0:02:50 > 0:02:53(BUZZING)
0:03:24 > 0:03:29MUSIC: "Gnossienne No 1" by Eric Satie
0:04:25 > 0:04:27- CLEARS THROAT - Hello.- Hello.
0:04:27 > 0:04:30Say, I was wondering...
0:04:31 > 0:04:34- What?- Sorry. I was wondering if you'd like to dance.
0:04:37 > 0:04:39Why not?
0:04:44 > 0:04:47HAUNTING PIANO MUSIC
0:04:47 > 0:04:52Kitty, who was the young man you were dancing with last night?
0:04:52 > 0:04:56- Which one? - Quiet, serious-looking one.
0:04:56 > 0:04:59Oh, him. I suppose you invited him, Mother.
0:04:59 > 0:05:01I don't know who you're talking about.
0:05:01 > 0:05:05I invited him.
0:05:05 > 0:05:07His name is Fane and he's a doctor.
0:05:07 > 0:05:10He manages a government laboratory in Shanghai.
0:05:10 > 0:05:12A civil servant?
0:05:12 > 0:05:15In any case, he called around last Sunday.
0:05:15 > 0:05:18We had a long chat. I told him to come back anytime.
0:05:18 > 0:05:20It's not often that you like any of my young men.
0:05:20 > 0:05:22Well, do you like him?
0:05:22 > 0:05:24- Not really. - What's wrong with him?
0:05:24 > 0:05:27- Is he in love with you? - I don't know.
0:05:27 > 0:05:30I thought you'd know when a young man was in love with you.
0:05:30 > 0:05:33The point is am I in love with him, and I'm not!
0:05:33 > 0:05:36You'd better be careful, young lady. Time can run out, you know.
0:05:36 > 0:05:39Oh, stop it, Mother! Honestly.
0:05:39 > 0:05:42The very idea that a woman should marry any Tom, Dick, or Harry,
0:05:42 > 0:05:47regardless of her own feelings, is simply prehistoric!
0:05:47 > 0:05:51How much longer do you expect your father to go on supporting you?
0:06:07 > 0:06:09- Oh. - Oh.
0:06:09 > 0:06:12- Hello. - Hello. I...
0:06:12 > 0:06:14I was... I was just coming...
0:06:14 > 0:06:15Hmm...
0:06:17 > 0:06:19Your father invited me.
0:06:19 > 0:06:21I'm going out.
0:06:21 > 0:06:23May I join you?
0:06:31 > 0:06:33VOICES IN DISTANCE
0:06:40 > 0:06:42Right on time.
0:06:59 > 0:07:02What is it exactly that you do?
0:07:02 > 0:07:05I'm a bacteriologist.
0:07:05 > 0:07:07That must be fascinating.
0:07:07 > 0:07:10You have no idea what that is, do you?
0:07:10 > 0:07:13- No, I'm afraid not. - No. There's no reason you should.
0:07:13 > 0:07:16I study the microorganisms that carry disease.
0:07:16 > 0:07:17Charming.
0:07:17 > 0:07:20No, it's not, actually. It's the opposite.
0:07:22 > 0:07:24Shall we step inside?
0:07:39 > 0:07:41Do you like flowers?
0:07:41 > 0:07:44Not particularly, no.
0:07:44 > 0:07:46Well, I mean, yes, but...
0:07:46 > 0:07:49we don't really have them around the house.
0:07:49 > 0:07:52Mother says why purchase something you can grow for free?
0:07:52 > 0:07:55Then, we don't really grow them, either.
0:07:55 > 0:07:57Does seem silly, really.
0:07:57 > 0:08:01To put all that effort into something that's just going to die.
0:08:02 > 0:08:05I'd like to say something to you.
0:08:06 > 0:08:10I came to see you to ask you if you'll marry me.
0:08:10 > 0:08:13You could knock me down with a feather.
0:08:13 > 0:08:16- Could you not tell that I'm in love with you?- You never showed it.
0:08:16 > 0:08:19Oh, I...
0:08:19 > 0:08:23Well, I wanted to. It's difficult. I...
0:08:24 > 0:08:26But there it is.
0:08:26 > 0:08:30Right. I'm not sure that's very well put.
0:08:30 > 0:08:35No! You see how clumsy I am? I... I'm terrible at this sort of thing.
0:08:35 > 0:08:38The thing is, I've got to get back to China very soon.
0:08:38 > 0:08:42- I don't have time to be cautious. - I never thought of you in that way.
0:08:42 > 0:08:45- I improve greatly upon acquaintance. - I'm sure!
0:08:45 > 0:08:49I'd do anything in my power... to make you happy.
0:08:50 > 0:08:52Anything at all.
0:08:55 > 0:08:58I think you'd like Shanghai.
0:08:58 > 0:09:00It's quite exciting, it is.
0:09:00 > 0:09:02Lots of dancing.
0:09:02 > 0:09:06Surely you're not expecting me to answer this second.
0:09:09 > 0:09:13LAUGHS INCREDULOUSLY I don't know you at all.
0:09:13 > 0:09:15Yes!
0:09:15 > 0:09:18Well, we had the highest of hopes,
0:09:18 > 0:09:21but no expectation that he'd ask her so soon.
0:09:21 > 0:09:25Yes. A lovely late autumn wedding.
0:09:25 > 0:09:29She's done very well for herself, has my Doris.
0:09:29 > 0:09:32At least one of them's made a success.
0:09:32 > 0:09:35No, I gave up on Kitty ages ago.
0:09:35 > 0:09:37Yes. Yes!
0:09:37 > 0:09:40Well, I know you understand...
0:09:58 > 0:10:01SPEAKS MANDARIN
0:10:22 > 0:10:24Well...
0:10:25 > 0:10:29- ..is it smaller than you imagined? - I'm not sure what I imagined.
0:10:31 > 0:10:34Don't you have a piano?
0:10:35 > 0:10:37No. I don't play the piano.
0:10:39 > 0:10:43SHE SIGHS, KNOCK AT DOOR
0:10:45 > 0:10:47- Who is it? - It's I.
0:10:53 > 0:10:55Come in.
0:11:04 > 0:11:07Just wanted to see if you were all settled.
0:11:07 > 0:11:10So, then, you're comfortable, then?
0:11:10 > 0:11:12Do you need anything?
0:11:12 > 0:11:14No. I'm fine.
0:11:14 > 0:11:17- Thank you. - Good. Good.
0:11:41 > 0:11:44I am so happy you're here.
0:12:08 > 0:12:11- Shall I shut the lamp? - What for?
0:12:16 > 0:12:18I must shut the lamp.
0:12:39 > 0:12:42It's raining cats and dogs.
0:12:46 > 0:12:50- I said, it's raining cats and dogs. - Yes, I heard you.
0:12:50 > 0:12:52(SIGHS) You might have answered.
0:12:52 > 0:12:57I've gotten used to not speaking unless I have something to say.
0:12:57 > 0:13:00If nobody spoke unless they had something to say,
0:13:00 > 0:13:04the human race would soon lose the power of speech.
0:13:10 > 0:13:13Walter!
0:13:15 > 0:13:17I'm sorry.
0:13:19 > 0:13:22- You're right. What...? - INHALES DEEPLY
0:13:22 > 0:13:25What shall we do? Shall we...?
0:13:25 > 0:13:30- Shall we play a game? - The games I play bore you.
0:13:30 > 0:13:33Nonsense. Let's play cards.
0:13:38 > 0:13:40SIGHS
0:13:42 > 0:13:46Do you think you'd enjoy a night out?
0:13:46 > 0:13:49We have an invitation for Saturday night.
0:13:49 > 0:13:52- From whom? - The Townsends.
0:13:53 > 0:13:54Dorothy Townsend.
0:13:54 > 0:13:56Do you not like her?
0:13:56 > 0:13:59(SIGHS) I've only met her once,
0:13:59 > 0:14:02- but there's no reason for her to put on such airs.- Does she?
0:14:02 > 0:14:04Yes. I have no idea why.
0:14:04 > 0:14:07Because she was, what, married to a vice consul?
0:14:07 > 0:14:10Honestly, they're absurd, this Shanghai set.
0:14:10 > 0:14:13Mother wouldn't dream of asking half of them to dinner.
0:14:13 > 0:14:15I'm taking that black five.
0:14:18 > 0:14:21Well, it's alright. I thought you might enjoy it,
0:14:21 > 0:14:25but... we certainly don't have to go.
0:14:25 > 0:14:28(SIGHING) I don't care either way.
0:14:31 > 0:14:33Go where?
0:14:33 > 0:14:35GONG IS STRUCK
0:14:35 > 0:14:39ORIENTAL MUSIC PLAYS
0:14:42 > 0:14:45- Kitty Fane?- Hello, Dorothy. - I'm so glad you could come.
0:14:45 > 0:14:48- This is Walter. - I'm pleased to meet you.
0:14:48 > 0:14:52This is my husband. Charlie, stop talking and greet our guests.
0:14:52 > 0:14:54- You know Mr Fane. - Charlie.
0:14:54 > 0:14:56- It's Dr Fane, darling. - Oh, dear!
0:14:56 > 0:14:59- I do beg your pardon, Dr Fane. - Not at all.
