"THE SEA WALL" "CAMBODIA, FRENCH INDOCHINA." "1931." "REGION OF REAM." "Ma'am." "Salty water..." "It's just salt!" "The soil smells of sulphur." "It's wasted now." "It's wasted." "How they must be laughing now." "Bloody bureaucrats!" "What a fool I've been." "They're just leeches." "How could they do this to me?" "It's a disaster." "It's a disaster." "Move on!" "Good boy." "Jesus Christ!" "Joseph, stop it!" "He's tired." "Stop it!" "Leave him alone!" "I can't take it any more." "Your horse is dying." "He's shaking all over." "No." "He's old and he's hot." "Let him be, or else he won't budge." "Get a move on, now." "There you go!" "A'chan, give the horse some grass." "Eat, Little Flower." "Eat." "Come on, eat." "Eat, for Christ's sake!" "There you are." "We've been looking for you everywhere." "I was with Agosti." "No need to make a fuss about it." "The sea walls were breached last night." "The sea flooded the rice fields." "The harvest is wasted." "One day, I'll leave this place." "Me too." "When you're both gone, I'll be able to die in peace." "Stop talking nonsense." "Don't forget your quinine." " You're not eating?" " I'm not hungry." "But you should be eating at your age." "Don't you care if I eat or not?" "200 francs for this half-dead animal..." "I told you not to buy it." "This horse is tired of living." "He's just like me." "It's obvious." "Let him die in peace." "If you leave, I won't blame you." "I don't care what you think." "I'm letting you know anyway." "He's suffocating." "It's worse than before." "He's dying." "Shit." "Joseph, don't do this." "Don't you do this!" "Joseph, not tonight." "Don't forget to take your meds." "It's getting tiresome, really." "The doctor told you to take these pills." "Leave me alone!" "Joseph, don't go tonight." "I'm going and you won't stop me." "Take me with you." "I'm not taking a woman hunting at night." "You're not going!" "If you keep yelling, I won't be back tomorrow." "If I have a fit, you'll be to blame." "If I die, you'll be blamed for my death." "Corporal?" "I'm over here." "I'm ready." "Hurry up, now." "We're on our way." "You'll inform the villagers tomorrow." "They can keep the horse meat." "It's scary." "Go and stretch the skin." "What will he do with the skin?" "I have no idea." "It frightens me." "It gives me the creeps." "There's blood dripping." "Give me a cigarette." "I ran out of them." "Move over." "What do you keep writing about?" "Stop dreaming!" "It's none of your business." "Won't you come and have a swim in the river?" "Not now." "I'm busy." "This animal of yours stinks." "I need some air!" "Do you understand me, Suzanne?" "Too bad." "I'll go on my own, then." "You destroyed my rice." "You're trapped now." "It's holding together fine." "Don't fall off!" "Stay with us!" "He's got a handle." "I made it with a piece of rope." "You tied a handle for him?" " The door is flying open!" " Can't believe it!" "It's gorgeous." "24 horsepower!" "Must be damn fast." " Hello." " Hello." "You poor things." "This flood has been a hard blow." "Blame it on bad luck." "Mum couldn't have known when she got the plot." "How will you manage without the harvest?" "You still have to eat." "You don't say, Bart!" "Give us a drink, will you?" " Do you have a table?" " Yes, over there." "Thanks." "Everything okay?" "Tell me, Ago." "Do you know who owns that fucking car?" "Joseph, please stop saying fuck." "Guess." "No kidding?" "Fucking car!" "As for the rest, he's just a coolie." "You should see your face." "Come on, guys." "This is my round." " Get your mind off things." " That's nice, Carmen." "What's that Chinaman doing here?" "He's buying land." "His father's a big rubber-plantation owner up north." "Bart says this rich banana is his father's only heir." "Yellow on the outside, white on the inside." "Have you seen his diamond ring?" "Put on a friendly face for once!" "Madam." "May I dance with your daughter?" "Yes, by all means." "Go and have fun, Suzanne." "You're a good dancer." "You're beautiful." "Very beautiful." "How much is your fancy car?" "This one cost me 50,000 francs." "It's a special make." "I had it shipped from Lyons." "But you know, money can't buy happiness." "I don't know." "I have the feeling money would help us be happy." "You're so young." "You can't know." "Mr Bideau..." "I'm sorry to bother you, Mrs Bideau." "The tides have..." "I know, but our bank can do nothing." "Can't you help me out?" "Get the proper paperwork, or else you'll get nothing from my bank." "Goodbye, Madam." "Let's go, now." "What do you want?" "Good morning, Madam." "To remind you that if the entire plot isn't under cultivation after a year, the Land Registry may repossess it." "Are you threatening me?" "I'm ruined because of you." "You knew that my plot got flooded by the December tides." "You knew it, but you said nothing." "Our government wouldn't allot land unfit for cultivation." "We don't control nature..." "Don't take me for a fool." "I know you split up my money." "I'm ashamed to be French!" "Madam, mind your words." "Are you accusing us of bribery?" "Of course, it's bribery!" "5,000... 