All language subtitles for Lorna Doone 1951

lorna dune

a romance of exmoor england

1673

if anybody cares to read a simple tale

which i will set down in order

god's sparing my life

at the time my story begins the people

of exmoor valley were ruled by sirens or

dune and his kinsmen

overlords of all the valley farmlands

dune castle stood on a craggy mountain

to which there was only one known

entrance

a narrow cleft in the hills guarded by a

strong drawbridge

but in this castle burned an ambition so

great

that even the king found need to curb it

he ordered his lord sheriff dwight

chelsea

to draw up a proclamation against them

it decreed

but for their part in cromwell's

conspiracy against the crown

all dunes were outlawed but their lands

confiscated

but charles ii was in london

with heavy and greedy hands

now that we're outlaws in sir it seems

my sons are well prepared for it if

crown will have lived we'd have tripled

our lands and you might have been prime

minister of england

yes councillor he did us a bad turn by

dying

as well as himself but regrets won't

heal the past nor help live traitors

grandfather what's a traitor anyone who

differs with the king lorna my dear

does this mean that yokos won't have to

obey us now this parchment says they

don't cover

what do we say father yes brother

charlie with us a fair question do we

stand our ground or cut and run for

scotland

i'm a bit too old for running brother

and lorna's much too young

we'll be outlaws here and explore do you

agree

the walls of dune castle are thicker

than this parchment and the king's

troops are busy in france

will continue as overlords of exmore

with or without the law

it is herewith decreed that sir and sir

dune and all members of his family are

outlawed

and their lands are declared confiscated

be careful annie sign the which you'll

see so lads with three men at last

the land is ours to till and the

prophets from the harvest ours to keep

hey for john we've only changed one

master for another it's now

king's land i have farmer snow but the

crown's taxes are but a drop of water

compared to the blood the dunes have

sucked for generations

all right so here's to his majesty king

charles

i'm a writ the dunes

he said that today he refused to pay the

quarterly tax orders

i owe the dunes nothing now get off my

land

so it's your land now it's the king but

it's mine to till

there's nothing here belongs to any dune

he speaks for all of us i

think he does that case we'll take from

all of you

livestock equal in value to the tax

drive off ten head of farmer red's best

cattle can

bring my mustard

the following day jan try road to

tibetan

to fetch me home from school

but jan you still haven't told me my

father didn't come for me himself

we're with shorter hands lad you have to

be a man now

do a man's work i can do it easy 11

years old is more than halfway to being

a man

eighteen head of my best catalytic and

half my sheep

there'll be nothing left to pay the

king's tax there's those that have lost

more

red lumpy where's your master

father i'm home

mother where's father who are the

neighbors here

easy land

he's in there you best let the boy in mr

smith

yes doctor go to your father

john

we fly unto thee for comfort o lord

in behalf of this thy servant here lying

in great weakness of body

is that you john yes

father

sorry i couldn't come for you myself

this time i missed your father

welcome homeland

there's a strength in your hand

we need it here that red flame

it was murder milord sheriff

cold-blooded murder

grievous charge good sirs but can you

say master snow which doom fired the

fatal shot

there was no telling the fog was too

thick you empty my hands of power to

assist you since unfortunately the

bullet penetrated the fog better than

your eyes didn't

arm me with evidence friends clear

evidence

isn't a mananese grave evidence enough

don't you see my law this act of

violence means that the dunes will defy

the king's decree

they'll force us to pay double taxes if

you don't help us i have boundless

sympathy sir but unfortunately only a

handful of deputies to cover all of

somerset county

it will require an army to storm dune

drawbridge it would take no army

lord if we could find another way up to

dune glen

there's only one other break in the

cliffs the cut made by dune waterfall

no man could climb that

my child's mind was fired by the grim

purpose of avenging my father

jan frye had said no man can climb that

cup made by the falls

but i had it in mind that maybe a boy

could do what a man could not

so

so

so

foreign

so

i must have laid unconscious for several

hours for the sun had dried my clothes

oh

what a scare you gave me i thought you

were dead

i thought so too but if you're alive

so must i be you are aren't you

of course silly your hand

it's bleeding only a scratch

i must have got it when i slept on the

