"Marie-Ange is a single lady, and smarter than other Thai girls today." "She came with words, which do not belong to the Siamese tradition." "She mentioned things unknown." "She absurdly mentioned coming time." "She foretold the future as if she were insane." "Marie-Ange" "Be careful." "Take it away." "Be very careful." "Come on." "Lift it up." "I said be careful." "Damn it!" "Bring it up right now." "It's been hidden for over a century, but then will be damaged on this damn day." "Meeting!" "Why me?" "I'm not the only specialist in the whole Consulate!" "They insisted only on someone knowledge able." "I haven't had any sleep after that charity play!" "Want me to take a nap at the meeting?" "Are you from the Consulate?" "Yes, I'm from the Royal Thai Consulate." "I left as soon as possible." "Please go inside." "Everyone's there." "Voyageur'." "So what?" "They said they found ' Voyageur'." "They are holding a press conference today, aren't they?" "Where did you hear it from?" "Although this record has not been certified, we know it well." "This record has become a center of attention." "Manee knows about that, doesn't she?" "That's why Menie has been there since last night." "She's kind of edgy." "She also asked me to bring her some documents." "Please send me a copy of the record's details." "I'll do it right away." "This record was written by Fran?" "Ois Xavier, wasn't it?" "Who?" "Fran?" "Ois Xavier!" "Just a moment, please." "Yes." "Fran?" "Ois Xavier!" "Tell Manee to leave for Bangkok once the meeting is over." "The truth, everyone, is an important condition making us all here." "No matter what will happen to our curiosity, no matter what the thing before us will be, and no matter where it comes from," "I've never hesitated to say that... there is not any truth, which is new, except for lies!" "So is the thing to be shown before you." "It's a challenge to the understanding in question." "Ladies and gentlemen, the forbidden record," "' Voyageur'" "We're home." "Get up!" "Go on sleeping in your bedroom." "Don't you know what home is?" "Home?" "Whose home?" "And who are you?" "Where am I?" "It's not funny." "Stop fooling around." "I drove you home." "And do I have to carry you upstairs, too?" "Gosh, Kul." "All I want to do is sleep!" "Can't you just go around one more time?" "I haven't seen the Temple of Dawn yet." "Don't wanna get up?" "Then don't." "I gotta have a pee." "Hey, Menie!" "What now, Kul?" "Is someone in the bathroom?" "Khun Malida is inside!" "Go say hello, Menie." "She's been preparing the house since yesterday." "You're chewing gum?" "Beautiful wrapper." "Did you buy it abroad?" "It's got a French tower, too" "It's called the Eiffel Tower." "It has the Golden Pagoda's height." "Wish I could speak French." "Do you speak fluent French?" "Not at all." "I can fluently swear though." "Have mom and dad come here?" "Nobody comes here." "Why is it hard for someone to love someone?" "Professor, Khun Maneechan is here." "Come on in." "Sit down." "We're able to cooperate with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs due to our binding agreement, especially when the existing information supports the belief that the record was written here." "The word 'Mongkut' is pretty clear and well-accepted all over the world." "The word also appears in the Americana Encyclopedia," "Volume 19, Page 355." "Even Anna Leonowens was mentioned." "Incredible!" "In the record there is also the word 'Siam'" "It can't be any other place." "But what about this?" "The longitude zero." "Professor Luang, what do you think?" "It means the longitude zero in geography." "At a longitude zero, it is Greenwich in London." "The Greenwich Mean Time, the standard time, not Siam." "Siam is here, at a longitude of 100 degrees, not zero." "So, what now?" "What did they say?" "They accepted the part that Siam was mentioned, but could not agree on the location mentioned in the record." "Moreover, they said it's a nonsensical tale." "They didn't certify the record writer." "But I think..." "It's interesting, isn't it?" "That's why I called you back." "We all know this record very well." "I want you to forget it." "It's nonsense." "They were right." "Just don't mess with it." "Why nonsense all of a sudden?" "There must be something I don't know." "What is it?" "In every historical record," "The truth and lies are always mixed up in one sentence." "It depends who wrote it." "What about 'Fran?" "Ois Xavier'?" "This person doesn't exist!" "Forget him!" "You must be disappointed, but we have some good news about the longitude zero." "Is that so, Professor?" "Stop fooling the kid." "Please explain it." "It's just about the time difference, Manee." "The Siamese had their own time since