"John!" "John!" "John!" "Come on, you're keeping jack waiting." "Hello." " This is your day, jack." "You're the pride of your family." "Good luck." "Thanks, Will ll." "Good day." "Good day." "Good day." "Welcome, jack." "It's a great day." "(SCREECHING)" "(BELL TOLLING)" "All right, jack." "Why do I have to be capped?" "Everyone's capped when they come of age." "But why?" "Don't you want to grow up and leave school to work with your father?" "Will, you don't think they'd hurt us, surely?" " It's just that..." "I don't understand." "You will." "Now, take this food to the vagrant stone, and be careful, just leave it and come straight back." "Hurry up!" "You want to be there when jack gets back." "I'll be glad to be a man." "Oh, me, too." "No more school." "You'll work at the mill, with your father." "So will you, if you want." "Do you sometimes feel afraid of them?" "I mean, when you think..." "Think about the day we'll be capped." " I knew you were scared." "I never said that." "Anyway, next year there'll be you and me and the two girls from the Willow farm." "What's there to be scared about?" "It doesn't scare me." "Unless I became a vagrant, like them." "Capping works with most people." "Over near Willow, a vagrant took a boy away." "Who said?" "Mrs Downs." "She said they trap you and murder you." "I don't believe that." "Mr Hopkins says all vagrants are mad." "(CLANGING)" "Vagrants are stupid." "You're not allowed past the stone, so you'd better not try it." "Come on, WI ll." "Come on, WI ll!" "My name is Ozymandias." "I'm king of all this land." "Look on me." "(CHUCKLING)" "Will." "What's it like?" "Hey!" "Back later." "(CHILDREN RECITING MULTIPLICATION TABLES)" "ALL:" "Seven fours are 28." "Eight fours are 32." "Nine fours are... (TRIPOD SCREECHING)" "Children, school is over, but I have something to say I should like you to think about." "It is surprising, but no accident, that many of our great celebrations, capping day, which we all enjoyed yesterday, and say, September's harvest festival, stand so close together in our calendar." "For nature and the Tripods are the two essentials for the continuation and well-being of mankind." "Nature's bounty clothes and feeds us." "And by their benevolent presence, the Tripods have eliminated the evil and greed of war, and all war's death, diseases and despair." "Consider the unthinkable barbarity of deliberately killing other human beings and how it must have been in the dark days before the Tripods came." "For centuries, aggression dominated man's activities, ruining his every endeavor, and in particular, making impossible any true partnership with nature, such as we now enjoy in our more enlightened times." "Hands up, those who are to be capped next year." "You will have great understanding." "We thank the Tripods." "ALL:" "We thank the Tripods." " Where are you going?" "I'm going to find jack." "Are you alone, Will?" "Sure?" " Where were you going to?" "The tomb." " Who else knows about this tomb?" "jack." "My friend jack." " Where is he?" "Working." "You're expecting him here?" "No." "Yesterday was his capping day." " You live in the village?" "Yes." " Where in the village?" "The mill." "Will Parker, is it?" "How many..." " How do you know..." "How many?" " Mother, father and my cousin." "This cousin?" "Henry." "You saw him with me." "Let me go!" " How did you know my name?" "I'm a vagrant, Will." "You know the stories about vagrants." "We're mad men, aren't we?" "We know things other men don't." "Yesterday your cousin called you Will." "And the Parker family have been milling corn here for over a hundred years." "Please, will you show me the tomb?" "I'll be late home." "I don't think Will Parker's the sort of boy who'd bother too much about that." "I don't usually make mistakes in those I choose." "Jack won't ever come here again." "Once that cap goes on, out go other things." "What other things?" "A sense of wonder, curiosity, feelings of aggression" "and rebellion." "No." "Nobody who's ever been capped by a Tripod would find much of interest here." "You don't like the idea of being capped, Will?" "What they did to jack, it's not right." " Has he complained?" "No, nobody ever complains." "I mean, look at Anne Digger." "She was a girl at school who painted wonderful pictures, really wonderful." "They made me feel..." "I don't know." "Now she's been capped, she never paints." "I watched you yesterday at the feast." "You were the only one not having a good time." "How could you watch me?" "Put that end to your eyes, take a look outside." "(GASPING)" "Men made these, Will Parker." "And cities." "Cities over the sea." "And flying machines to cross the sea." "But you'll only say I'm mad." "You are mad." "But I imagine you and jack must have often wondered what life was like before the Tripods." "Perhaps." "About a hundred years ago, not long, when the Tripods first appeared, they destroyed whole cities." "Millions of people were killed or starved." "And those that were left, the Tripods capped." "Oh, after a generation or two, matters were very much as they are now." "People living quiet lives, free from wars, well looked after by the Tripods." "Life is good." "We thank the Tripods." "But you're afraid of being capped." "But..." "How can you fight a Tripod?" "By using your wits." "How do you know all this, eh?" "You're just a stupid vagrant and everybody knows that..." "Oh, the cap's quite genuine." "It came from a dead man." "That's my passport to vagrancy, unlimited travel, searching for boys like you, uncapped, unafraid to ask questions, boys with spirit." "And there are more of you than you imagine." "Listen, Will Parker." "There is no land in this whole world without Tripods." "But there is a place where men are free, waiting for sufficient numbers and power to rid the world of Tripods." "Can you believe this?" " Where is this place?" "We call it the White Mountain." "Will you take me there?" "Well, I've got weeks of work to do yet before I go back to the mountains." "Yes." "I think you should go." "Listen, Will, I do you no favors." "This place is a long way from here." "Very few complete the journey." "Think carefully." "(CHIMING)" "I won't be capped." "Obstinacy." "Good." "I've always thought courage overrated." "Do you know Five Ways on the South Road?" "Meet me there tomorrow morning at 5:00." "Dawn's at six." "I'll wait until seven." "Keep that as a token of trust." "Maybe I won't come." "Then I'll have lost my watch, wasted my time, and you'll live a life of growing fear and regret until you're capped." "Look..." "I left friends and family, too." "But remember, they're not your friends, your family." "They belong to each and every Tripod, as you will surely do if you stay here." "Men made these, Will Parker." "I'll wait until seven." " I knew you were up to something." "Keep your voice down." "Where are you going?" "Nowhere." "You're going to tell me everything or I'll wake Uncle john." "I mean it." "The mill room, then." "Not here." "You can't believe what a vagrant says." "He wasn't a vagrant, I keep telling you." "It was a false cap." "I don't know how, but it was." "White Mountains, there's no such place." "I've told you everything I know." "I think there's a lot you haven't told me." "(CHIMING)" "Men made this, Henry." "Men like you and me." "It's man-made, Henry." "Henry, listen, I've got to be somewhere." " Where?" "I'm not saying, but it's a good few miles and I haven't got much time." " You'll be seen." "Henry, please, I've got to go." " But why?" "Because I can't stay here any longer." "I'm not going to let them cap me, Henry." "I'm not afraid of the capping itself, but of what I'll become once it's done." "It's wrong, Henry." "You've seen jack since, haven't you?" "WI ll, come on." "I'm old enough to think for myself now." "I like that and I want that." "There's a lot of things I want to do and find out about." "But in 12 months, it'll be