cliff you should know better than to

play so near the edge

i wasn't playing i was climbing from the

valley

of the rocks by the falls now you're

making up fairy tales

no i'm not honest they cross my heart

not to die

cross my heart and hope to die you see

it was the only way i could get to doom

glenn

i've got to see sir and sir dune well

i'll take your grandfather but first

keep your wrist there while i tie this

knot

grandfather then

senor lorna dune what's your name

john ridd john red that's a nice

name there now the goblins won't suck

your blood

i i can't take it don't untie it you

must keep it covered

take your hands off here

speak up loud came to spy on us didn't

you

i'll speak to none but certain

charlie

the claude's manners need mending he's

come to the right

place down on your knees and beg our

pardons

kill him

oh

who are you my name is john ryd farmer

ridge boy

how'd you get here you climbed up by the

falls to see you grandfather

young man i admire your boldness but

just what did you want of me

you're a knight sir and bound by a

knight so

it's your duty to help me find the man

who killed my father

killed yes and when i find him i'll have

the right to challenge and

kill him well brother i hope our men

don't hear him

might frighten them away hey boys

it's been many years since anyone has

appealed to my nightly honor

but it's an appeal that cannot be

disregarded our measure of a man is the

doorway of dune castle

when you believe you can fill it come to

me again with your challenge

i won't forget sir no matter how long it

takes meanwhile brother what do we do

with this trout who swims up waterfalls

let him rot in the dungeon grandfather

please

don't let them i won't my dear

i'd say the lad's father's already paid

his debt

want to guide this young man to the

drawbridge tell garth to see him safely

home

and you led keep away from waterfalls

they might stunt your growth good day

sir

my wrist just stopped bleeding mr sloane

you'd just keep my handkerchief with you

thank you you can return it later john

red

and you come back to fill our doorway i

will carver dune

and i hope you'll be standing in it

the boy had grown into a man but

although the years had only given us

fleeting glimpses of each other

i could not forget i had grown older

but not in memory and the day came when

i rode homewood after five years abroad

in the king's service

a man grown and trained in arms

ah john sorry young woman i mistook you

with my freckleface brat of a sister

so you've taken to kissing first and

looking afterwards eh

we learned that in the army oh

john thank heaven you're home and safe

mother you're prettier than ever and

you've learned to flatter the ladies or

is it only because there's food on the

fire

i've come a long way to this fire mother

we kept it burning for you lad

freshly baked i'll need plenty of this

to get strength for the harvest

i saw the fields as i rolled by never

have we known such

aye it's cause of them that parson

bowden's called a meeting here today

you'll find new hope in exmoor lad

we thank thee lord for this bountiful

harvest

may it strengthen us against our

oppressors that we may reap new courage

from the soil of our servitude

amen

and now you'll be back with your friends

and neighbors john red we'll make better

use of your good right arm than carving

foreign folk

on every top of grain to thrash that

long wait you're coming

oh my name's not calvin oates and many

another good man of eczema has lost his

life by trying to stand against the

dooms

their father was the first giant but not

the last and you've had no help from the

king

the king has his hands full with his

foreign wars he can't spare troops to

patch the troubles of one little village

and his majesty sheriff is full of fears

and warnings

but no help then it's time we take the

plow into our own hands and help

ourselves

ready gathering at red farm hey carver

we'll join it charlieworth

and now that our harvest promise a

return well over the blood money taken

by the dunes

i make you this proposal but every extra

pound and shilling

our harvest brings us be spent in the

gunsmiths of bristol to buy swords and

muskets

we'll defend our rights against the

dunes and pay them no more taxes

and if need be we can drive the dunes

out of their stronghold

perhaps you'd like to start now

we've just been admiring your fields and

meadows we think it only fitting that we

too

should share in the profit of eczema's

greatest harvest

you're not welcome here carvadoon our

boyhood companion returned from the wars

you've been away too long john rid

you've forgotten who's master of this

land

disarm

i must remind you that only dunes bear

arms here

and to remove you all from any such

temptation

perhaps we'd better add the profit of

this harvest to our taxes

i'll see i was rotting the ground first