mid-19th century." "It was truly our own time." "It was set more than a decade before the GMT." "This is the Apinaoniwes cluster of Royal Thrones." "This is called the Puwadontassanai Royal Throne, or the clock tower." "It was like the meantime center of Siam at that time." "It was built about two years before the tower of Big Ben." "So it is the Bangkok Mean Time." "Don't you agree that His Majesty was very brilliant?" "There is only one person who was capable of doing so." "No." "There is only one king who was capable of doing so." "Do you agree that His Majesty is very brilliant?" "So, Professor, please show us where the then longitude zero was." "The then longitude zero was here." "The Bangkok Mean Time." "Could you just make it clearer?" "It isn't nonsense, is it?" "That's enough discussion for today." "Thank you." "You saw your mother, didn't you?" "Yes, dad." "Is she fine?" "Yes, she's fine." "Good." "See you later then." "Marie-Ange!" "Oh!" "You've woken up, young lady." "Dan, Dan, she woke up!" "Go tell the Doc that she woke up." "Yes, madam." "Where am I?" "Hello?" "Kul, I just called you a moment ago." "Yes." "Nothing." "I slept so well that I had a strange dream!" "It was a man!" "Yes." "Just a sec, Kul." "The kettle is boiling." "Yeah." "Go ahead." "Yes." "The clock tower?" "Does it survive?" "Okay." "Can you take me there?" "Okay." "Right." "Thanks." "Bye-bye." "We're Americans." "We're Protestant." "I'm a doctor." "My name is Bradley." "This is my wife, Sarah." "This is our house." "I really like your clothes." "Where did you get clothes like that from?" "Don't worry." "I will keep them for you." "Home!" "I'm home!" "You need a good rest." "We'll be downstairs..." "Hello?" "Hello, Khun Malida." "Khun Manee hasn't came home for two days." "I already asked Khun Kul." "They've been looking for her." "Her name is Maneechan, sir." "She appeared out of no where." "Doctor Brad said she's not his patient." "He's never seen her before." "It's strange she can read and write." "Doctor Brad talked to her, but found nothing." "She insisted on her being Siamese." "She was born in Dhonburi." "Dhonburi side is her exact word." "It's a worry knowing she can speak English." "At worst, she and that Protestant French guy speak the same language." "Keep close watch on her." "The First Somdej and Minister of Defense forbid us to trust anyone." "I've never seen you before." "Yes." "Where do you live?" "At my house." "My parents lived here for a long time." "I was born here." "Please let me go home or call me a taxi." "Taxi?" "I can pay my taxi fare." "May I use the telephone?" "OK, then, I'm going home myself." "The First Somdej has called for Doctor Brad-Lay, sir." "Who?" "Me?" "Yes, the First Somdej has called for Doctor Brad-Lay, sir." "Now?" "Yes, sir." "He's been waiting." "Please don't leave." "Just wait until I come back." "Doctor Brad-Lay?" "Yes." "Doctor Bradley." "Is he Doctor Brad-Lay?" "People here call him so." "Don't you know him?" "You must be joking!" "Doctor Bard-Lay?" "The printing house?" "Somdej?" "I guess it's Somdej Chao Phraya Sanitarium!" "I got you!" "Are you pulling my leg?" "Good acting!" "It's Kul's idea, isn't it?" " What's the matter?" " Where is it?" " Where are you going?" " Where are you hiding the camera?" "Where are you hiding the camera?" "You can't fool me!" "Khun Manee's back." "She's upstairs." "What happened to me?" "What did happen to me?" "It was so real that I almost touch it." "I felt it." "I experienced it." "Too real to be a dream." "But the most shocking thing is..." "It was so warm." "It turned out to be a heartwarming place." "It was a kind of longed-for feeling." "What happened to me?" "And if it happens again, what should I do?" "Fax from Sorbonne." "They've come to a conclusion." "You can stay here a while." "Go have a look around." "A tale?" "Is Voyageur a tale?" "They didn't say that Voyageur is a tale." "They just said that this record is a tale." "But they already certified it authentic in terms of the ink and paper." "They still certify it, but with disagreement." "Here is a part of their analysis." "They sent it here before they made the conclusion." "There are three things that I agree." "First, what do you think it's a sketch of?" "The Eiffel Tower." "The Eiffel Tower." "The Eiffel Tower." "Of course, it's the Eiffel Tower." "Okay, it's the Eiffel Tower." "So what?" "How disappointing!" "You being my daughter!" "Come on, dad" "Come on, Manee." "In the year the record was written, the Eiffel Tower hadn't been built yet!" "But the writer kept saying that he saw it." "Moreover, second and do you know where he saw it?" "And you said you read it to the detail?" "The man said he saw the Eiffel Tower on the side