0:14:59 > 0:15:01This is Dr Fane's wife, Kitty.
0:15:01 > 0:15:03- Mrs Fane. - Mr Townsend.
0:15:03 > 0:15:07I do apologize. I assumed you worked with Charlie at the consulate.
0:15:07 > 0:15:10Nothing so glamorous. I'm at the Civil Laboratory.
0:15:10 > 0:15:13Oh. The government lab? How fascinating.
0:15:13 > 0:15:17HIGH-PITCHED DRAMATIC SHRIEK
0:15:19 > 0:15:22CYMBALS CRASH
0:15:28 > 0:15:32ORIENTAL MUSIC PLAYS
0:15:33 > 0:15:35HIGH-PITCHED SINGING
0:15:40 > 0:15:42Are you enjoying it?
0:15:42 > 0:15:45I've never seen anything like it.
0:15:49 > 0:15:51Every gesture has a meaning.
0:15:51 > 0:15:53See how she covers her face?
0:15:53 > 0:15:56She is mourning her misfortune.
0:15:57 > 0:15:59What happened to her?
0:16:02 > 0:16:05She was sold into slavery.
0:16:05 > 0:16:09Condemned to a life of drudgery and despair
0:16:09 > 0:16:12in a strange land far from home.
0:16:13 > 0:16:18Her chains represent the heavy bondage of her poor trapped soul
0:16:18 > 0:16:21from which there is no escape.
0:16:22 > 0:16:24And so she weeps.
0:16:24 > 0:16:29She weeps for the lively, vivacious girl she once was.
0:16:31 > 0:16:34The lonely woman she has become...
0:16:36 > 0:16:38And most of all,
0:16:38 > 0:16:41she weeps for the love she'll never feel.
0:16:42 > 0:16:45For the love she'll never give.
0:16:47 > 0:16:50Is that really what she's saying?
0:16:51 > 0:16:54Actually, I haven't a clue what she's on about.
0:16:54 > 0:16:57I don't speak Chinese.
0:16:57 > 0:17:01APPLAUSE Bravo! Bravo!
0:18:08 > 0:18:10MOANING
0:18:16 > 0:18:18What was that?
0:18:21 > 0:18:24- Perhaps it was the - - Sshh!
0:18:35 > 0:18:37- They've gone. - (GASPS)
0:18:41 > 0:18:43- He heard us. - Who?
0:18:43 > 0:18:46Walter.
0:18:46 > 0:18:50Walter. What if it was? For all he knows, you were taking a nap.
0:18:50 > 0:18:52- With my doors locked? - Kitty, dear,
0:18:52 > 0:18:54you need a drink.
0:18:59 > 0:19:02Even if it was, my impression is he'll do nothing.
0:19:02 > 0:19:04That's flattering.
0:19:04 > 0:19:07He knows there's nothing to be gained by making a scandal.
0:19:07 > 0:19:12Has it occurred to you that my husband is in love with me?
0:19:16 > 0:19:20I have a feeling you're about to say something awful.
0:19:20 > 0:19:23It's just that... women are often under the impression
0:19:23 > 0:19:27that men are much more in love with them than they really are.
0:19:27 > 0:19:31I wouldn't delude myself for a second that you were in love with me!
0:19:33 > 0:19:36Now there you're wrong.
0:19:45 > 0:19:47Do you like your present?
0:19:48 > 0:19:51It's good enough.
0:20:02 > 0:20:05- Charlie? - Mm?
0:20:05 > 0:20:08Do I make you as happy as you make me?
0:20:08 > 0:20:11Of course you do, darling.
0:20:44 > 0:20:46- Hassan? - Yes?
0:20:46 > 0:20:50- Who brought this package around? - Dr Fane.
0:20:51 > 0:20:55- When? - While you sleeping.
0:21:53 > 0:21:56It's nearly midday.
0:21:56 > 0:21:59We could stop up here under the trees,
0:21:59 > 0:22:01but I'd like to press on, if it's alright with you.
0:22:01 > 0:22:05- Certainly my comfort's of no concern to you.- Right.
0:22:05 > 0:22:07Then, we'll continue.
0:22:15 > 0:22:18Charlie Townsend, please.
0:22:19 > 0:22:20"Charles Townsend."
0:22:20 > 0:22:22I need to see you.
0:22:22 > 0:22:25"I can't possibly see you. I've got a meeting in an hour."
0:22:25 > 0:22:27- KNOCK AT DOOR - "What is it?"
0:22:27 > 0:22:29I have to go.
0:22:31 > 0:22:33What are you doing home?
0:22:33 > 0:22:37I'm sorry, there's something I need to speak with you about.
0:22:37 > 0:22:39Actually, I was just about to take my bath.
0:22:39 > 0:22:43I'm afraid it's rather important, darling. Can't wait.
0:22:53 > 0:22:56Sit down.
0:23:00 > 0:23:03Do you know a place called Mei-tan-fu?
0:23:03 > 0:23:04No.
0:23:04 > 0:23:07Well, it... It was in the papers the other day.
0:23:07 > 0:23:11It's a small town on a tributary of the Yangtze River,
0:23:11 > 0:23:13in the interior.
0:23:13 > 0:23:15They've had an outbreak of cholera there,
0:23:15 > 0:23:18the worst epidemic anyone's seen in a long time.
0:23:18 > 0:23:20The Chinese medical officer has died.
0:23:20 > 0:23:23There's a convent of French nuns running the hospital.
0:23:23 > 0:23:26They're doing their best, but people are dropping like flies.
0:23:27 > 0:23:31I have volunteered to go and to take charge.
0:23:31 > 0:23:34- Why? - Because they need a doctor.
0:23:34 > 0:23:37- But you're not a doctor. You're a bacteriologist.- I'm an MD.
0:23:37 > 0:23:40That I'm foremost a scientist
0:23:40 > 0:23:44- is actually all to the good in this case.- Oh.
0:23:44 > 0:23:46Won't it be awfully dangerous?
0:23:46 > 0:23:50- CLEARS THROAT - I suppose it might, yes.
0:23:51 > 0:23:54Now, Mei-tan-fu is a 10-day journey.
0:23:54 > 0:23:57You go by rail for the first part. After that it's carriage,
0:23:57 > 0:24:00and then we'll have to take a sedan chair.
0:24:00 > 0:24:03- Who's we? - Why, you and I, of course.
0:24:03 > 0:24:07- You're not expecting me to come, too! - I hoped you would want to go.
0:24:07 > 0:24:12Surely it's no place for a woman. It would be madness for me to go.
0:24:12 > 0:24:15- Why should I? - To cheer and comfort me?
0:24:15 > 0:24:20No. No, I won't go. In fact, it's monstrous of you to even ask me.
0:24:20 > 0:24:25Fine. Then I shall file my petition for divorce tomorrow.
0:24:32 > 0:24:36I'm afraid that you have thought me a bigger fool than I am.
0:24:36 > 0:24:39- I don't know what you're talking about.- Don't you?
0:24:39 > 0:24:42I am divorcing you for adultery.
0:24:42 > 0:24:46I am naming Charles Townsend as your lover.
0:24:56 > 0:25:00I'm sorry, Walter. I realize this is very unpleasant,
0:25:00 > 0:25:03- but let's not make this uglier than it needs to be.- By all means.
0:25:03 > 0:25:06What is it that you propose that we should do?
0:25:07 > 0:25:12- You could let me divorce you quietly. - You divorce me?
0:25:12 > 0:25:15- On what grounds? - That's what a gentleman would do.
0:25:15 > 0:25:18Give me one reason to put myself to an inconvenience for you!
0:25:18 > 0:25:20Please, Walter, don't be so hateful.
0:25:20 > 0:25:23We didn't mean to hurt anyone. But...
0:25:23 > 0:25:27Charlie and I have fallen in love. HE LAUGHS
0:25:27 > 0:25:29He wants to marry me.
0:25:29 > 0:25:33Really? I knew that you weren't the cleverest girl in the world,
0:25:33 > 0:25:36- but I didn't know that you were a fool.- Yes.
0:25:36 > 0:25:38If it makes you feel better to hurt me, go ahead.
0:25:38 > 0:25:41But you might as well get used to it. We love each other.
0:25:41 > 0:25:45And we're sick to death of the secrecy and compromise!
0:25:45 > 0:25:48- And you curse the day you ever met me.- Stop mocking me.
0:25:48 > 0:25:52There's no other response for such pathetic behaviour! It's comic.
0:25:52 > 0:25:55When I think about how hard I tried to make you happy.
0:25:55 > 0:25:59Acting as though I was as thrilled as you by the latest gossip!
0:25:59 > 0:26:03- I don't have to listen! - As ignorant of the world...- Shut up!
0:26:03 > 0:26:06If you interrupt me again, I'll strangle you.
0:26:06 > 0:26:08Sit down.
0:26:09 > 0:26:13I knew when I married you... that you were selfish and spoiled.
0:26:14 > 0:26:16But I loved you.
0:26:17 > 0:26:21I knew you married me to get as far away from your mother as possible
0:26:21 > 0:26:24and I hoped that one day...
0:26:24 > 0:26:26there'd be something more.
0:26:27 > 0:26:32I was wrong. You don't have it in you.