and i'll apply mine under i'll burn my

costs and pay your taxes

you bring us a plague of disobedience

we'd best begin to cure it

john ridd have you changed your mind

about the harvest

give him ten more

mistress lorna asked me to tell you that

sir answered watch you at the castle

hear me well the punishment you've just

seen is mild to what you'll get

there is any more talk of destroying

crops or purchasing arms

when the harvest is ripe you'll reap it

we have to drive you into the fields

with whips i'd best ride with you

the clods are in ugly mood as you wish

follow with my horse

was it enzo who wanted to see me or you

my dear

he will want to see you when he finds

out you started tax collecting with a

lash

so you tricked me into stopping the

punishment

no i merely stopped your temper from

getting you into trouble with

grandfather

you should be grateful and uh was this

concern

for me the only reason you stopped it

i think it was very well my dear

i cannot object to your motive as the

future lady of exmore

in time we may rule together

dune lands as far as the eye can see

isn't that rather a wild dream carver

perhaps not

what a king takes away he might restore

a king cannot restore the people's love

of the dunes

i do without it if i have yours

the welts of the lash still burned my

skin

and the threat to seize our harvest

burned in our hearts

we were of a mine to end doom power once

and for all time

for this we met in badgery forest in the

still of the night

i say we attack and storm dune castle

we're all for that

but the dunes have a hundred fighting

men they'd cut us down like you reaper

cornfield

he's right there it would take an army

well but a handful of farmers

perhaps we're not an army now but we can

be

you calvin oates you can swing a side

better than a dragoon can swing a saber

and you walt snow i've seen you shoot

the eye out of a fox that was raiding

your hen coop

and in all the king's forces there's not

a grenadier can throw a straighter stone

than you todd

we're a handful now but this valley is

full of men who only need to trade their

sickles for muskets and swords

she says true enough john but where do

we get the arms

that's my question too there are plenty

of weapons in this valley

the wrong hands perhaps we can remedy

that mistake

yeah so

no hurry friend not now it is well

if to die you're unwilling pass over

your shilling

i gather you haven't improved your

rhymes or your occupation

put away that young cannon and take off

your mask cousin tom vegas

oh no not john

red back from the wars and still

breathing powder and smoke

were the picking so poor around the

highways of london that you had to come

back here and rob your own relatives

oh since i've come to that devil take me

if i don't ride to delverton and let the

sheriffs hang one make me a head taller

if you're that set on dying i have a

better way we'll name it master john

an empty purse is a highwayman's curse

i'm finding too many in these slim times

ride with me to rid farm from now on you

shall rob nothing but dunes

well i might give it a try my conscience

grieves to

steal from thieves

every patrol was ambushed sirenser only

five of us got away

threats and lashes aren't improving

their obedience cover

it appears i was too gentle did you

recognize any of them i know counselor

and they attack us from every likely

spot in the valley sounds like part of a

well-planned uprising very well planned

master carver

and they seem more after our weapons

than our lives

weapons

who's there open up

friend could you be using some pig

stickers and dune exterminators in fine

condition come in man before you fall

down

i'm a walking arsenal from toes to teeth

the dooms must feel undressed your men

didn't leave many to skin

but i did my best

oh pardon me um

this is a a distant cousin tom fagas um

traveler tax collector

inspector of highways my little sister

annie

sister oh

this is an unexpected pleasure miss

annie i didn't know he had such an

important cousin

oh it's unfortunate that my profession

keeps me traveling the highways

the misfortune was ours master vegas or

we would have enjoyed more of your

company

then for past failings we'll feel no

sorrows but see they do not hinder our

tomorrows

you're a poet too master vegas ah mr

zanny

the site of beauty makes all men poets

my

there's a flight of crows coming master

tom

good morning farmer red good morning

master carver excuse my lack of

deference but i can't rise quickly don't

try

stay where you are i'm uh

sorry to see you so helpless i'd hope to

find you swinging aside

not even a sickle today my lord you

sleep last night

reasonably well i've learned to sleep on

my side no nightmares

the clash of steel the thunder of hooves

fallen riders

i dream only of getting well in time to

help reap our harvest excellent

a good day master it ah don't fall into

bad company

