"Man:" "There was an island called Samburan and a man called Axel Heyst." "Nobody had actually seen him for over two years, although we all knew he was there, alone in the Java Sea with the ruins of his Tropical Belt Coal Company." "Heyst the businessman, Heyst the dreamer had turned into Heyst the hermit." "[Water crashing]" "Samburan." "Which way around?" "Uh, same as usual, I suppose." "The long way around." "When Heyst and his partner, Morrison, first started the coal mine, my fellow traders were afraid that steam power was going to put them and their sailing ships out of business." "So when Morrison disappeared and the mine closed, they were delighted." "But I had always liked Heyst myself, so I made a point of passing his island once a month, just in case he'd changed his mind and wanted to leave." "But there was never any sign of the man until that day." "I'll be damned." "Captain Davidson." "This is very kind of you." "Well, well, Heyst." "Getting out at last, eh?" "Well, no, actually." "I've got some belongings to pick up in Sourabaya." "Furniture." "Furniture?" " You mean..." " Yes." "My father's things." "They've been in storage in America for years." "Davidson:" "It seemed incredible, but the man was apparently planning to come straight back and live like a hermit forever." "Heyst:" "I'm done with doing, Captain Davidson." "I think people should be left alone." "Davidson:" "That's what he said to me." "And that's just what wasn't going to happen." "[Train whistle blows]" "[Men yelling indistinctly in native language]" "[Music plays]" "[Speaking German indistinctly]" "Captain Davidson, you do understand how grateful I am?" "Oh, it's nothing, nothing." "Think nothing of it." "Well, I thank you." "I'm here if you need me, Heyst." "It was just before Christmas, 1913, the year before the world changed forever." "[Music continues]" "[Cart rattling]" "[Billiard balls clanking]" "[Bell rings]" "[Footsteps]" "Davidson:" "There was an all-women's orchestra staying in Schomberg's hotel for the holidays, run by a certain Mr. And Mrs. Zangiacomo." "[Translation] Mrs. Bantia..." "Davidson:" "It was a sad business, common enough for the time." "Not all the girls were prostitutes, though most of them were." "White slaves, poor things." "[Clanking continues]" "Good afternoon, Mrs. Schomberg." "I'd like a room, if that's possible, for a couple of weeks." "Oh, I remember." "Payment in advance." "Davidson:" "Mrs. Schomberg was famous for her silence." "It was said that she hadn't spoken a word for years." "Thank you." "Davidson:" "Mr. Schomberg took a suspicious view of most people, but with Heyst, it was more than that." "What the hell is he doing here?" "Of all the nerve." "[Bird chirping]" "You forgot your hat, mister." "[Translation] Uh." "One moment." "[Chirping continues]" "[Dog barking in distance]" "I got you." "Come." "Come on." "Come here." "[Creaks]" "[Horse galloping]" "[Men laughing]" "He travels light... a white suit and one small bag." "Who is he anyway, this hermit?" "I've never heard of him." "That's surprisingly hard to say." "Schomberg:" "He stays on that island because he's ashamed to show his face anywhere else." "Look what he did to his partner." "Poor Morrison." "He probably killed the man just to get all of his money." "I say he's worse than a Jew." "[Gong chimes]" "Oh." "Dinner, ladies and gentlemen." "Dinner in five minutes." "The finest table D'Hote in Sourabaya." "White food for white men, gentlemen." "[Gong chimes]" "[Billiard balls clanking]" "[Insects chirping]" "[Lively music plays in distance]" "[Men speaking indistinctly in native language]" "[Music continues]" "My new guest." "Planning some new swindle, no doubt." "Looking for another Morrison." "I tell you, that man is no good." "[Men laughing]" "[Music continues]" "Ticket, sir?" "[Cymbals crashing, music continues]" "[Cymbals crashing]" "[Music stops]" "[Applause]" "[Men cheering softly]" "Man:" "Bravo!" "Davidson:" "Heyst had witnessed almost every kind of human behavior." "He had lived in Borneo and Kalamata and with the cannibals in new Guinea." "And yet