Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing


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SIREN WAILS

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BOAT HORN BLARES

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SIREN WAILS

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Dr Han.

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Dr Keith would like you

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to come to the emergency ward

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as soon as you can.

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GIRL GROANS

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What's the trouble, John?

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This child was hit by a motorcar

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and is in shock.

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Who is she?

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A refugee from China,

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one of 3,000 new ones.

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Has she a family?

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She was alone at the time of the accident.

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Will you take her now, Dr Han?

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I've given her one six of a grain of pantopon.

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She may be injured internally.

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Boy, move her to X-ray immediately.

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You had better come along with me, officer,

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for the report.

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Dr Han. I am Mei Lu. You remember?

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Oh, Mei Lu, I hardly knew you.

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Is this the little boy who was so ill?

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But now it is my husband.

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Make him well, Dr Han.

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We have no money,

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but we will sell the boy.

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Our little one is intelligent and well-made.

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We will do what we can, Mei Lu,

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but don't you ever try to sell your little boy.

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You couldn't anyhow.

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I'll take care of him, Suyin.

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Anyway, Dr Sen's on his way down.

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I wish I were ten people.

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You need diversion. I'm ducking out

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to the Palmer-Jones' cocktail party this afternoon.

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Why don't you trot along with me?

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Dr Sen will take over here.

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Why don't I? A sense of balance

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might restore my sense of humour.

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MUSIC PLAYS

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Why anyone would want to live anywhere but Hong Kong

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I can't understand.

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Where else in the world could you

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get ten servants for the price of one?

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By next month, the ratio will be 12-1.

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Shanghai's fallen, you know.

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The Reds will have all of China pretty soon.

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Well, we must all keep our heads here.

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I hope you're going to write something dreadful

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for your paper about those ungrateful...

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Oh, John Keith.

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Now my party is a success.

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Adeline, this is Han Suyin, my friend and colleague.

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Han Suyin, I feel I've known you a long, long time.

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You're a great artist, I understand.

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I'm a doctor.

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Oh, well, doctors are artists in their way.

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I knew I'd heard something wonderful about you.

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Oh, John, you know everybody, don't you?

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Suyin, I hardly expected to find you here.

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Doctor's orders.

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Adeline's husband is one of the directors at the hospital.

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Oh, you must let me speak to him, Dr Han.

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There might be a place for you on the staff.

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Thank you, but I am already on the staff.

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Oh, how nice.

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Well, then we won't have to tell him, will we?

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I want you to meet Father Low.

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He just escaped from China, too.

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But I haven't just escaped from China.

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I've been studying medicine in England.

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I haven't been back to China for ten years.

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But you are Chinese.

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Eurasian.

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My father was Chinese. My mother was English.

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I think of myself as Chinese, however.

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I know exactly how you feel.

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The minute I put on a Chinese frock, I feel Chinese.

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I tell you, if you have capital invested here,

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you can double your money in Hong Kong in three months.

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Oh, money, money, money. It's so sordid, dear.

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I want you to meet Dr Han.

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This mercenary man is my husband.

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Delighted, Doctor.

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And this is Father Low. Mr Rieger, Mr Wong...

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Bohannan, dear.

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Oh, yes, and Mrs Wong,

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Madame Marnier, Mr Denny,

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and Fiona Manton.

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Father Low is fresh out of north China.

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All the really nice people are getting out.

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I was thrown out.

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Rice converts, that's what they were - rice converts.

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I loved them.

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I knew them as I know the back of my hand,

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but they turned me out.

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I'm sure I'll find China much changed when I return.

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You going back, Doctor?

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Don't tell us that you're a communist, please.

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No, but I became a doctor to help my people.

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Like all Chinese,

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I'm spellbound by my own country.

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You'll be shot.

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I hope not.

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I'm neither a politician nor a missionary.

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Well, really, I must say...

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You must say something to your other guests.

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Meanwhile, I'll pilot Suyin around.

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Oh, thank you, John. Thank you.

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Oh, dear, I'm saying all the wrong things.

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Not at all.

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Getting your sense of balance back?

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And my sense of humour.

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I'd heard that these parties were...

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Oh, I left my fan.

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Where?

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Well, I... I think I put it down

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when I was handed a cocktail.

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I'll get it for you.

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Wait here.

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Dr Han, is this yours?

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-Thank you.

-And these.

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Thank you.

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I'm Mark Elliott.

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Kind of a dull party, isn't it?

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No, thank you.

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Well, I'm a guest, Mr Elliott.

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Well, I'm a guest, too.

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That gives me the right to call it dull.

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You know, I was supposed to meet you

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two weeks ago.

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Were you?

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Fred Dixon wrote me, asked me to look you up.

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I didn't because I thought you might be

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the intellectual type with glasses.

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And where is Mr Dixon now?

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Oh, he's still in Malaya.

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Would you have dinner with me tonight?

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I'm a very pleasant man.

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Oh, I'm sure of that, but I'm on duty.

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When are you not on duty?

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If we were in Chungking, Mr Elliott,

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third uncle would consider it unpardonable to accept.

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No Chinese girl would dare dine alone

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with an American she had just met.

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-Yes, but we're not in Chungking.

-I am still Chinese.

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And half European. I just heard you say so.

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Now, will your European side reconsider?

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Why don't you call me at the hospital, Mr Elliott?

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I'll do that.

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Oh, I see you found it.

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Oh, this is Mr Elliott. Dr John Keith.

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We've met before. Nice to see you again.

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Nice to see you.

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I really can't believe that you're a doctor, Doctor.

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What a shame we haven't a scalpel with us.

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I could make a slight incision to convince you.

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Tell me about Mark Elliott.

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Don't know much. He's a newspaperman.

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Been around a couple of months, a reporter. Why?

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He's invited me to dinner.

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Accepting?

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I haven't decided.

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He's married, Suyin.

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So are you, John, and I go out with you.

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I happen to be in love with my wife.

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He isn't.

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And how do you know so much?

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Hong Kong is a small place.

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Well, I dislike being a small person.

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I'm not remotely interested in Mr Elliott.

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I doubt if he'll call anyhow.

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TELEPHONE RINGS

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Dr Han here.

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Are you on duty Wednesday?

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Well, I have Wednesday afternoons off.

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Good. It's the night of the moon festival.

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Will you have dinner with me?

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'Where can I pick you up?'

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Well, I'll meet you

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at the staff entrance of the hospital at 6.00.

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BOAT HORN BLARES

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You're wearing European clothes.

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It is the European side of me

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that is having dinner with you.

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I don't suppose you'd go back in and change?

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I certainly would not.

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I loved that dress you had on the other day.

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I'll make you a present of it.

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So, you're a reporter?

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Please. A correspondent.

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What's the difference?

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About 100 a week.

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THEY CLAMOUR

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THEY CLAMOUR

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The sky is clear.

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It is a good omen for the moon festival.

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I arranged a full moon for you.

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Have you ever been in Peking?

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Many times.

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Do you know that in Peking the moon is larger

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than anyplace else in the world?

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Now, that's very unscientific.

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It's the same size everywhere.

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Oh, no, the moon is larger in Peking,

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much larger than in Hong Kong and London.

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All right, if you insist.

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When were you in Peking last?

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I was studying at the University of Peking

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in 1939.

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I'd left by then.

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I was in England in 1939.

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Where were you in 1940?

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Italy.

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I was in Malaya.

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It seems that destiny never put us

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anywhere together at the same time.

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Well, perhaps destiny intends something for us at last.

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I don't think so.

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I don't think destiny intends anything for us.

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Of that I am quite sure.

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FIRECRACKERS EXPLODE

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What's all the noise about?

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A cloud has threatened the moon.

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We must make a great noise

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to frighten it away

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or the year will be unfavourable.

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You don't really believe that, do you?

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Of course.

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If we didn't believe the unbelievable,

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what would happen to faith?

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CLANGING

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CLANGING

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You see? The cloud was frightened away.

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It is a good omen.

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I wonder if there are men on the moon

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who celebrate an Earth festival

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and shout to keep the clouds away from us.

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I should like to think so.

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That's Maxwell Letterman over there,

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the industrialist.

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He's just back from Beiping.

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I've been trying to get to him for a statement.

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Is he really the third richest man in the world?

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First.

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If you want an interview, why not ask him now?

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Oh, I don't think he likes correspondents.

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Anyway, I'd like to finish up

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our own little interview.

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Am I being interviewed?

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I want to know why you're so sure that destiny

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has nothing in store for us.

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Well, I'm interested only in one thing - medicine -

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and because I know myself.

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You sound secure.

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I doubt whether anyone is that secure.

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I have known but one man in my life -

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my husband.

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He was a nationalist general,

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captured and shot by the communists.

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I believe in the human heart now

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only as a doctor.

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I bet you're a good doctor,

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but I still think that destiny just might have something

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in store for us after all.

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Why?