0:26:32 > 0:26:35If a man hasn't what's necessary to make a woman love him,
0:26:35 > 0:26:38then it's his fault, not hers.
0:26:38 > 0:26:40Either way...
0:26:40 > 0:26:43Tomorrow morning we are to leave for Mei-tan-fu,
0:26:43 > 0:26:45or I shall file my petition.
0:26:45 > 0:26:50You can't be serious about taking me into the middle of an epidemic.
0:26:50 > 0:26:53Do you think that I'm not?
0:26:53 > 0:26:55My God!
0:26:56 > 0:26:59That's what you want, isn't it?
0:26:59 > 0:27:02Do you really think Charlie will let you do this?
0:27:02 > 0:27:05I don't think Charlie has very much to say about it.
0:27:06 > 0:27:08Everything you said is true.
0:27:10 > 0:27:12Everything.
0:27:12 > 0:27:15I married you even though I didn't love you.
0:27:15 > 0:27:17But you knew that.
0:27:17 > 0:27:21Aren't you as much to blame for what's happened as I?
0:27:34 > 0:27:36Alright.
0:27:37 > 0:27:39Here's what I'll do...
0:27:40 > 0:27:42Gentlemen, we all have assets to protect here.
0:27:42 > 0:27:47Unfortunately, Mr Nagata's actions created a rather urgent situation.
0:27:47 > 0:27:50It was an unfortunate but unavoidable incident.
0:27:50 > 0:27:53- Your foreman shot a worker. - He was an agitator.
0:27:53 > 0:27:55He was a Chinese.
0:27:55 > 0:27:58You may have suppressed a very small strike
0:27:58 > 0:28:01but in doing so, you have started a very large demonstration.
0:28:01 > 0:28:05CHAOTIC SHOUTING
0:28:19 > 0:28:23- I need to use your pen, please. - Here you are, miss.- Thank you.
0:28:26 > 0:28:29What about support from Chiang Kai-shek? Where does he stand?
0:28:29 > 0:28:32He's a nationalist. He'll stand on the side of the Chinese.
0:28:32 > 0:28:34That's why they're called nationalists.
0:28:34 > 0:28:36Excuse me!
0:28:36 > 0:28:39Mr Townsend.
0:28:42 > 0:28:46- You underestimated the situation. - I have three of my mills shut down
0:28:46 > 0:28:49- because of walkouts. - There is talk about boycotts.
0:28:49 > 0:28:52A handful of municipal soldiers is hardly a show of force.
0:28:52 > 0:28:54If you'll excuse me.
0:28:59 > 0:29:01Mrs Fane. What a pleasant surprise.
0:29:01 > 0:29:04You've rescued me from a pack of wild bores.
0:29:04 > 0:29:08I wouldn't have come if it wasn't necessary.
0:29:10 > 0:29:12Are you alright?
0:29:12 > 0:29:14I needed to see you.
0:29:14 > 0:29:18- I'm sorry.- Kitty, this is not the most opportune time...- Charlie...
0:29:19 > 0:29:22- He knows. - Right.
0:29:31 > 0:29:33After you, Mrs Fane.
0:29:33 > 0:29:36- Hello, Charlie. - Hello, George.
0:29:39 > 0:29:43- Hello, Townsend. - Howden.
0:29:49 > 0:29:51He wants a divorce.
0:29:54 > 0:29:56You didn't commit yourself, did you?
0:29:56 > 0:29:59- Acknowledge anything? - No.
0:29:59 > 0:30:02- Are you sure? - Quite sure.
0:30:03 > 0:30:07(SIGHS) Well...
0:30:07 > 0:30:09this is a bloody scrape we're in.
0:30:10 > 0:30:12He says he has proof.
0:30:12 > 0:30:15We deny it. He can't prove anything.
0:30:15 > 0:30:18It wouldn't do any good to create a scandal.
0:30:18 > 0:30:20There isn't going to be a scandal.
0:30:20 > 0:30:23Walter's agreed to let me divorce him quietly.
0:30:23 > 0:30:25Pfft!
0:30:25 > 0:30:29Well... (LAUGHS)
0:30:29 > 0:30:32That's not so terrible, is it?
0:30:34 > 0:30:37- Will you hold me? - Of course I will.
0:30:39 > 0:30:41Oh, God!
0:30:41 > 0:30:43SHE SNIFFS
0:30:43 > 0:30:46- Charlie? - Mm?
0:30:46 > 0:30:49His offer comes with a condition.
0:30:53 > 0:30:57- I'm not a rich man. - He doesn't want your money.
0:30:57 > 0:31:01He's agreed to let me divorce him if Dorothy will agree to divorce you.
0:31:01 > 0:31:04And...if...
0:31:04 > 0:31:05What?
0:31:05 > 0:31:08If you'll promise to marry me.
0:31:15 > 0:31:17Darling, whatever happens,
0:31:17 > 0:31:20we must try to keep Dorothy out of it.
0:31:20 > 0:31:23What do you mean?
0:31:23 > 0:31:25We can't only think of ourselves.
0:31:25 > 0:31:30I know Dorothy. Nothing in the world will induce her to divorce me.
0:31:31 > 0:31:33You don't want to divorce her.
0:31:33 > 0:31:37- It's not a question of my marriage. - Then, what?- Do you have any idea
0:31:37 > 0:31:41- of the importance of my station here? If I were...- (LAUGHS)
0:31:41 > 0:31:42Why are you laughing?
0:31:42 > 0:31:45STIFLES SOBS
0:31:48 > 0:31:52I don't think Walter intended for one minute to divorce me.
0:31:52 > 0:31:54He knew you'd let me down.
0:31:54 > 0:31:57- Try to understand. - I understand, alright.
0:31:57 > 0:32:01Kitty. Kitty, please. We'll work this out, I promise...
0:32:21 > 0:32:25- I'm coming with you. - Good. I thought you might.
0:32:28 > 0:32:32I needn't take more than a few summer things? And a shroud?
0:32:32 > 0:32:34I've told Hassan what you'll need. She's packing.
0:32:47 > 0:32:51ANXIOUS CHATTER IN MANDARIN
0:32:53 > 0:32:56GASPS
0:34:29 > 0:34:35I wouldn't touch that if I was you. They may have died in that bed.
0:34:36 > 0:34:38This can be your room.
0:34:53 > 0:34:55KNOCK AT DOOR
0:34:55 > 0:34:58You must be the doctor's wife.
0:34:58 > 0:35:02I've just met your husband and invited myself to dinner.
0:35:02 > 0:35:04I've kept the Watsons' cook for you. She's not bad.
0:35:04 > 0:35:09She'll have to do as your amah as well. We're a little short-handed!
0:35:09 > 0:35:14- Sorry, my name is Waddington. - Oh, yes, of course. Kitty Fane.
0:35:14 > 0:35:17- I'm the deputy commissioner. - Please...
0:35:17 > 0:35:20I believe you're one of our neighbours.
0:35:20 > 0:35:24Only neighbour, I'm afraid. Last one standing.
0:35:24 > 0:35:28- And Watson was the missionary living here?- Yes. Nice fellow.
0:35:28 > 0:35:31American. Lovely family...
0:35:31 > 0:35:37- I'll show you their graves tomorrow, if you like.- How kind of you(!)
0:35:37 > 0:35:39I hope your journey wasn't too arduous.
0:35:39 > 0:35:43- We've been travelling for two weeks. - Two weeks?
0:35:43 > 0:35:46- What did you do, swim? - No, we didn't come upriver.
0:35:46 > 0:35:48- Came overland. - Whatever for?
0:35:48 > 0:35:52Well, we wanted to take in a bit of the countryside.
0:35:52 > 0:35:55Get a bit of sun. Didn't we, darling?
0:36:00 > 0:36:03Anyone for a cocktail?
0:36:03 > 0:36:04Here's luck.
0:36:08 > 0:36:11I was told I might get some help from the local army officer.
0:36:11 > 0:36:13Colonel Yu, is it?
0:36:13 > 0:36:17Good luck with him. He's not fond of us British.
0:36:17 > 0:36:19Listen, I'll warn you,
0:36:19 > 0:36:22things are pretty dicey even out here.
0:36:22 > 0:36:26If the cholera doesn't get us, the nationalists might.
0:36:26 > 0:36:29Tried to get those nuns to go but they refused.
0:36:29 > 0:36:32They all wanna be martyrs, damn them.
0:36:32 > 0:36:35Well, why have you stayed?
0:36:35 > 0:36:38I was posted here. Simple as that.
0:36:38 > 0:36:40I was shocked to hear you'd volunteered.
0:36:40 > 0:36:45Opportunity for research. I couldn't pass it up.
0:36:45 > 0:36:47Yes. And you?
0:36:47 > 0:36:50I don't suppose you've come to Mei-tan-fu for research.
0:36:50 > 0:36:53My husband's the scientist.
0:36:53 > 0:36:54Indeed.
0:36:54 > 0:36:58Did you have any reaction to the inoculation?
0:36:58 > 0:37:02- You have been inoculated? - Yes, of course.
0:37:02 > 0:37:07It's no guarantee. The Watsons were, too. It didn't do them much good.
0:37:07 > 0:37:11- Oh, er, have you brought any gramophone records?- No.