it seems that the vileness of his own race could still move him." "Excuse me." "Are you all right?" "T-That woman... she pinched you just now on stage." "She wanted to hurt you." "[French accent] What are you going to do about it?" "I don't know." "Please... command me." "Command you?" "Who are you?" "I'm a guest at the hotel." "I just dropped in." "That dreadful woman..." "Don't you try to interfere." "You want me to leave?" "I didn't say that." "[Woman laughing]" "She pinched me because I didn't get down here quick enough." "Oh, I see." "Well, now that you're down here... shouldn't we sit down?" "[Piano music plays, glasses clinking]" "[Light laughter]" "[Indistinct conversations]" "You're French, aren't you?" "I was once, long ago." "From the North, near Calais." "I think I saw you in the garden this afternoon." "You were... hanging up some washing, I believe." "Yes." "[Piano music continues]" "[Indistinct conversations continue]" "[Light laughter]" "Zangiacomo is a monster." "He thinks the girls are his harem." "So how did you get involved with this lot?" "[Indistinct conversations]" "Bad luck." "I didn't know what it meant... when I signed up with them." "These men aren't here for the music." "So, have you decided about the girl?" "It's a generous offer, no?" "I am still considering it, Mr. Schomberg." "[Inhales deeply]" "She's very special, that one." "Who's that fellow talking to her?" "Ahh..." "A nobody... a nothing." "Zangiacomo takes us from the ship to hotel and keeps us locked up till it's time to go on." "I never know where I am, even." "How do you call this place again?" "Sourabaya." "Sourabaya." "Do you have any family?" "No." "[Piano music continues]" "My father was in the musical." "He tried to take care of me." "Then he got ill, and I was on my own." "Suppose I agreed to sell her to you, Mr. Schomberg." "What about your wife?" "[Laughs]" "I'll send her back to her own people in Europe." "The climate's no good for her anyway." "I get rid of this hotel." "Have you tried going to your consul?" "Consul?" "I can't even leave the building without one of them." "And what could the consul do anyway?" "I signed a contract." "Oh, I see." "[Indistinct conversations]" "[Piano music continues]" "I loved my father." "He couldn't send me to school, but it was he who taught me how to play the violin." "We used to play together out in the street at Christmastime when I was little." "It was wonderful." "[Footsteps]" "He died... when I was young." "Up, up." "Up, up." "Katherine, quickly." "What would you do?" "I'm a prisoner here." "[Light applause]" "[Applause increases]" "[Lively music plays]" "[Insects chirping]" "Hey." "Hey." "It's almost done." "I'm buying you." "It's a steep price, but you're worth it." "He wanted even more." "These damn Jews... they should be wiped off the face of the Earth." "Look what I have for you." "Now we are engaged." "[Translation] Happy Christmas, my sweetheart." "Happy Christmas." "[Door opens, closes]" "[Men yelling indistinctly in native language]" "Sometimes fate speaks." "Sometimes fate sings, Mr. Heyst." "Ah, yes." "Honey is sweet, but the bee stings." "I heard that one from Captain Davidson." "He knows all your proverbs." "There you are, Mr. Heyst." "All the way from San Francisco." "I haven't seen these things for many years." "[Train whistle blows]" "All safe, I hope." "[Whistling continues]" "My father." "We have tea, my friend?" "My old friend." "Yes." "With pleasure." "Davidson:" "It seems that Heyst's father had been some kind of businessman, a hard man who had warned him as a boy not to put too much trust in life." ""The world is a bad dog," he had said." ""Lt'll bite you if you give it the chance."" "[Music plays]" "[Music stops, applause]" "[Indistinct conversations]" "[Glasses clinking]" "[Piano music plays]" "[Footsteps]" "Good evening." "Good evening." "Do you like something to drink?" "No." "Are you married, monsieur?" "Married?" "No, I'm certainly not married." "[Piano music continues]" "I've got to get away from here." "They are going to sell me." "Zangiacomo is going to sell me