOU.

REALLY? I HOPE
HE'S NOT SICK.

AWYLA ALWAYS SICK.

IF HE STAY SICK,

TONDELAYO GO AWAY.

BUT YOU CAN'T DO THAT.

YOU'RE MARRIED.

SURE.
I'M MRS. LANGFORD.

WELL, I DON'T MEAN THAT.

IT'S NOT THE NAME.

IT'S THE MEANING
OF MARRIAGE THAT COUNTS.

OH... ALWAYS
THEY COME DOWN.

DAMP ROT.

THIS TIME WE'LL
LEAVE IT DOWN.

WELL, IF HE'S NOT
COMING BACK,

I'LL RUN ALONG.

HELLO, LANGFORD.

I THOUGHT YOU WERE
COMING OVER.

TONDELAYO SAID YOU WERE
TOO HOT TO TALK.

UNFORTUNATELY, TONDELAYO
STILL LIES ON PRINCIPLE.

SHE HASN'T YET LEARNED
TO TELL THE TRUTH

WHERE A LIE WILL DO
JUST AS WELL.

WITH LOTS OF PATIENCE,
MY BOY,

YOU'LL TEACH HER.

EVERY TIME I GO DOWN
THAT RIVER,

I SWEAR I'LL NEVER
COME BACK.

THEN I SEE THAT LEER
ON WITZEL'S FACE,

AND BY THE TIME
THE SUN'S GONE DOWN,

THERE'S ONLY ONE THOUGHT
BEATING IN MY MIND,

"TONDELAYO.
TONDELAYO."

WHAT DO YOU WANT?

NOTHING.

TAKE IT AND GET OUT THEN.

WHY YOU NO EVER
COME SEE AWYLA?

WHY YOU NO EVER
COME SEE ME?

FOR THE SAME REASON
I DON'T TREAD ON SNAKES.

ONE TIME TONDELAYO THINK
YOU LIKE HER MUCH.

ASHLEY,
HIM THOUGHT SO, TOO.

YEAH.

YOU MADE SURE OF THAT
ALL RIGHT, DIDN'T YOU?

ONE TIME TONDELAYO THINK

SHE LIKE TO MAKE
TIFFIN FOR YOU.

MAYBE I SHOULD HAVE
LET YOU.

THAT MIGHT HAVE SAVED A LOT OF TROUBLE.

TONDELAYO KNOW.

WITZEL MUCH LONELY.

TONDELAYO LIKE WITZEL MUCH.

GET OUT OF HERE
AND STAY OUT.

YOU NO LIKE AWYLA.

AWYLA NO LIKE YOU.

WHY YOU NO SEND HIM BACK ON BIG SHIP?

I WOULD IF I THOUGHT
HE'D TAKE YOU WITH HIM.

MAYBE TONDELAYO STAY
AND MAKE TIFFIN FOR YOU.

OH, SO YOU'RE FED UP
WITH HIM, ARE YOU?

AWYLA SPEAK
TO TONDELAYO

AS IF SHE WERE ACCRA
WOMAN WITH NO SPIRIT.

TONDELAYO NO NATIVE.

TONDELAYO
MRS. LANGFORD.

TONDELAYO WISH PLENTY MUCH SHE WASN'T.

YOU'RE STUCK WITH THAT POOR SAP,
AND YOU CAN'T WIGGLE OUT OF IT.

POETIC JUSTICE.

TONDELAYO
MUST ALWAYS STAY

NO MATTER
WHAT SHE WANTS?

NO MATTER
WHAT SHE WANTS.

IT ISN'T A MATTER OF
SILKS AND BANGLES ANYMORE.

NOW YOU'RE MARRIED, AND THERE ISN'T
A MAN ANYWHERE ALONG THIS COAST

WHO'LL EVER
GIVE YOU A TUMBLE.

REMEMBER WHAT THE PADRE
SAID AT THE CEREMONY?

HIM TALK
ALL THE TIME.

"I JOIN YOU TWO
IN HOLY MATRIMONY

TILL DEATH DO YOU PART."

THAT MEANS
THAT YOU'RE HIS PROPERTY

FOR AS LONG AS HE LIVES.

MAYBE AWYLA SEND ME
AWAY SOMEDAY.

OH, NO. IT'S THE SAME LAW
FOR BOTH OF YOU.

NOW GET OUT OF HERE
AND STAY OUT THIS TIME.

AAH!

NOW WHAT'S WRONG?

SPLINTER! SPLINTER!

TAKE OUT.

LET ME SEE IT.

WITZEL AWFUL NICE.

YOU CONNIVING LITTLE CHEAT.

I GAVE YOU A CHANCE
TO GET OUT OF HERE.

NOW I'M GOING TO
THROW YOU OUT.

COME ON!
NO! NO!

TONDELAYO!

LET ME GO!
LET ME GO!

LET ME GO!

AWYLA!

WE'RE GOING TO
FINISH THIS RIGHT NOW.