do you believe in carver not a word of

it

such a fine broad bank has carved

bring me a dune jacket

i'd come to believe there might be a way

to attack dune castle by the cliff from

the top of the falls

there was only one way to find out

now i knew for certain that a handful of

men could approach the castle

and attack the drawbridge gate from the

rear

mr lorna john i'm sorry if i frightened

you

but i saw the horse and expected to find

a doom sentry

how did you get here i chose the same

way a boy once took you

chose your death if they see you that's

why i wear this jacket

for once i hope to be mistaken for a

doom

the years haven't changed your hate for

us have they john nor did carver's whip

but i'm grateful to you lorna for saving

some of the skin on my back

you mustn't stay the patrols are apt to

find you let's hope the dune who sees me

doesn't live to report it

john can't you see where this bitter

hatred will bring you

for your own sake put it from you

only

and for me

see here until a storm has passed

and the storm with this will that pass

mistress lorna

mr florina

mr florina i'm here

i'm taking shelter from the rain you may

continue your round

very well milady

you love me i can't jump

you do your heart your lips i know i

know

but storms within us cannot change the

lives we have to live

mine in the dune castle and yours in the

valley below

what else is stronger than our hearts

the plans that were made for us john

almost before we were born we each have

a duty to our people

i promise to wake carpa dude

but our lives aren't made by dreams

for a moment i thought ours were

now that the storm has passed we can go

our ways

i'll pray you find a safe road home

i'll take the road i must john

so it came to be that i who was to lead

this fight against the dunes

must first fight my own heart

oh my dear carver i observe siren says

beast seems to have found himself a new

master in dune castle

i appreciate your flattery sheriff but

i'd rather hear news of the valley

and of the farmers who disappear by

night oh

shrewd rogue is my good sir devilish

rude

by day they work their fields docile as

lambs

and do you know how these dasa lambs get

through our patrols after darkness

if i may charge you to be patient just a

little longer how long

until we've robbed enough arms to storm

the castle no no no perhaps only until

tonight

you see officially the valley men could

not ask my aid at weapons stealing

now that's over i've been asked to

attend a meeting

it may decide how the illegal weapons

may be legally used against you

and you've been told where this

meeting's to be held my good friend you

may count on it i will know later

but of course i will not know should i

be followed

a white horse is most easily followed in

a dark forest

my dear carver

i found this path along the clifftops i

plan we use it and take the drawbridge

here from the inside

what with eight men it would take a

regiment no what the regiment would fail

but eight men climbing the falls by

darkness

with knotted ropes could use this path

and take the bridge guard by surprise

what are you sure we can make this climb

as sure as i'm here

once we hold the bridge gate our valley

men can enter by the drawbridge

did tom distribute the weapons yes by

hay wagon

well boys that sets us up as soon as

time arrives we'll move out

we strike tonight my good friends you

have my unbounded gratitude for inviting

me here to share your confidence

it is my deepest regret that the only

assistance i can give you is to be

somewhere else officially

at the time you attack

well if the law can't help us at least

it won't hinder us now we know the

sheriff won't have a shot as poachers

when i get up to doomglenn i'm not

coming down while there's a single dune

left alive

hi to the last dune be dead that's for

me i'm with you we'll kill them all

spare no one

amen to that there was only one dune

in my mind

follow me to my old hideout i'll try and

leave them up if you succeed meet me at

castle rock

that didn't take long looks like you

saved our skins that time john all right

but

it's a bit worried for a while your old

highwayman's ruth came in handy tom

yes it saved my neck from a noose or

time or two the dunes shaved us too

close

it's my guess it wasn't just luck are

you thinking we will follow john

it's possible i didn't see hide or hear

of him in the valley when we came

but somebody might have told them but

who'd do that the only ones who knew of

our meeting were here

there's one that isn't i never did put

much trust in sheriffs

well perhaps the sheriff himself was

followed tom

we've no way of knowing meantime they've

killed our chances for tonight

we'd best hide up here a while and hope

none of us were recognized

they must have sprouted leaves we'll

never find their hideaway in the

darkness

know any of them the two snow brothers