to Mr. Schomberg." "You do something." "You can." "You're a gentleman." "What did you mean by saying, "command me"?" "What did you come back for tonight?" "Why are you here again?" "I don't care what it is, but you must do something." "I shouldn't have come." "Are you saying that I should buy you?" "I don't have the money even if it could be done." "Well, then, steal me." "You don't know anything about me." "No, but I trust you." "I don't know why... but I do." "[Plates clank]" "I can't help you." "I'm sorry." "Katherine." "Quickly." "Up, up." "Man: [Translation] He's coming, too." "[Footsteps departing]" "[Applause]" "[Somber violin music plays]" "Here you are." "Oh, no." "No, thank you." "It's almost dawn." "I'll be going back now." "Salaam." "Salaam." "[Man chanting indistinctly in native language]" "[Insects chirping]" "Come." "Over here." "Listen..." "I live alone on an island." "Take me there." "Take me anywhere." "All I need is a place to hide for a little time until this orchestra is gone, and they forget about me." "I don't even know what your name is." "Don't you?" "They call me Lena, but my real name is Alma." "I helped someone else once long ago." "Did they let you down?" "I won't." "You'll never regret it, I promise." "I'll work and..." "I'll do anything you want." "That's not what I mean." "I don't want anything from you." "I mean..." "I live in a wild place." "You could be lonely there..." "I don't care." "Nothing's worse than staying here." "[Door opens, man yells indistinctly in native language]" "Please, monsieur, give me this chance." "[Bird chirping]" "Davidson:" "Heyst spent the day before Christmas moving his furniture from the Chinese warehouse right under Schomberg's nose." "Damn it!" "Look where you're going!" "[Pounding]" "[Knock on door]" "And he was enterprising enough to find a very unexpected ally." "Quickly, quickly." "Use my shawl." "The guards are sleeping." "I've unlocked the gate." "[Insects chirping]" "[Dog barking in distance]" "[Silverware clinking]" "Good morning." "[Rooster crows]" "Good morning, ladies and gentlemen." "Happy Christmas, everyone." "Good morning, Mr. Schomberg." "Zangiacomo:" "Schomberg!" "Bastard!" "Swindler!" "Where is she?" "!" " You think you can steal a girl from Zangiacomo..." " [Women gasp]" "[Choking] ...and pay nothing?" "!" "[Women gasping, screaming]" "[Glass breaking]" "Mrs. Zangiacomo:" "You stupid old man!" "Lmbecile!" "You let him take us!" "[Grunting]" "Heyst!" "[Panting]" "I will kill the bloody thief!" "[Groaning]" "I will kill him!" "[Footsteps departing]" "What are you staring at?" "!" "You stupid cows!" "Get out!" "Get out of here!" "[Chickens clucking]" "Filthy... rotten prostitute!" "[Fabric tearing]" "Davidson:" "Schomberg's misfortune was the stuff of farce." "No one imagined then how dangerous his hatred of Heyst could become." "[Music plays]" "Heyst had absolutely no romantic intentions, nor had the girl, according to him." "He was simply saving a prisoner or righting a wrong." "That's how he described it to me, anyway." "[Liquid pouring]" "This is where I live." "[Birds chirping]" "That's the house." "[Men yelling indistinctly in native language]" "And there's Wang." "Mem putih will be in here, Wang, and I'll move next door." "[Speaks indistinctly in native language]" "[Men speaking indistinctly in native language]" "You can have this room." "[Men speaking indistinctly in native language]" "[Birds chirping]" "[Hinges creak]" "[Indistinct dialogue continues]" "[Laughs softly]" "[Men yelling indistinctly in native language]" "[Insects buzzing]" "Heyst:" "Two years ago, there were 400 Chinamen working in the mines." "Wang is the only one who stayed behind." "Alma:" "Hasn't it been lonely for you living here on your own?" "I don't care much for society." "[Birds chirping]" "And you never wanted to get married?" "[Insects buzzing]" "I never gave myself the chance." "[Chirping continues]" "[Waves crashing]" "Hotel Schomberg." "The carriage over there by the customs house." "[Indistinct conversations in native language]" "[Speaks indistinctly in native