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Because you've retreated to a tower,

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and the only trouble with an ivory tower

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is it's a temptation to lightning.

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Lightning will not strike me, Mr Elliott.

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Your honourable fish, sir.

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Thank you for the moon

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and the honourable fish

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and the lovely evening.

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You're entirely welcome.

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I don't know when I've enjoyed an evening as much.

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Good night.

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I want to tell you something.

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I'm married.

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I knew you were married.

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And you still went out with me?

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I thought if you were happily married,

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there could be no danger,

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and if you weren't, it could make no difference.

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Will I see you again?

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I...I think not.

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I think so.

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I'll call you about next Wednesday.

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Good night, Suyin.

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Good night.

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Good morning, Dr Sen.

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Good morning, Dr Han.

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HAN SPEAKS SOFTLY TO THE GIRL

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You combine artistry with medicine, Dr Han.

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Just with love and sympathy.

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It's a great privilege to watch you.

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SHE KISSES DR HAN

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Ten days ago, we didn't think she would live.

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Look at her now.

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She will be walking soon.

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Have her parents or family been located?

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No, but the police are still searching.

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However, with a million refugees

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from China in Hong Kong now

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and more arriving each day,

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it is like looking for a needle in a haystack.

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Why do they leave China?

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What can they expect to find here?

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A home.

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Their home is China.

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Now we'll mend her bones,

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make her well enough to send back into the streets to starve.

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Oh, no, not her.

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Someone will give her a home.

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Dr Han, Mr Palmer-Jones would like to speak with you.

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Thank you.

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Who will, in Hong Kong, give her a home

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or any of the others like her?

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Oh, you can't tell.

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I might adopt her myself.

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Good morning, Mr Palmer-Jones.

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Dr Han, my wife tells me

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that nobody has been near her this morning.

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Oh, I'm sorry.

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I suppose we are late.

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The wards are so crowded. We simply haven't caught up yet.

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Do you visit the wards first?

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-As a rule.

-I see.

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Would you, as a rule, be so kind

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as to look in on my wife first?

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Patience is not one of her virtues.

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I'll go in and see her now.

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Thank you.

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SHE SIGHS

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Good morning, Mrs Palmer-Jones.

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Oh, I certainly am glad to see you, Dr Han.

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The person who brought my breakfast

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didn't speak one word of English.

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Was it a nice breakfast?

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The only thing that was hot was the orange juice.

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Well, I'll have your tray removed.

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Oh, the arm looks better.

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It doesn't feel better.

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There's hardly any swelling left.

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Imagine being bitten by a centipede in this day and age.

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It's so undignified.

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And painful.

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Well, I can give you one cheerful bit of news.

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Oh?

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You may go home tomorrow.

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Oh, no, no, I can't. I can't possibly.

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My living room is being painted,

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and it won't be dry for a week.

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-Well, we'll make arrangements.

-Oh, thank you, Dr Han.

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You're a dear. I must do something for you. What would you like?

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A bigger hospital.

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You mustn't bite people, Rosie Wu.

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I had to give the man an injection.

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It was quite painful.

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Come on. Come on.

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Suyin, are you going to town this afternoon?

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No. It's my Wednesday off.

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I think I'm going to dinner. Why?

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I was going to ask you if you went near the pet shop

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to buy me a couple of snails for my new goldfish.

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Dr Han, telephone.

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Won't the pet shop send them?

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Hardly seems worth it for two snails.

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Dr Han here.

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Suyin, Mark. I said I'd call about Wednesday.

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Uh, I was hoping we could have dinner together tonight,

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but I have to fly to Singapore on an assignment.

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'I tried to postpone it, but the airline schedule doesn't work out.'

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Oh, yes, I understand.

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'So if I'm back next week, we can have dinner then?'

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Well, we'll see.

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Say, when I called you earlier,

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they said you were doing a hysterectomy.

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What's a hysterectomy?

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Nothing that would interest you.

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You don't mind if I call you when I get back?

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No, no, I don't mind at all.

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Do call when you get back.

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Will two snails be enough, John?

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Hmm? Oh, yes, yes. Ample.

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Suyin.

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Suyin.

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Are you not Suyin?

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Oh, I know you. You're Suzanne.

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We went to convent together.

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Yes.

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Oh, how nice.

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I was sure it was you.

0:22:570:22:59

Come, sit with me.

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Another cup, please.

0:23:060:23:08

You recognise me after all this time?

0:23:100:23:12

Well, you dyed your hair, but I know you.

0:23:120:23:15

Well, that proves you remember me.

0:23:150:23:17

Now tell me about yourself.

0:23:200:23:22

It's been so long,

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yet it all comes swiftly back.

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I remember the morning you kicked

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the Mother Superior in the shins.

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I did not kick Mother Superior.

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It was Sister Angela.

0:23:330:23:34

And she limped into chapel

0:23:340:23:36

to pray for your soul.

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Well, I'm afraid she did not pray hard enough.

0:23:380:23:41

What has happened to you since convent days?

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Well, I went to a Chinese university for a while.

0:23:430:23:47

I toured Europe. I married.

0:23:470:23:50

My husband was killed.

0:23:500:23:51

I finished medicine in England.

0:23:510:23:54

I am now a resident doctor here at the Victoria Hospital.

0:23:540:23:57

And you never married again?

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No. As a Chinese widow,

0:23:590:24:00

I have become completely unfeeling.

0:24:000:24:02

I'm afraid my heart is safely dead.

0:24:020:24:05

Well, I have to be in love to go on living.

0:24:070:24:09

At the moment, it's an important Englishman.

0:24:090:24:11

I pass for English now.

0:24:110:24:13

I hope you won't give me away.

0:24:130:24:15

Oh, Suzanne, you should be proud to be Eurasian

0:24:150:24:17

and proud of your Chinese heritage.

0:24:170:24:19

Nonsense. You can't be two things at once.

0:24:190:24:23

And I advise you, pass for English if you decide to go away.

0:24:230:24:26

I'm considering going back to China.

0:24:260:24:28

It would be rather foolish to pass for English,

0:24:280:24:30

don't you think?

0:24:300:24:31

Well, yes...

0:24:310:24:33

Oh, I must fly away home.

0:24:330:24:35

Oh, must you?

0:24:350:24:36

My new love wants me to be in my flat when he drops by for tea.

0:24:360:24:40

We only have half an hour together

0:24:400:24:42

before he has to have tea with his wife.

0:24:420:24:44

It's ruining his digestion.

0:24:440:24:46

We must see each other very soon, now.

0:24:460:24:49

-Call me at the hospital.

-I shall.

0:24:490:24:51

Give the waiter, please, the change.

0:24:540:24:57

I always see people as fish.

0:24:580:25:00

Separated from the rest of the world,

0:25:000:25:02

they're unfit themselves to dwell with each other.

0:25:020:25:05

These - the fighting fish.

0:25:050:25:08

These - the peaceful.

0:25:090:25:12

These have sought safety in darkness.

0:25:130:25:16

They've lost their vision, and the light terrifies them.

0:25:160:25:19

What species am I, John?

0:25:190:25:22

You're the peaceful.

0:25:220:25:23

And I shouldn't like to see you become like these,

0:25:230:25:25

swimming into deep water, losing your vision.

0:25:250:25:28

Now, what do you mean by that?

0:25:280:25:31

I hear Mark Elliott's gone to Singapore.

0:25:330:25:36

Yes, his paper sent him on an assignment.

0:25:360:25:39

Very convenient for him.

0:25:390:25:41

Did you know that his wife lives in Singapore?

0:25:460:25:49

There seems to be a conspiracy

0:25:500:25:52

to arouse my interest in Mark Elliott.

0:25:520:25:54

Be careful, lest you succeed.

0:25:540:25:57

They told me if I'd wait here

0:26:110:26:13

that you'd be out sooner or later.

0:26:130:26:15

Well, when did you get back?

0:26:150:26:16

This morning.

0:26:160:26:18

I thought you'd like to go swimming this afternoon.

0:26:180:26:20

Now, I know it's your afternoon off, so work is no excuse.

0:26:200:26:23

I'd sort of made plans

0:26:230:26:25

to visit friends of mine across the bay.

0:26:250:26:27

Well, it's a lovely day. Couldn't you do both?

0:26:270:26:30

Mark Elliott.

0:26:300:26:31

What in the world are you doing here?

0:26:310:26:34

Oh, I show up in strange places.

0:26:340:26:36

Ha, ha. You promised to keep me another week, Dr Han.

0:26:360:26:39

I kept you as long as I could.

0:26:390:26:41

I forgive you.

0:26:410:26:42

I hear you were in Singapore.

0:26:420:26:44

Your wife must have been delighted to see you.

0:26:440:26:46

Why don't you come up for tea this afternoon?

0:26:460:26:48

Did you know that I was bitten by a centipede?

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Yes, to the first question,

0:26:500:26:53

no, to the second, can't, to the third,

0:26:530:26:55

and no, to the last.