too late." "All I'll be is a puppet for the Tripods for the rest of my life." " Henry, please, I've got to go." "All right, but I'm coming, too." " But you can't." "Why not?" "Well, two's dangerous." "He only asked me." "Look, I don't much like the idea of being capped either, so there's no reason why I shouldn't come to these loony mountains of yours." " But we always fight." "We Like fighting." "Will, there's nothing for me here." "All right, we don't see eye to eye." "That doesn't matter." "You're the only friend I've got." "I'd rather be arguing with you all day on our way to these mountains," "if they exist." "They must do." "Did he give you that clock?" "To show he trusted me." "Better get started, then." "I'll get some more food." "Right." "Boys!" "Boys!" "Will?" "But why run away, john?" "I don't understand." "(KNOCKING AT DOOR)" "Come in." "Mr Parker." "Mrs Parker." "Is there any sign of them, jack?" "Well, I found a note in a place me and Will used as a den." " We had one, too." "Yes." ""I won't belong to the Tripods." "You do and you don't realise it." ""Please don't come after us." "Will and Henry."" "We'll get them back." "Don't worry, Mrs Parker." "My dad's gathering some riders together now." "Some stupid notion." "Well, it was maybe my capping, you know, that worried them." "Why didn't we hear it?" "Come on, Will, let's go home." "I don't mind a beating." "We'd get more than a beating." "We'd be capped." "I'd rather die than be capped." "Anyway, I promised Ozymandias." "I said we'd meet him." "He trusted me." "Well, what are we going to do?" "Can't be far to Five Ways." "Oh, what's the point?" "It must be after seven now." "(CHIMING)" "Maybe he'll have waited for us." "(HORN BLOWING)" "WILL:" "Now." "Come on!" " Oh, he's gone." "I told you he wouldn't be here." "Morning, Will." "Good morning, Henry, is it?" "Follow me." "Your friends are out in force." "There's about a dozen of them covering the area." "What are we going to do?" "You are going to go on from here and take the road south." " What about you?" "I thought you'd be coming with us." "Well, use your brains, boy." "Two lads traveling with a vagrant?" "We wouldn't get past the first village." "Anyway, I've got much more work to do here." "I've got to find more Wills, more Henrys." "Now, do you know what this is?" "It's a compass." "The needle points north." " We've got one at school." "And this?" "It's a map." "Now, listen." "Without this, you are literally lost." "See this?" "North, east, south, west." "Now watch." "Put north to north." "Now, the map's ready for use." "Here is where we are now." "You are heading for Romney, here." "I've marked out the way for you." "It's like looking right down from the sky." "Yes." "When you get used to the map, you'll find you can work out distances, too." "How far is Romney?" "If you keep up a good pace, you should be there in a couple of days." " What's all this blue?" "The sea." "Now, listen." "At Romney, look in the harbor for a boat called the Orion." "The captain's name is Curtis." "Captain Curtis is paid to look after you." "You'll just have to trust him." "He has a false cap like mine, but how he came by it I'd rather not know." "Now, across the sea is a country called France." "Different people speaking a different language." "How do you mean?" "Well, you'll find out." "Curtis will tell you more about France." "The line on the map takes you southeast." "Follow that line." "The villages and towns are marked on it, but avoid them." "And you'll eventually come, after a very hard journey and a lot of luck, to the White Mountains." "How will we find the Free Men?" "They have many lookouts." "They'll find you." "(HORN SOUNDING)" "Will, you take the map." "Henry, hide the compass." "Now, here's some money." "Curtis will give you French money." "Now, we must hurry." "Will, my watch, please." "What happens if we get caught in France?" "You'll be capped." " So there's nothing to lose." "No." "Will, Henry..." "Only one, maybe two out of every 50 boys I send will reach the mountains." "How will we know Captain Curtis?" "He looks like this." " Dad." "Shh." "There's nobody here." "Let's try the other way." "I need to rest." "All right." "But not here, and not for long." "There's something in there." "MR PARKER:" "Will, Henry, is that you in there?" "Come on out, now!" "(SHOUTING)" " Come on!" "No!" " Come on!" "No!" ""My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings." ""Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair!"" " Oz!" "Get down." "He's dead." "It goes on forever." "I never thought." "I mean, did you have any idea?" "We'll follow the path down." "Come on." "Captain Curtis might not be around." "What will we do then?" "If we have to wait until he turns up, we'll find somewhere to sleep." "That might be dangerous." " How far now, do you think?" "Can't tell." " Are you getting aches in your legs?" "Oh, a bit." "What do we do W the Orion's at sea?" " Find another boat." "Oh, yes." "Just walk up to somebody and say, "I've run away from home" ""and I want to sail to a place called France."" "We'd be back in Wharton and capped before you could say "jack"." "You can let Ozymandias down if you like." "I'm not." "Oh, I didn't mean that." "What's today?" " The date, you mean?" "Yes." "July the 9th." "It's my mother's birthday." "Or would have been if she were alive." "Perhaps Ozymandias was right, then." "About what?" "It was something he first said to me when I met him, about our parents not really being ours, not like a real mother and father." "Because they belong to the Tripods?" "Yes." "Well, your parents, mine, aunts, uncles, brothers, sisters." "Just everybody who's been capped." "They all belong to the Tripods." " All right, they're alive, but..." "But perhaps it's better to be dead?" "I know I don't want to be capped." "Not for anything." "Anything?" "The Tripods killed my parents." "Perhaps one day I'll find a way of getting back at them." "To do that, you have to make sure you're never capped." "Wonder what Chimney's like?" "I'LL bet it's just a small village Like Wharton." "There won't be many people there or ships." "We'll find the Orion in five minutes at the most." "I'm hungry." "It's too dangerous." "Come on." " How will we find Curtis?" "I don't know." " I'm starving." "We've got to find the Orion." "Come on." " What's that over there?" "I don't know." "Let's go and see." " What is it?" "Camel, son, from Morocco." " What does it do?" "Gives wonderful hair for clothes." "You wouldn't get much hair off of that." "People pay a lot of money for animal hair like hers." "You mean somebody's paid for her to be brought here?" "Squire, up at the castle." "His daughter is getting capped next month." "Be a big do, that will." "(INAUDIBLE)" "(PIANO PLAYING INSIDE)" "Two pies, please." " What kind?" "Those." "You go and find a table, I'll bring them to you." " I'd have had that pie cold." "Me, too." "ponderer what France is like." "Big." "Very big." "Look at the sea, it's so wide." "There's no sign of the other side." "It's nine, 10... 