GET AWAY,
YOU BLASTED FOOL!

YOU...

MAYBE THAT WILL
HELP YOU ACCLIMATIZE.

HI.

I THINK HIM
MUCH BETTER.

HERE. HERE.

HERE'S SOME NEW MEDICINE.

JUST GIVE HIM A DOSE
EVERY 3 HOURS.

I'LL BE BACK.

NO.

I DON'T WANT
ANY MORE.

DOCTOR SAY
YOU MUST TAKE.

QUININE GOOD
FOR FEVER.

WE'VE GOT TO DO
SOMETHING AND DO IT QUICK.

I WANT TO THANK YOU.

THE DOCTOR HAS TOLD ME WHAT
A GOOD NURSE YOU'VE BEEN.

GET ME SOME QUININE.

AWYLA NO DIE, HEY?

BUT IF AWYLA DIE,

TONDELAYO HAVE
NO PLACE TO GO.

THAT'S TOO BAD.

MAYBE ONE DAY
I MAKE TIFFIN FOR YOU, EH?

I'M AFRAID HE'S
A VERY SICK MAN.

DELIRIOUS.

MUTTERING ABOUT
QUININE BURNS HIS THROAT.

QUININE BURNS?

THAT'S FUNNY.

I'VE NEVER HEARD OF A FEVER
TAKING THIS FORM BEFORE.

I'LL TAKE
A LOOK AT HIM.

BE VERY CAREFUL, WITZEL,
DON'T IRRITATE HIM.

WHAT DO YOU THINK
I AM, A RASH?

FRANKLY, I'M STUMPED.

IT CAME ON
SO SUDDENLY,

AND IT'S GROWING
WORSE ALL THE TIME.

DOCTOR! DOCTOR!

WHAT IS IT?

WHY IS HIS TONGUE
DISCOLORED LIKE THAT?

WELL, I DON'T KNOW.

IS THERE ANYTHING
YOU DO KNOW?

THAT'S ONLY
JUST SHOWN UP.

WHAT'S THE MATTER
WITH HIS TONGUE?

IT HAS A BLACK
COATING ON IT

THAT'S MOST UNUSUAL.

MOST UNUSUAL.

BY THE SAINTS.

COME HERE.

WHAT A LOT
OF FOOLS WE ARE.

IT'S AS PLAIN
AS DAYLIGHT.

HE'S BEING POISONED
BY TONDELAYO.

AND I PUT THE IDEA
INTO HER HEAD.

TOLD HER SHE'D HAVE
TO STAY WITH HIM

TILL DEATH
DO THEM PART.

I'LL STAKE MY LIFE

THAT SHE'S GIVING THAT
POOR DEVIL HIS TICKET.

IF THE BOAT WOULD ONLY
COME WITH MY SUPPLIES.

I'M HOT.

I'M SO HOT.

LANGFORD, WHAT
ARE YOU DOING UP?

PUT HIM ON THE COUCH.

I'M COLD.

GET SOME BLANKETS.

I'M COLD.

GET ME MY BAG.
I NEED SOME MORPHINE.

NO, IT'S NOT IN THERE.

IT'S IN MY PLACE
OR WITZEL'S.

I FORGET WHICH.

NOW, IT'S ALL RIGHT,
MY BOY.

IT'S ALL RIGHT.

THE BOAT WILL
BE HERE SOON.

WE'RE GOING
TO SEND YOU HOME.

HOME.

WELL?

WELL, THAT'S-THAT'S
BETTER THAN MORPHINE.

IT'S SORT OF A COMA.

THERE'S THE BOAT.

HE'LL BE ALL RIGHT
FOR A FEW MINUTES.

I'LL GET
MY MEDICINES.

I'M STAYING WITH HIM. I'M
NOT TAKING ANY CHANCES.

NOBODY'D DO
ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

WELL, I'LL BE
RIGHT BACK.

POOR DEVIL.

WHAT ARE YOU DOING?

WHAT ARE YOU
GIVING HIM?

QUININE.

DOCTOR SAY
GIVE HIM MUCH.

DID HE SAY TO GIVE HIM A BOTTLEFUL?

DID HE SAY
A BOTTLEFUL?

I NO GIVE HIM
BOTTLEFUL.

SEE?

LET ME LOOK AT IT.

I SAID LET ME
LOOK AT IT.

THIS ISN'T QUININE.

NO?

NO. WHERE'D
YOU GET IT?

DOCTOR MAKE IT.

HIM SAY AWYLA
MUST TAKE IT.

DOCTOR, HUH?

WELL, IF THE DOCTOR
SAID SO,

YOU BETTER
GIVE IT TO HIM.

UGH!

KEEP YOUR HANDS DOWN OR
I'LL CHOKE THE LIFE OUT YOU.

NOW WHAT'S
IN THIS BOTTLE?

MEDICINE.

WHERE'D YOU GET IT?

DOCTOR!