0:26:550:26:57

Well, I was.

0:26:570:26:58

If a handsome man like you bit me,

0:26:580:27:00

I wouldn't have minded a bit,

0:27:000:27:01

but a centipede.

0:27:010:27:03

Do I expect you?

0:27:030:27:05

Uh, sorry, I'm working this afternoon.

0:27:050:27:07

Oh, well, you'll hear from me.

0:27:070:27:11

Goodbye, Dr Han.

0:27:110:27:13

Are we going swimming?

0:27:180:27:20

Mark, going out with you once was harmless enough.

0:27:200:27:23

I don't want my seeing you to be awkward.

0:27:230:27:26

Hong Kong has a peculiar code,

0:27:260:27:28

and malice is a pleasant pastime

0:27:280:27:30

for women with nothing to do.

0:27:300:27:32

Oh.

0:27:320:27:34

Would it make any difference if I told you

0:27:340:27:36

that I didn't see my wife when I was in Singapore?

0:27:360:27:39

Six years ago, she said she never wanted to see me again.

0:27:390:27:42

She hasn't changed her mind.

0:27:420:27:44

Neither have I.

0:27:440:27:46

Now, will you go swimming with me?

0:27:460:27:49

Well, I... I don't know.

0:27:490:27:52

Take your time.

0:27:520:27:53

You're obviously a woman

0:27:530:27:54

who's extremely careful about making up her mind.

0:27:540:27:58

How's this?

0:28:410:28:42

Oh, beautiful.

0:28:420:28:44

I'll change.

0:28:490:28:51

I, er...

0:29:410:29:44

I'd like to explain about my wife.

0:29:440:29:46

-You did.

-No.

0:29:460:29:49

I want you to know that I tried to make a go of it.

0:29:490:29:51

I'd like you to believe that.

0:29:510:29:55

A great many mistakes are made

0:29:550:29:57

in the name of loneliness.

0:29:570:30:00

There's no need to discuss it, Mark.

0:30:000:30:03

All right, I won't bring it up again.

0:30:030:30:06

You're brown. You've been in the sun.

0:30:060:30:08

Yes, I've been playing a lot of tennis.

0:30:080:30:11

What am I going to do if you go back to China?

0:30:110:30:14

Play more tennis.

0:30:140:30:16

You're not really going back to Chungking, are you?

0:30:160:30:19

It wouldn't be good for you to see too much of me anyhow.

0:30:190:30:22

Might even be harmful.

0:30:220:30:24

Oh, why?

0:30:240:30:26

I'm Eurasian. The word itself seems to suggest

0:30:260:30:29

a certain moral laxity in the minds of some people.

0:30:290:30:32

People never think of the meaning of words, they only feel them.

0:30:320:30:36

You're talking about stupid people.

0:30:360:30:38

Make no mistake, I'm proud to be Eurasian.

0:30:380:30:40

I like to think we combine the best qualities of both races,

0:30:400:30:44

that we're the answer to race snobbery.

0:30:440:30:47

Well, you're...

0:30:490:30:51

Certainly the answer to a lot of things for me.

0:30:510:30:54

Mark, like everyone else in Hong Kong, you're at loose ends.

0:30:540:30:58

I think you probably need a love affair,

0:30:580:31:01

but I'm not the answer.

0:31:010:31:04

I will make no mistakes in the name of loneliness.

0:31:040:31:07

I have my work and an uncomplicated life.

0:31:070:31:10

I don't want to feel anything again, ever.

0:31:100:31:13

A moment ago, you said that words had no meaning,

0:31:130:31:15

that people have to feel.

0:31:150:31:19

Let's not tax the day with self-analysis.

0:31:190:31:21

The friends I was going to see

0:31:210:31:23

have a house over there, right across the bay.

0:31:230:31:25

Would you like to swim over and drop in on them?

0:31:250:31:27

Why not?

0:31:270:31:29

Are you tired?

0:32:050:32:07

No, I just want to drift and feel the sun on my face.

0:32:070:32:12

You know, in the last few weeks, I've come alive.

0:32:120:32:14

I like it.

0:32:140:32:16

You've been good for me, Mark.

0:32:160:32:18

I don't feel that the whole world is sick any longer.

0:32:180:32:21

I'm glad.

0:32:210:32:24

Well, look!

0:32:520:32:54

Oh, ha, ha!

0:32:540:32:55

Why do you look so surprised?

0:32:550:32:57

You expected me, didn't you?

0:32:570:32:58

I expected you, but I didn't expect you to come out of the ocean.

0:32:580:33:01

Nora, this is Mark Elliott.

0:33:010:33:03

How do you do?

0:33:030:33:04

Robert?

0:33:040:33:05

We've met before.

0:33:050:33:07

-Hi, Anne.

-Hi, Mark.

0:33:070:33:08

Well, Suyin, I never thought of you as Venus rising from the sea.

0:33:080:33:11

Well, Suyin didn't have anything to wear, so I suggested we swim over.

0:33:110:33:14

Come inside. I'll get you some dry things.

0:33:140:33:16

And something wet in a glass for you.

0:33:160:33:18

-Come along, use my room.

-Thanks.

0:33:180:33:21

Well, you're a sly one.

0:33:240:33:27

Just when did Mark Elliott discover medicine?

0:33:270:33:29

I don't know what you mean.

0:33:290:33:30

"I don't know what you mean."

0:33:300:33:32

Oh, really?

0:33:320:33:34

Isn't it possible for two intelligent human beings

0:33:340:33:37

to enjoy each other's company and let it rest there?

0:33:370:33:39

Not if you're Mark Elliott and Han Suyin.

0:33:390:33:42

Do you like him?

0:33:420:33:44

-Well, I didn't swim across the bay to escape him.

-I knew it.

0:33:440:33:47

If ever I saw anyone looking moonstruck in the sunshine,

0:33:470:33:51

it's you.

0:33:510:33:52

Oh, nonsense.

0:33:520:33:53

Truth is, I have no intention of falling in love.

0:33:530:33:56

Listen to her.

0:33:560:33:57

He is a nice human being. We are friends.

0:33:570:34:00

I'm going to keep it that way.

0:34:000:34:02

With everything that's going on...

0:34:020:34:05

..do you think Hong Kong's safe?

0:34:050:34:06

Well, is anyplace safe?

0:34:060:34:09

Have you men been talking about us?

0:34:090:34:11

No, China.

0:34:110:34:13

Oh, let's forget China.

0:34:130:34:15

Have some music.

0:34:150:34:17

MUSIC PLAYS

0:34:170:34:20

You see, you can't escape.

0:34:200:34:22

We forget that China lies just across a hill.

0:34:220:34:25

MUSIC: LOVE IS A MANY-SPLENDOURED THING

0:34:250:34:27

I think that the relationship

0:34:270:34:29

between the East and the West should be closer.

0:34:290:34:31

Don't you, Doctor?

0:34:310:34:33

You taste of salt.

0:35:270:35:29

Mark...

0:35:300:35:33

there's an old Chinese proverb -

0:35:330:35:35

"do not wake a sleeping tiger".

0:35:350:35:37

Well, certainly not in a small boat.

0:35:370:35:40

I'm not being facetious.

0:35:400:35:42

Nor am I.

0:35:420:35:44

I think I'm in love with you.

0:35:440:35:47

Mark, you don't know about me.

0:35:470:35:50

You kiss a girl, and it doesn't mean anything to you.

0:35:500:35:52

Just a kiss.

0:35:520:35:54

But it isn't so with me.

0:35:540:35:57

I feel...

0:35:570:35:59

..not that I don't like you, for I do.

0:35:590:36:02

I wouldn't do anything to upset you.

0:36:020:36:05

I have never known any man but my husband.

0:36:050:36:08

Ha.

0:36:080:36:10

I feel on the brink of something.

0:36:100:36:12

I don't want to feel this way.

0:36:120:36:15

It frightens me.

0:36:150:36:16

You don't want to catch a cold.

0:36:180:36:19

Suyin?

0:37:020:37:04

Suyin?

0:37:050:37:07

Sorry, I was in the midst of an argument.

0:37:070:37:11

An argument?

0:37:110:37:12

My Chinese side was debating with my European side.

0:37:120:37:16

What about?

0:37:160:37:19

Sleeping tigers.

0:37:190:37:22

Mark, could I have a cigarette?

0:37:230:37:27

I've never seen you smoke.

0:37:420:37:45

I rarely do.

0:37:460:37:48

You still think we have no destiny together?

0:37:510:37:54

I have decided one thing -

0:37:540:37:57

that you must decide,

0:37:570:37:59

for you are stronger than I am.

0:37:590:38:02

No, I think you're the strong one.

0:38:020:38:05

Then you are wrong,

0:38:050:38:06

for you are gentle,

0:38:060:38:08

and there is nothing stronger in the world than gentleness.