11 times that distance to the White Mountains." " It'll take us weeks." "Months, more likely." " I never realised." "Nor me." "It's taken us three days to get here." "she'll never make it." "Why not?" "It isn't a race." "It doesn't really matter how long it takes us." "But Ozymandias said nobody speaks English." "How will we ask our way or buy anything?" "Can't be that different." "Captain Curtis will give us some tips." "He must have been there dozens of times." " Do you think he's taken others like us?" "Bound to have done." "Listen, by this time tomorrow we'll be there." "We'll sleep on the beach and then start walking." "A few hours a day." "There's no need to hurry." "Any sign of a Tripod, and we'll hide." "Then when it's safe, we just carry on." "I don't care if it takes the rest of my life." "I'm not going to be capped." " Drink, boys?" "No, thanks." "Beer's good." "Build you up, make sailors out of you." "Just shout if you change your mind." "Sorry, that's me." " Sorry!" "Oh, see what I mean?" "Corning." "Just shout." "Good-looking boy, aren't you?" "How old are you?" "16." "Nearly a man." "Oh, you'll break a lot of hearts before you're wedded." "There's something different about you, though." "Where are you from?" " Sorry!" ""Coming!" "See you later, jolly-face." "Ozymandias said he'd be sending more boys." "We may even meet some on the boat." "That'll be great." "The more the merrier." " Let's make a pact." "What's that?" "It's an agreement." "We have to agree that whatever happens, if one of us gets caught or sick or, well, anything, the other one goes on, alone if necessary, to find the Free Men in the White Mountains, agreed?" " Agreed." "Then it will have been worthwhile." "And if we both get caught?" "Hey, lads." "Hungry but not thirsty, is it?" " Yes." "No." "Yes or no, you don't mind if rejoin you, do you?" "George, go and get them a beer each." " No, thanks." "We can pay." "Who's talking of paying?" "Friendship tavern, this is." "We'll look after you." " You from these parts?" "Yes." "Nick's the name, by the way." "Lillian." "Henry." "Runaways, is it?" "You have to get your story straight." "Yes, no?" "You think this place has never seen runaways before?" "I was a runaway myself." "Good health, lads." " Do you know a Captain Curtis?" "Howell?" " His boat's the Orion." "Ellie, now." "If you're on the run and want a boat, you've come to the right man." "We're a couple of crew light and I can put in a word." "We'll wait for the Orion, thanks." "Who's been telling you about this Captain Curtis, anyway?" "On the run, George." "Here to be sailors." "Well, it's no joy sailing short-manned, is it?" "I've been telling them strong boys come in handy on our old boat." "Somebody's told them to look out for some Captain Curtis." "We'd better go now." "Runaways, Mr Mate." "Wanting to go to sea." "Well, it's a lucky day for us all, then." "Sit down, boys." "Finish your food." "We sail on the late tide." "Uh, we've had enough, thanks." "You be easy now, boys." "Nobody wants trouble." "WILL:" "Now!" "Come on!" "(CHUCKLING)" "What is it?" "The drawing." "Give me the drawing." "Come on." "Captain Curtis." " Captain Curtis!" "Captain Curtis!" " Captain!" "Over here!" " Captain Curtis!" "Oh, why you..." "Oh, listen, listen." " Come on, Curtis!" "Captain Curtis!" " Oh, he's going away!" "Captain Curtis!" "Captain Curtis!" "Captain!" "Hey!" "One word, one sound, one movement, and you'll answer to me." "On this boat, you do what I say." "Do you understand?" "Understand?" " Where are you taking us?" "Good run for a first run, boy." "Down to where the sun shines all day." "Good long run to Africa." "You'll get to know me better by then." " All well?" "No problem, mister." "Landfall within the hour." "hardhat's that?" "You told me to peel them." "I said peel them, boy, not massacre them." "You peel them that thick, we should be starved before we get halfway." "Do we put in to any ports before we reach Africa?" "Now, how do you think we get our supplies and cargo?" "With this old tub, we stay as close to the land as we possibly can." "Looks like we're going to land in France first." "We've got to get off this ship." "We'll be lucky to get the chance." "It's not going to be easy." "Hey, country boys." "You're wanted below." "Here's the boys, Captain." "Captain Curtis." "He's Captain Curtis." "We thought..." "We thought we were on the wrong ship." "I'm Curtis." "You've got something for me?" "Money?" "That all?" " Ellie, that's all we were given." "Get back on deck." "But Ozymandias said you'd give us some French money." "On deck, I said." "He said you'd give us some French money." "Come on, WI ll." "What will we do about food and things?" "Don't question me, boy." "What you do when you're landed is your affair." "Do you know the dangers I run every time madmen like you cross over?" "And you ask me for money?" "Get back on deck, or you'll never even see France." " It's not right!" "Lillian." "(TRIPOD SCREECHING)" "Tripods, Captain." "If they're at sea, the Black Guards won't be far behind." "Stay here." "You understand?" "Stay here." " From the French side." "Yeah, traveling fast." "Captain!" "Follow him in, mister." "And get those boys hidden below." "Come on, out!" "Vagrants." "Now, very still and dead quiet, or you'll answer to me." "Now, hide yourselves." "Your crew, Captain." "Your entire crew, they're all on deck, yes?" "Most." "You're bound for Africa." "With 10 landfalls." "Of which the first, I see, is in my port." " To unload cargo and vagrants." "Of course." "It would be unfortunate to have trouble so early in such a long voyage, Captain." " I want no trouble." "Then do not treat me like a fool." "This handful on deck will not sail a ship like this to Africa." "And you have no authority to take on crew in any French port." " I have enough." "You speak of authority." "I have authority to make a thorough search of this ship, Captain." " A thorough search, yes?" "I want no trouble." "My interest is in two runaways, nothing else." "We understand each other?" "All hands on deck, mister." "There are runaways here." "It may be these runaways are here against their will." "It is not unknown." "I ask now that anyone here against his will step forward." "There is nothing to fear." "No one will be harmed." "(SPEAKING FRENCH)" "Of course you did not know, Captain." "They asked for a berth." "I was short-crewed." "You are lucky." "I came to seek two runaways, two runaways were found." "I do not trust you, Captain." "I do not want you in my port any longer than necessary." "You will discharge your cargo and take on board the supplies for which you are scheduled." "If you do not leave the port on the next tide," "I shall impound this ship." "Good day, Captain." "You heard!" " What about the other two?" "Take them below." "We're short-handed now." "I don't want to see them again till we're clear of port." "Get the ship ready for sailing, mister." "Then get the vagrants ashore." " She'll be waiting with fresh supplies." "Aye-aye, Captain." "Do you think Curtis is gone?" " Ellie, we're together, anyway." "So were the other two." "What's the use of all this now?" "Everybody's on deck, yes?" "Working." "Well, let's see what there is in here." "There must be something." "Quick!" " So this is Calais, then?" "Must be." "It can't..." "Hey!" "(SPEAKING FRENCH)" "Run!" "(SHOUTING IN FRENCH)" "Come on!" "(SPEAKING FRENCH)" "What's he saying?" "(SPEAKING FRENCH)" "(SPEAKING FRENCH)" "Oh." "(SPEAKING FRENCH)" "Why are you here?" "Your boat has parted." "You were on the Orion, yes?" "(SPEAKING FRENCH)" "So, not capped?" "Runaways from England." "You wish to tell me why?" "We were frightened of being capped." "There is nothing to fear." "You will be capped tomorrow." "The Tripod is here." "It is the law." "(SPEAKING FRENCH)" "I'm not without sympathy for courage." "In this case it is misguided." "Tomorrow you will understand and even thank me." "I shall see you again in the morning." "(SPEAKING FRENCH)" "(SPEAKING FRENCH)" " I knew we'd be caught." "We're not capped yet." " We've got this far." "What for?" "(SPEAKING FRENCH)" "What are those things on his face?" "I don't know." " We could rush him." "The Key's in the door." "There is a guard patrolling all the time." "On my face?" "In French we call them snuffles." "Little moons." "My eyes are weak." "I made them myself." "Eat." "How did you learn to talk like us?" "I have learn myself, from books and English sailors that come to stay at the inn." "That's where I live." "The inn." "Drink." "You're..." "You're..." "You're not capped." "Capped?" "Capped." "My calcite?" "No." " Nor us." "No?" "Why aren't you capped?" "You're older than us." "I have 17." "I'm an inventor, as you see." "When I am capped, I will invent no more." "There will be