language]" "You are Mr. Schomberg, aren't you?" "At your service, gentleman." "The finest table D'Hote in Sourabaya." "White food for white men." "Here, quick." "Many people in the evening at your place?" "A pleasant number." "And certainly dull otherwise." "[Train wheels squeaking, engine chugging]" "Schomberg:" "Are you coming from Singapore, then?" "Oh, we've been coming for a long time, Mr. Schomberg." "We come from lots of places." "Where did you hear about me, then?" "From someone in Manila." "Really?" "I don't believe I have any friends in Manila." "[Chuckles] Don't worry." "He certainly wasn't a friend of yours." "He had nothing good to say about you." "You don't have any women in your establishment, do you?" "Women?" "What women?" "Except Mrs. Schomberg, of course." "As long as she knows how to keep her place." "See, the thing is... the governor funks facing women." "Women?" "What can they do?" "Noise, my friend..." "confounded screeching." "Don't like it myself, but with the governor, it's something else." "He, um..." "Well, he doesn't like them at all." "[Rattling]" "[Birds singing]" "Schomberg:" "Names?" "Oh, plain Mr. Jones will do." "Gentleman at large." "You can put that down in your... book." "And this is Ricardo." "Martin Ricardo... secretary." "And this animal is Pedro, an alligator hunter." "Shot his brother years ago in Colombia." "What I'll always regret is I didn't shoot this one, too." "Still [Chuckles] it's never too late, I suppose." " [Chuckles] - [Gong sounds]" "Uh, normally we..." "I mean, our guests... like to pay something in advance." "[Billiard balls clanking]" "Don't worry about Pedro, though." "If he wants anything, he'll just... take it." "Go on." "Keys." "[Rattling]" "[Crackling]" "[Knock on door]" "Come in." "[Indistinct voices]" "[Indistinct conversations]" "[Whirring]" "[Birds chirping]" "[Rattling]" "[Footsteps]" "[Insects chirping]" "Alma:" "I remember when I was a child," "I was in a field." "And it was snowing, and my father made a huge bonfire." "The snow was so white and soft, and the fire was so warm." "I felt so happy." "I haven't seen snow in 20 years." "I feel so close to you now." "But sometimes..." "you seem so distant, so far away." "Why is that?" "I don't know." "Davidson will be passing again soon." "Yes." "I don't want you to leave." "I don't want to leave." "[Speaking indistinctly in native language]" "[Insects chirping]" "[Indistinct conversations]" "[Dog barking]" "Your shawl, Mrs. Schomberg." "They're very grateful to you, I'm sure." "It was very good of you to help." "[Door creaks]" "Do you need anything?" "That's all right." "Thank you." "Ah." "Davidson." "[Chuckles] According to the astrologers, 1914 is a good year for me to get married." "[Chuckles]" "Where is everyone, McNab?" "[Chuckles]" "You and the police must be the only ones that don't know." "[Ball rolling, rattling]" "[Men mumbling]" "[Translation] 31." "31 black." "Bunch of crooks." "I'm surprised Schomberg is prepared to risk it." "Place your bets." "Bonjour." "Bastards." "Ricardo:" "No more bets." "[Rattling]" "[Translation] 25." "I say the wheel is fixed." "Bloody cheats." "Uh." "Uh." "You are making an error, sir, which is hardly worth making for the sake of five guilders." "Go to hell." "I'm taking my money back." "This is becoming very tiresome, Martin." "Yes, sir." "[Click]" "[Gasps]" "[Grunts]" "[Rattling]" "My apologies, gentlemen." "One must keep to the rules..." "even in games of chance." "Enough ferocity, Martin." "Enough ferocity." "Give him a handkerchief." "[Grunts]" "[Indistinct voices]" "Don't forget to have the cloth washed, will you, Martin?" "Yes, sir." "[Indistinct voices]" "Schomberg:" "They've got to go... before they ruin me." "[Dog barking]" "[Sighs]" "I have to talk to him, man to man, tomorrow." "Be careful, Albert." "Be quiet." "[Music playing in distance]" "[Chicken clucking]" "Pick a card." "It's a king of hearts, isn't it?" "[Chuckles]" "I can make you take any card I like." "Nine times out of ten." "I suppose you..." "really love cards." "Got into it when I was a sailor, before I took up