0:38:080:38:12

You know what is going to happen

0:38:300:38:32

if we go on seeing each other.

0:38:320:38:34

I know we're going to go on seeing each other.

0:38:340:38:37

You'd better not take me on, you know.

0:38:370:38:41

You better get away from me while you can.

0:38:410:38:44

There's still time.

0:38:440:38:47

One starts these things pretending that it doesn't matter.

0:38:510:38:53

Stop worrying, darling.

0:38:530:38:56

Where can we meet tomorrow?

0:38:560:38:58

There's a tree at the top of the hill behind the hospital

0:39:000:39:03

and a path leading up from the road.

0:39:030:39:06

I will meet you there at 5.00.

0:39:060:39:09

I'll be waiting.

0:39:090:39:11

TELEPHONE RINGS

0:39:380:39:41

Dr Han here.

0:39:410:39:43

Good night.

0:39:440:39:46

Good night.

0:39:480:39:50

I'm late.

0:41:090:41:11

When I didn't see you, I was afraid you had gone.

0:41:110:41:14

You're early.

0:41:140:41:15

We're both early.

0:41:150:41:18

Give me your hand.

0:41:180:41:20

Time passes so quickly.

0:41:270:41:29

I didn't want to be late.

0:41:290:41:31

I wasn't thinking about time.

0:41:310:41:33

Oh, how good it is to know a man

0:41:340:41:37

who doesn't live his life measuring time in bits and pieces.

0:41:370:41:39

I like it so much.

0:41:390:41:40

Hong Kong, the hoard of a jewel thief.

0:41:450:41:48

What incredible hands you have.

0:41:580:42:00

They curve like a Balinese dancer's.

0:42:000:42:02

I have always been afraid of hands.

0:42:020:42:05

Men's hands.

0:42:050:42:07

I am not afraid of yours.

0:42:070:42:10

Please do not move.

0:42:170:42:19

Stay very still.

0:42:190:42:21

Why?

0:42:210:42:22

A butterfly has perched on your shoulder.

0:42:220:42:25

It's a sign of good luck.

0:42:250:42:28

Oh, you shouldn't have turned!

0:42:310:42:33

It was a good omen.

0:42:330:42:35

Why, you're superstitious.

0:42:350:42:37

And you, a doctor.

0:42:370:42:39

But I was born to superstition.

0:42:390:42:41

In China, when a peasant has a son,

0:42:410:42:44

he dresses him in girls' clothes

0:42:440:42:46

and gives him a girl's name

0:42:460:42:48

because he's afraid that the jealous gods may take him away.

0:42:480:42:51

Or if the crop in the field is bountiful,

0:42:510:42:54

he stands in the ditch

0:42:540:42:55

and shakes his head and cries aloud,

0:42:550:42:57

"Bad rice, bad rice!"

0:42:570:42:59

He does this to propitiate the gods, to deceive them.

0:42:590:43:03

And so it is with me.

0:43:030:43:06

I should like to deceive the gods,

0:43:060:43:08

for if they notice me, they may be jealous.

0:43:080:43:11

We mustn't let the angry gods notice us. Bad rice! Bad rice!

0:43:150:43:19

Be quiet.

0:43:190:43:22

I am very serious.

0:43:220:43:23

So am I.

0:43:240:43:26

Dr Sen.

0:43:370:43:39

This gentleman is looking for Dr Han.

0:43:390:43:41

Dr Han is on duty.

0:43:410:43:43

Yes, I know, but she left word at the office for me to call her.

0:43:430:43:46

-Said it was urgent.

-Urgent?

0:43:460:43:48

Yes, so I came on over. I'm Mark Elliott.

0:43:480:43:50

I'm Dr Sen. Will you come with me, please?

0:43:500:43:52

Thank you.

0:43:520:43:54

Dr Han, Mr Elliott to see you.

0:44:000:44:03

Thank you, Doctor.

0:44:030:44:05

Mark, what are you doing here?

0:44:050:44:06

I got your message at the office,

0:44:060:44:08

and when I called back, they said you were in surgery,

0:44:080:44:10

so rather than wait, I came on over.

0:44:100:44:12

It didn't mean that urgent.

0:44:120:44:13

It's all right. Thank you.

0:44:130:44:15

What's happened?

0:44:150:44:17

Well, we can't talk here.

0:44:170:44:19

I'm just going off duty.

0:44:190:44:21

Would you like to see how I live?

0:44:210:44:22

Sure.

0:44:220:44:24

Magnificent, isn't it?

0:44:310:44:33

The warm water pipes run under my floor.

0:44:330:44:36

The cockroaches grow enormous

0:44:360:44:38

and fight great duels.

0:44:380:44:40

They thrive on DDT, so I leave them alone.

0:44:400:44:43

Now I can visualise your surroundings when I'm not with you.

0:44:430:44:46

You look sleepy.

0:44:460:44:47

There are little finger marks of weariness under your eyes.

0:44:470:44:50

I do a lot of writing at night

0:44:500:44:52

so I can spend more time with you.

0:44:520:44:56

Shall I make you some coffee?

0:44:560:44:58

Now, what upset you?

0:45:040:45:06

Why did you call me?

0:45:060:45:07

I'm going to Chungking in the morning.

0:45:070:45:09

Why?

0:45:090:45:10

I received an urgent cable from my uncle.

0:45:100:45:14

He is the head of my family since my mother and father died.

0:45:140:45:17

Something has happened at home.

0:45:170:45:19

Something about Suchen.

0:45:190:45:22

Who is Suchen?

0:45:220:45:23

A younger sister.

0:45:230:45:25

I haven't seen her since...

0:45:250:45:27

..for several years.

0:45:270:45:29

Can't you handle this without going to Chungking?

0:45:290:45:31

Mark, it isn't only Suchen.

0:45:310:45:35

I...

0:45:350:45:37

I want to see China again, to see if it is

0:45:370:45:40

what I really want to go back to.

0:45:400:45:42

And also I...

0:45:420:45:44

I think I must get away from you for a while.

0:45:440:45:47

Get away from me? Now, why?

0:45:470:45:49

To adjust to certain truths

0:45:490:45:51

and not let them bother me.

0:45:510:45:53

That's foolish nonsense...

0:45:530:45:55

..unless you've changed your mind about me.

0:45:550:45:57

No, Mark.

0:45:570:45:58

But I can't help asking myself

0:45:580:46:00

what I will get out of this,

0:46:000:46:02

except to become a cheap Hong Kong Eurasian.

0:46:020:46:05

That could never be true, and I don't want you to say it.

0:46:050:46:08

Well, I will say it.

0:46:080:46:10

Then I've been wrong about you.

0:46:100:46:12

I don't understand your thinking.

0:46:120:46:14

How could you?

0:46:140:46:16

You're not Eurasian.

0:46:160:46:18

Your pride and sense of dignity are not involved.

0:46:180:46:21

Of course they're involved!

0:46:210:46:22

You're not something I picked up off the street,

0:46:220:46:24

and you're oversensitive about being Eurasian.

0:46:240:46:27

I am trying to be sensible.

0:46:270:46:29

You are an American.

0:46:290:46:30

In my heart, I am Chinese.

0:46:300:46:33

You are married, I am a widow.

0:46:330:46:34

You are a journalist,

0:46:340:46:36

a front-row spectator not directly involved.

0:46:360:46:39

I am a doctor deeply involved with a duty toward my people.

0:46:390:46:43

I don't want anything sordid...

0:46:430:46:45

Sordid?

0:46:450:46:46

I'm in love with you.

0:46:460:46:48

Don't you understand that, Suyin? I love you.

0:46:480:46:50

Oh, Mark.

0:46:500:46:52

We both know that even the fat, ugly people of this world

0:46:520:46:54

believe that being in love makes them beautiful

0:46:540:46:56

and justifies everything.

0:46:560:46:58

I want something a little better than that for us.

0:46:580:47:01

While I stand around biting my fingers

0:47:010:47:03

until you've decided I'm worth the risk!

0:47:030:47:04

Oh, Mark.

0:47:040:47:06

Don't let your male vanity enter this.

0:47:060:47:08

You don't have to go to Chungking to rid your conscience of me...

0:47:080:47:12

I'll get out now.

0:47:120:47:14

Don't threaten me, Mark.

0:47:140:47:16

That's not a threat.

0:47:160:47:19

Is this seat occupied?

0:47:590:48:01

Suyin, sit down.

0:48:010:48:03

Suzanne, are you going to Chungking?

0:48:030:48:05

No, we're going to Guilin.

0:48:050:48:07

We?

0:48:070:48:08

I'm not alone.

0:48:080:48:11

We thought it would be better if we sat separately.

0:48:110:48:15

He's one of the directors of the hospital.

0:48:220:48:25

I'll get your salary raised.

0:48:250:48:28

Should we seem so friendly?

0:48:280:48:30

He might suspect you're not English.

0:48:300:48:32

Oh, he found out.