no more mystery." " No more curiousness." "Curiosity." "Thank you." "Curiosity." "How have you managed to escape it?" "By pretending how much I wish the capping." "And then on the day, I'm very ill, they think." "We're meant to be capped tomorrow." "Yes." "Where were you going before you were caught?" "We've heard of a place in the south." "There are no cappings there." "No Tripods." "The Tripods, they go everywhere, I think." "Maybe not in the mountains." "Yes, there are mountains in the south." "I have heard." "One could hide there." "There are Free Men there." "Uncapped men." "The White Mountains." " How do you know the way?" "I have a map." "We shouldn't trust him." "If we don't, by this time tomorrow we'll be capped." "This map, it is not correct." "This is a place of many Tripods." "It would be better to go like this and then like this." "Hmm." "If..." "If you helped us escape, you can come with us." "I have already decided." "I have waited a long time for somebody like you." "French boys would have been better but..." "But how can you help us?" "I shall return to the inn." "That door, I shall leave with no key, but open." " Unlocked?" "Unlocked, yes." "This water in the center here is the only way out." "It leads through tunnels to the beach." "You'll never get past the guards above, so this is the way you must go." "The water is not very deep, but you must keep low because there is always one guard on watch." "You will need one of these and these." "I shall meet you on the beach." "If you are caught, I shall go on alone." "So, please, I shall take the map?" "You must trust me." " And what's your name?" "My name?" "I am jean-Paul." " Lillian." "Henry." "Jean-Paul." " More like Beanpole." "Beanpole?" "Ah, for beans, a stick, eh?" "Ah, beanpole." "Beanpole?" "Hey." "(SPEAKING FRENCH)" "What can you see, Beanpole?" "No people and no Tripods." "Is there any sign of the White Mountains?" "Oh, they're miles away still." "Well, they are too far to see for many days yet, Henry." "How many days?" "Thirty days, if we are fortunate." "Thirty days." "I thought we might be halfway." "We're making good progress." "Are you going to carry the food today?" "All right." "Not much of it to carry." "Your friend, Ozymandias, his map is not very well made." "He was killed helping us escape." "The map's got us this far." "The map doesn't have to work well." "It only has to work." "Ozymandias, he was very brave." "He had a mesh cap taken from a dead man." "I think it would be possible, yes." "If he hadn't have found me and Henry, well, we'd never would have known about the White Mountains, or the Free Men." "That is certainly true." "My parents were dead when I was an infant." "And mine." "Henry lived with us at a water mill." "There is an uncle which I have, and an aunt." "But they gave me to the innkeeper to work." "That is why it was me that served you with food in the prison." " And you're an inventor?" "Yes, that's right." "I observe many things." "I observe that air which is hot rises, so I make a big balloon..." " Balloon?" "Of course." "With a basket of fire underneath." " What was the balloon made of?" "Oilskin." "But it would not rise." "It is why I am here with you now." "I know when I am captured, it will be the end of inventing." " What else have you invented?" "Oh, many things." "I am most interested in the steam that comes from a kettle." " It has power." "Power?" "Yes." "I just can't see it." "Can you?" "Once I made an affair of springs beneath my boots to help me jump better." " Ellie, what happened?" "I broke my leg." "(LAUGHING)" "This is the farm of my uncle and aunt." "When I was younger, I'd come here every summer and stay in their house, and help them with their work." "I was here two years ago." "We laughed very much." "We talked of times when my parents were alive." "It is too dangerous to talk with them now." "I never thought then that I would never be capped." "Do you think all schoolchildren get doubts about being capped, Henry?" "Maybe, yes." "We are lucky, then." "We've been able to do something about it." "Are you missing home?" "A bit." "I wouldn't go back." "I'm like Beanpole." "I can't really remember a home of my own." "I'm glad we met him." "We should go now." "That's our course." " No." "Yes, the map says keep southeast." "No, I think we should go more this way." " More east." "But the map definitely says..." "Look, Beanpole knows what he's doing." "But why go out of our way?" "He knows the country round here." "Beanpole, why can't we just follow the map?" "You see this line?" "It is the them DE fer." " I do not know your name for it." "hardhat's the them DE fer?" "It is famous." "When I am here, my uncle told me of it." "I've always wanted to see the them DE fer." "What is it?" "It is too hard to say." "But you will see." "Come on." "There are metal lines like these near Wharton." " Where?" "Behind Stone Farm." "I never knew what they were for." "What are they for, Beanpole?" "My uncle told me, a wagon without horses." "You'd need a big kettle to push a wagon." "(WHISTLE BLOWING)" "It comes!" "It comes!" "Come on." "(WHISTLE BLOWING)" "You see?" "You see?" "It goes with steam." "A big kettle." "(WHISTLE BLOWING)" "(SPEAKING FRENCH)" "We're miles off our course." "Well, it was worth it, for the them DE fer." "It was good fun, yes." "And it was safe and fast." "It doesn't matter how fast it was, if it's taken us days out of our way." " Lillian, there is a reason..." "There'd better be!" "What do you mean, there'd better be?" "You sound just like some stupid teacher." "Henry..." "Will, you trust me, yes?" " All right." "Have patience." "You will see." "(TRIPOD SCREECHING)" "Are there more Tripods in France than in England, do you think, Will?" "I think so." " Henry?" "Mmm." "Yes." "BEANPOLE:" "They're everywhere." "WILL:" "Who gave them the right?" "BEANPOLE:" "They have no right." "How many people lived here, do you think?" "Thousands?" "Hundreds of thousands." "Places!" "For men to sit." "And wheels." "So, a carriage of some sort." " There's nowhere to harness the horses." "Ellie, I expect the shafts rusted away." "No, look at them, they're both the same." "No shafts, carriages without horses, I'm sure." "Hey." "(LAUGHING)" "(CLANGING)" "What's that?" "An animal?" "Cat, perhaps?" "I don't like this place." "Hey, candles!" "Look!" "Pots and pans." "Hey, clothes!" "Bags!" "To put things in." "What's in these bottles, Beanpole?" "Wine, but it will be bad, I think." "Well, try some, Henry." "Ugh!" "(LAUGHING)" "What have you got there?" "It's even smaller than Ozymandias's watch." "This bit looks like a strap or a belt or something." "Pity it's broken." "Eh, voila'!" "Come on, Henry." "These will be useful." "How long have we been here?" "About two hours." "Come on." "Why don't we rest up here for a few days?" "No, we must leave the city before dark." "But why?" "It's great here, and there's so much to see." "Such a place could be dangerous." "We ought to get out of here, by dark you said." "Bring the candles and light." "Come on, you've got the candles." "I know." "WILL:" "Is it a house?" "No." "I think it's a kind of them DE fer." "Yes, Henry is correct, I think." "Well, where does it go?" "Into that tunnel." "Men made this." "What for?" "Hey, what are these?" " Hey, I found something else." "Don't touch it!" "Goose eggs, made of iron." " Now you've broken it." "Oh, no, I haven't." "Anyway, there's plenty more." "(co UGH ING)" "What happened?" "Where's the candle?" "Are you all right, Beanpole?" "Yes." "I think so." "Where are you?" "I'm here." "Henry, if you hadn't thrown it away..." "You pulled out this ring?" "Maybe they are safe until then." "Protect the candle." "That way." "Well, that was stupid." "The cabin will protect us." "Oh, Beanpole, please." " These might perhaps be useful." "What use?" "They're dangerous." "I shall take two." " I'm not taking any." "But..." "(THUNDER