with Mr. Jones." "Mr. Jones is a sailor, too?" "[Laughing] Him?" "He's no more a sailor than he is Mr. Jones." "[Chuckles]" "[Blinds creak]" "Oh, yeah." "He's spied me." "Look, how much do you want to pack up and get out?" "How about a drink, Mr. Schomberg?" "One of them nice French syrups of yours like they have in Saigon." "[Insects chirping]" "So... now you just go around the world, gambling." "Gambling... that's nature." "Life itself." " I can play for anything, me..." " [Liquid pouring]" "Nuts, peas, rubbish." "I can play for a man's soul." "What's trumps?" "That's the question." "[Insect buzzing]" "Look, I'd be ashamed hanging around a two-bit place like this." "But the governor..." "[Clears throat]" "He gets these fits, you see." "Fits of laziness." "Once he lies down like that, there's no moving him." "Your pennies won't do it." "I need a lever, something I can..." "lever him out with." "And suppose I knew of something else, something... much bigger." "Oh, yeah?" "What's that, then?" "A lot of money." "There's a girl involved, but... you don't have to tell Mr. Jones everything... do you?" "[Insects chirping]" "The jungle looks so thick and green." "But does it ever rain here?" "Oh, yes." "Once it starts, it can rain for days." "[Waves crashing]" "What a strange place it is for a coal mine." "You never talk about it." "You give me the feeling you don't want me to ask about it." "Do you?" "Well..." "I was in Timor, the worst place in the world." "I lent a man some money." "It wasn't much, but it was enough to keep his ship from being impounded." "And in his view, it saved his life and made me a messenger from... up there." "Me, who believes in nothing." "Don't you?" "Not in anything?" "My father took a very skeptical view of life." "He believed to the extent you get involved with other people you open yourself to danger and disappointment." "And hope." "He didn't share that view." "You mean you saved a man for fun?" "No." "Not quite." "He was the best friend of every Godforsaken village in the islands." "I gave in to his gratitude, I suppose, and we went into business together." "Come." "I'll show you something." "[Insects chirping]" "There it is... the former Tropical Belt Coal Company's former mine." "[Birds singing]" "It was a great plan, in its way... a whole chain of coal stations across the islands." "I thought it would mean progress, a real step forward for the entire East Indies." "[Stone clatters]" "I actually cared." "But Morrison never understood business, and neither did I." "What name did you say?" "What?" "Morrison?" "And he died?" "Did you know him?" "No." "You couldn't have." "No, no." "They were talking about you, of course." "Only I didn't understand." "Who?" "Talking where?" "In that horrible hotel." " Schomberg..." " Schomberg." "...was telling Zangiacomo in front of all the girls..." "What does he know about Morrison?" "It was not about Morrison." "He said that... this person was a spider who put Morrison in his web... and then murdered him." "But he scuttled his ship, and it was you." "He said... that you did it for the insurance money." "Morrison's ship sank in a storm, but he wasn't on it." "The ship was worthless, and there was no insurance money." "Poor Morrison died of pneumonia in a hospital in Sussex." "He left behind nothing but debts." "Don't you believe me?" "How can you ask?" "Because it matters." "It's the only thing that matters." "Or are you thinking there's no smoke without fire?" "Do you believe Schomberg?" "Of course not." " Do you believe any of it?" " No." "Do you believe I could kill any man?" "No." "[Wood creaking]" "[Violin playing slow tune]" "[Music stops]" "[Birds singing]" "Are you in here because you're angry?" "I thought you wanted to be alone." "I, alone?" "No." "Why do you think I don't believe you?" "You helped me when I was trapped." "You gave me a second chance." "Why can't you trust me?" "I've learned not to rely on other people." "I don't trust anyone." "Even me?" "Alma... don't you understand?" "I've never been in love before." "[Footsteps approach]" "What is it?" "Boat... out