farmer snow

farmer snow was given fair warning but

he listened to other voices

you ought to preach them a sermon on

false prophets parson

a prophet is not without honor save in

his own country

your village profits will lose more than

their honor

here is a list of the men who are

missing from their farms tonight

john ryd walt and jonas snow

calvin oates todd

gurney platt and william davis

these are the men who have taken up arms

against us i give them two days to

surrender

you here who are their fathers at best

see that they do

or for every sun in the forest a father

will hang here

there now stand very still while i

measure the length

granny hand me my tape

but mrs lacey the tape is about your

neck

heard i'll thank you not to speak of

next with a hangman's rope so busy and

ex-moss

i was in the village this morning mr

sloane there was one of them

swinging back and forth stiff

swaying in the wind if she keeps on

we'll be cutting a shroud instead of a

bridal gown

well they do say though

before it's done they'll all be hung

that young

master is the highest

mrs lazy i think we'll continue the

measuring another time

but mr slaughner the gown will never be

finished in time for the wedding

but is there nothing you can do about

this reign of terror carver's brought on

the valley

i hope so lorna but it's harder to stem

a flow of blood then started

do you mean to try uncle good morning my

dear

you sent for me this trouble in the

valley is getting out of hand

out of whose hand uncle yours carver

and it must stop post this proclamation

in the village under my name

it promises that if john rid and his men

return peaceably to their farms

there'll be no further reprisals and is

this your answer to rebellion

you brought it on us carver i know the

valley people

lashings and hangings won't make them

obey us are you thinking of anyone in

particular

ron is right carver the people will pull

a full load if there's a firm just hand

on the reins

but if you use the whip and saw it the

bit you'll have a runaway

your firm just handmade outlaws of his

uncle but if my tighter reigns can make

john ridden his rebels lay down their

arms before tomorrow night

we may not lose all authority he's right

and sir it's my opinion carver's making

the best of a bad situation

it's not mine counselor i bear the blame

for our past mistakes but i'll not let

you add to them

there'll be no more hangings than exmoor

carver

you and charlotte remain here

i'll read this next more myself so the

people will know who's the master of

dune castle

who is uncle why don't you summon the

guard and see if they'll obey you

i shall it's useless answer the garrison

has exercised its ancient privilege

as do men at arms to choose their new

master

it seems the outlaw years have changed

our ravens into vultures

it's very well covered i call upon

another

ancient dune tradition

please don't have to talk now i'll send

for the position

we met in the church yard buried farm

snow

it's hard news to be bringing here but

it's best you know

they're holding calories father until

tomorrow he'll be the next

i'm going to exmore to give myself up

no cal you'd be paying them a higher

price than eating your father's life

if any one of us surrenders now we lose

our last chance to break the dunes you

have us hide here in this this whole

a father's swing hi you can't argue that

he's right john

no what we do is up to us all carver's

hangings have sent us a time and a task

to follow our plan and attack the castle

tonight

spread the word to meet on dune road at

moonset the eight of us will be there to

let you in the drawbridge gate

aye john we'll be there night onto a

hundred of us with our borrowed weapons

and we'll be praying they'll still be

out of you to let us in

amen to that

you must rest quietly now

yes to rest quietly

do you remember what i used to tell you

of your father and mother

how mother died when i was born and

father in the war with spain

your only son i had no son lorna

your father was the son of my bitter

enemy at court

the duke of lorne

you're not a doom at all you have royal

blood

cousin of his majesty the king

but i've lived here all my life not

quite all

you're a year old when i had you stolen

from lorne manor in county kent

to hold us hostage here against the duke

but i never used that secret

because a baby girl captured my heart

i can scarcely realize it

after all these years my my name a lot

your true grandfather richard duke of

lorne

is one of the king's ministers

i'd thought to use your marriage to

restore the dunes in his majesty's favor

does carver know this yes my dear

but the blame was mine for involving you

in this devil's steep

chase of mad ambitions

the race is lost to me lorna i'm at the

last

jump here

here child my full confession

carver can never force this marriage if

you can get this safely to the duke