ROLLING)" " Nobody about." "I think not." "Let's call it a day, then, my feet are killing me." "Hey, look!" "Oh, beds." "That one's mine." "(LAUGHING)" "I think I need a bath." "(HENRY HUMMING)" "End of water." "We'll have to leave the city tomorrow." "This water seems all right." "All right for bathing but not, I think, for drinking." "Doesn't smell too bad." "Oh, hurry up, we want a go." "Pity there's no soap." "It's probably around somewhere if you look." "Don't think I'll bother." "Vagrants!" "We must find some shelter, Beanpole." "We've got to find some trees." "Stop here." " He's shivering." "We must find a better place." "Will!" "We're going to look for somewhere." "You'll be all right." "You go that way." "We'll meet back here." "We can't leave him." "We must find a better place." "All right, but let's not be too long." "Count to 500, right?" "He'll be safe." " Count to 500..." "I understand!" "...and then come back." "I understand." "(THUNDER ROLLING)" "Henry!" "Henry." "Henry." "Henry." "(GROWLING)" "(CLEARING THROAT)" "(SPEAKING FRENCH)" "The wound heals." "It is better not to touch it." " Where am I?" "The Chateau Bordeaux." "You are here four days and three nights." " Henry..." "Your friends are well." "Henry and jean-Paul." "My cousin the Du DE Salazar was hunting for wild boar, but found you instead." "You will please drink a little watered wine?" " Howell are you?" "My name is Eloise." "It is my father who is the Comte Bordeaux." "Drink now, I will help you." "Thank you." "It is good for me to practice my English." "(SPEAKING FRENCH)" " You are better now?" "Yes." "I think so." "You have been very ill." "But the worst is over." "Now you must grow strong again, Will." " How do you know my name?" "We know everything." "In a fever, it is not possible to control the tongue." "You were determined not to speak and said so aloud in English." " You know then." "Look at me, Will." "There is no shame." "You have been brave." "I am the mother of Eloise, la Compressed Marie." "How do you do?" "(SPEAKING FRENCH)" "Willis our guest, Eloise." "With him, we must always speak English, until he has our language as we have his." "This is Christopher." "He will look after you." "Christopher or Eloise have been at your side since you were brought here." " H e Brillo." "inconsiderable." " When can I see my friends?" "They are waiting outside." "Eloise." "I shall return when your friends are gone." " WI LL must rest." "No." " Please..." "I think yes." "Eloise and I will return later." " You are hungry?" "Yes." "Christopher will bring you food when you wish." "(SPEAKING FRENCH)" "Beanpole, Henry." "Are you all right?" "Gave us away." " Hey, you couldn't help it." "Everything." "They think we're only travelers, Will." "But I might have said something about the White Mountains." "Then they think it was a bad dream, nothing more." " No, but the Countess said..." "It's true, Will." "They think we're only Wanderers." "What are they going to do with us?" " These are not ordinary people." "I can see that." "Ordinary people would send us away or call a Tripod." "These think it is good for boys to leave home." "Their sons travel far away." "Could they help us?" "Their customs are different." "But still, they are capped." "They obey the Tripods." "Then you two must get away while you can." "I'll follow when I'm better." "I still remember some of the map." "It might be a good idea, Beanpole." "I have been talking to some of the boys here." " In five weeks, there is a tournament." "Tournament?" "Contests and feasts." "In the confusion, we could get away." "It's too much of a risk, staying that long." " You two must decide." "I say we should stay." "Will has to get his strength back and you both must learn our language." "It will be worth it." "And we need a new map, a new compass." "All these things we can do here." "But staying that long?" "Have you got a room like this?" "No, we sleep in an ordinary room, with the squires." "But it's very nice." "(SPEAKING FRENCH)" "Tell him Will's sick." "(SPEAKING FRENCH)" "(SPEAKING FRENCH)" "No, English." "We speak English." "These are visitors." "My guests." "It is understood." "I found them." "The matter must be reported." "It is the law." "I know the law." "Oh, this one, he is sick, yes?" "It is for you to inform the authorities, Monsieur Le Comte." "It is the law." "It is not my law." "Not law here." "I found them on the estate and the law says..." "Yes, yes, Monsieur Le Du." "But there are other Laws." "(SPEAKING FRENCH)" "Hospitality." "Would you bring to me a sick boy to be frightened?" "You exceed custom, Monsieur Le Du, and you shame the hospitality of Chateau Bordeaux." "You are better, boy, I hope?" " You are feeding good, yes?" "Yes, sir." "(SPEAKING FRENCH)" "Well, here you are safe." "When the sick one is well, then we shall talk." "Now, you may go." " Monsieur Le Comte..." "I regret, young men, that Monsieur Le Du DE Salazar is too hard in his duty." "Now, you, to bed." "And you two, go everywhere, see everything." "Be free." "Enjoy yourselves." "This is my home." "I'm proud to be of the family Bordeaux." "It is very beautiful, mademoiselle." "It's all right." "Tell us more about the things you do." "Well, there's so much." "After the tournament is the feasting for harvest." "Then riding in autumn." "The ice cracks under the horses' feet." "Then Christmas and the feast of the 12 days, and singers and actors do storytelling." "In spring, there is hunting with hawks." "And then, voila', it is summer again." "I think it is the most beautiful chateau in all France." " Tell me of your home, Henri." "I haven't got a home." "Yes, you have." "You live with me." " Ellie, he used to live with me." "Is it a village?" "It's just a small place where nothing happens." "There's a festival once a year for capping and another for harvest time." "But there is a chateau, though?" "And a duke or a count?" "Well, there is a squire, but not like your squires." "I mean, he's old." "He's not like the Count." "(SPEAKING FRENCH)" "(FRENCH ACCENT) Henri?" "(ANNOYED) Henry." "I don't know." "It is jean-Paul who speaks the best French." "(KNOCKING AT DOOR) entreat." "Ah, the young guests." "Come in, come in." "Bourbon, Monsieur Le Comte." "Very good." "Eloise, she is a good teacher, yes?" " J ea n" " Pa u L" " Bujumbura." " Henri." "Henry." " Guillaume." "No, Will." "Guillaume is Will in French." "So I will call you Guillaume." " You like my room?" "Yes." " I like your telescope." "Ah!" "You know about these things?" "A little." "It is a fine instrument." "You can see a long way with one of these." "Astronomy, geography, these are my favourite subjects." " You are interested in them?" "I like to learn, malfeasance." "Then I shall teach you, all three of you." " When?" "Every day." "You will come here every day and I shall teach you." "We also like traveling, malfeasance." "In that case, we shall take some wine and you shall tell me how you came to travel here." "In the study is everything we need." "Maps and compasses." "I know the stables, so we can get horses." "And nobody ever locks up the kitchen, so we're all right for food, too." "What's wrong with you?" "You're the one with something wrong." "You just shrug and mutter whenever anyone talks to you." "The Count tries to be friendly." "Eloise, too, and her mother." "They don't care about me." "You're the big favourite now." " I didn't ask for any of it." "That is true." "Just don't let's get too cosy." "That's all I say." "As soon as you're fit again, we'll be on our way." "Yes." "Well, I'll see you tomorrow, then." "That depends on what your friends have got arranged for you, doesn't it?" " You're too cruel to him." "He's changed." " He's still not well." "Oh, I know all that." "Then perhaps you are changing, too." "What has Salazar got against Henry, me and Beanpole?" " Against Henri and jean-Paul, nothing." "Me?" " He is jealous, I think." "What of?" "I've