0:37:11 > 0:37:13Unfortunately not.
0:37:13 > 0:37:17Pity. I'm sick of all mine!
0:37:17 > 0:37:20DRUMS BEAT IN DISTANCE
0:37:21 > 0:37:24Listen. What's all that?
0:37:24 > 0:37:26Oh, across the river.
0:37:26 > 0:37:29Trying to frighten off the spirit of death.
0:37:36 > 0:37:39I'm going to town in the morning, have a look around.
0:37:39 > 0:37:43I expect you'll want to rest. I can inoculate you in the evening.
0:37:43 > 0:37:46- Will you be doing yourself? - No, I don't think so.
0:37:46 > 0:37:50- You needn't bother with me, then. - Suit yourself.
0:37:50 > 0:37:53Tell me, Walter...
0:37:54 > 0:37:57Is it a long, drawn-out affair, dying of cholera?
0:37:57 > 0:38:00No. All of the fluid goes out of you in the first 36 hours.
0:38:00 > 0:38:03You die of dehydration, actually. So it's messy and...
0:38:03 > 0:38:08very painful. But it is relatively quick.
0:38:09 > 0:38:10Good night.
0:38:15 > 0:38:18DRUMS BEAT LOUDLY, SHOUTING
0:38:27 > 0:38:29SHE SOBS
0:38:33 > 0:38:36BELLS RING
0:38:36 > 0:38:38(It's rather unfortunate.)
0:38:38 > 0:38:41I thought you and your wife would take precautions
0:38:41 > 0:38:43in case you'd have to leave.
0:38:43 > 0:38:46- Do you think all this is necessary? - You can see the picture.
0:38:46 > 0:38:50I thought you'd like to put your wife's mind at ease
0:38:50 > 0:38:53from this situation.
0:38:54 > 0:38:58This is Colonel Yu. He's the KMT's man.
0:38:58 > 0:39:00He's posting one of his men here at the house.
0:39:00 > 0:39:02Am I a prisoner?
0:39:02 > 0:39:05No. It was Mr Waddington's idea, actually.
0:39:05 > 0:39:08- He feels we should take precautions. - Against what?
0:39:08 > 0:39:12A few days ago, British troops opened fire
0:39:12 > 0:39:16on a group of Chinese workers who were demonstrating in Shanghai.
0:39:16 > 0:39:2011 were killed. We've only just heard.
0:39:20 > 0:39:23Those were plastered around the town last night.
0:39:24 > 0:39:27I shouldn't worry too much.
0:39:27 > 0:39:30Even the nationalists are afraid of cholera.
0:40:08 > 0:40:10CHILDREN CHATTER
0:40:24 > 0:40:28Do they take that water from the well?
0:40:28 > 0:40:30Can I see where they get the water?
0:40:44 > 0:40:49We've got to stop people from using this well until I can test it.
0:40:49 > 0:40:51CLEARS THROAT
0:40:51 > 0:40:53SPEAKS MANDARIN
0:40:53 > 0:40:56- CORRECTS OWN PRONUNCIATION - Do you understand?
0:40:56 > 0:40:59Yes, I understand, Dr Fane.
0:40:59 > 0:41:03I received my military training in Moscow.
0:41:03 > 0:41:06If you don't like English, we can speak Russian.
0:41:06 > 0:41:09English will be fine. Thank you.
0:41:12 > 0:41:14BELLS RING
0:41:23 > 0:41:26Here. You have seen cholera before, yes, doctor?
0:41:26 > 0:41:29- At the laboratory, of course. - No, I mean in a patient.
0:41:29 > 0:41:32No. I haven't had the chance, actually.
0:41:35 > 0:41:38Well, I'm not a clinician. Did they not tell you?
0:41:38 > 0:41:42I'm an infectious-disease specialist.
0:41:43 > 0:41:45- Shall we? - After you,
0:41:45 > 0:41:47Doctor.
0:41:49 > 0:41:51PATIENT GROANS
0:41:51 > 0:41:54SCREAMS
0:41:56 > 0:41:59No, it's alright. I'm alright.
0:41:59 > 0:42:02Alright, let's go.
0:43:07 > 0:43:09I don't need you.
0:43:11 > 0:43:13Go back!
0:43:21 > 0:43:23Mr Waddington?
0:43:24 > 0:43:27Oh.
0:43:27 > 0:43:29I'm looking for Mr Waddington.
0:43:41 > 0:43:43Wait here.
0:43:43 > 0:43:45Alright?
0:43:49 > 0:43:51KNOCKS AT DOOR Hello?
0:43:51 > 0:43:53Mr Waddington?
0:44:03 > 0:44:04Mrs Fane?
0:44:04 > 0:44:05Oh.
0:44:05 > 0:44:07Good morning.
0:44:11 > 0:44:16- What can I do for you, Mrs Fane? - I, er, found a record for you.
0:44:16 > 0:44:19Oh. Stravinsky!
0:44:19 > 0:44:22Very modern. Thank you.
0:44:24 > 0:44:27Was there something else?
0:44:27 > 0:44:30I was wondering if you could tell me when the post comes through.
0:44:30 > 0:44:33- It's for Shanghai. - Unfortunately, since the cholera,
0:44:33 > 0:44:37the cowards won't venture past the river port. Leave it with me.
0:44:37 > 0:44:41A local trader I know is making the trip on Friday.
0:44:41 > 0:44:42Townsend...
0:44:42 > 0:44:45- Charlie Townsend? - Yes.
0:44:45 > 0:44:48He's an acquaintance of my husband.
0:44:48 > 0:44:50- Do you know him? - Years ago.
0:44:50 > 0:44:53We were both assigned to the consulate in Shanghai.
0:44:53 > 0:44:57- Charming wife.- Yes. They're very popular, aren't they?
0:44:57 > 0:45:00He'd made a science of popularity.
0:45:00 > 0:45:02- So, you know his family? - Well enough.
0:45:02 > 0:45:05I like Dorothy.
0:45:05 > 0:45:08Yes, I understand they're quite the devoted couple.
0:45:08 > 0:45:10He had his little flirtations.
0:45:10 > 0:45:14Nothing serious!
0:45:14 > 0:45:16I heard her say she found it most unflattering
0:45:16 > 0:45:21that the women who fell for her husband were so second-rate.
0:45:26 > 0:45:28Well, er,
0:45:28 > 0:45:30enjoy the record.
0:45:30 > 0:45:33Mrs Fane...
0:45:33 > 0:45:35The letter.
0:45:36 > 0:45:41Right. It suddenly occurred to me that Friday's much too late.
0:45:41 > 0:45:43Thanks all the same.
0:46:07 > 0:46:10Can you pass the salt, please?
0:46:13 > 0:46:17- I'm sorry, did you say something? - Could you pass the salt?
0:46:17 > 0:46:18Mm.
0:46:21 > 0:46:23Thank you.
0:46:38 > 0:46:41So this is how it's going to be.
0:46:41 > 0:46:45Passing our evenings in silence.
0:46:50 > 0:46:52Walter.
0:46:53 > 0:46:55Walter!
0:46:56 > 0:46:59I wonder if you haven't gone insane.
0:47:02 > 0:47:06SPEAKS MANDARIN
0:47:06 > 0:47:09- She's not cooking it. - Leave it!
0:47:09 > 0:47:11Leave it.
0:47:11 > 0:47:13Thank you.
0:47:21 > 0:47:24Are you looking to kill yourself?
0:47:29 > 0:47:31DRUMS BEAT
0:47:50 > 0:47:52CHILDREN LAUGH
0:48:00 > 0:48:02Town well's contaminated.
0:48:05 > 0:48:08ANXIOUS SHOUTING
0:48:09 > 0:48:15- SPEAKS MANDARIN - This is dirty. It's dirty.
0:48:15 > 0:48:19VILLAGERS SPEAK MANDARIN
0:48:52 > 0:48:54What?
0:49:02 > 0:49:05BIRDS CHIRP
0:49:06 > 0:49:09ORIENTAL MUSIC
0:49:10 > 0:49:12Mr Waddington.
0:49:29 > 0:49:32GIRL SPEAKS MANDARIN
0:49:52 > 0:49:56SPEAKS MANDARIN
0:49:56 > 0:50:00Mrs Fane? Mrs Fane?
0:50:00 > 0:50:02Mrs Fane!
0:50:03 > 0:50:07- Come away. Come away. - SHE WEEPS
0:50:07 > 0:50:08WADDINGTON SHOUTS
0:50:18 > 0:50:22WOMAN SPEAKS QUIETLY IN MANDARIN
0:50:26 > 0:50:29What's the matter with Te-Ming?
0:50:29 > 0:50:32You have the dead man on you.
0:50:32 > 0:50:34They're very superstitious.
0:50:34 > 0:50:37She's lost three children and a husband to the cholera.
0:50:37 > 0:50:40So you can hardly blame her.
0:50:57 > 0:51:01You know, this is no place for a woman.
0:51:07 > 0:51:10When they telegraphed me that you were coming out,
0:51:10 > 0:51:13I was astonished.
0:51:13 > 0:51:17I imagined you might be a grim-visaged old nurse,
0:51:17 > 0:51:20with thick legs and a moustache.