after all these years will he still

believe he will believe the image of

your mother when he sees your face

but hurry now oil carve is away from the

castle escape tunnel to the foot of the

cliffs

then to the duke of lorne

and godspeed but i can't leave you with

them

even the dunes

cannot trouble me

now

oh forget that

mistress lorna master cow has just given

orders you're not to pass the gate

there is another way out but i'd need a

horse to put of the cliffs by the

wizards bog

there is someone who would bring it to

you

if it's john rid you're thinking of no

gweny he's hidden somewhere in the

forest between our own patrols and

the hangman's rope but mistress lorna

there's no one else we can turn to

i must get to london i know i could find

help there for all our ex more people

milady i could pass the gate and take a

message to rib farm

perhaps someone there could find him in

the forest

it's a very thin hope but the only one

milady

please will you write the message

i beat you in the valley men are as

ready as ever they'll be good

oh annie sent this to you

she said gweny brought it from dune

glenn

watching for ravens john no two rooks

nests

i uh any

knows the truth about my past and uh

she and i well if i can win a king's

pardon and

and hang up my black mask could i hope

you think

would i have the right to my tongue-tied

friend

i'm the last man on earth to know the

right and wrong of love

could i dare gamble even one hour's

delay

but all the time i waited for her signal

i knew there was no choice at all

the voice of my heart was stronger than

my

you're going to help her yes tom i am

a man can't go against his heart jump

i'm for you

the men are ready to start john i'm

delaying our start another hour walt

another hour the valley man will be

waiting near the drawbridge by nine

we'll need all the time we've got to

climb the falls he's right john and

you'll be giving the doomed patrols more

chance to see us

why the delay because it's my order john

i'll leave the loan of your horse tom

oh

the dead can hear a lie guani oh no sir

i i wouldn't lie i know only what i've

told you

that much we know ourselves you've no

knowledge where she is now

i don't know i don't know

that'll be old money for now

sad day my old friend we share a great

loss counselor yes

no man can lose more than a brother but

to balance the scales of sorrow i bring

important news

eight leaders of the farmers are hidden

near the foot of the falls to attack

tonight

who cares about the yokel's lawn is

missing from the castle no but upon my

soul sir trouble breeds trouble

i'm greatly shocked cover

i question the gate cards the owner did

not leave by the drawbridge

she must have used the escape tunnel

without help she couldn't get very far

perhaps she found help the escape tunnel

leads near the base of the fall

charlie not a full patrol we'll search

the forest

i was afraid that i wouldn't come yes

you've got a lot to learn about me

but first tell me why you're running

away from the dunes sirens is dead

i have to reach overton highway before

carver starts his search

i'll tell you as we go you'll be a

running target in this forest for the

dunes and my men alike

i'd better take you back with me and get

help

our locket and certain baby clothes

which may be found in dune castle

given under my seal this state and sedum

the proof of my story is here in syren's

signed confession

if i can get this to the duke of lorne

you'll have the king's help to free

yourselves of the dunes

you've heard her story let's give her

safe escort to the dulberton road

she's not going john don't talk like a

fool todd

she needs our help that's why i brought

her here we're not helping a dune

or believing her she's no dune walt i

know your mind's poisoned with hate but

you must believe her on the word of a

thief and outlaw grandfather

sorrenzo wouldn't set his name to a lie

on his deathbed on whose word her way

that he is dead

put it away john you've already wasted

too much of our time all right

leaders in one of carver's traps more

like i swear to you it's no trap and

what do you swear by mr stoon

your sacred promise to red carver she

wouldn't be running from a man she was

going to marry

she might be leading him to us i say

holder is hostage in case our attack

should fail

you're dead wrong am i you delayed our

whole plan to attack

to bring her here just whose side do you

want john

yes what she do john

my feelings have no part in this she's

got him bewitched

our love's sick maybe will you answer

that jon

you've answered it for me and i'll not

deny it

i mean to help her with or without you

then we'll carry out our plan without

you

the girl stays here we'll have no leader

who loves a dune and we'll match carver

june with the threat of a hanging of

our own her life against my father's now

you start to talk like dunes yourselves