there." "Boat?" "Adrift?" "No." "Row." "Malay men." "No." "That's impossible." "No." "Look." "See." "Out there." "Where?" "[Water splashing]" "There's no boat." "[Wood creaking]" "[Grunts]" "Hello." "Are you wounded?" "Blood." "It's not mine." "[Coughs]" "Thirst is the matter." "Drink... water..." "Get a crowbar." "There's one in the coal trolley." "[Rattling]" "Hurry!" "[Gasping]" "[Creaking]" "[Gasping]" "Hope it ain't been choked." "[Gasping]" "[Gasping]" "[Water running]" "[Grunts]" "Don't!" "Don't shoot!" "Don't!" "[Gasping]" "[Grunts]" "Scoundrel!" "[Grunts]" "[Water running]" "[Gasps]" "[Gasping] 30 hours without water." "That fool went mad drinking sea water." "I beat him senseless twice." "Did you lose your water at sea?" "We lost our second barrel." "We nearly lost everything." "You all right, there, sir?" "Feeling better?" "[Wood rattling]" "That secretary of mine's a queer chap." "He has his... weaknesses." "Just... defective temper." "That's all." "I suppose you'd better land." "That's the dock." "[Breathing heavily]" "You must be feeling weak." "Just a little." "Where were you sailing to?" "To the Malaccas." "Then we saw the volcano." "That's what... gave us courage." "And then we made out this island." "And to find..." "a wharf and a white man." "Simply incredible." "You better follow me." "Jones:" "Thank you, Martin." "Heyst:" "This is the old countinghouse." "Not very comfortable, I'm afraid." "[Insects chirping]" "Were you sleeping?" "I was thinking of you." "It's just as well you didn't have the light." "What happened to Wang?" "He ran off." "Perhaps he's been startled at last." "What do you mean?" "There are over 1,000 islands in these seas." "I don't believe you can drift to this particular spot by accident." "[Sniffs]" "Well, sir... it was a narrow squeak, but here we are." "Yes, Martin." "Here we are." "We're lucky to be alive." "[Chuckles]" "Yeah, something big here once, sir." "[Insect buzzing]" "Can see that." "I hope so, Martin." "I hope so." "[Grunts]" "[Bird chirping]" "[Insects chirping]" "[Rattling]" "What?" "[Drawer rattling]" "Are you looking for something?" "Has Wang been in here this evening?" "I didn't hear him." "You wouldn't, of course." "One never hears Wang." "I haven't touched anything." "Alma, I didn't mean that." "Don't worry about it." "Go back to bed, please." "I'll be in in a moment." "Sir?" "[Breathing heavily]" "Damn you, Martin." "What is it?" "It's him, sir." "He's been having a think on his veranda." "[Grunts]" "I don't like it, sir." "I mean, what's he thinking for in the middle of the night?" "And the way he doesn't ask questions." "Ah, he's an artful bugger." "We should go back in the house." "[Inhales sharply]" "[Grunts]" "He is all alone here, of course." "Yeah." "Could say that." "He's alone enough." "The Chinaman doesn't count." "And I'm not so sure the hermit is so tame." "[Birds singing]" "[Insects chirping]" "Listen." "I don't know why these men are here, but until I find out, it might be best if they don't know about you." "You'd better keep indoors, out of sight." "[Foliage rustling]" "[Birds singing]" "[Breathing heavily]" "Ah." "Mr. Heyst." "Good morning." "I suppose..." "you'd like to know who I am." "I am he who..." "[Chuckles]" "I was... thrown out long ago from my proper social sphere." "I didn't conform." "I have certain... tastes, you see, certain, what they call, vices." "I'm a rebel now." "I come and go." "And your secretary..." "how is he this morning?" "Don't know." "I..." "[Rattling]" "Where is he, Pedro?" "Boat." "[Chuckles]" "The boat." "[Metal clanks]" "[Birds chirping]" "[Water splashing]" "You know, you aren't at all the sort of person" "I expected to find here living on your own." "Expected?" "[Laughs] Yes, that's good, isn't it, "expected"?" "[Laughs]" "Ah, Mr. Heyst..." "You and I have much more in common than you might think." "I don't see how you or your affairs have anything to do with me, and I don't understand why you've been holding that gun ever since I came in here." "Well..." "Well, I only hope the discovery won't be too painful for