8,000... 10,000 to get a cultivable plot of land." "How much does it cost?" "Now, beat it!" "Hold your son back!" "Hold him back or else we won't help you out!" "I'll stop at nothing until you give me another year." "I'll fight!" "I'll go and see the governor himself!" "Bloody Land Registry!" "Yes?" " Are you all right?" " Yes, I'm fine." "Don't worry." "I should have thought about it." "We should have used stakes, logs, anything hard enough to hold back the bloody mud." "Help me." "My son is ill." "Your son is ill?" "He has a fever." "Help me." "He has dengue fever." "You have to give him a lot to drink." "Together, we can reclaim hundreds of acres from the plain." "But you'll have to help me rebuild the sea walls with logs." "Madam said that if we help each other, we may reclaim hundreds of acres of land from the Prey Nop Plain." "Let's help her build a sea wall." "We'll use wood logs to fortify it." "From the time of our ancestors, the sea has flooded our fields every year." "Sea walls won't ever hold back the sea." "See?" "The wall holds out with the logs." "When a child dies, those bastards from the Registry enjoy it." "The more children die, the fewer people will live here." "And the men from the Registry will grab your land." "If they hound you for more taxes, threaten to cut their heads off." "Those bastards from the Registry are unfair." "They take taxes from our land and from Madam's rice field too." "We've always worked on this land." "We won't let those damned agents starve our children." "This land will remain ours." "This is all we have to feed our children on." "Why steal it from us?" "We work hard to clear this land." "We won't give it away." "Corporal, you have to bind them tighter." "Then we'll secure the crosspieces." "When you're through, we'll add the buttresses." "Hurry!" "Hello, ma'am." "500 logs, all in all." "Here's a down payment." "There you go." "It's too little." "I won't be able to deliver the other 200 logs." "Impossible, ma'am!" "Listen, Mr Khing." "You'll get your money, right?" "500 logs for 80 piastres?" "Hello." "Shall I drive you home?" "Okay, fine." "Hello, Joseph." "You could be polite and say hello." "Mind your manners." "Give me a break!" "I have a toothache." "My teeth are rotten." "Mr Jo..." "Come and have a swim." "Come on, it'll do you the world of good." "Go and join her." "I'll send you to the dentist when I have money." "Why don't you come and have a swim?" "I'm not allowed to swim." "That doesn't tell me why." "Where are you going?" "I'm getting cigarettes." "It can wait." "Chinks get all the attention here." "Shut up!" "I'll be with the corporal." "Natives have no business being with white women." "Suzanne?" "Let me see you naked." "Forjust a second." "No." "Suzanne..." "You got me all worked up..." "I beg you..." "I'm mad about you." "I won't touch you." "No." "I'll get you a gramophone." "The latest model." "Suzanne, please?" "You're trash." "My brother is right." "You're just trash." "Now, go away!" "Dear Mr Resident General, as you know, my request is very simple." "I'd like to be granted permanent use of the 12 acres of land by the sea surrounding my bungalow." "Let me remind you that I am the widow of a decent civil servant who left me with two children, today aged 19 and 16, and that it's precisely for them that I need this plot of land." "I have a heavy duty and I wouldn't worry about their future so much if you granted me this plot of land." "I've already put in my savings and made a lot of sacrifices." "I'd therefore be ruined if I wasn't granted my request." "This is your gramophone." "Come on, open it." "No." "Joseph, come and have a look!" " What?" " Come and have a look!" "You're awesome!" "You're only attracted to men like your brother." "And I always will be!" "Slightly wild men, and very handsome too, like my brother." "Don't make such a face!" "Suzanne!" "I don't know what's happening to me." "I've never felt like this about anyone before." "How do I look naked?" "Beautiful and desirable." "I'm only 16." "I will become even more