0:48:320:48:33

He thought I was doing it for his sake, so he bought me this.

0:48:330:48:37

Isn't that lovely?

0:48:370:48:39

It's beautiful.

0:48:390:48:40

These are real diamonds.

0:48:400:48:43

Lao Liu.

0:49:350:49:36

Third uncle.

0:49:400:49:41

Suyin.

0:49:410:49:42

Third aunt.

0:49:420:49:43

Cousin Lee Fu.

0:49:440:49:47

Meiyin, cousin Suyin.

0:49:470:49:48

Cousin Lee Chin.

0:49:500:49:51

Shafong, cousin Suyin.

0:49:510:49:53

Cousin Lee Won.

0:49:540:49:56

Yen Fing, cousin Suyin.

0:49:560:49:57

We have waited for this moment.

0:50:010:50:03

We hope that

0:50:030:50:05

you have not changed within you.

0:50:050:50:07

I am the same,

0:50:070:50:08

and you are as I remembered you.

0:50:080:50:10

Your face is fuller.

0:50:100:50:12

It was not yesterday.

0:50:120:50:13

Some of the family

0:50:130:50:15

thought that you would be foreign to us.

0:50:150:50:17

You do not seem strange.

0:50:170:50:19

I feel like the locust that has suddenly cast its shell.

0:50:190:50:21

You are at home.

0:50:210:50:23

We shall now have tea

0:50:230:50:25

and speak of absurdities.

0:50:250:50:26

May we now speak of Suchen, third uncle?

0:50:440:50:46

Suchen has brought disgrace on us.

0:50:460:50:49

She has gone to live in the house of a foreigner.

0:50:490:50:52

Not 50 yards from our home,

0:50:520:50:53

she is living under the protection of this alien.

0:50:530:50:57

Why?

0:50:570:50:58

She fears that when the communists take over Chungking

0:50:580:51:01

that she will be shot.

0:51:010:51:02

She thinks they will not harm her in the house of a foreigner.

0:51:020:51:06

Our clan has never begged of foreigners.

0:51:060:51:09

May I see her, third uncle?

0:51:090:51:12

It has grown dark.

0:51:130:51:15

I will send a boy to light the way for you.

0:51:150:51:17

KNOCKING

0:51:270:51:28

It is I, Suyin, elder sister.

0:51:280:51:31

I didn't think you'd come.

0:51:410:51:44

Of course I'd come.

0:51:440:51:46

Now tell me.

0:52:020:52:05

What is this disgrace you've brought on our family?

0:52:050:52:08

You accuse me?

0:52:080:52:09

You have become a foreigner yourself.

0:52:090:52:12

You're free.

0:52:120:52:13

You can return to Hong Kong,

0:52:130:52:15

but third uncle will not secure a passport for me,

0:52:150:52:19

so I must stay and be shot when the communists come.

0:52:190:52:23

And would you stand under the protection of the foreigner

0:52:230:52:26

and watch if your family were shot?

0:52:260:52:29

They could flee, but they will not.

0:52:290:52:31

I am sick of Chungking.

0:52:310:52:33

I want to be as free as you to live my life and forget China.

0:52:330:52:39

If I get you a passport,

0:52:400:52:43

will you return to the family

0:52:430:52:46

and wipe out this obligation to the foreigner?

0:52:460:52:49

I want only to get away.

0:52:490:52:51

You will have your passport.

0:52:530:52:55

Oh!

0:52:580:52:59

Yes?

0:53:060:53:08

HE SPEAKS CANTONESE

0:53:080:53:12

SHE ANSWERS IN CANTONESE

0:53:140:53:17

I couldn't risk letting you get away from me,

0:53:470:53:50

so I came after you.

0:53:500:53:52

Is there someplace

0:53:520:53:54

where we could go and talk for a moment?

0:53:540:53:57

Third uncle, we would like to go into the courtyard

0:54:000:54:04

and talk privately.

0:54:040:54:05

Will you graciously grant permission?

0:54:050:54:07

The night is cool.

0:54:070:54:09

I shall have tea waiting to warm you.

0:54:090:54:12

Suyin, will you marry me?

0:54:270:54:30

But you...you are not free, Mark.

0:54:300:54:33

I'll get my freedom as soon as we return.

0:54:330:54:36

I don't want to make you do anything that will hurt others.

0:54:360:54:41

You...you won't like that, and you won't like me.

0:54:410:54:45

I want to know if you'll marry me.

0:54:500:54:53

I will always do what you want me to do.

0:54:530:54:57

Then it's settled.

0:54:570:54:59

It is settled,

0:54:590:55:00

yet I should like permission of my uncle.

0:55:000:55:03

It...it would hurt him not to make this gesture.

0:55:030:55:06

Sit here, Suyin.

0:55:160:55:18

There, Mr Elliott.

0:55:180:55:19

Third uncle,

0:55:330:55:35

I respectfully ask your permission to become the wife of Mark Elliott.

0:55:350:55:40

Where would you live?

0:55:400:55:42

In Hong Kong with Mark.

0:55:420:55:44

And will you now give up your vow to medicine

0:55:440:55:48

for devotion to Mr Elliott?

0:55:480:55:50

I won't ask Suyin to give up being a doctor to be my wife, sir.

0:55:500:55:56

Suyin, you are a Chinese citizen.

0:55:560:55:59

When your passport expires, you may not be granted the right

0:55:590:56:03

to practice in Hong Kong.

0:56:030:56:05

Where would you go if this happened?

0:56:050:56:07

If Suyin wanted to practice medicine in China, I would live here.

0:56:070:56:10

The new tapestry will be tightly woven, Mr Elliott.

0:56:100:56:13

You would not fit into its hard pattern.

0:56:130:56:16

We can always go to America.

0:56:160:56:18

Ah, yes.

0:56:180:56:20

We can begin in flight, pull up roots,

0:56:200:56:23

and wither and die.

0:56:230:56:25

Third aunt, do you believe that this is wrong?

0:56:250:56:30

You have asked, and I must answer.

0:56:300:56:33

He is a foreigner.

0:56:330:56:36

Well, that I can't change.

0:56:360:56:37

We are not strange to this problem, Mr Elliott.

0:56:370:56:41

Suyin's father left the land of his ancestors for a European.

0:56:410:56:45

He left part of his heart.

0:56:450:56:47

I would rather face the future without hope

0:56:470:56:50

than the present without Mark.

0:56:500:56:53

Then you must do what you have to do.

0:56:530:56:57

We cannot stem the tide of change.

0:56:570:57:00

Leave nothing behind with us, Suyin.

0:57:000:57:02

Enter this marriage wholeheartedly.

0:57:050:57:07

We believe that jade, if worn long enough,

0:57:400:57:44

becomes the person who wears it.

0:57:440:57:46

They have given me something of themselves to take away.

0:57:460:57:51

Back to Earth again.

0:58:110:58:12

The sun is out.

0:58:120:58:14

It is a good omen.

0:58:140:58:16

We don't have to worry about omens.

0:58:160:58:19

Fate isn't jealous of us.

0:58:190:58:21

While we're in the airport,

0:58:240:58:26

I'm going to make arrangements to fly on to Singapore.

0:58:260:58:29

-At once?

-This is something I can't handle in a letter.

0:58:290:58:33

-I'll have to see her.

-Of course.

0:58:330:58:36

I will test myself at missing you.

0:58:360:58:38

You bite your nails.

0:58:380:58:40

Yes. I know.

0:58:410:58:43

If you ever stop,

0:58:430:58:45

it will be because you are completely peaceful,

0:58:450:58:48

and completely mine.

0:58:480:58:49

-ANNOUNCER:

-Will passengers make sure, please,

0:58:490:58:51

to take possessions as they leave the plane.

0:58:510:58:54

That means you.

0:58:560:58:58

You've changed since I last saw you.

0:59:040:59:07

You're radiant, beautiful!

0:59:070:59:08

It's Mark.

0:59:080:59:10

And you used to be so shy and inhibited.

0:59:100:59:14

It's Mark.

0:59:140:59:15

Don't keep saying, "It's Mark. It's Mark."

0:59:150:59:18

I suppose it's never happened to anyone before.

0:59:180:59:21

Not to me.

0:59:210:59:22

When does Mark get back?

0:59:220:59:24

As soon as he's settled about his divorce.

0:59:240:59:26

Fat chance he has of getting it.

0:59:260:59:27

Why do you say that?

0:59:270:59:29

I'm a realist. I've met his wife.

0:59:290:59:30

She's the kind who doesn't want him, but will hold on to him

0:59:300:59:33

until she finds someone she wants.

0:59:330:59:35

Well, I think Mark will come back free to marry Suyin.

0:59:350:59:38

Anne, being Mark, would you give up so much to marry me?

0:59:380:59:42

No, I wouldn't.

0:59:420:59:43

I consider it quite idiotic of him, and idiotic of you, too.