of the Chao Phraya River in Bangkok!" "Manee, can you please remind me, please tell me... the Eiffel was here," "In the record I saw it didn't mention this." "Professor Lagree had me fooled again!" "All right, you've been fooled but, third, listen carefully this time." "This Monsieur Fran?" "Ois Xavier also claimed that the west side of the Chao Phraya River was a British colony whereas the east belonged to the French." "How interesting!" "Dhonburi belonged to Britain and Bangkok belonged to France." "What a pity for the Government of Siam and the ferries." "The Government of Siam?" "Forget about it, Manee." "You take your time looking around." "Go back to your usual life and forget about this tale." "Bangkok's still here." "Thailand's still here, isn't it, Manee?" ""Welcome to Pra Karahom House"" "The woman from Doctor Brad-Lay's home." "Prostrate yourself before the Minister of Defense," "Chao Phraya Srisuriyawong." "The woman from Doctor Brad-Lay's home." "I don't know there is a stranger at his place." "What is your name?" "Answer him." "Manee." "Manee, sir." "Manee, sir." "Maneechan, sir." "Dhep, why do you want to introduce anyone named" "Manee or Maneechan to me?" "She speaks English and French, sir." "How old are you?" "Maneechan." "Twenty-seven years old, sir." "A thousand days roughly make twenty-seven years." "It's the 27th year that brings utmost beauty to women." "What do you think?" "What brings utmost beauty to women... is love, sir." "A man born for over ten thousand days, but still have sweet talking around." "What do you think of that man?" "That's lovely, sir." "In this critical situation, we'd better keep her here." "Tri and Dhep, make the necessary arrangements for her." "Keep close watch to see which country she is loyal." "You'll enjoy a stay here so long as you aren't a troublemaker." "Muan is a maid at your service." "I hope you'll have a good time here." "I'm Siamese, not foreign as mistaken." "So take it as a welcome." "This is not a prison." "Staying here for a while won't do you any harm." "When the time comes, then we will talk again." "Muan, take care of her very well." "We, the Siamese, do not fear foreigners." "But we are alert to every possible trouble they may cause." "Manee, the Siamese do not fear foreigners." "Khun Kul, she disappeared again." "What should I do?" "I'm scared." "All right, Manee." "Tell me everything." "I'll try to be patient." "Manee, please." "I'm all ears." "I'm from... from..." "In fact, I'm from here." "I'm from... from..." "In fact, I'm from here." "Then where on earth am I right now?" "You said you'll be patient, didn't you?" "Go on, please." "It's here, Bangkok, but... in a different year." "It's a year so far away." "It's a year lying far beyond." "The present year here, was the past in my present year there." "Each period of time stays years apart." "Will your tale take years to tell?" "It must be hard to tell about your present year in my present year." "I won't sit for years in my present year for any tale in your present year." "I find it hard, sir." "I don't find it hard to tell, but hard to believe, sir." "I hardly believe that it is really happening." "I will believe you, if you tell the truth." "I'm worldly-wise with an open mind." "Nothing in this world cannot be done." "Tell it your way." "I'll believe you." "Tell it your way." "I'll believe you." "All right, I have a narrow mind." "But I'll listen to you." "Make it your way." "I'll believe you." "Really?" "And you won't be angry, will you?" "Yes, my Manee." "You may dance, if you'd like." "I'm from the year 2003 A.D." "It's a future year of the present time here." "It means I have traveled back 100 years into the past." "I was born here." "My father doesn't love me." "My mother doesn't love me, either." "They've split up." "I was sent to study and grow up in France so that I will be no one's child." "I still love them both anyway." "I graduated in history." "I work for the Royal Thai Consulate in Paris." "You said you're from the future." "Don't you think it sounds like a tale?" "You said you would believe her." "At least Siam still exists at that time." "Is Siam colonized in your time?" "No." "Siam has remained independent, sir." "But we lost some territories." "We changed the name from 'Siam' into 'Thailand'." "Thailand?" "We lost some territories?" "Which parts?" "To whom?" "How dare you tell such a made-up story?" "Manee." "You may be beheaded with such a curse on our homeland!" "Calm down." "Manee, tell us more about our country." "Our country is very modern." "There are many skyscrapers." "Everything has changed." "We have cars, electricity, movie theaters." "We dress in a western style." "We accept foreigners more than we accept