done nothing." "There is an arrangement." "Go on." "He and I are one day to be married." "I have respect for Monsieur Le Du, of course." " But you don't like him?" "It is an arrangement." "His family are friends of my family." "He sees you spend much time with me and knows I'm happy." "Come on, let's go down to the river." "What are you doing here?" "Nothing." "The Count's father drew that." "It belongs to a set." "Well, if there's more, he won't miss this one." " What else have you got?" "Nothing." "All right, if that is a special map, show me one he won't miss." "You don't have to steal anything." "I'll take the blame if he finds out." "Does Beanpole know about this?" " You'd better go." "You're becoming one of them." "They found us, they took us in and feed us." "They're kind." "I'm not going to repay them by stealing their property." " That's Trouillon." "We know." "It is thought he will win the tournament." "Who do your lot say is going to win?" " What do you mean, my lot?" "Your chums, the Ricordeaus." "They don't talk about winning much, just about giving everybody a good time when the day comes." "I have been thinking." "Henry does not share much interest in the lessons of the camp." " He doesn't try!" "If I wanted to be a schoolkid" " I would have stayed at home." "I have a great interest in it, but from now on, I shall stay away, with Henry." "Why?" "I think you alone will gain a greater confidence with the Count." "It will be useful when the time comes." "It is true, Will, is it not?" "You've forgotten all about the White Mountains, and why we're here." "Don't be stupid!" " We must Leave soon." "We're safe here." "Yes, but for how long?" "I don't trust any of them." "That Salazar man does not like us." "I speak so you understand." "Three runaways?" "It is your word, yes?" "Two of England, I do not ask how you are here in France." "It has no importance." "jejunum Franglais, who is well past his time for [a raffle." "So, what is there to be done with you?" "Nothing is to be done, Lieutenant." "These, they are here in my household under the care of my chateau." "Au contra/ire, Monsieur Le Comte, with respect." "These are under the law of the region." "When one finds evades, runaways, they are to be capped as soon as possible." "It is the law." "You questioned my word, monsieur?" " You doubt my authority?" "But my authority..." "Monsieur lieutenant, I know the law." "These are guests of my chateau, under my protection." "The Du DE Salazar, my man, he found them." "It was to here they were brought." "I do not know in which fashion you came to hear... inconsiderable..." "I do not wish to know!" "They stay here." "They study, they learn, they work." "For now, I am responsible for them." "Responsible also for their capping, which will be soon, I hope." "But of course." "(SPEAKING FRENCH)" "The talking is finished." "This is your wish also?" "Monsieur Le Comte." "Go now, boys, go." "Ah..." "Monsieur Le Du DE Salazar will stay." "(ARGUING IN FRENCH)" "We must get away soon." "It's too dangerous." " You're fit enough, aren't you?" "I think so." "We must find the White Mountains before winter sets in." "We can trust no one here." "We've found one informer." " There may be many more." "When, then?" " As soon as possible." "The day after tomorrow." "I agree." "Can you two arrange some food?" " We've got a plan." "Good." "I'll get us a new map." "You're right." "Two days, two days, we'll be on our way again." "Just the three of us." "(SPEAKING FRENCH)" "There was an argument this morning." "My father and the Du DE Salazar." " He's very angry with him." "About sending for those men?" "It worried me also." "If my father was not here, if he was away somewhere, you perhaps would have been taken to Grand Ville." "Eloise?" " Do you ever think about traveling?" "But why?" "I'm happy here." "Wouldn't you like to travel and see new things?" "New places?" "Do you say these things to tell me you wish to leave us?" "I never want to leave you." "Do you think perhaps we are in love?" "Close your eyes." "(LAUGHING)" "No, no!" "(SCREAMING)" "Eloise!" "Eloise!" "You have done well, Guillaume." "You have great courage." "You're a very brave young man." "Here." "Take this, please." "I thought she was dead." "We are very fond of you, Guillaume." "We liked you very much even before you saved the life of our daughter." "And now we can say more." "We want you stay here with us." "Our own sons are far away now, dukes in their own estates." "We wish you for a son." "To marry Eloise, when the time is right." "But the Du DE Salazar?" "It is finished." "The arrangement..." "He was not worthy." " But I'm nobody here." "That can be arranged." "There will be no difficulty." "After the tournament, my husband will give this happy news to our friends and guests." "Stay with us, Will." "Make our home your home and live as one of us." "For the rest of your life, Guillaume." "(PLAYING CLASSICAL PIANO)" "You've never seen a tournament before, Will?" "(SPEAKING FRENCH)" "When will your picture be finished?" "You must ask Monsieur Metternich." "Monsieur Metternich?" "(SPEAKING FRENCH)" "(SPEAKING FRENCH)" "ELOISE:" "It depends on how much you disturb him, Will." "(SPEAKING FRENCH)" "It is plain to see you are recovered from your accident, Eloise." "Perhaps a walk in the fresh air will suit you better." "(MEN GRUNTING)" "(SWORDS CLANKING)" " Bravo!" "Bravo!" "What does he think he's playing at?" "The harder he digs himself in, the harder it's gonna be to let go." "Henry?" "You have never thought perhaps that Will is in love?" "In love?" "You have eyes." "See?" "Don't be silly." "The romantic English." "He's the big favourite now, all right." "He's even got one of the Count's rings." "Will saved the life of Eloise." "Should the Count not be grateful?" "Will, what is it?" "My friends, I should talk to them." "(SIGHS)" "The Count and the Countess want me to stay here." "What did I say?" "And you, Will, what do you want?" "I might stay, just for a while." "You'll have a good life." " And you'll be capped." "No." "Of course you will." "You heard what the Count told the Black Guards." "Listen, I won't be capped." "There's plenty of time." "It's just that..." " Ellie, I haven't worked it all out yet." "Summer won't last forever and winter's going to make hard traveling." " I'll be on my way by then." "Don't expect us to wait." "I don't!" " I'm going to bring Eloise." "What?" "I'm going to talk to her when the time's right." "About the Tripods and being free." "I want her to come, too." " It will be difficult." "It's out of the question." "It puts us all in danger." "They'll come looking for her." "We are nothing." "You, they might decide to let you go, but her..." "That's why you two should get away when you can." "Eloise and I will follow." "You're letting everyone down." "Ozymandias, the Free Men." "We were two out of dozens to Ozymandias." "Anyway, he's dead." "As for the Free Men, they don't even know we exist." "You've changed." "You've really changed." " Things are so different here." "How, Will?" "Well, at home, all adults were strangers." "All adults were capped." "Here, at home, what's the difference?" "I never knew it was possible to be capped and happy." " But they are not free." "WILL:" "How does it show?" "They can do what they like here, isn't that being free?" "It's that girl." "Her name's Eloise." "We've seen you riding, walking, giggling, holding hands." "What's that to you?" "It's just that we're not good enough for you now." " All right, if that's the way you..." "I say she can't come." "Well, I say she is coming." "She's trapped you better than any Tripod." "Shut up, Henry." "With that silly smile and her dark eyes." "I said shut up." " Lillian!" "Henry!" "The first stupid girl you meet." "(WILL GRUNTS)" "(METALLIC CLANGING)" "There must be no more!" "You are foolish." "Both of you." "You draw attention to us now?" "I suppose you'll