0:59:430:59:47

After all, you're quite happy as you are.

0:59:470:59:49

Oh, well, why spoil everything, anyhow?

0:59:490:59:51

All the fun goes out when you get serious.

0:59:510:59:54

You must admit, Suyin, it's difficult for Mark,

0:59:540:59:56

and your being Chinese doesn't make it any easier for him.

0:59:560:59:59

-WHISPERING

-You talk too much.

0:59:591:00:01

You all talk too much.

1:00:011:00:02

Suyin, it's the hospital. There's a cablegram for you.

1:00:021:00:06

Dr Han here.

1:00:111:00:13

Read the cablegram to me, please.

1:00:141:00:16

Thank you!

1:00:221:00:23

SHE LAUGHS AND SOBS

1:00:271:00:30

Well, what is it, darling?

1:00:301:00:34

It was from Mark.

1:00:341:00:36

What did he say?

1:00:361:00:38

He said, "I am...

1:00:381:00:40

"I have stopped biting my fingernails!"

1:00:411:00:45

SHE SOBS

1:00:451:00:47

BOAT HORN BLARES

1:01:491:01:52

Mark...

1:02:011:02:02

She won't release me.

1:02:021:02:04

I guessed as much when I saw your face.

1:02:041:02:08

What are we going to do, Suyin?

1:02:081:02:10

I had prepared myself for the possibility of failure.

1:02:101:02:14

Nothing is different.

1:02:141:02:15

I am as much to you as the pleasure I bring you.

1:02:151:02:19

When I sent you the cable, she had agreed to the divorce.

1:02:191:02:24

Then later, she changed her mind.

1:02:241:02:27

You're quite right.

1:02:341:02:35

Nothing is different.

1:02:351:02:37

We can still hope that she will change her mind again.

1:02:371:02:41

Mark, go home and rest.

1:02:531:02:55

I will see you tomorrow.

1:02:551:02:57

You didn't get enough sleep, did you?

1:03:271:03:29

How can you tell?

1:03:291:03:31

Oh, I can tell each time I see you whether you've had enough sleep,

1:03:311:03:34

or worked too hard, or had enough to eat.

1:03:341:03:38

I found a cable waiting.

1:03:381:03:40

I have to go to Macau on a story.

1:03:401:03:43

Ah, of course.

1:03:431:03:45

Then you must go.

1:03:491:03:52

But I don't want to be away from you for a week.

1:03:521:03:55

You won't be far.

1:03:551:03:58

But a whole week, Suyin.

1:03:581:04:00

Do you think you could join me in a few days?

1:04:061:04:11

Yes. I'll arrange it.

1:04:111:04:15

Now, darling, if you think it's unwise, I'll understand.

1:04:151:04:18

To go on living, one must be occasionally unwise.

1:04:181:04:22

Why are you smiling?

1:04:231:04:25

Oh, I don't know.

1:04:251:04:27

The way you walk, the way you talk,

1:04:271:04:30

everything about you.

1:04:301:04:32

SHE LAUGHS

1:04:321:04:33

I love you, Suyin.

1:04:331:04:35

PHONE RINGS

1:04:441:04:45

Dr Han here.

1:04:471:04:48

Oh, Dr Han?

1:04:481:04:50

This is Adeline Palmer-Jones here.

1:04:501:04:52

Could you come over this morning?

1:04:521:04:54

Oh, would you mind if Dr Sen came instead?

1:04:541:04:58

I'm going on holiday. I was just leaving.

1:04:581:05:01

Well, it is important.

1:05:011:05:03

I sprained my ankle.

1:05:031:05:05

Very well.

1:05:051:05:07

I'll stop by on my way to the boat.

1:05:071:05:09

HE SPEAKS CANTONESE

1:05:201:05:22

SHE REPLIES IN CANTONESE

1:05:221:05:23

Oh, it was nice of you to come, Dr Han.

1:05:291:05:33

I don't understand. I...I thought you...

1:05:331:05:36

I didn't sprain my ankle. I wanted to talk to you.

1:05:361:05:39

Won't you sit down?

1:05:391:05:40

I have a taxi waiting, Mrs Palmer-Jones.

1:05:421:05:45

I'm catching the boat for Macau.

1:05:451:05:46

That's what I want to talk to you about. Sit down.

1:05:461:05:50

Now, no-one hates gossip more than I do,

1:05:511:05:54

and nobody is more tolerant than I am.

1:05:541:05:56

But there are certain conventions here that must be observed,

1:05:561:06:00

especially with this ticklish situation in China,

1:06:001:06:03

and there's been some ugly talk about you and Mr Elliott.

1:06:031:06:07

May I ask, what sort of talk?

1:06:071:06:10

Oh, the usual kind.

1:06:101:06:11

Mr Elliott is married, you know.

1:06:111:06:14

I've known that from the beginning.

1:06:141:06:16

Oh.

1:06:171:06:19

Well, Mr Palmer-Jones feels that the personnel at the hospital

1:06:191:06:22

should not be indiscreet.

1:06:221:06:24

I thought I should warn you, my dear.

1:06:241:06:27

Thank you.

1:06:271:06:29

Please feel free to call me if you DO sprain your ankle.

1:06:291:06:35

I'm Dr Han.

1:07:101:07:11

Yes, Dr Han.

1:07:111:07:13

Mr Elliott telephoned.

1:07:131:07:14

He will be delayed.

1:07:141:07:16

Put the lady's things in their place.

1:07:161:07:18

I hope you will be comfortable.

1:07:181:07:20

I'm sorry to have kept you waiting.

1:08:301:08:32

It isn't often that I do.

1:08:321:08:34

You locked yourself in. Why?

1:08:351:08:38

I locked the world out.

1:08:381:08:40

Mark, I... I don't know what has happened to me.

1:08:431:08:46

I...I'm like a seed, sprouting up,

1:08:461:08:49

clutching at life.

1:08:491:08:52

I can hear and...and smell the sun.

1:08:521:08:55

I'm...

1:08:551:08:56

I am conscious of surfaces and their textures.

1:09:001:09:03

I-I have such an awareness...

1:09:031:09:07

such an awareness.

1:09:071:09:08

Oh, pity the poor people with their sad faces

1:09:101:09:14

who have missed what we have.

1:09:141:09:16

You know, I was thinking last night of that line in Thompson's poem -

1:09:161:09:21

"'Tis ye, 'tis your estranged faces

1:09:211:09:25

"that miss the many-splendoured thing."

1:09:251:09:28

I'm so happy, it frightens me.

1:09:281:09:31

I have a feeling that heaven is unfair,

1:09:321:09:35

and is preparing for you and for me a great sadness,

1:09:351:09:39

because we have been given so much.

1:09:391:09:42

Darling, whatever happens, always remember,

1:09:441:09:47

nothing is fair nor unfair under heaven.

1:09:471:09:50

MUSIC PLAYS OUTSIDE

1:09:521:09:55

It's a funeral procession.

1:10:101:10:13

They make it seem so festive.

1:10:131:10:16

"There was a good man,

1:10:161:10:18

"who had a good life."

1:10:181:10:20

Are you making that up?

1:10:201:10:22

No. The sign they carry says so.

1:10:221:10:25

I've always wondered why the relatives walk in the enclosure.

1:10:291:10:34

They hide their grief.

1:10:341:10:36

Oh! How good it is to be alive!

1:10:431:10:46

Two men in the lift are former generals,

1:10:531:10:56

old friends of my family.

1:10:561:10:58

But they didn't speak to you.

1:10:581:11:00

They realised I was here to see you.

1:11:001:11:03

It would have been not polite to speak.

1:11:031:11:06

Good evening, senor.

1:11:061:11:07

Table for two, please.

1:11:071:11:09

Did you book a reservation?

1:11:091:11:11

No.

1:11:111:11:12

This way, please.

1:11:131:11:15

Mr Elliott.

1:11:431:11:44

If you do not want this table, I can get you a nicer one.

1:11:441:11:48

No, it's quite all right, Mr Vicenti.

1:11:481:11:50

Uh, this is Dr Han. Mr Vicenti is the proprietor.

1:11:501:11:52

A doctor? Business good?

1:11:521:11:54

Well, I'm not in private practice.

1:11:541:11:56

Too bad. You ought to make money now.

1:11:561:11:59

Woman doctor make her fortune in no time.

1:11:591:12:01

Men do not like their wives to be seen by men doctors.

1:12:011:12:04

You stay in Macau.

1:12:041:12:05

I'll consider it. Thank you.

1:12:051:12:08

How long will we be in Macau?

1:12:081:12:11

Can you stay a week?

1:12:111:12:13

I can't, but I will.

1:12:131:12:16

Do you think we should be seen together?

1:12:161:12:19

I want all of my friends to say,

1:12:191:12:22

"Who is that beautiful Chinese girl Mark Elliott's out with?"

1:12:221:12:27

Eurasian.

1:12:271:12:28

The gentleman would like champagne?