one another." "We have everything the Westerners have." "We are everything the Westerners are." "We eat everything the Westerners eat." "We prefer anything the Westerners tell us to." "We want to be them and refuse to be ourselves." "But you said we are not colonized." "Do we still have our king?" "This is the only thing that keep us as ourselves." "Who is the Minister of Defense?" "Why has he let our country go that way?" "He is called Prime Minister." "We underwent political change." "Political change?" "What is it then after change?" "We call it democracy, sir." "Democracy?" "All right!" "And which country do we accept," "England or France?" "We accept all... but ourselves." "The United States of America is the world's greatest country." "Our children accept Japan as well." "America?" "That new country?" "And Japan?" "Do all Siamese speak unclear Thai and tell lies like you?" "The United States of America also sent their men to the moon." "Men to the moon?" "All is true, sir." "Then... is the moon... is the moon flat like the earth?" "Manee disappeared!" "Go find her!" "Make it quick!" "Manee disappeared." "Num, where are you?" "Come help me pack my clothes." "Where are you going?" "And when?" "Where are you going?" "With whom?" "For how long?" "And with whom?" "Will you take me with you?" "Camera?" "Where are you going?" "And when?" "Are you taking me with you?" "How about thongs?" "Chewing gum?" "Yes, Num." " Manee is back." " Back?" "Go tell him Manee is back." "The situation is critical and you are acting mysteriously." "I can't explain myself, sir." "That gunboat, the Rattler has arrived." "Are you involved with them, Manee?" "No, I am not." "Please don't get me wrong." "I am Siamese, sir." "We'll see to which country you are loyal." "Company, present arms to Sir John Bowring an envoy of Her Britannic Majesty the Queen of Great Britain and Ireland." "Salute!" "I, Minister of Defense, come in the name of His Majesty the King of Siam, who requires me to come and greet you." "His Majesty is happy to receive the envoy of Her Majesty the Queen of England." "When a foreigner looks at us, it does not see us as human, Manee." "The audience should be conducted according to tradition royal custom." "All ambassadors should follow our protocol." "You may dress as suit your dignity, but we cannot permit wearing of arms in the royal places, not even a Siamese official man." "But we refer to them as 'it'." "Are you determined to foul this rule?" "Foreigners are man-eating animals." "Not only is our military power at a disadvantage, but also our diplomacy, for we lack experts with an equal command of languages." "Don't any of you even think about translating that for me!" "If our country goes to rack and ruin, don't blame me." "This is the Letter of Appointment from the Queen of Britain, which appoints Sir John Bowring as representative plenipotentiary from the British Government to discuss government-related matters with Siam." "This is the Royal Command, appointing the negotiating committee." "Somdej Pramahaprayurawongse, exercising absolute power on behalf of His Majesty the King, in all matters concerning the Kingdom of Siam." "Krommaluang Wongsathirajsanit, representative of His Majesty the King." "Somdej Chao Phraya Barommahapichaiyati, in charge of the capital and its environment." "Myself, Chao Phraya Kalahom, in charge of the coastal city of Siam." "I have had everything translated into your language." "He will read the Treaty to everyone." "Tell him not to read it." "I've read the copy." "Ask them if such a Treaty means they are going to loot or to colonize our country." "And to not waste their time elaborating." "He understands the matter in its entirety, but wishes to ask you about your intention." "He would like to make friends and trade with us." "He wouldn't like us to close the door of trade." "That's the door." "If I did close the door, they all wouldn't have a chance to come here." "Whether it's Crawford or Burny, they have all been here." "Siam has never closed the door." "Tell them that." "You told me yourself... you weren't happy when Japan put a blockade on your country." "But Siam is not like that." "Crawford, the British Diplomat, came to Siam during the reign of King Rama II and there were others." "We won't sell teak woods." "We don't have that much." "We won't sell rice, either." "Siam sells it to no one." "We keep it to support ourselves." "The tariff is to be reduced from 10% to 3%!" "Let's agree to disagree!" "With the battleship in our river, they think they can have anything!" "Chuang, kick them out if you are annoyed." "What matter is the Treaty must not be signed against His Royal Majesty's wish or else we fight!" "If Siam has to