run straight to the Count and give us away." "What are you doing here?" "No, Englishman," "I ask what you are doing here at the Chateau Bordeaux?" "You should know." "You're the one who found me." "I should have left you in the forest." "It is said you are simple voyagers, you and your two friends." "To where do you travel?" " Nowhere in particular." "To travel nowhere makes no sense." " It's no concern of yours." "Eloise, she's my concern." "Or so she was until you came." " The Count says..." "The Count is an old fool." "Do not think we are all fools here." "Do you like maps, Englishman?" " The Count..." "I repeat, can be fooled." "Do you work at this to gain his favour?" "Or is there another reason?" "Maybe you intend to continue your travels to nowhere." "It would be best also that you continue them soon." " Howell are you, Englishman?" "You know who I am." "I know who you claim to be." "You and the other Englishmen." "You claimed to cross the sea for France where you claim to have met your French companion." "You claimed to have travelled to the place I found you." "It is all too simple." "It is not possible unless you twist and turn to every village in town." "You fear the Black Guards." "I saw it in your face." "Simple travelers do not show such fear." "There are many questions to be answered." " I don't have to tell you anything." "Then I will tell you." "(WILL SIGHS)" "You bring danger here." "Danger for who?" "For your friends, for Eloise, for you." " I'm not frightened of you." "No?" "We shall see." "I also have friends, Englishman." "My friends have great anger at the way I am treated." "Do not think your future here is certain." "A chateau has lonely, quiet corridors." "Take care not to walk them alone." "Get out." "Above all, do not feel certain of Eloise." "Benefit from these studies." "Leave while you can." "There will be no pursuit." "If not, accept what you bring upon yourself and on those who you claim to love." "Get out." "Now!" "(PIANO PLAYING)" " ELOISE:" "What has happened?" "Nothing." " If I asked you to come away with me..." "Yesterday you talked of this." "I know you love your home, I understand." "It's beautiful." "And I love it too." "Can Salazar do anything to harm you?" " Of course not." "Are you sure?" "He would dare nothing to harm anyone in the protection of my father." "You must already know this, Will." "(SIGHING)" "Yes." "Why do you ask?" "I just suddenly..." "Well, you were to be married." "He has no one but himself to blame for what has happened." "He is of no account." "I promise you." "It is perhaps your friends who have made you sad." "Are they not happy here?" "I have many good reasons for staying." "One very good reason." "But they haven't." "If they go, you perhaps wish also to go with them." " Not without you." "It is not possible." "But if there was a good reason for going?" "A good reason." "A reason of honour." "Why is Christopher outside my door?" "You're important now." "We are all guarded at night." "Who against?" "It is the custom for those who are to marry, Will." "Tell me more of these honourable reasons." "I can't." "Not yet." "(PLAYING SINGLE KEYS)" "Henry and Beanpole, can we make them feel more welcome?" "They're already welcome." "Yes, but I've got a lovely room, wonderful clothes, a horse..." "And you have me, even if the horse comes first." "(SIGHING)" " What do you wish?" "I don't know." "Something to make them feel closer to us." "More equal." "It is not good for friends to feel different." "We think too much of our own good fortune." "It has been another hot day." "Last year it was very hot." "Madame Fistula fainted." "(COUNT LAUGHING)" "Do you remember when the school master fainted, Henry?" " No." "Yes, you do." "It was a summer when we had a big harvest and everybody had to help." "Did you help also, Henri?" "Everybody had to, he just told you." "WILL:" "It was good fun." "(SPEAKING FRENCH)" "Have you drunk champagne?" "No, madame." "Let us drink, to the tournament." " COUNTESS:" "The tournament." "ALL:" "The tournament." "And now, the marriage." "What marriage?" "He has not told you?" "Guillaume is to marry Eloise." "To Guillaume and Eloise." "It must be when they are asleep." "I'll get the food when I'm cleaning the kitchens." "It will be good to be on the way once more." " You think of Will?" "He didn't dare tell us." "It was a surprise, certainly." "We're his friends, or we were." "He should have told us." "You believe he'll never get to White Mountains, Henry?" "No, he won't follow." "With or without the girl." "Anyway, how would he know where to find us?" "How would he catch us up?" "You blame him too much." "We have been safe here." "These people are kind." "To Will they have shown a great friendship." "It is hard for him." " It's that girl..." "They are in love." "It is that." "Henry, we are here because we wish to be free." "To make a choice, yes?" "If Will wishes to be capped, it is his choice." "Well, not for me." "HENRY"." "You've changed." " I was trying..." "HENRY:" "You've changed." "I'm going to bring Eloise." "It's that girl." "I'm going to bring Eloise." "(VOICES ECHOING)" "(TRIPOD SCREECHING)" "(GASPS)" "We go, Beanpole." "Tonight." "I think it is best, yes." "Maybe they're less harmful than we think." " They kill men." "You always get accidents." "Accidents?" "That helps, does it?" "Trying to convince yourself?" "You saw Paris, what it must've been like when men lived there." "If the Tripods could beat the people who built Paris, well, what's the point of a few men in some mountains hundreds of kilometres away, kidding themselves they're free?" "Anyway, we're going tonight." "We need a map and a compass." " Are you listening, Will?" "You'll have them." "You have thought well on this subject?" "You still mean to follow us with Eloise?" "Yes." "You haven't thought it out at all." "You're fooling yourself." "You'll stay and be capped and probably give us all away." "It's time for my lesson." " Remember our map." "You'll have your map." "(COUNT CHUCKLES)" "It's time for my lesson." "Not today, Guillaume." "Today I'm far too busy." "The tournament always takes much arranging, but this year a Tripod has arrived." "So this year the tournament will be something special." "May I see your father's maps?" "May I copy one for practice?" "That's a good idea." "Yes, my father made the maps, I copied them when a boy." "Now you." "Yes, go to my study, you can work at my desk." "Yes, I will." "But do not work too hard." "Will, I've come to say goodnight." "I've seen little of you today." "Well, urn..." "I've been busy." "ELOISE:" "I also have been busy." "And two hours with Monsieur Metternich, the picture is finished." "What do you do so late?" "Nothing special." "You wish to please my father." "It is very good." "You take much trouble, Will." "You will be a great man." "We shall be happy together." "Now I know why you are so busy today and I love you for it." "I bring a gift." "It is for you to remember me when we are not together." "Do you like it, Will?" " HENRY:" "WI LL?" "Yes." " Have you got it?" "Here." "I thought you weren't going to steal." "I just copied the important parts." " Is it all right?" "It is good, yes." "I've marked a way for you in red." "That's the way Eloise and I will follow." " And what about a compass?" "No." "Here's your chart for the stars." "I've marked out how to find north." "Hmm, I understand." "Yes, it will do." "So long as the stars are out." "We know it has not been easy for you, Will." "(WILL SIGHS)" " Good luck, then." "And to you." "Good luck, Henry." "I'm sorry if you think that..." "That's all right." " We cannot wait for you, Will." "I know." "You could come now." "Bye, then." "Au revoir." "Will." "I've been looking for you." "What are you doing?" "Thinking." "What is wrong?" "Nothing." "Henri and jean-Paul, they have left?" "Yes." "I said I'd tell you everything." "And this is the right time because