beautiful." "You will." "Here's Joseph." "You mustn't tell them anything." "Never." "Look." " What's in it?" " You open it!" "It's the latest model!" "They're all in English, except for Après bien des voyages." "Shall we dance?" "Stop it." "Stop it now." "Don't make such a fuss." "Come on..." "Come closer." "Turn it off." "I can't stand it." " You're pissing me off!" " Get off me!" "You'll drive me crazy with this music." "Calm down or we'll be gone!" "Your bungalow is wonderful." "Everything seems to grow over here, even on sand." "Dry weather can be terrible." "But you have to be patient." "You have green fingers, Corporal." "Everything grows with you." "Do you know that pepper is worth more than gold?" "One day, you'll definitely be working for me." "Mr Jo." "If I notice something, I'll make you marry her within a week." "I have too much respect for your daughter." "I was her age once, you know." "My brother and I never went to Paris." "We've never left here." "Paris!" "I loved to walk there at night." "It's a wonderful city, you know." "I'd have stayed there for years if my father hadn't asked me to come back." "What about women?" "Are they as pretty as they say?" "They're perfect." "Just like you." "I got this varnish specially for you." "Don't you like it?" "Mum says a girl's greatest wealth is her purity." "Don't you agree?" "This is the colour that suits you best." "A'Chan!" "A'Sok!" "Collect the branches." "Ma'am..." "Mr Jo is no good." "Like a snake in the forest." "You know, Corporal, Mr Jo is like the others." "They're all opportunists." "They're all self-serving rascals." "It isn't human." "This colony will never experience peace or rest." "Car coming!" "Give this to the crazy woman over there!" "Ma'am, here's a letter!" ""Dear Madam," ""after considering the inconvenience you have suffered lately," ""we are delighted to let you know that we grant you permission to farm" ""plots 145, 146, 147 of Prey Nop" ""for an additional year."" "Listen up!" "As this ownership certificate shows," "Mr Khing is now the owner of plots 23," "24, 25, 26 and 27, where rice is grown, and of plot 44, where you have your huts." "Mr Khing is willing to let you stay on his land for free." "But in return, he'd like you to grow more pepper plants for him." "Go ahead, translate this!" "These bastards have come to rob us." "We'd rather die here than let you have our land." "Khing!" "There's a lot of virgin land." "Why don't you clear it?" " Why do you want our land?" " It is mine." "I have a certificate." "Look!" "None of you can claim ownership of these plots." "So far, our office has let you farm the land." "Mr Khing now owns the land." "You have no right to this land." "Stop him!" "Don't let him go away!" "Mr Jo!" "Help me!" "They tried to kill me." "They've gone crazy." "Completely crazy!" "The most important thing is that you're sound and safe." "No matter what, I want this land for my pepper plants." "And I'll get it." "What will you do now, Mr Jo?" "Wait..." "The white woman is right." "When you have money, you have all the time in the world." "Corporal!" "What's wrong?" "Don't stay here, Corporal." "What's the matter?" "Get out of here!" "Pirom!" "While you're at it, search the house." "They need to learn our laws and whatjustice means in this country." "For Christ's sake!" "They had it coming, didn't they?" "Mr Bideau." "Would you please be so kind as to read this letter?" "I'm afraid it's impossible." "You still owe interest on your former mortgage..." "We all know Madam's plot was flooded by the December tides." "Our duty is to help her out." "She's a special case." "Thank you." "Bart?" "Champagne!" "Get to work!" "What a dimwit!" "I have to do everything around here." "We'll never get much out of those Chinks!" "You should dance with Mr Jo." "I don't feel like it." "Get to work." "Hurry up, now!" "Just what I needed!" "They finally gave me the money." "You shouldn't be drinking like that." "I need it to drown my shame." "Besides, we're not paying for it." "Compliments of Rudolph Valentino." "Valentino!" "Sorry..." "The Ladies' Man!" "Get off me!" "I'm allowed to be cheerful and to kiss you, right?" "Look at that idiot over there!" "What a loser!" "What do you mean, a loser?" "Your mother's a loser, too." "I had to demean myself by begging those bastards from the bank!" "We have to wait until this moron proposes to Suzanne." "I've waited long enough." "I'll have to pay back the mortgage in the end." "Why won't he dance with your sister?" "This is Mistinguett!" "Listen, I love this song!" " I love it too." " Shall we