change," "I, Akaradhep Warakorn, will not change." "Get out of the way" "If the Siamese blood still runs in you!" "Don't let anger lead you." "You must think of the country's sake." "Don't you know what that lion from Britain and Ireland asked the Minister of Siam to declare that... the old On A Rubber East India Company's agreement made before the reign of the First King, and Second King," "is overridden by the Captain Henry Burney Agreement." "That's it." "That's how I think of our country's sake." "Let the First Somdej decide." "I speak from his own heart." "Don't speak for anyone's heart." "Any action taken must not involve the Government of Siam." "The way to negotiate is of utmost importance." "You should ponder over it very hard." "What matters when negotiating with the lion is not how to be careful with words but with your throat." "So far as I know, the Rattler is coming." "The lion will get no further than Fort Pong Pajjamitr or Fort Pajjaneuk." "You!" "Any action taken will not involve the Government of Siam." "We can't do this British man any harm." "It will mean giving them a chance for rightful invasion." "Phraya Siam Manukoolkij Siammitmahayos!" "Was 'it' appointed as Phraya?" "That lion from Britain and Ireland?" "What are you talking about?" "Do you know him well?" "I can't explain myself, sir." "But this person will be of much benefit to Siam." "He will be Siam's first ambassador plenipotentiary in Europe." "If we agree to be disadvantageous this time," "England will protect its interests." "This goodwill will protect us." "Other countries will be more considerate towards us." "All interests can belong to us." "Don't you know what you just said is called rebellion." "It means you want the foreigners to overpower the royal throne." "Then France will follow how to take advantage of Siam." "All of our territories will be theirs." "Siam has never feared the might of any country!" "Any might means nothing if we know proper act of negotiation." "You learned from them so you should know how they think." "All right, we come too far." "If I resist you, I am deemed stubborn, an old-timer going against the country' prosperity." "My time is up." "In your time comes prosperity, have it with care." "May it please Your Most Gracious and Excellent Majesty," "I, Luang Rajaritthanon, pray you will permit me to acquaint Your Majesty with Sir John Bowring, an envoy of Her Britannic Majesty the Queen of England, who rules the royal United Kingdom of" "Great Britain and Ireland, and his commission." "It is my pleasure to greet an envoy of Her Britannic Majesty the Queen of England." "I realize the greatness of your country and the value of mutual goodwill." "How is the treaty going?" "Everything is all right." "You must not expect too much from Siam." "It was mostly a jungle." "Trade will make Siam a garden." "Our country used to be a forest." "Your country is a garden?" "We have earned our prosperity through trade." "When the steamer would leave?" "Tomorrow when treaty is signed." "The battleship will go to await me beyond the river's bar." "When everything is done," "I hope that this goodwill will make us good friends." "Manee, I was born by this river and I will die by this river." "England and France are ready to cut us in half like they would to a banana." "How can we fight them?" "We fight for our homeland." "We do it in secret." "We move by degrees," "Manee." "Over there is the center of our homeland." "Our secret weapon is there." "It's the secret weapon chamber as rumored." "Its power is second to none." "Its power can defeat the entire world." "This is in case you still question the protection of our homeland." "This is the power that His Majesty the King has reserved for us." "This is the secret weapon in the Royal Palace." "Or is it just a rumor?" "The longitude zero..." "Do you believe such a rumor," "Manee?" "It is at the Siamese clock tower." "Behind this door is..." "what you despise." "Let's see what our secret weapon is." "This is what His Majesty the King has prepared for us all." "In a century it is hard to find such a sage in Siam." "That's why..." "I have devoted my life and my heart to His Majesty." "This will be the pride of our descendants for generation to come." "It is hoped that they too will know this valuable weapon and it is hoped that they will understand what we are trying to do." "In my time your Siamese descendants can read and write." "The Siamese can read and write!" "You absurdly talked about the future again." "Anyway, I will take that as compliment." "So it means we did it." "Is everyone brilliant?" "The country must be in a terrible mess!" "Not quite, sir." "There are many libraries." "Anyone can read books there." "Plenty