clear back no job i'd rather be their

prisoners than come between you and your

people

we're going lorna get back

john keep going john you made your

choice when you left us to get the dune

woman

hand over your arms

don't make me use this walt

stand where you are and drop your

weapons

sirens confession reach the duke if you

can

well lorna it's a strange place to find

you

get john red sword and bind him first

you'll fall down for them

i hope they catch him find them and take

them to the castle

thanks to john we'll all swing now

he's turned his back on all he belonged

to

because he loved the dune

as we rode self blame rode with us i had

sacrificed my man for lorna

now there was but one hope to save them

and her i had to find the duke of lorne

we learned he had accompanied the king

to bristol

your majesty this document from sir

ensor dune is

proof but unfortunately long the only

proof of master rich story

jeffrey's here is inclined to doubt this

wild tale that lorna dune is actually

our cousin

this i presume is the deathbed

confession

though it seems rather thin to list the

crimes of the dunes

sire if i may speak prado lorne informs

us that you're not shy of words to

support your claim

if ever i had doubted the truth of what

mistress lorna told me her majesty

this portrait of her mother would kill

any doubts the countess is the very

image of lorna herself

what say you to that jeffers it is

possible sir it is possible

but from what i can hear master ridge

seems to be an audacious fellow

who's taken the law into his own hands

to organize a revolt to nexmar

is this true red i've done everything i

could to fight the dunes your majesty

they killed my father they've bled us

with taxes and terrorized our people if

i have the luck to return i'll fight

them again

this young man's hatred for the doom

seems to match our own

but what if our law if memory serves we

have a sheriff in delverton your majesty

if this confession is true

sheriff there which will say actually

assisted in the abduction of my

granddaughter

then i'll swear sire his aid to the

dunes did not stop there

his fortunate master read that the crown

had at least one loyal defender

i'm here because i failed your majesty

the men who followed me are doomed

prisoners

if they're not already dead perhaps it

will be more truth to admit that we have

failed

failed to protect our loyal subjects

against a nest of thieving outlaws

have you had any military experience

master red i had the honour to be a

sergeant for five years in your

majesty's service

then i suggest that we entrust to our

sergeant the liberation of our subjects

and of our cousin give him what help he

asks

what a pity no great river connects

bristol with exmoor

or we might send the new ship of war

we've finished

watching the road to exmoor

still expecting a visitor my dear

there's no need of pretense between us

carver that fire in your eyes is very

beautiful

it gives me even more reason to want to

marry you i'm sure you have enough

reasons already

as mistress of lauren castle i'd bring

your king's pardon

or perhaps a knighthood in the place in

court serenzo told me all of your hopes

he didn't have to tell you that i've

always loved you besides i have your

promise

you have the promise of a dune not the

daughter of the duke of lorne

this will come as bad news to the six

valley farmers who are presently

enjoying the hospitality of dune castle

you see i'd hoped to invite them to our

wedding

that is my dear unless you prefer to see

them hanged

however

to the king's law may the doom soon be

safely back within it

good evening sheriff john ridd

i thought you would safely escape the

dunes that would be difficult with you

and explorer sheriff

as his majesty sheriff i protested

you seem dressed for a wedding the doom

waiting perhaps

this is most embarrassing to the dune

spy

you'll feel even more embarrassed to

accompany us where we're going sheriff

your horse is saddled gentlemen i'm

always ready to be of assistance you're

going to be

with the king's dragoons to help us we

now had a better way of getting into

doom castle

than climbing the falls

oh who wants to enter tell them to open

open for his majesty sheriff and wedding

guests

it's the sheriff right enough jump to it

you live two minutes or two hours it's

your choice now

you'd better hurry sheriff the others

are all inside you'll be late for the

wedding

darth sees these men yep

he's an honest sheriff now

hide them in the guard room

we've got to get lawn at first remember

don't move till i fire the signal

watch and be ready

i wish that ensor might have lived to

see this happy day

it's been a long time in coming

the ceremony awaits only the bride thank

you

i hope she's eager to join us father

escort her down after tonight that

pleasure will be mine

yes is that you granny

carver is waiting my dear