play it afterwards?" "May I ask you for a dance?" "Come on!" "I'm in love with you." "My mother made me swear that I'd never give myself to you." "Why are you always unkind to me?" "All I want is your happiness and your family's, too." "What a drag!" "Will you ever stop complaining?" "We'll have another bottle of champagne." "Go and lighten up your lipstick a bit, will you?" "You don't look like a decent girl." "She isn't, is she?" "She looks like a whore with pursed lips!" "You don't have to be so rude." "Joseph and I have been talking about you." "We know exactly what you're up to." "We're nobody's fool." "You must be sick to feel like sleeping with my sister." "Madam, I have very deep feelings for your daughter." "It may be so." "All that matters is that you marry her." "You don't get married in two weeks." "You rich people can afford to wait for years." "We can't." "Anyway, take it or leave it." "She can sleep with whomever she chooses." "But you must marry her first." "It's our way of telling you to piss off." "You're horrible." "We're not making you marry her." "We're just warning you." "She's very young." "Not so young." "She'll soon turn 17." "If I were you, I'd marry her." "You'll drive her back, won't you, Mr Jo?" "Let's get the hell out of here." "I love you, Suzanne." "I'll love you until the day I die." "You have nice breasts." "What about my legs?" "They're very nice, too." "I love you." "Hold this for me." "Hurry or I'll break your legs!" "Get a move on!" "Hurry!" "Hurry up!" "Water!" "Water!" "Here's water!" "Drink now!" "Enough, you rascals!" "Get a move on!" "You're treating them like animals." "I can't stand it." "If I release them, they'll cut your throat." "Go ahead, shoot me." "What are you waiting for?" "You'd enjoy killing a white man." "You're forbidden to touch weapons." "Cover them with the tarp." "This smuggling business will get you into trouble." "It still pays for the cigarettes and the petrol." "It isn't so bad, is it?" "You have a light?" "Thanks." "Look at her!" "Wearing make-up since she met that Chinaman." "She looks like what she is." "We haven't even touched each other." "I'm not that stupid." "Shut up!" "You know nothing at all!" "Did you talk to him?" "He can't make up his mind because of his father." "He'd rather he married a rich girl." "Going out with a white girl is a victory for him." "I must be in a bloody fix to let my daughter marry such a man." "Don't worry, Suzanne." "I'll talk to him." "You've done nothing with him, right?" "Nothing." "I don't feel like it, anyway." "Liar!" "So why are you wearing this ring?" "Did you sleep with him?" "Don't lie!" "No, I didn't." " What about this ring?" " He lent it to me." "I'm ashamed for you!" "Calm down, for God's sake!" "Show me that ring." "It's a diamond." "It's worth about 20,000 francs." "20,000 francs?" "That's quite a lot of money!" "He'll give it to me if I go with him." " Go where?" " To the city." "I'll beat the bastard up!" "For how long?" "For a week." "Suzanne." "Come." "Come, now." "Suzanne!" "Come on, give it back to him." "Why show her the ring if you want it back?" "She'll return it to me when she likes." "Diamonds are for life." "Give it to him or I'll throw it away!" "Are you coming, Joseph?" "Don't bother to come back." "You're merciless." "You shouldn't have shown me the diamond ring." "I'd never seen one before." " Suzanne, please." " You can't understand." "Go away." "Don't ever come back to see me." "Suzanne, keep it." "I'm giving it to you forever." "This diamond ring is yours." "Why are you pulling such a face?" "Want to know why?" "That man makes me sick." "He won't have his ring back." "I was asking you if you were okay." "Take a pill, have some coffee, you'll feel better." "I won't have coffee because I'm tired and because I'm fed up with you both!" "What a nasty daughter she is!" "Jewels are useless, really." "Those who wear them don't need them." "20,000 francs." "Twice as much as the bungalow mortgage." "It'd be shameful to give him back the ring." "Considering the dirty things he's done." "Nonsense!" "I haven't slept with him." "He gave it to me for no reason." "How could you do this to me when I work myself to death?" "That's enough, you two, now." "You know she hasn't slept with him!" "What if I want to kill her?" "How about that?" "I slept with him and he gave it to me." "It isn't true." "You're lying!" "You're a liar!" "If you ever lay hands on her again, I'll leave with her." "So what if she slept with him?" "What's the fuss?" "You have a fever." "Where is she?" "Leave her alone." "She