YOU'RE LYING!
NO! MEDICINE!

STOP SICKNESS.

STOP SICKNESS, EH?

ALL RIGHT,
THEN YOU TAKE IT.

NO! NO!

NOW I'LL TELL YOU
WHAT I THINK IT IS.

IT'S THE JUICE
FROM THE JUNA.

AND IF IT IS, YOU'RE
TRYING TO POISON HIM.

INSTEAD OF WHICH,
YOU'LL POISON YOURSELF.

NO. NOT JUNA.
MEDICINE.

ALL RIGHT,
THEN IF IT'S MEDICINE,

IT WON'T DO YOU
ANY HARM TO TAKE IT.

AS RESIDENT OF THIS DISTRICT,
THAT'S THE COURT'S ORDER.

OPEN YOUR GULLET.
COME ON HERE!

NO! POISON!
POISON!

NO!

NO! NO!

AAH!

I'LL MAKE CALIBAR
THE FIRST STOP.

A NEW MAN'S ARRIVED,
WITZEL.

HE'S SUPERINTENDING
HIS LUGGAGE.

I IMAGINE HE'S A VERY
CHARMING FELLOW.

YOU ALWAYS
IMAGINE THAT.

WE'LL START LOADING.

NEVER MIND THE CONSIGNMENTS, SKIPPER.

I'LL TAKE
THAT RESPONSIBILITY.

WHAT, NO CARGO?

YES.

WHITE CARGO.

GET HIM
ON BOARD.

EASY, YOU BLIGHTERS,

AND DON'T SHAKE HIM
TOO MUCH NOW.

COME ON DOC, YOU AND THE
SICK MAN CAN HAVE MY CABIN.

SO LONG, WITZEL.

GOOD LUCK,
SKIPPER.

YOU'RE, UH,
COMING BACK, DOCTOR?

YES, I'LL BE BACK.

WELL, GOOD LUCK
TO BOTH OF YOU.

I'VE BEEN WITH YOU
FOR NEARLY 3 YEARS.

I THINK I'M JUST
BEGINNING TO KNOW YOU.

WE'RE GETTING QUITE
SENTIMENTAL, AREN'T WE?

NO. WE'RE GETTING
QUITE HUMAN.

I SAY, I THINK
I'M LOST, DOCTOR.

UH...

THEY DIRECTED ME WHERE
I COULD FIND MR. WITZEL,

BUT NOBODY SEEMED
TO BE THERE.

BLACK FELLOW DIDN'T UNDERSTAND
A BEASTLY THING I SAID.

THIS IS MR. WITZEL.

MAY I PRESENT
MR. WORTHING?

I'M TREMENDOUSLY GLAD
TO KNOW YOU, SIR.

I'M SORRY THAT I WON'T BE ABLE
TO SHOW YOU AROUND, MR. WORTHING,

BUT MY PROFESSIONAL DUTIES
CALL ME ELSEWHERE.

HOWEVER, YOU'LL FIND
MR. WITZEL

A VERY CHARMING MAN...

WHEN YOU GET
TO KNOW HIM.

VERY CHARMING INDEED.

FUNNY-LOOKING PLACE,
ISN'T IT?

YEAH, VERY FUNNY.

GREAT HUNTING, I'LL BET.

YEAH. GREAT.

ARE THE NATIVES FRIENDLY?

YOU KNOW, MR. WITZEL, I'M GOING
TO IMPROVE THINGS OUT HERE.

THAT IS, WHEN I
BECOME ACCLIMATIZED.

WHEN YOU BECOME
ACCLIMATIZED!

BY THE SAINTS, THAT'S
WHAT I'LL MAKE YOU DO.

ACCLIMATIZE!

THERE'S A JOB
TO BE DONE HERE,

AND YOU MIGHT JUST AS
WELL BE THE ONE TO DO IT.

I'LL LISTEN TO
YOUR NONSENSE

AND WET-NURSE YOU WHEN YOU'RE HOMESICK,

BUT YOU'RE GOING TO STICK, MR. WORTHING,

GET THAT
INTO YOUR SKULL!

YOU'RE GOING TO
STICK!

OH, I'LL STICK, SIR,
I SWEAR I WILL!

I'M FED UP WITH YOU SAPS
WHO KEEP COMING AND GOING.

LET ME TELL YOU WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.

ALL YOU'LL KNOW IN THE
NEXT FEW YEARS IS RUBBER.

RUBBER AND MORE
RUBBER,

UNTIL IT COMES OUT OF YOUR
EARS AND GETS INTO YOUR HAIR.

RUBBER,
MR. WORTHING!

RUBBER!
RUBBER! RUBBER!

I'LL STICK, MR. WITZEL.

I'LL STICK. I'LL STICK!

AND I STUCK.

YES, SIR,
YOU BET I STUCK.

AND YOU BECAME
ACCLIMATIZED?

DON'T EVER USE
THAT WORD TO ME!