0:51:21 > 0:51:25I came into the bungalow and there you were...
0:51:25 > 0:51:29Frail...and tired
0:51:29 > 0:51:31and very unhappy.
0:51:32 > 0:51:34It was a long journey.
0:51:34 > 0:51:38- But you're unhappy now. - SHE SIGHS
0:51:38 > 0:51:42And it occurred to me that you and your husband might be madly in love
0:51:42 > 0:51:45and you'd simply refused to stay behind.
0:51:45 > 0:51:48- That's a reasonable explanation. - Yes.
0:51:48 > 0:51:50But it's not the right one.
0:51:52 > 0:51:55Do you know what I find strange?
0:51:55 > 0:51:58That your husband should never look at you.
0:51:58 > 0:52:01He looks at the walls, the floor,
0:52:01 > 0:52:03his shoes.
0:52:05 > 0:52:09- He has a great deal on his mind. - Yes, I'm sure of it.
0:52:09 > 0:52:11PATIENTS COUGH
0:52:13 > 0:52:15Dr Fane!
0:52:15 > 0:52:17Dr Fane?
0:52:18 > 0:52:20Oh, God.
0:52:21 > 0:52:23Alright.
0:52:53 > 0:52:55What are you doing?
0:52:57 > 0:52:59Martini?
0:53:08 > 0:53:09TAP AT DOOR
0:53:09 > 0:53:11Yes?
0:53:13 > 0:53:18I'm the...bearer of a message from the Mother Superior.
0:53:22 > 0:53:26- Who? - The nun who...
0:53:26 > 0:53:29supervises the orphanage and the hospital.
0:53:31 > 0:53:34(SIGHS) I didn't know she was aware of my existence.
0:53:34 > 0:53:38Well, apparently, Mr Waddington has spoken of you.
0:53:38 > 0:53:41She would very much like to meet the...
0:53:41 > 0:53:45loving, loyal wife of the compassionate Dr Fane.
0:53:45 > 0:53:48Right. Then I must prepare myself for the charade.
0:53:48 > 0:53:52She does understand if you...
0:53:52 > 0:53:55don't want to venture into the centre of the epidemic.
0:53:55 > 0:53:58If you're not afraid, why should I be?
0:53:58 > 0:53:59Oh, God!
0:53:59 > 0:54:02- (GROANS) - Walter!
0:54:02 > 0:54:05- Oh, my God! - (LAUGHS)
0:54:05 > 0:54:07You're drunk!
0:54:31 > 0:54:34VARIOUS VOICES SHOUTING
0:55:02 > 0:55:05Don't expect anything grand. They're miserably poor.
0:55:05 > 0:55:08BELL TINKLES
0:55:08 > 0:55:09BABY CRIES
0:55:09 > 0:55:12HE WHISTLES ABSENT-MINDEDLY
0:55:18 > 0:55:19Ssh!
0:55:24 > 0:55:28- Hello.- It is a great pleasure to make the acquaintance
0:55:28 > 0:55:32- of the wife of our good and brave doctor.- Lovely to meet you too.
0:55:32 > 0:55:35Mr Waddington.
0:55:35 > 0:55:37You must eat the madeleine.
0:55:37 > 0:55:41Sister St Joseph made them for you herself this morning.
0:55:41 > 0:55:45- Merci, ma soeur! - GIGGLES
0:55:46 > 0:55:49So tell me, Mrs Fane,
0:55:49 > 0:55:53- to which faith do you subscribe? - COUGHS
0:55:53 > 0:55:56Excuse me. Erm...
0:55:57 > 0:56:00We attended services.
0:56:00 > 0:56:03Not religiously... Er, regularly.
0:56:03 > 0:56:08You could say I'm a member of the Church of England.
0:56:08 > 0:56:13That's an inoffensive way of saying you don't quite believe in much.
0:56:13 > 0:56:15You're very pretty.
0:56:15 > 0:56:18And very young.
0:56:18 > 0:56:20I assure you I'm not.
0:56:20 > 0:56:22I feel ancient.
0:56:25 > 0:56:28If Mrs Fane would like to see over the convent and orphanage,
0:56:28 > 0:56:32I shall be glad to show her.
0:56:32 > 0:56:33Alone.
0:56:38 > 0:56:40VOICES CHATTER
0:56:41 > 0:56:43Sshh!
0:56:46 > 0:56:51We keep the older girls busy with sewing. It keeps them occupied.
0:56:51 > 0:56:53And earns money for the convent.
0:56:53 > 0:56:56WOMAN SHOUTS IN MANDARIN
0:56:56 > 0:57:00That one won't allow us to baptize her.
0:57:00 > 0:57:02WOMAN SHOUTS IN MANDARIN
0:57:03 > 0:57:07CHILDREN SING "ABIDE WITH ME" IN FRENCH
0:57:08 > 0:57:11Our music room.
0:57:12 > 0:57:14Sister Maryse.
0:57:34 > 0:57:37Sister Dominique was our pianist.
0:57:37 > 0:57:41She died last week. Cholera.
0:57:45 > 0:57:48Through there is the infirmary.
0:57:50 > 0:57:53It is not a sight one would wish to see.
0:57:54 > 0:57:57Shall I call Dr Fane out to see you?
0:57:57 > 0:57:59No. You needn't disturb him.
0:57:59 > 0:58:02Now, with the epidemic,
0:58:02 > 0:58:05we have even more to care for.
0:58:05 > 0:58:08This baby was brought in this morning.
0:58:08 > 0:58:10Another orphan.
0:58:10 > 0:58:14SHE SPEAKS FRENCH
0:58:15 > 0:58:18She says Dr Fane loves babies.
0:58:18 > 0:58:23He spends as much time as he can helping them out in the nursery.
0:58:29 > 0:58:31Mrs Fane?
0:58:32 > 0:58:35Mrs Fane?
0:58:35 > 0:58:36Are you alright?
0:58:36 > 0:58:39Yes. (SIGHS)
0:58:39 > 0:58:41It's nothing.
0:58:41 > 0:58:43Only foolishness.
0:59:39 > 0:59:41What do you want?
0:59:41 > 0:59:43Oh. Sorry.
0:59:44 > 0:59:48- I brought you your supper. - Alright. Just leave it there.
0:59:51 > 0:59:53HE SNIFFS
0:59:54 > 0:59:56Is there something else?
0:59:56 > 0:59:58What's that you're doing?
1:00:01 > 1:00:06I'm...testing the nitrate levels of a local tomato.
1:00:06 > 1:00:08Why?
1:00:08 > 1:00:10Why?
1:00:10 > 1:00:13It can't possibly interest you.
1:00:14 > 1:00:17Well...
1:00:17 > 1:00:19- enjoy your supper. - Mm.
1:00:27 > 1:00:30Walter...
1:00:30 > 1:00:33What do you propose we should do if we get through the epidemic?
1:00:33 > 1:00:35I have no idea.
1:00:35 > 1:00:39No good will come of talking about a situation we'd do better to forget.
1:00:39 > 1:00:42- But you don't forget! - Please. I really must work.
1:00:42 > 1:00:46- Won't you listen to what I have to say?- Alright. If you insist.
1:00:50 > 1:00:53It's just,
1:00:53 > 1:00:56today, having been at the convent,
1:00:56 > 1:00:59- with those nuns. - What have they done, converted you?
1:00:59 > 1:01:02No!
1:01:02 > 1:01:05- They spoke of you. And it made me feel...- What?
1:01:05 > 1:01:07It made you feel what?
1:01:07 > 1:01:11- I think I've been afraid of you. - Well, you should have been.
1:01:13 > 1:01:17Excuse me. If I can't work, I'm going to bed.
1:01:28 > 1:01:33I know you're angry at me. But if we could just talk about...
1:01:33 > 1:01:37Honestly, I don't understand you. What is it that you want from me?
1:01:37 > 1:01:40Perhaps I just want us to be a little less unhappy.
1:01:40 > 1:01:44You're mistaken in thinking I'm unhappy. I have too much to do.
1:01:44 > 1:01:47That's exactly what I'm trying to say. I feel useless.
1:01:47 > 1:01:54- What do you propose I do...?- For God sakes, will you stop punishing me?!
1:01:54 > 1:01:56Do you absolutely despise me?
1:01:59 > 1:02:01- No. I despise myself. - Why?
1:02:02 > 1:02:05For allowing myself to love you once.
1:02:14 > 1:02:17SHE WEEPS SOFTLY
1:02:38 > 1:02:42MANDARIN SPOKEN IN HUSHED TONES
1:04:13 > 1:04:17Ah! Hello. CHILDREN CHATTER EXCITEDLY
1:04:18 > 1:04:20I'm very well. And you?
1:04:37 > 1:04:40(BOTH SPEAK MANDARIN)
1:04:49 > 1:04:52I hope I haven't come at an inconvenient time.
1:04:52 > 1:04:55Sister Maryse died last night.
1:04:55 > 1:04:58I've just written to inform her parents.
1:04:58 > 1:05:00I'm so sorry.
1:05:00 > 1:05:03But it is sinful of me to grieve
1:05:03 > 1:05:05when I know that her good and simple soul
1:05:05 > 1:05:09has flown straight to heaven.