hasn't slept with him." "I know..." "Don't worry about the ring." "We'll sell it." "Bart, may I have a word with you?" "Look at this ring." "20,000 francs and not a penny less." "At this price, it's a bargain." "Hold on a minute." "There's something wrong with it." "It has a flaw." "It makes it considerably less valuable." "5,000, tops." " Are you kidding?" " No, that's final." "I have a lot of mouths to feed." "I have my peasants to think of." "What has it got to do with me?" "Come." "He said there's a flaw." "Let me handle it." "You make me ashamed." "Ask the corporal to get you home." "Joseph!" "Go ahead." "I'll take care of it." "Besides, you're tired." "Very glad to have you with us tonight." "Pierre." "You'll find your usual table overlooking the sea." "Abo!" "Throw those tramps out!" "I'll be with you in just a moment." "Evening." "I'm sorry to bother you." "I'm selling a diamond ring." " Are you interested?" " Have a seat." "Thanks." "Have a light?" "Yes." "You're very young." "20." "Why do you want to sell this ring?" "My mother needs the money to build sea walls in the Ream Plain." "Our rice fields get flooded by the sea." "I know." "I've gone hunting in that mountain region." "How much for the ring?" "20,000." "Your diamond ring has impurities." "Keep it." "I know." "It's a flaw." "How about 15,000?" "Keep it." "A flaw is bad luck." "A blue secret night" "A sweet summer's night" "Through the half open window" "Entered the room" "Easy." "How was it, anyway?" "I don't know what's happening to me." "It was like a dream." "It wasn't a dream." "She was in your arms." "I wish I'd known you like that." "She bought the ring from me." "20,000 francs." "She didn't mind the flaw." "It's nothing to her." "He doesn't even know how many businesses he owns in Saigon, Pondicherry..." "Carmen." "I must see her again or I'll go crazy!" "In Saigon." "She's at the Continental bar in the evening." "What's keeping you?" "Go and find her." "Come on, hurry!" "Thanks, Carmen." "Can you give the money to Mother?" "Thank you." "My Joseph is in love!" "He hasn't even come to say goodbye." "Burning down villages or driving people from their land isn't the worst part." "What the Colonial Office did wrong was to deny those men and women their dignity, which leads to fatal consequences." "The villagers took shelter on the sea wall and left everything behind them, except for their anger and resentment that will never subside." "Pack down the soil until it is firm." "Here." "Make sure it's really compact." "Ma'am, the rice is pregnant!" "The rice is pregnant!" "People around here are right when they say rice has a soul." "Joseph!" "Stop the car!" "Stop here." "You're back!" "Of course I am." "Still alive and kicking!" "With the 20,000 francs, we'll start everything from scratch." "But I need a good mortgage to pull through." "If I get permanent use of the 12 acres by the sea," "I'll be fine." "Besides, I'm entitled to it." "You think you're entitled to everything, but it's the opposite." "Want my sandwich?" "I'm not hungry." "Damn!" "You have a toothache." "Yes." "I guess being honest doesn't pay off." "What is it?" "The bank took everything I had." "I thought they'd leave me money to pay for the logs but they wouldn't relent." "Do you mean that with the ring..." "I paid off the debts." "What a fool I've been!" "You should have thought about it before." "Damn!" "We don't have a penny left." "Not a penny left." "Take it back." "Where did you get it?" "I got it back." "Don't bother." "Just take it." "But this ring with its flaw makes me sick." "We'll sell the fucking ring." "But you'll keep the money to yourself." "I certainly will." "I'll keep it to myself." "Corporal, is the rice coming or what?" "Suzanne, dinner's ready!" "Will it ever stop raining?" "Delicious!" "I like it." "What is this flavour?" "I put in some white wine." "If you like it, I'll make some more." "Suzanne has a way with men." "Whoever she wants, whenever she wants." "You should see how she led him on!" "All she needs to do is be in the right mood!" "Have you gone crazy, poor girl?" "Don't let any rich man take advantage of you." "We can be rich too if we work at it." "All we need to do is put our minds to it." "That may be true." "If we really work at it, we'll be rich." "We'll crush the poor wherever they may be." "We'll crush them and let them know what we think." "We'll crush them!" "And we won't give a damn about it!" "The roof needs fixing." "I'm fed up." "What are you fed up with?" "Everything, like you." "I don't know." "Mr Jo said we were immoral." "We're