of books are available at the corner of every street." "Any one can buy any book, but each of your descendants read only six lines a year, sir." "The Siamese in the future read six lines a year!" "They read six lines a year!" "My homeland is going to rack and ruin!" "Just six lines a year!" "Don't let His Majesty the King know about this, otherwise His Majesty will fall ill." "Why's that?" "Do they read very slowly?" "They read as many as six lines a year!" "If it is really like you said, the Siamese people must be all stupid." "Sir." "I am sorry, sir." "Manie is a single lady, and smarter than other Thai girls today." "She came with the words, which do not belong to the Siamese tradition." "She mentioned the things unknown." "She absurdly mentioned the coming time." "She foretold the future out of insanity." "Something's wrong with Menie." "But I don't know what." "We can't report her as missing person because then she will show up again." "Is her stuff still here?" "Num said everything is still in its place." "Did she tell you anything?" "Every time I asked her, she said she'd gone to the library." "It seems she's hiding something." "Is she on drugs?" "No, I don't think so." "She's only addicted to chewing gum." "I can't stop thinking." "What should we do now?" "Excuse me, Khun Malida." "Hello, ladies." "The lady from a good family wears a gold belt." "Wearing a sarong and having white teeth are not deemed beautiful." "Whilst staying here, you must dress properly so that Pra Karahom won't be embarrassed." "I don't know when you will leave." "If you go," "I don't know when we will meet again." "I want you to stay on." "I'm pleased to have you stay unless it pleased you to leave." "Do you think she hates us?" "She hates the way we dislike each other." "Is this why she disappearance?" "No, it isn't." "It's her choice whether or not to come back." "Do you know where she is?" "No." "I never know." "She has her reasons to be missing." "But she also has reasons to come back." "What if she has gone for good?" "It means she has something to tell us." "Malida, if one made a mistake, and tried so hard to make it right we have to live with the things we couldn't change." "I think that's all she wants." "Manee's back." "It's high time we told the truth." "Menie, can you tell me what happened to you?" "Please." "Don't do this to me." "Are we still friends?" "You always trust me, don't you?" "Just answer me, yes or no?" "Has she been away again?" "If yes, please look at me, Menie." "And tell me the truth." "It's hard to explain, Kul." "Don't push me so hard." "It's all so hard to believe." "I will believe you." "Just tell me the truth." "Please tell me, Menie." "It's very beautiful, Kul." "It's a very beautiful land to me." "Though it looks uncivilized and they are called barbarians, they've kept fighting." "They've never abandoned their homeland." "What matters is that 'they' mean 'we'." "We always forget how we went through it." "Where is it, Menie?" "Who are they?" "It's here." "Kul." "The land that we now live in." "They are our forefathers." "I went back to see them with my own eyes and with my own heart." "Are you telling me that your yo-yo disappearance means you've been back to the past?" "Are you telling me... what you find hard to tell is talking about your journey back to the past?" "Is that the best story you've got after I've been worried sick about you?" "I don't know how this could happen." "See?" "I shouldn't have told you." "Is this how you return my trust?" "All right, Maneechan." "It's okay." "If you don't want to tell me, then don't." "I won't ask you again." "It must be very important to you." "We haven't known each other long enough." "All right," "I won't bother you again." "You may go back to your spaceship." "I won't ever bother you again." "Kul, I'm telling the truth." "I was born by this river and I will die by this river." "This river is in great danger." "It is your pleasure to leave it behind, Manee?" "Some were born to search for the force of evil." "Some were born with it." "Monsieur Gabriel Aubarey, the French Consul, gave a warning to us that" "France wants power in Siam." "They have moved across Annam, Laos and Khmer which are Siam's protectorates." "They want to reduce our power." "If it wasn't for England's interests, they would have already snapped our throat!" "I have always believed throughout history, the Thai people have always tried their best." "If not, how could we have kept our independence?" "Look at our neighbors?" "Any countries left?" "To the east," "Laos, Annam, Khmer." "To the west, Burma." "To the south, Malaysia." "None of them left!" "But we should have done better." "Should have done better." "All right, Manee." "In