1:12:281:12:30

No. Two very dry Martinis - VERY dry.

1:12:301:12:34

Trust me. The driest.

1:12:341:12:36

You know what I should like to do after dinner?

1:12:361:12:39

What?

1:12:391:12:40

I should like to go to a Chinese fortune-teller,

1:12:401:12:42

and listen to his gorgeous lies.

1:12:421:12:45

MUSIC: LOVE IS A MANY-SPLENDOURED THING

1:12:451:12:48

The lady would like her fortune told.

1:13:161:13:18

Fortune written in sand.

1:13:181:13:21

I would like a lovely fortune, please.

1:13:231:13:26

Oh, you very lucky.

1:13:351:13:37

Going to own big house.

1:13:371:13:40

Well, not TOO big.

1:13:401:13:42

Ah, many children.

1:13:541:13:57

How many?

1:13:571:13:59

Oh, ten children, maybe 15.

1:13:591:14:01

SHE LAUGHS

1:14:011:14:03

HOW many?

1:14:031:14:04

Oh, too many. Look again.

1:14:041:14:07

Four children.

1:14:071:14:09

Will we have a long and lovely life together?

1:14:101:14:14

Oh, years very hard to tell.

1:14:141:14:18

Cost more.

1:14:181:14:22

I have a feeling that HE'S the one

1:14:221:14:24

that's going to wind up with the big house.

1:14:241:14:27

Inside box, blue beetle and white beetle.

1:14:311:14:34

White beetle, woman. Blue beetle, man.

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If both beetles go to far box, mean long life together. You watch.

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You have long life together. 87 year.

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Thank you.

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Thank you for our happy future, and thank your blessed beetles, too.

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Think there's food in that box they go into?

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-There is a cable for you, Mr Elliott.

-Thank you.

1:15:331:15:36

You're welcome.

1:15:361:15:37

Wait for me here, will you?

1:15:431:15:46

What time is the next boat to Hong Kong?

1:15:481:15:51

In about one hour and 50 minutes.

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Make reservations for me, will you, please?

1:15:531:15:55

Yes, sir.

1:15:551:15:56

But...but why Korea?

1:16:001:16:03

North Koreans hated the south.

1:16:031:16:05

They crossed the 38th parallel last night.

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There isn't much time. We have to pack.

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It's only a little war, isn't it?

1:16:101:16:13

That's hard to tell.

1:16:131:16:15

Will it... will it last long?

1:16:161:16:19

Oh, I don't think very long.

1:16:191:16:21

A couple of weeks, maybe three.

1:16:211:16:23

Could you possibly not go?

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No, I could not possibly not go.

1:16:291:16:32

I thought not.

1:16:321:16:35

Our gorgeous lie did not even last the night.

1:16:371:16:41

I'm going to the news office.

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I'll call you the moment I get any information.

1:16:551:16:59

Oh! Oh, good morning, Dr Han.

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Oh, good morning, Mrs Palmer-Jones.

1:17:191:17:21

Did you enjoy your trip to Macau?

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Yes, thank you.

1:17:231:17:25

We had an explosion in the harbour while you were away.

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You were badly needed here.

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My husband was most disturbed at your absence.

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Well... well, it's nice that you're back.

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Good morning, Dr Han.

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Good morning, Dr Sen.

1:17:411:17:44

Did she tell you?

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Yes. I'm sorry I wasn't here in the emergency.

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Did she tell you that your residency here is not being renewed?

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No.

1:17:531:17:54

Well, that isn't too important, but I should have been here.

1:17:561:18:00

Do you think that is the real reason you are being dismissed?

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No.

1:18:041:18:05

It is because you are Eurasian.

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Oh, no. I doubt that, Sen.

1:18:081:18:10

Anyway, this isn't the only hospital in Hong Kong.

1:18:101:18:13

You will not be offered another residency.

1:18:131:18:16

Then I'll go into private practice.

1:18:161:18:19

Do you think the English will seek you out?

1:18:191:18:20

They turn to their own kind.

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That should not be your concern, Sen.

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Go back to China, Suyin.

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There you will be given a hospital of your own.

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Go back to China.

1:18:291:18:32

I think she's put on a bit of weight.

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Soap and affection make a world of difference.

1:18:441:18:47

She's being discharged in my care.

1:18:471:18:49

Haven't you enough problems already?

1:18:491:18:52

This is Dr Han. I'm expecting a call.

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When it comes, will you ring me here, please?

1:18:551:18:59

Thank you. Extension 31.

1:18:591:19:03

How do you say, "Take a deep breath"?

1:19:031:19:05

Wouldn't it be better if she sang for you?

1:19:051:19:09

Yes, it would.

1:19:091:19:10

SUYIN SPEAKS CANTONESE

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GIRL SINGS "FRERE JACQUES" IN CANTONESE

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PHONE RINGS

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Dr Han here.

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Suyin, I've just been notified about transportation.

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Can you meet me in a half an hour?

1:19:311:19:33

Yes.

1:19:331:19:35

I'll meet you at the airport.

1:19:351:19:38

No. I don't want to say goodbye at the airport.

1:19:381:19:40

On the hill in a half an hour, darling.

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Mm-hmm.

1:19:471:19:48

How do you turn her off?

1:19:511:19:53

SUYIN SPEAKS CANTONESE

1:19:551:19:58

Give me your hand.

1:20:111:20:13

Every woman in love should have a secret garden.

1:20:251:20:29

And every man in love should have a mountain.

1:20:291:20:32

Mark, do you remember the man you wanted to interview?

1:20:321:20:36

The one you said was the first richest person in the world?

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Well, he isn't.

1:20:401:20:42

You are.

1:20:421:20:43

How did you know?

1:20:431:20:45

I've learned to read your mind, too.

1:20:451:20:47

In the next life, let us be birds.

1:20:551:20:58

According to the laws of reincarnation, in the next life,

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I will be a woman, and you will be a man.

1:21:021:21:05

Oh, no. I refuse to be a man.

1:21:051:21:08

You have reconciled me to being a woman.

1:21:081:21:10

All right. I'll take you as you are.

1:21:101:21:12

Well, I'm sure I shall go as limp at the sight of you

1:21:131:21:16

in the next life as I do in this one.

1:21:161:21:19

What sort of things will you write about in Korea?

1:21:211:21:25

Oh, the same sort of things I wrote about in Africa, Indonesia -

1:21:251:21:30

cold facts of war.

1:21:301:21:32

The other things that tell of men afraid,

1:21:321:21:35

men suffering,

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people caught up in events they can't understand.

1:21:371:21:40

Mark... do correspondents ever get killed?

1:21:401:21:45

Mm-hmm.

1:21:451:21:46

A friend of mine got killed by a bus in Tokyo.

1:21:461:21:50

If anything happens to you, I shall give up medicine.

1:21:501:21:55

I would hate my fellow man too much for having hurt you.

1:21:551:22:00

Then I would be the worst thing that ever happened to you,

1:22:001:22:03

and I would know it.

1:22:031:22:05

What time should you leave?

1:22:081:22:10

Ten minutes ago.

1:22:101:22:11

War has strapped you to a watch.

1:22:151:22:18

Unfortunately, my plane leaves on schedule.

1:22:181:22:21

I wanted to bring you a present, but there wasn't time.

1:22:231:22:27

You know, I've never given you anything.

1:22:271:22:30

Oh, Mark, what a wrong and dreadful thing to say.

1:22:301:22:34

And what a nice thing to reply.

1:22:341:22:38

I have to go now, and I don't want you to be sad.

1:22:381:22:42

I won't be sad.

1:22:421:22:44

Sadness is so ungrateful.

1:22:441:22:46

And I don't want you to come down the path with me.

1:22:461:22:51

I want to look back and see you here.

1:22:511:22:54

I will be here when you come back to me.

1:22:541:22:56

I promise.

1:22:561:22:57

Remember the blue beetle?

1:23:141:23:16

It promised us a long and happy life.

1:23:161:23:19

Nora?

1:23:521:23:53

This is Suyin.

1:23:531:23:54

Mark has gone, and I've lost my position here at the hospital.

1:23:541:23:59

Could I come over and stay with you for a while?

1:23:591:24:03

Oh, for goodness' sakes, Suyin!

1:24:031:24:05

Come and stay as long as you like.

1:24:051:24:07

And could I bring my little oh-no with me?

1:24:071:24:10

We both have a need for friends at the moment.

1:24:101:24:13

You bring oh-no, third uncle, nine aunt.

1:24:131:24:15

Anyone you want.

1:24:151:24:17

Thank you, Nora. It won't be for long.

1:24:171:24:20

KNOCK AT DOOR

1:24:201:24:21

Come in. Yes. Thank you, dear. Goodbye.

1:24:211:24:26

Can I talk to you for a moment?

1:24:261:24:28

Of course, Dr Sen.