definitely immoral." "Joseph?" "Mother's been vomiting more and more." "It happens day and night now." "I know." "Let's be kind to her." "As she gets older, she won't have much fun." "Here we go." "I'm going away for a few days." "I can't do anything else." " Take your meds." " Give me a break on that one." "Just go, Joseph." "You can't understand what it's like." "It's not as bad as if he were dead." "We have no reason to be here any more." "No reason at all." "What about the sea walls?" "I don't know what he's doing with her." " She'll help him." " Course not." "He'll leave her." "He'll never stay in one place for long." "I'm the one he's been with the longest." "He should have shot me dead before he left." "He's such a good shot." "Suzanne, have something to eat." "Don't worry so much." "Thanks, Corporal." "I'm not hungry." "Mr Jo, this land hasn't been registered yet." "This rice field is the white woman's." "She's a difficult woman." "This is fine land." "And so is the other one." "I want another 75 acres." "Do whatever it takes to get them." "I'm warning you, Khing." "You be careful." "Corporal!" " How are you?" " I'm fine." "You have a lot of coconuts." "It's because of the wind last night." "A'Chan, give this letter to Madam." " How's your family?" " They're okay." "Where are the villagers?" "I don't know." "The French are making things difficult." "They are all over the forest." "Suzanne, here's a letter." "Mum!" "News from Joseph!" "Dear Mum." "Stop worrying about me." "I found myself a great job." "I guide American hunters through the forests of the High Plateaus." ""Last week, we shot a tiger." ""It was bloody close."" "Joseph dear." "He'll never change, will he?" ""They pay me in dollars and I have this fancy room" ""at the Continental" ""that Suzanne would kill for!" ""This is the life, isn't it?" ""Joseph."" "He doesn't mention her?" "No." "If I'd known that he'd make so many spelling errors, with a schoolteacher for a mother," "I'd rather he'd died." "Joseph is incredibly smart." "If he works at it, he'll learn spelling." "He just has to work at it!" "Of course he won't." "I was the only one who could teach him." "Nothing is more important than spelling." "It's as if he were missing an arm." "What was the use of writing to the Registry?" "No use." "No use at all." "A single gunshot by Joseph had more impact than all your letters." "We should have killed them all." "It's the only thing that'd comfort me." "Even more than Joseph's return." "Maybe the corporal's kids will do it." "Are you okay?" "Yes, I am." "Dear Mr Resident General, for 20 years," "I gave up every pleasure in my life, in my youth, to buy this plot from the government." "I brought the money to you in an envelope one morning." "I brought it to you devotedly." "It was all I had." "I gave you all I had on that day, everything, as if I offered myself up to you as a sacrifice, as if my sacrificed body could give birth to a lifetime of happiness for my children." "What did you give me in return for 20 years of my life?" "Nothing, except wind, water and mud." "Where are those Chinese planters from who take our best land for their pepper plants?" "There are hundreds of peasants who know you, who know your methods inside out." "I tell them that you took advantage of the fact that they didn't have any ownership certificate to sell the land to those Chinamen." "When a child dies, I tell them:" ""It would make those bastards from the Kampot Registry happy."" ""Why is that?" they ask me." "I tell them the truth:" "The more children die in the region, the fewer people will live here, and the more control you will have over the region." "Sir, if you read this letter," "I'm sure you will read the others to find out how much more insight into your despicable behaviour I have." "Maybe when my son is gone, when my daughter is gone, when I am alone and so dejected that nothing matters any more," "then, maybe before dying," "I'll enjoy watching your dead body being eaten by dogs." "Ma'am?" "Suzanne?" "The sea wall!" "Something terrible!" "Sea wall has collapsed!" "Mum!" "Even the crabs..." "Even the crabs are against your mother." "What a tragedy." "You must go far away." "With your brother." "Look." "Take it." "And sell it." "It will help you get started." "Mum..." "Look." "Take our father's watch." "Corporal." "Look, take it." "Use it to protect whatever needs protecting." "That's what Mother wanted." "I'll call on you tomorrow." "Here's Joseph." "Have a good trip." "Are you going to meet her?" ""RICE FIELDS OF THE WHITE WOMAN"" "POLDER NO 3, DECEMBER 2007"