our lives, we always think we should have done better." "We should have done well, better and best." "And then far better or better than best?" "Or better than best if... you could play a role in the past, would you do anything?" "Say, in the case of battles with Burma, we could return to tell our ancestors how to win the battles." "Would you tell them to make machine guns instead of cannons?" "Manee, you don't have to go as far as the past." "Dear Khun Maneechan, could you please make a couple of radios for me?" "Budget limited." "No radio repair shops around here." "I will collect them next week." "You needn't bother to right history." "The past has to be a constant companion to the present." "The present has to be a constant companion to the future." "If we have a thorough understanding of what the future is like;" "how it goes... how it ends, then what's the meaning of our present lives?" "The benefit of France is under risk." "We have to occupy the Mekhong Delta." "Occupying the Mekhong Delta?" "What about England?" "They should be happy with India," "Burma and the Indian Ocean while the South China Sea and the Gulf of Siam should belong to us." "With the benefit equally divided, as long as Siam remains a buffer stage and." "As long as we don't touch anything already owned, there will be no problems." "The cake has already been cut." "Why trying to snatch the knife only to spill more blood?" "Khmer belongs to French?" "Since when, Honorable Consul?" "As I remember" "Siam has ruled over Khmer since long time ago." "If I count the dates correctly, it was even before you were born." "But once we came to rule over Annam in the Kochin China, we then have had the authority over the whole Khmer since as in the history," "Khmer belonged to Annam." "But using history to make such a claim is a dangerous excuse." "If England used history to make a similar claim." "French might have to return Normandy," "Gascony and what else?" "Oh!" "Guinea to England as well." "Let's be reasonable." "Prince Narodom of Khmer was crowned by our King." "This means he accepts that his country is under Siam's protection." "This tradition is much clearer than any treaties." "I shall allow only 'Pra Tabong'," "'Angkor Wat' and 'Siem Riep' to remain under Siam's protection as for the rest..." "I will consider this tradition of yours on our gun ships." "Captain La March," "I will assign you an important task, which is much more important than your service as a military officer, responsible for training the royal troops of these barbarians." "I'm teaching these barbarians a lesson." "I want this cunning nobleman, Somdej Chaophraya, discharged." "Somdej Chaophraya discharged!" "La March, give this letter to the King of Siam." "You want me to give this letter to the king." "What if it upsets the King?" "La March," "France is a very powerful nation, to which Siam must pay attention." "You are French." "Never forget that." "Siam must pay attention." "Yes," "Siam must pay attention." "I shall proceed immediately." "Tonight, La March." "Please, this is not the right moment." "This is early hour." "Please get back." "Are you going to inform His Majesty?" "Quiet please, His Majesty's been ill." "I will receive the letter." "Listen to me!" "You should go back!" "Get him out!" "Drag him out!" "Did they pay you this much attention?" "I will inform the Emperor that" "Siam intends to demean France and wishes to break up the mutual goodwill between the two countries" "Our naval fleet in Saigon will make Siam pay more attention to us" "Pay more attention to us, sir?" "French gun ships can seize Siam within twenty-four hours if the mutual goodwill between Siam and France breaks up." "France refuses to negotiate with a small country swarmed with corrupted nobles..." "on any issues." "Don't you want to investigate first?" "I would like to invite you to the hearing first." "This man doesn't make sense." "I don't want any stupid investigation." "Or you want to be an enemy of France." "Concerning Captain La March, I must apologize, but the captain should have known our rule." "You want to apologize?" "Anything you dare to do with La March, we will do the same with your King's people." "Now get out of my face!" "Go away!" "Barbarians!" "Go away!" "Siam will be safe, sir." "But we have to lose quite a large territory." "France claimed that Samed Island belonged to Khmer." "Then we claim that Khmer belongs to Siam." "When the day came, nobody would ever stop that." "But please don't totally believe what I said, sir." "We'd better think how to lose the least." "For England or Great Britain" "Siam was meant to be a buffer state." "Buffer?" "Buffer between what?" "To the east of Burma we would be a borderline