1:05:09 > 1:05:12- How can I help you? - Erm...
1:05:12 > 1:05:15Well, I'm sure that with the sister's death,
1:05:15 > 1:05:18you must be even more short-handed.
1:05:18 > 1:05:21You see, I was wondering if...
1:05:21 > 1:05:24I could come to the convent and...
1:05:24 > 1:05:27do anything, just... just to help out.
1:05:27 > 1:05:31My dear child, you've done enough coming here with your husband.
1:05:31 > 1:05:33I've been here a month and,
1:05:33 > 1:05:37believe me, I have nothing to do from morning till night.
1:05:37 > 1:05:40Perhaps I could help with the sisters in the hospital.
1:05:40 > 1:05:44That is impossible. Cholera is a terrible thing to see.
1:05:44 > 1:05:46What would happen if you fell ill?
1:05:46 > 1:05:49I'd be happy to scrub the floors. Anything.
1:05:49 > 1:05:52Just something to feel useful.
1:05:52 > 1:05:57That will not be necessary. The orphans scrub the floors.
1:05:57 > 1:06:02No, no, it is our business and our privilege to do such things.
1:06:04 > 1:06:08But there is always more to do each day.
1:06:09 > 1:06:12Have you spoken to your husband of your wish?
1:06:12 > 1:06:14Yes.
1:06:16 > 1:06:18WOMAN SPEAKS MANDARIN
1:06:18 > 1:06:23BABIES SCREAM, WOMAN SHOUTS
1:06:24 > 1:06:27I don't know what you're saying!
1:06:34 > 1:06:38I also found traces in the river, downstream from the burial grounds.
1:06:38 > 1:06:42- You've checked these results? - I tested it three times.
1:06:43 > 1:06:45Well, that's it, then.
1:06:45 > 1:06:49I would recommend barricading the bathing area.
1:06:49 > 1:06:51Cut off all access to the river.
1:06:51 > 1:06:55How far do you expect people to walk for water?
1:06:55 > 1:06:59I've no idea. Upriver, at least a half-mile above the burial ground.
1:06:59 > 1:07:01- That's too far. - Nevertheless!
1:07:01 > 1:07:04I agree with Dr Fane.
1:07:04 > 1:07:06It's necessary.
1:07:06 > 1:07:09Also, I thought we'd agreed to post a directive
1:07:09 > 1:07:12- ordering disposal of the corpses. - We've done that already.
1:07:12 > 1:07:14Enforce it!
1:07:14 > 1:07:17Families hide bodies for days, bury them close to the river.
1:07:17 > 1:07:22I understand. You don't have to explain it twice.
1:07:22 > 1:07:24Colonel, I respectfully request
1:07:24 > 1:07:28that you order your soldiers to enter these people's homes
1:07:28 > 1:07:30and remove the bodies!
1:07:37 > 1:07:38It's alright.
1:07:43 > 1:07:46BABIES CRY
1:08:03 > 1:08:04Hello.
1:08:15 > 1:08:19ANGRY SHOUTING IN MANDARIN
1:08:21 > 1:08:23I understand.
1:08:23 > 1:08:26The spirits need access to the water.
1:08:26 > 1:08:30I just want to move a few of these so they don't live in the water.
1:08:35 > 1:08:38He said they're under the protection of their warlord.
1:08:38 > 1:08:41If he wants to move the bodies, he will send his own soldiers.
1:08:50 > 1:08:54It's not the best time for a Western woman to explore by herself.
1:08:54 > 1:08:56Oh, do be quiet.
1:08:56 > 1:09:01As if you care whether I'm killed by nationalists or boredom.
1:09:01 > 1:09:04Besides, I wasn't alone.
1:09:04 > 1:09:06I was with my gallant protector, Sung Ching.
1:09:09 > 1:09:11By the way,
1:09:11 > 1:09:15you might be happy to know that I'm just as useless to the nuns
1:09:15 > 1:09:17as I am to you.
1:09:18 > 1:09:22I shut off the town's only water supply today.
1:09:24 > 1:09:26What will you do?
1:09:29 > 1:09:31I have no idea.
1:09:35 > 1:09:36Hmm...
1:09:37 > 1:09:41Then, I suppose we're both useless.
1:09:41 > 1:09:44At last, something in common.
1:11:01 > 1:11:03Ah! Dr Fane.
1:11:03 > 1:11:06- We've both been caught out in the weather...- Not now, sorry.
1:11:06 > 1:11:08- I beg your pardon? - Counting.
1:11:08 > 1:11:10Counting?
1:11:27 > 1:11:29We'll camp here tonight.
1:11:35 > 1:11:38What makes you think this warlord will cooperate?
1:11:38 > 1:11:40I don't think he will.
1:11:40 > 1:11:44- So, what do you plan to say to persuade him?- I don't know.
1:11:47 > 1:11:49These men are like animals.
1:11:50 > 1:11:54They have no vision. They only have hunger and strength.
1:11:56 > 1:12:00Men like this have held the real power in China since I was young.
1:12:00 > 1:12:03But that time is coming to an end.
1:12:03 > 1:12:07There's no place for them in the new China.
1:12:09 > 1:12:13I don't think you like my being here very much either, do you?
1:12:13 > 1:12:16I think China belongs to Chinese people.
1:12:16 > 1:12:19But the rest of the world seems to disagree.
1:12:19 > 1:12:21Yes, but that's got nothing to do with me.
1:12:22 > 1:12:26I didn't come with a gun. I came with a microscope.
1:12:26 > 1:12:29I believe you.
1:12:30 > 1:12:33It'd be nice to do this work together
1:12:33 > 1:12:36without your country's guns pointing at our people.
1:12:43 > 1:12:48Our plan is to divert the water to the town from the fields upriver.
1:12:48 > 1:12:51With your permission and the assistance of your troops
1:12:51 > 1:12:53graves will be moved from the water.
1:12:53 > 1:12:57Colonel Yu and his men will enforce the prompt burial of the dead.
1:12:57 > 1:13:02Maintaining the integrity of the water and enforcing sanitation
1:13:02 > 1:13:07will make a difference between a few more deaths and possibly thousands.
1:13:07 > 1:13:10SPEAKS MANDARIN
1:13:34 > 1:13:36He said no.
1:13:39 > 1:13:42He doesn't speak any English, does he?
1:13:46 > 1:13:50Tell him that's the most ridiculous suit I've ever seen.
1:14:39 > 1:14:42CHILDREN CHATTER, PIANO MUSIC PLAYS
1:15:00 > 1:15:02PLAYS PIANO RAPIDLY
1:15:05 > 1:15:07Er...
1:15:07 > 1:15:11- I'm sorry. - Do not stop on my account if...
1:15:11 > 1:15:14Dr Fane is enjoying himself.
1:15:14 > 1:15:17No. No, not at all. I...
1:15:17 > 1:15:20- It's very nice. I was passing. - No! Stay.
1:15:20 > 1:15:22- I should go. - I insist.
1:15:26 > 1:15:30- Alright, if you like. - Continue, Mrs Fane.
1:15:30 > 1:15:35But...perhaps something a little more soothing.
1:15:35 > 1:15:37Yes, of course.
1:15:43 > 1:15:47PLAYS "GNOSSIENNE NO 1"
1:16:21 > 1:16:24MUSIC: "Gnossienne no 1" by Eric Satie
1:16:53 > 1:16:56They brought in a new baby today.
1:16:56 > 1:17:01The girls named her Zan Xien. It means "brand-new".
1:17:02 > 1:17:05The nuns are going to call it Katherine, which, of course,
1:17:05 > 1:17:08none of the girls will be able to say.
1:17:09 > 1:17:12Thank goodness for those nuns.
1:17:12 > 1:17:14They do so much for so little in return.
1:17:14 > 1:17:18I suppose you could look at it that way.
1:17:18 > 1:17:20You suppose?
1:17:20 > 1:17:24I think it might be a bit more complicated than that.
1:17:24 > 1:17:27They take in desperate children and give them a chance at life.
1:17:27 > 1:17:30What could be so complicated about that?
1:17:30 > 1:17:33They also go to young mothers in their homes.
1:17:33 > 1:17:36They ask them to give their babies to the convent.
1:17:36 > 1:17:40They offer them money to support their families to persuade them.
1:17:40 > 1:17:43They're not just here to run an orphanage, your nuns.
1:17:43 > 1:17:47They're turning those children into little Catholics.
1:17:47 > 1:17:50None of us are in China without a reason.
1:17:50 > 1:17:52Still, on the whole,
1:17:52 > 1:17:55I think that what they're doing is a pretty good deed, don't you?
1:17:55 > 1:17:59I'm here to study bacteria. I don't have an opinion about the rest.
1:17:59 > 1:18:02Well, I do, and I admire them.
1:18:02 > 1:18:06I don't think it has to be so complicated and gloomy.
1:18:10 > 1:18:16And I think what you're doing, for instance, is incredibly noble.
1:18:16 > 1:18:19You used to feel contempt for me. Don't you still?
1:18:19 > 1:18:23Walter! I can't believe that you, with your cleverness,
1:18:23 > 1:18:25should have such little sense of proportion.
1:18:25 > 1:18:30We humans are more complex than your silly little microbes.