you've got to understand everything now." "Everything's all right, Will." "We're going to be happy together." "You see that out there?" "The Tripod, yes?" "Do you know what its purpose is?" "What it does?" "Why there are Tripods all over the world?" "In the south, in mountains there, mountains covered in snow and..." "You're capped." "You did not know, Will?" "You did not know?" "I did not think my capping would matter to you, Will." "You believe it important?" "I thought you would know." "I'm nearly 17 years of age, past capping age." "You were telling me of mountains, snow and ice." "You should change your clothes now." "It will soon be the tournament." "Eloise, don't go." "I've made one decision." "Now there's another." " I do not understand." "I love you." "In the full time I've known you, you've been capped." "It's a part of you, isn't it?" "I think we can be happy together." "(BOTH SPEAKING FRENCH)" "Guillaume." "Guillaume, please." "We are saying how much we enjoy this day." "You also?" "It's wonderful." " Hardhat's this?" "You must take this, Will." "Soon you will have need of it." "You must not open it, until the time comes." "But how will I know when?" "Oh, you will know." "Put it safely away." "Is it always like this, the contest for your champion?" "Today is special." "The Tripod makes it so." "You are truly happy?" "Very haw';" "Then the day is perfect." "Go to Eloise." "(SPEAKING FRENCH)" "But I thought we now speak only English." "How pleasant to hear even a few words of our native language from your lips." "I wish you JOY" "M Eric." " What did Salazar want?" "Nothing." "He wished us joy." "(GAVEL KNOCKING)" "Mesdames et messieurs." "Eloise, Guillaume, come." "With pleasure, I announce the betrothal of our daughter to this man who saved her life and well deserves her love and our respect." "(ALL CLAPPING)" "I have studied the planets and the stars to find the perfect day for their marriage." "A man, a woman." "English, French." "Nobility of nature, nobility of birth." "It is the joining of different equals." "And they are young, West-re pas?" "So, when the year shall be young, and the sun and moon are equal, they shall be married." "I announce the day to be the spring equinox of the year to come." "Eloise." "Guillaume." "(ALL CLAPPING)" "(ORGAN PLAYING)" "This is the greatest day of my life." "And mine." "(SPEAKING FRENCH)" "Thank you." "Mercia, mercy'." "(ALL CLAPPING)" "Eat, drink!" "(SPEAKING FRENCH)" "Eloise." "This is the Compte DE Saclay." "He taught my father." "(GREETING IN FRENCH)" "I have facility of language also, young woman." "Even if your honoured father learn little of it in his youth." "I salute you both." "My congratulations." " Thank you." "Thank you." "Your origins, I'm told, young man, were humble in your native land." "I applaud your greater fortunes here." "The Compte lives near Paris, Will." "Will came here from Paris." "Must have been a wonderful city." "You're entirely wrong." "History teaches us it was overpopulated, disease-ridden and a center of evil." "It dictated the ways of an entire nation." "Among the many benefits of the coming of Tripods, the destruction of Paris, and all such cities, is to be greatly applauded." "But how can you say that?" "I may be humble, but I can see life must have been much easier, more exciting and that ordinary people must have had skills we can't even dream of." "History teaches, and archaeology proves simply that man's skills, as you call them, were employed entirely in warfare and exploitation, and that the ordinary people, so-called, approved them thoroughly." "Of course, I am forgetting that you are..." "How shall I put it in English?" "Uncapped." "Without cap." "Capless." "When you have received that blessing, I trust you will know better." "My wedding gift to you both is that advice." "I urge you, sir, to remember it well." "Pompous windbag." "You should have agreed with him." "He knows everything." "He thinks he does." "(TRUMPETS BLOWING)" "We must take our place." "Smile, Will." "People are watching us." "You must smile." "(SCOFFS)" "(ALL CLAPPING)" "(TRUMPET BLOWING)" "Let the tournament begin!" "How far have we come?" "Fifteen, 20 kilometres." "It's harder without a compass." "You are thinking of Will." "It is strange to be once more on the way without him." "Mmm." "I wonder what he's doing now?" "The tournament." "Do you think he'll follow?" "He has more to lose than we have." " Eloise." "And other things." "He'll have a good life there." "Maybe capping won't spoil it." " He was right, really." "Oh, how right?" "Well, they all seemed happy enough." " He's in love." "True." "Anyway, it is good to be here, and free." "And walking to the mountains, yes?" "Yes." "When he gets..." "If he gets capped, will they know about us?" "I mean, will they know everything he knows?" "Who can tell?" "With good fortune, we shall be with the Free Men by that time." "Unless he left sooner, and got caught." "He'll be capped sooner then." "Henry, do you blame yourself for Will staying?" "We grew away from him." "In a way, we..." "I cut him off." "If I'd have tried harder to understand... (BEANPOLE EXCLAIMS)" "What has happened is done with, yes?" "You must think of now." "If Will follows, he follows." "I suppose so." "Anyway, come on." "We must walk another 10 kilometres." "Then we will stop and rest, and wait for the stars." "One thing is for sure, if Will stays or follows, he'd want us to succeed, yes?" "MAN 1:" "Bravo, bravo." "MAN 2:" "Bravo." "(CHEERING IN FRENCH)" "(PEOPLE CHEERING)" "(MEN GRUNTING)" "(AUDIENCE EXCLAIMING)" "(AUDIENCE CLAPPING)" "(AUDIENCE EXCLAIMING)" "(AUDIENCE EXCLAIMING)" "(AUDIENCE CHEERING)" "(AUDIENCE EXCLAIMING)" "(PEOPLE CHATTERING)" "He didn't play fair, that's all I'm saying." "Will, it is a contest." "Contests must have winners." "I just didn't expect anybody to cheat." "Such things happen." "To become the champion, only the most daring can win." "I don't understand some of your ways." "I hope I can learn them." "(HORSE NEIGHING)" "(WISHING LUCK IN FRENCH)" "DE SARLAT:" "The final contest, and no good wishes for me, Englishman?" "Is that your English fair play?" "What do you care about fair play?" "How fortunate you are." "I found you sick, and now you are well." "They say you are the son of a miller." "And now you are almost of nobility." "Poor, now rich." "Your days here pass from one happiness to the next." "All this you owe to me." "I know it." "Leave now, Englishman." "Follow your friends." "Save yourself pain and disappointment." "This is good advice I give." "I'm not afraid of you." "That, too, you will learn." "It is me who will win, Englishman." "Then we will see how happy your days are." "(SPEAKING FRENCH)" "(MAN GRUNTS)" "Salazar." "(AUDIENCE EXCLAIMS)" "Trout LL on." "Salazar told me he would definitely win." " I hope not." "Me, too." " Do they ever get hurt?" "No." "It's just a game." "Now we shall see how happy your days are." "(AUDIENCE EXCLAIMING)" "(AUDIENCE CLAPPING)" "(SPEAKING FRENCH)" "What's happening now?" "He's my father's champion." "Now he must make his choice." "What choice?" "Who will be queen of the tournament." "(PEOPLE EXCLAIMING)" "(PEOPLE CLAPPING)" " I don't understand." "Eloise has been chosen queen of the tournament." " But why her?" "It is the greatest of all honours." "Come, Guillaume, it is time for you to say goodbye." "Come, my son." "Why, Eloise?" "Why?" "You were capped six months ago." "You told me." "I've seen." "The tournament queen must serve the Tripods." " It is always so." "How?" "Where?" "In the City of Gold." "It is a supreme honour." "Eloise, where?" "For how long?" "Far away." "Forever." " Good bye, Guillaume." "Don't, Eloise." " Please, don't." "You will understand." " Please." "If another had been chosen..." "I won't let you." "You will understand when you are capped." "No!" "I'm so happy." "Remember me." "No, Eloise." "I will remember you." "(INAUDIBLE)"