i was just waiting for gweny to help me

all brides are nervous and all grooms

impatient

they mustn't keep carver waiting any

longer i'll try to

put hurry blade away john red watch out

john

uh

and fire it out of the window yes john

fire through the door

to the courtyard quickly

we'd surprised and trapped all but two

of the dunes

carver and charlieworth had somehow

vanished

and i knew i'd live to regret it if they

were not found

the whole castle is surrounded by guards

carver

maybe after the search parties give up

win of a chance to get away

north to scotland over the border to

wales

and raise another force perhaps from

where charlie

the graveyard

dunes have always been able to raise

followers

in the meantime that this will keep us

from starving

dunes have become rats in their own

castle skulking

and stealing food from their own tables

come in john red we've been expecting

you

your majesty young man we are not in the

habit of being kept waiting

but sire i didn't know that we'd pay you

a visit

no more did we but we wanted to see how

well you cleared out this

nest of vipers and protected our

charming cousin

i fear there are still two dunes missing

your majesty well that's unfortunate

but of more immediate concern is that

our cousin absolutely refuses to leave

exmor

without beating you goodbye goodbye

grandfather expects me to go to london

with him this evening

richard about that logic

john

first it was a wall of hate between us

now it'll be the walls of the palace

grandfather says i'm the only girl of

marriageable age in the royal family

what can i do

what you must do milady

no john i'll not go i'll tell

you cannot change the wishes of a king

nor can i change my heart i'm afraid my

dear his majesty desires to leave now

i observe that master rid has little

regard for the dignity of royal blood

your majesty and so far forgets this

station as to aspire to the affections

of a member of our family

sorry if i may speak certainly not women

speak much too often

there's only one way to deal with this

situation richard your sword

neil

i dub the night rise sir john red

and remember my boy there's nothing

under the sun

that's beyond the reach of an english

knight

yes your majesty now we must hurry to

london

mr snail gwyn is opening in a new play

and as a gift to the bride and groom

doom castle and its lands

see to it richard your majesty

now john there's nothing to worry about

you'll stand there

lorna will stand there and i'll be up

there now go back and join your friends

until we're ready

thank you person

john we we all want to tell you how we

well what walt's trying to say is it he

i know thank you it'd be a strange sight

behind the plow in that garb john

[Laughter]

annie now that i've been promised a

king's pot

all i need to make my uh my reformation

complete

is a fair answer to a fair question

from a fair maid i know it's yes

you've not yet heard the question tom

you silly goose

who do you suppose made up your mind to

ask it the hawk of the highway becomes a

sparrow

when his heart is pierced by cupid's

arrow

the wedding ceremony is about to begin

coverage now is our chance to get to the

bottom of the falls

dearly beloved we are gathered together

here in the face of this company to join

together this man and this woman in holy

matrimony

the ring

place this ring on lorna's finger and

repeat after me

with this ring i thee wed with this ring

i thee went

and with all my worldly goods i the

endow

and with all my worldly goods i the end

our amen

amen oh cover no don't you see a shot

with hanger's boat

a shot will give sir john a wedding trip

to the grave of his own bride i won't

let you go i won't let you

mad let us pray

for eternal father creator and

preservative all mankind

given of all spiritual grace the author

of everlasting life

send thy blessing upon these thy

serpents this man and this woman

whom we bless in thy name

for as much as john and lorna have

consented together in holy wedlock

and have witnessed the same before this

company and they too have given and

pledge their truth

each to the other and have declared the

same by giving and receiving a ring and

by joining hands

i pronounce that they are man and wife

amen may the lord bless you

both now and forevermore amen

oh

break it down all together

there's a secret escape panel somewhere

in sirens room

lorna told me about it

cover the escape at the base of the

cliffs you too cover the gate of the

drawbridge

carver it's john reading he's alone

pack him up to this doorway or not be

waiting for him

here i am john red

uh

so

hmm

for weeks lorna had hovered on the brink

of death while i waited

hour by hour for the final crisis

the physician says you're to come to

lorna john

lord

john

surely you didn't think this would be

the end of our story

this is only the beginning

it's a madcap marital mix-up to the tune

of gershwin