1:18:30 > 1:18:34We're unpredictable. We make mistakes and we disappoint.
1:18:34 > 1:18:37- Yes, we certainly do. - I'm sorry!
1:18:37 > 1:18:41I'm sorry I'm not the perfect young woman that you want me to be.
1:18:41 > 1:18:43I'm just ordinary.
1:18:43 > 1:18:48I never tried to pretend that I was anything else.
1:18:54 > 1:18:57No, you certainly didn't.
1:18:58 > 1:19:02I liked theatre, and dancing and...
1:19:03 > 1:19:07..playing tennis. I like games! I like men who play games.
1:19:07 > 1:19:09That's the way I was brought up!
1:19:09 > 1:19:11I play a fierce hand of bridge.
1:19:11 > 1:19:14Oh, well, that's bloody exciting!
1:19:14 > 1:19:16(LAUGHS)
1:19:16 > 1:19:21And you dragged me round all those interminable galleries in Venice,
1:19:21 > 1:19:24blathering on about the miracle of the canals
1:19:24 > 1:19:28and the flushing of the lagoon system, or some such nonsense.
1:19:28 > 1:19:33Honestly, I'd have been much happier playing golf at Sandwich.
1:19:38 > 1:19:41I suppose you're right.
1:19:41 > 1:19:45It was silly of us to look for qualities that we never had.
1:19:46 > 1:19:48Yes.
1:19:49 > 1:19:51Yes, it was.
1:19:55 > 1:19:57Walter?
1:19:59 > 1:20:01Why didn't you break down that door
1:20:01 > 1:20:04when you knew I was in there with Charlie?
1:20:05 > 1:20:08You might have at least tried to thrash him.
1:20:10 > 1:20:13He wasn't worth it.
1:20:15 > 1:20:18Or maybe I'm just too proud to fight.
1:20:18 > 1:20:21I don't know about that.
1:20:47 > 1:20:50I've told Mother Superior to keep her sisters inside the convent.
1:20:50 > 1:20:53I put a guard outside the gate.
1:20:53 > 1:20:56I'd advise any Westerners to stay indoors.
1:20:56 > 1:20:59Alright.
1:21:05 > 1:21:08- Sister, has Mrs Fane been at the convent today?- Oui, doctor.
1:21:08 > 1:21:11But she has left a few minutes ago.
1:21:37 > 1:21:39Sung Ching.
1:21:40 > 1:21:41Let's go.
1:21:41 > 1:21:43Let's go!
1:21:44 > 1:21:46Let's go!
1:21:50 > 1:21:52Stop it! ANGRY SHOUTING
1:22:15 > 1:22:19Sung Ching! Where's Mrs Fane? Where's Mrs Fane?
1:22:33 > 1:22:36I don't know what you're saying! MEN SHOUT
1:22:36 > 1:22:38Get away from her.
1:22:38 > 1:22:40- Are you alright? - Yes.
1:22:40 > 1:22:42SPEAKS MANDARIN
1:22:42 > 1:22:44ALL SHOUT ANGRILY
1:22:46 > 1:22:49GUNSHOT
1:22:55 > 1:22:57Come on.
1:23:21 > 1:23:23We're out of whisky.
1:23:23 > 1:23:26STRING MUSIC PLAYS
1:23:55 > 1:23:56Dr Fane.
1:23:56 > 1:24:00Could I trouble you for a drink?
1:24:12 > 1:24:15LAUGHTER / MUSIC PLAYS
1:24:25 > 1:24:28- Hello, darling. - GIRL SPEAKS MANDARIN
1:24:39 > 1:24:42SLOW JAZZ PLAYS
1:24:43 > 1:24:45I was stationed at Hankow
1:24:45 > 1:24:50during the revolution, when they were massacring all the Manchus.
1:24:50 > 1:24:53I was able to help a particular family.
1:24:53 > 1:24:55New documents, that sort of thing.
1:24:55 > 1:24:58She was the youngest of the daughters.
1:24:59 > 1:25:03I didn't pay her too much attention at first.
1:25:03 > 1:25:08Well, more than I should have, I suppose!
1:25:08 > 1:25:11When I left Hankow,
1:25:11 > 1:25:13she followed me.
1:25:13 > 1:25:17I sent her back two, three times, but she...
1:25:17 > 1:25:20but she kept coming back.
1:25:24 > 1:25:27I didn't realize you had so much affection for her.
1:25:27 > 1:25:30What makes you think I do?
1:25:31 > 1:25:34I can see it in your eyes.
1:25:37 > 1:25:40Men are incalculable.
1:25:41 > 1:25:43I thought you were like everybody else.
1:25:43 > 1:25:48- Now I feel I don't know the first thing about you.- A-ha!
1:25:50 > 1:25:53I wonder what she sees in you.
1:25:54 > 1:25:56Wan Xi.
1:25:56 > 1:26:00BOTH SPEAK MANDARIN
1:26:05 > 1:26:08She says I'm a good man.
1:26:16 > 1:26:21As if a woman ever loved a man for his virtue.
1:27:07 > 1:27:09GASPS
1:29:21 > 1:29:23GROANS SOFTLY
1:29:56 > 1:29:57Morning.
1:30:06 > 1:30:08Morning.
1:30:11 > 1:30:14I should think it best to stay away from town today.
1:30:14 > 1:30:17Alright.
1:30:36 > 1:30:38I'm going for a walk.
1:30:43 > 1:30:45Come on, then!
1:31:07 > 1:31:09BOTH HAGGLE IN MANDARIN
1:31:26 > 1:31:29What on earth are you doing all the way out here?
1:31:29 > 1:31:32Walking off a crippling hangover.
1:31:32 > 1:31:36- What are you doing?- Attempting to purchase a stock of bamboo
1:31:36 > 1:31:40off this fine gentleman here, but his price is exorbitant.
1:31:40 > 1:31:44My head is... too shattered to negotiate.
1:31:44 > 1:31:47COW MOOS LOUDLY
1:31:49 > 1:31:51So,
1:31:51 > 1:31:56- would you like a ride home? - On what? The buffalo?
1:32:15 > 1:32:17BACKGROUND MUSIC DROWNS SPEECH
1:32:42 > 1:32:45You see, we're diverting it from these fields temporarily
1:32:45 > 1:32:48sending it into the centre of town, where they can get at it easily.
1:32:48 > 1:32:51It's over a half-mile. It gave us a devil of a time!
1:34:22 > 1:34:25Oh, Mother.
1:34:26 > 1:34:30- Am I going to die? - Come, come. You mustn't be so silly.
1:34:30 > 1:34:33Listen, ma chere.
1:34:33 > 1:34:35Is it possible you are with child?
1:34:38 > 1:34:40- No. - Oh, yes.
1:34:40 > 1:34:42- No. - Yes!
1:34:42 > 1:34:44I mean...
1:34:44 > 1:34:46I...
1:34:48 > 1:34:50I suppose it's possible.
1:34:50 > 1:34:54- There is no doubt about it.- Yes. Sister St Joseph knew at once.
1:34:54 > 1:34:58She comes from a large family. She has experience in these matters.
1:34:58 > 1:35:00(SIGHS) I can't believe it.
1:35:00 > 1:35:05Why can't you believe it? Having a child is so natural.
1:35:05 > 1:35:08- SPEAKS FRENCH - Yes.
1:35:08 > 1:35:11Think how happy your husband will be.
1:35:30 > 1:35:32What's happened here?
1:35:32 > 1:35:35- I'm alright. - They said you fainted.- I'm fine.
1:35:35 > 1:35:40- Let me look.- It's not cholera. - No. I don't think so.
1:35:40 > 1:35:43Did you feel nauseous? Or just faint?
1:35:43 > 1:35:45Walter, stop.
1:35:47 > 1:35:50I'm pregnant.
1:35:50 > 1:35:51A baby?
1:35:55 > 1:35:58- You're quite certain? - Yes.
1:36:01 > 1:36:04Well, that's wonderful.
1:36:08 > 1:36:12How long...do you think you've been like this?
1:36:13 > 1:36:15Two months.
1:36:15 > 1:36:17Maybe longer.
1:36:34 > 1:36:36Kitty...
1:36:39 > 1:36:41Am I the father?
1:36:45 > 1:36:47I honestly don't know.
1:36:49 > 1:36:51I'm sorry.
1:36:57 > 1:36:59Well...
1:37:04 > 1:37:06..it doesn't matter now...
1:37:07 > 1:37:11- ..does it? - No.
1:37:13 > 1:37:14No, it doesn't.
1:37:26 > 1:37:29Ssh...
1:38:00 > 1:38:03CHEERING
1:38:13 > 1:38:16Dr Fane?
1:38:16 > 1:38:18Come with me.
1:38:33 > 1:38:37- Where are they coming from? - The cholera spread along the river.
1:38:37 > 1:38:39They have no doctors or facilities.
1:38:39 > 1:38:42They'll contaminate everything. We must keep them out!
1:38:42 > 1:38:44Dr Fane.
1:38:56 > 1:38:58Dr Fane!
1:39:11 > 1:39:14- Stop. - SPEAKS MANDARIN
1:39:15 > 1:39:17Stop there. We can help you here.