between England and France." "Interesting." "How do you know that?" "To me it is history." "To you, it is the future." "But France might not think likewise." "They might want it all." "Then get rid of that French man!" "We must by no means allow for that chance." "No matter how you are plotting about Consul Aubarey," "Please don't allow for that!" "La March!" "La March!" "Gun ships!" "La March!" "The world is changing, Dhep." "Whether it is round or flat, it is changing." "Say, If Manee really comes from the tomorrow years, it foretells that we have to change as the world changes." "The New Road near the Palace took place with the New World." "We have to be ready for the newcomers." "His Majesty the Second King always spends time with foreigners." "Changes are not a loss, Dhep." "Please ponder over it with wisdom." "Dhep, please tell me... you love Manee, don't you?" "If a ten thousand days bring utmost beauty to women," "I will seize an opportunity to behold such beauty." "If love brings utmost beauty to any Siamese woman," "I will give her that love for a ten thousand days." "Don't forget that we are here as the host, not the barbarian." "I've forced myself to act like Westerners." "Manee, it is our duty." "I didn't ask you to have fun." "This is about our country's affairs." "If you're really from the world you mentioned, please make use of your knowledge for my world's benefit, Manee." "Can Can!" "I want Can Can!" "Can Can!" "Let the fun continue!" "You're not Siamese." "Who you are?" "Let's go!" "She killed Consul Aubarey!" "She killed the French Consul!" "We are going together, my Manee." "Where can we go?" "It's the French Consul." "He's somebody." "We can go by the power of Pra Karahom." "We can go further than the border of Siam." "What about the French power and the people left behind?" "Where can they go?" "And where can we go?" "Khun Manee, why are you dressed like this?" "Where are you going?" "No." "Just to try it on." "You're very beautiful, my Manee." "I want to take a nap." "Num!" "Num, what did you say?" "I'm sorry, Khun Manee," "I said you're very beautiful." "No." "In what language did you speak?" "What language?" "What language?" "Why?" "Num!" "Perhaps I am forgetful." "Manee, please tell me the Eiffel Tower was here." "This Monsieur Fran?" "Ois Xavier also claimed that the Dhonburi side belonged to England, the Bangkok side belonged to France." "How interesting!" "The last wink is in the past." "The future is only a wink away." "Then in which glimpse of the river is the present?" "And how long does the present last?" "Don't touch the past, my Marie-Ange." "Let the river run." "Marie-Ange's love will be fulfilled, but the country will fall down." "Marie-Ange's love will be lost, but the country will be balanced." "You can go for the future, but not without forgetting the past." "The record refers to choices of the angle." "You're not Siamese." "Who you are?" "Why are you dressed like this?" "Where are you going?" "In 1893, we lost our territories to France." "We also lost our extraterritorial rights." "The battles with Burma were of sovereigns." "But the loss of extraterritorial rights was a result of oppression." "His Majesty King Chulalongkorn fell ill." "In the depths of despair, His Majesty refused bathe and eat." "Though loyal subjects remained, how could we oppose that power?" "With their gunboats, they forced us to fight back." "But we were defeated." "We had to pay damages of three million whereas France lost three soldiers." "We lost our territory on the left side of Mekhong River." "The French government wanted to form a border of its protectorates." "France and Great Britain..." "France and England... planned to use Thailand as their buffer state." "To save the rest, we needed to sacrifice some territories." "Although we could save our independence, our days have been lost in the depths of bitterness." "Death is not astounding, my Manee." "I was born by this river and I will die by this river." "If one does not follow one's own path," "She is always with us, Malida." "She can feel it." "It's like she was reborn." "My Malida..." "If I haven't yet returned, don't worry, mom." "Please remember me." "If I haven't yet returned, please remember me, dad." "I'm working on your radios." "Here I am pouring holy water for you, my dear." "May holy water and blessing warm your heart." "No matter where you are please know that..." "I will love you always." "When the two worlds move apart, each world has its own path to follow." "Until the parallel worlds meet again, some will find a gateway to another world;" "some will meet the longed for love;" "and some will bid farewell forever." "Until then, the very two words may be a dream come true."