1:24:281:24:30

SUYIN SPEAKS CANTONESE

1:24:301:24:32

When do you leave the hospital, Suyin?

1:24:371:24:40

Tomorrow.

1:24:401:24:41

In a week, I'm returning to China.

1:24:411:24:44

Have you thought about going back?

1:24:441:24:46

I must stay in Hong Kong.

1:24:461:24:48

Because of Mr Elliott?

1:24:481:24:49

Yes, as a matter of fact.

1:24:491:24:51

So you're willing to sacrifice your country and many men

1:24:511:24:55

for a romantic attachment to one man,

1:24:551:24:57

a man who will not even marry you.

1:24:571:24:59

Where's your pride, Suyin?

1:24:591:25:00

I will not allow you to make me feel small, selfish, or ashamed.

1:25:001:25:04

Forget this man, Suyin.

1:25:041:25:05

It is a weakness unworthy of you.

1:25:051:25:07

There is no longer any place in the world for weakness.

1:25:071:25:11

Then there is no place for doctors,

1:25:111:25:12

since our whole approach to weakness is sympathetic.

1:25:121:25:15

But you feel as we do.

1:25:151:25:16

I have watched you.

1:25:161:25:18

You hate the poverty and the pain you see here.

1:25:181:25:20

I hate it everywhere,

1:25:201:25:21

but that doesn't make me a communist like you, Sen.

1:25:211:25:24

It just makes me try to be a better doctor.

1:25:241:25:27

China has been reborn, Suyin.

1:25:271:25:29

Our people are free at last.

1:25:291:25:31

Sen, refugees pour into Hong Kong at the rate of 3,000 a day.

1:25:311:25:36

As a man who believes in this new order,

1:25:361:25:39

doesn't it disturb you that so many flee from freedom?

1:25:391:25:42

You're no longer Chinese. You're not facing the truth.

1:25:421:25:46

Look into the mirror, and see yourself.

1:25:461:25:49

Maybe that is the difference in our viewpoints, Sen.

1:25:511:25:54

You look into the mirror and see truth reflected,

1:25:541:25:57

but I think it is an illusion,

1:25:571:26:00

for in the mirror, what is right is left,

1:26:001:26:04

and what is left is right.

1:26:041:26:06

DOOR SLAMS

1:26:091:26:10

Ha-ha-ha!

1:26:231:26:24

THEY SPEAK CANTONESE

1:26:241:26:26

We drove out to see you, and you weren't home.

1:26:281:26:31

Where have you been?

1:26:311:26:33

-Job hunting.

-Any luck?

1:26:331:26:35

Yes. I was offered a job typing medical reports.

1:26:351:26:40

Suyin, would you go and see Mr Palmer-Jones if I arrange it?

1:26:401:26:44

Well, I wouldn't have a month ago, but time has nibbled at my pride.

1:26:441:26:49

I'll call him tomorrow.

1:26:491:26:50

-Oh-no!

-THEY SPEAK CANTONESE

1:26:501:26:52

Oh-no!

1:26:521:26:54

You read your letter, and we'll go in and fix tea.

1:27:001:27:03

Oh!

1:27:031:27:05

Is she taking care of herself?

1:27:091:27:12

She looks worried and tired.

1:27:121:27:14

I think she looks wonderful...

1:27:141:27:15

for someone with half a heart.

1:27:151:27:18

MARK: I have received your letters number eight and 11,

1:27:271:27:30

but nine and ten are missing.

1:27:301:27:32

Wonderful moon at night, each night a little bigger,

1:27:321:27:36

rising a little farther to the left,

1:27:361:27:39

taking a little longer to reach the trees on the right.

1:27:391:27:42

Twice, like a ritual, I read your letter by its light.

1:27:421:27:47

Last night, wonder of wonders, I not only had a clean camp bed,

1:27:471:27:51

but I was able to place it so it faced the open window

1:27:511:27:55

and our friend the moon.

1:27:551:27:57

NORA SPEAKS CANTONESE

1:28:441:28:46

I'm driving in to pick up Robert. Would you like to come along?

1:28:501:28:54

No. I'll stay.

1:28:541:28:56

We could stop at a cake shop and have tea first.

1:28:561:28:58

Stop worrying about me!

1:28:581:29:00

It is difficult enough now when I think of your kindness to me.

1:29:001:29:03

I'm not kind. I'm just practical.

1:29:031:29:05

With a household full of children, I just wanted a doctor in the house.

1:29:051:29:09

What on earth are you doing?

1:29:091:29:12

Making a good-luck prayer for Mark.

1:29:121:29:14

Oh, Suyin.

1:29:141:29:15

I know it is foolish,

1:29:151:29:17

but I must feel I'm doing something to protect him.

1:29:171:29:21

NORA SPEAKS CANTONESE

1:29:211:29:23

MUSIC: LOVE IS A MANY-SPLENDOURED THING

1:29:321:29:34

MARK: Glory be!

1:30:091:30:10

Numbers nine and ten finally arrived,

1:30:101:30:12

old and worn, but mighty welcome.

1:30:121:30:14

I expect to be in Seoul tomorrow.

1:30:141:30:17

My bottom is worn to the bone

1:30:171:30:20

with bouncing about in jeeps on bumpy roads.

1:30:201:30:24

I used to think I'd run out of things to write you.

1:30:241:30:28

More fool... AIR-RAID SIREN WAILS

1:30:281:30:30

SOBBING

1:30:411:30:42

Oh-no!

1:30:451:30:47

SUYIN SPEAKS CANTONESE

1:30:521:30:54

It's no-one's fault. These things happen.

1:31:021:31:06

SHE SPEAKS CANTONESE

1:31:121:31:14

-RADIO:

-The latest report is that UN troops have withdrawn

1:31:181:31:21

to previously prepared positions at Pusan.

1:31:211:31:24

The North Koreans...

1:31:241:31:25

Stop listening to that.

1:31:251:31:27

A letter from Mark.

1:31:271:31:29

Oh, thank you.

1:31:291:31:30

You must have enough letters from him to start a bonfire.

1:31:301:31:33

I wouldn't burn them, but they would make a lovely glow.

1:31:331:31:37

Nora, you know, it...

1:31:371:31:38

it often seems that Mark is with me more while he is away

1:31:381:31:42

than when he is here.

1:31:421:31:44

Do you think that's strange?

1:31:441:31:46

Oh, no, I don't.

1:31:461:31:47

Nora.

1:31:491:31:50

Oh, here's Anne. DOOR CLOSES

1:31:501:31:52

Nora, come here a minute.

1:31:521:31:54

What is it, Anne?

1:31:581:31:59

Hello, Anne.

1:31:591:32:00

What in the world is the matter?

1:32:031:32:05

There's something in the paper.

1:32:051:32:07

What?

1:32:071:32:08

-Suyin, it's about Mark.

-What about Mark?

1:32:081:32:11

No, don't. Don't, Suyin.

1:32:111:32:13

Dead...or a prisoner?

1:32:131:32:15

He's dead.

1:32:151:32:17

Oh, Suyin!

1:32:171:32:18

Oh, it's not true!

1:32:181:32:20

It's not true.

1:32:221:32:24

Nora...it's a lie.

1:32:261:32:29

I won't believe it!

1:32:341:32:35

MARK: I do not know what is to happen, darling,

1:32:391:32:43

but this I do know.

1:32:431:32:46

Life's greatest tragedy is not to be loved.

1:32:461:32:50

God has been good to us, Suyin.

1:32:501:32:53

He is dead, but his letters will come one by one.

1:33:131:33:19

They will continue to come...

1:33:231:33:25

one by one.

1:33:251:33:28

MARK: Suyin, there is nothing fair nor unfair under heaven.

1:33:431:33:48

God has been good to us, Suyin.

1:33:511:33:55

It makes me very proud of you

1:33:561:33:58

to know that any unhappiness of your own

1:33:581:34:00

could never blind you to the pain of others.

1:34:001:34:04

MARK: Give me your hand.

1:34:501:34:52

MARK: I often think that healing is man's salvation,

1:35:531:35:56

and I envy your ability to help.

1:35:561:35:59

You deal with suffering, but you can do something about it.

1:35:591:36:04

I can only stand and watch.

1:36:041:36:07

MARK: We have not missed, you and I.

1:36:271:36:30

We have not missed that many-splendoured thing.

1:36:301:36:35

# Love is a many-splendoured thing

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# It's the April rose that only grows in the early spring

1:36:411:36:48

# Love is nature's way of giving a reason to be living

1:36:481:36:56

# The golden crown that makes a man a king

1:36:561:37:05

# Once, on a high and windy hill

1:37:051:37:12

# In the morning mist, two lovers kissed

1:37:121:37:16

# And the world stood still

1:37:161:37:20

# Then your fingers touched my silent heart

1:37:201:37:26

# And taught it how to sing

1:37:261:37:31

# Yes, true love's

1:37:311:37:35

# A many-splendoured thing. #

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