1:39:17 > 1:39:22Colonel, tell them not to go into town! Tell them we'll help here!
1:39:22 > 1:39:24TENSE SHOUTING
1:39:41 > 1:39:44CHILDREN SING IN FRENCH
1:39:47 > 1:39:51Mrs Fane. Gather all the children in the music room.
1:39:51 > 1:39:52Wait here.
1:39:52 > 1:39:55Let's go!
1:40:00 > 1:40:02MOB SHOUTS
1:40:04 > 1:40:05SCREAMING
1:40:16 > 1:40:18SCREAMING AND SHOUTING
1:40:20 > 1:40:23NUNS SHOUT IN FRENCH
1:40:30 > 1:40:33Hey! That boy, bring him here.
1:40:33 > 1:40:36Bring him in.
1:40:42 > 1:40:44ANGRY SHOUTING OUTSIDE
1:40:48 > 1:40:49LOUD BANG
1:40:49 > 1:40:51CHILD SPEAKS ANXIOUSLY IN FRENCH
1:40:52 > 1:40:55Sssh.
1:40:55 > 1:40:57GUNSHOT
1:42:42 > 1:42:46I don't understand. Why didn't he wake me?
1:42:46 > 1:42:50He made an early start. And you needed the rest.
1:42:50 > 1:42:53How far is the refugee camp?
1:42:53 > 1:42:57Just outside the town, in the foothills.
1:42:59 > 1:43:03Dr Fane told me he wanted you to leave, but you would not.
1:43:03 > 1:43:08- I didn't want to leave you.- Yes, and we appreciate it, dear child,
1:43:08 > 1:43:12but... I think you did not want to leave him either.
1:43:12 > 1:43:16Well...it's my duty.
1:43:16 > 1:43:20Duty is only washing your hands when they are dirty!
1:43:22 > 1:43:27I fell in love when I was 17. With God.
1:43:27 > 1:43:33A foolish girl with romantic notions about the life of a religious.
1:43:33 > 1:43:37But my love was passionate.
1:43:38 > 1:43:42Over the years my feelings have changed.
1:43:42 > 1:43:46He's disappointed me. Ignored me.
1:43:46 > 1:43:48We've settled into...
1:43:48 > 1:43:52a relationship of peaceful indifference.
1:43:52 > 1:43:55The old husband and wife who sit side by side on the sofa,
1:43:55 > 1:43:58but rarely speak.
1:43:58 > 1:44:01He knows I will never leave him.
1:44:01 > 1:44:03This is my duty.
1:44:03 > 1:44:07But when love and duty are one,
1:44:07 > 1:44:10then grace is within you.
1:44:13 > 1:44:18Your soldier is waiting to take you back.
1:44:18 > 1:44:20I'd rather stay.
1:44:20 > 1:44:22No.
1:44:29 > 1:44:32CRICKETS CHIRRUP
1:44:33 > 1:44:37WOMAN SPEAKS URGENTLY IN MANDARIN
1:44:37 > 1:44:40What? What is it?
1:44:40 > 1:44:43Mrs Fane?
1:44:43 > 1:44:44Mr Waddington?
1:44:44 > 1:44:47It's your husband.
1:44:47 > 1:44:48What? What is it?
1:44:48 > 1:44:51He's been taken ill.
1:44:51 > 1:44:52Oh!
1:45:09 > 1:45:11Where is he?
1:45:14 > 1:45:16Mrs Fane...
1:45:23 > 1:45:26- Walter!- She can't be here. It's not safe.
1:45:26 > 1:45:29- Waddington!- I'm afraid I've got no say in the matter.
1:45:41 > 1:45:43I don't want an audience.
1:45:43 > 1:45:44You have to go.
1:45:44 > 1:45:48- Your baby... - Please, you must go.
1:45:54 > 1:45:57Walter, tell me what I should do.
1:45:57 > 1:46:00Slow that drip down. It's running too fast.
1:46:00 > 1:46:01Good.
1:46:01 > 1:46:05- LABOURED BREATHING - Kitty? Kitty.
1:46:07 > 1:46:11It's going to get much worse before it breaks.
1:46:11 > 1:46:13Are you prepared for this?
1:46:14 > 1:46:16Yes.
1:46:22 > 1:46:24MUFFLED WEEPING
1:46:38 > 1:46:40GROANS
1:46:49 > 1:46:51GROANS SHARPLY
1:47:04 > 1:47:05What is it?
1:47:08 > 1:47:10Can you send for more?
1:47:52 > 1:47:53Kitty.
1:47:57 > 1:47:59Kitty.
1:48:01 > 1:48:03Oh, you're awake.
1:48:06 > 1:48:09Are you feeling better?
1:48:30 > 1:48:33Forgive me.
1:48:35 > 1:48:38Forgive you?
1:48:43 > 1:48:46There's nothing to forgive.
1:48:57 > 1:48:58SOBS
1:49:06 > 1:49:09Walter...
1:49:10 > 1:49:13I'm sorry.
1:49:41 > 1:49:43I'm so sorry.
1:49:44 > 1:49:46Mrs Fane?
1:49:49 > 1:49:52Dr Fane would want to be buried immediately.
1:49:55 > 1:49:57Yes, of course.
1:50:15 > 1:50:18MUSIC: "A La Claire Fontaine"
1:50:18 > 1:50:24# A la claire fontaine, m'en allant promener
1:50:24 > 1:50:31# J'ai trouve l'eau si belle que je m'y suis baigne
1:50:31 > 1:50:34- CHILDREN'S CHOIR: - # Il y a lontemps que je t'aime
1:50:34 > 1:50:38# Jamais je ne t'oublierai
1:50:38 > 1:50:43# Sous les feuilles d'un chene, je me suis fait secher
1:50:43 > 1:50:50# Sur la plus haute branche, un rossignol chantait
1:50:50 > 1:50:53# Il y a lontemps que je t'aime
1:50:53 > 1:50:57# Jamais je ne t'oublierai
1:50:57 > 1:51:03# Chante, rossignol, chante, toi qui as le coeur gai
1:51:03 > 1:51:08# Tu as le coeur a rire, moi je l'ai a pleurer... #
1:51:08 > 1:51:12- What are you doing? - # Il y a lontemps que je t'aime
1:51:12 > 1:51:17# Jamais je ne t'oublierai
1:51:17 > 1:51:22# J'ai perdu mon ami sans l'avoir merite
1:51:22 > 1:51:26# Pour un bouquet de roses que
1:51:26 > 1:51:29# je lui refusais
1:51:29 > 1:51:33# Il y a lontemps que je t'aime
1:51:33 > 1:51:37# Jamais je ne t'oublierai
1:51:37 > 1:51:43# Je voudrais que la rose fut encore au rosier
1:51:43 > 1:51:51# Et que mon douce ami fut encore a m'aimer
1:51:51 > 1:51:54# Il y a lontemps que je t'aime
1:51:54 > 1:51:58# Jamais je ne t'oublierai
1:51:58 > 1:52:04# A la claire fontaine, M'en allant promener
1:52:04 > 1:52:11# J'ai trouve l'eau si belle Que je m'y suis baigne
1:52:11 > 1:52:14# Il y a longtemps que je t'aime
1:52:14 > 1:52:18# Jamais je ne t'oublierai
1:52:18 > 1:52:24# Sous les feuilles d'un chene, Je me suis fait secher
1:52:24 > 1:52:30# Sur la plus haute branche, Un rossignol chantait
1:52:30 > 1:52:34# Il y a longtemps que je t'aime
1:52:34 > 1:52:39# Jamais je ne t'oublierai. #
1:52:50 > 1:52:52It's silly, really.
1:52:52 > 1:52:56They'll die in a week. It's hardly worth the cost.
1:52:57 > 1:53:00- What do you think? - I think they're quite nice.
1:53:00 > 1:53:03Really?
1:53:03 > 1:53:05I think you're right.
1:53:11 > 1:53:14We better hurry. Grandfather's waiting.
1:53:16 > 1:53:19Kitty Fane?
1:53:21 > 1:53:25- As I live and breathe! - Hello, Charlie.
1:53:25 > 1:53:28What are you doing in London?
1:53:29 > 1:53:32I know it's been a long time.
1:53:33 > 1:53:35I should have written.
1:53:37 > 1:53:40Who's this fine chap? Hello, young man.
1:53:40 > 1:53:42- What's your name? - Walter.
1:53:42 > 1:53:44Hello, Walter.
1:53:44 > 1:53:46I'm Charlie Townsend.
1:53:46 > 1:53:49- How old are you? - Five.
1:53:49 > 1:53:53- Five...- Come on, darling. We should really press on.
1:53:53 > 1:53:55Yes, of course.
1:53:55 > 1:53:58Well, it's... lovely seeing you again.
1:53:58 > 1:54:00And you.
1:54:01 > 1:54:03- Goodbye, Walter. - Goodbye.
1:54:07 > 1:54:09Kitty...
1:54:09 > 1:54:12I'm going to be in London for three weeks. Perhaps...
1:54:12 > 1:54:14Goodbye, Mr Townsend.
1:54:15 > 1:54:16Goodbye, Mrs Fane.
1:54:20 > 1:54:22Who was that, Mummy?
1:54:22 > 1:54:25No-one important, darling.