you." "We are the world, Mr. Heyst, come to pay you a visit." "But our business can wait." "It can wait." "[Grunts]" "[Both panting and grunting]" "[Grunting continues]" "[Gasps]" "[Panting]" "[Gasps, exhales deeply]" "[Panting] Sweet Jesus!" "Not many women ever get to do that to a man." "[Panting]" "[Panting]" "You're different, right?" "[Panting]" "[Panting] No scream... no sound." "All right." "All quiet now." "Well, I can see this wasn't the way with you." "Great." "What, you're not gonna make a fuss?" "You're not gonna tell him?" "Come on, then." "Oh, you are a wonder." "What are you after?" "[Laughing]" "You ain't tame, are you?" "[Laughs]" "You're too good for him." "You know how I can tell that?" "For a man that swindled and killed his best friend." "What?" "No, you and me, we're alike, hey, chucked into this rotten world of hypocrites." "[Panting]" "So, where is it?" "Is it kept in the house?" "Perhaps you've found something out already." "Perhaps I have." "You're a bleeding miracle, you are." "You and I are gonna make friends." "Tell you what... don't wait for him to give you a chuck." "Why don't you come in with us, help us locate the treasure?" "Look, he's as good as dead anyway." "What do you say?" "Do you promise?" "Yes." "Heyst:" "Were you looking for me, Wang?" "Wang:" "Yeah, tuan." " All right, bring the tea." " Yeah, tuan." "Mem putih out of her room yet?" "No, tuan." "Wait." "He's got a gun." "Quick!" "Up there!" "[Panting]" "I'll rip him to shreds if you ever tell him." "Yes." "Shut the door, then." "Heyst:" "Alma?" " Yes." " Are you there?" " In a minute." "Are you feeling all right?" "Yes." "I was just having a bath." "[Footsteps depart]" "[Insects buzzing]" "[Birds chirping]" "[Sighs]" "I don't know what we should do." "These men are dangerous." "I think the older one might actually be crazy." "Have you found what you were looking for last night?" "No." "Is it money?" "[Laughs] What money?" "If it was money, it wouldn't be interesting." "It's my revolver." "I thought it was." "And you suspect Wang?" "He'll never admit it, but who else could it be?" "Unfortunately, it's the only one I own." "But they don't know that." "No." "That's all we've got, what they don't know." "[Dish rattling]" "Alma, you're ill." "[Rattling]" "By the way, where the devil have you been?" "Just, uh... oh, just having a look, sir, having a watch." "Whoop." "I'm beginning to fear" "I haven't given this expedition enough thought, Martin." "I hope that wretched hotelkeeper wasn't lying." "Oh, no, sir." "The plunder's here somewhere." "Tell that." "Well, I hope so, Martin, but we can't dig up the whole island, can we?" "We'll find a way, sir." "You trust me." "If I trust you, Martin, what are you trusting in, blind luck?" "Why not pray a little?" "[Thud]" "Did you want to say something?" "Me put plates, cups, saucers in kitchen... all clean." "Me go now." "Oh, you go now?" "Yes." "Me no likey." "One man, two man, three man." "Me go now." "Why?" "You're used to white men." "Yes, me savey white men." "Me savey plenty." "Are you frightened?" "Me no frightened." "Me very sick." "That one big piecey lie, and after stealing my revolver, too." "No have gun!" "Look-see!" "I didn't say you had it on you, but it is gone from the drawer!" "Me no savey revolver." "What?" "What is it?" "Two." "Two?" "Two what?" "Suppose you savey." "You no like that fashion." "Me savey plenty." "Me go now." "The gun, Wang!" "Wang!" "[Voice echoing]" "[Birds chirping]" "[Exhales deeply]" "* Visions of boyhood *" "* Shall float them before you *" "* Echoes of dreamland will... *" "[Rustling]" "[Footsteps approaching]" "[Knock on door]" "Come in." "[Door opens]" "Come in, Mr. Heyst." "Come in." "I came to tell you that the Chinaman is gone." "I thought you should know that he doesn't like your presence on the island, and I can't be responsible for what might happen to you." "He has a gun." "And you don't care?" "It's you he doesn't like." "Martin:" "Doesn't like?" "What is this?" "A warning." "[Insects buzzing]" "[Birds chirping]" "[Man snorts]" "[Door closes]" "Alma:" "So, what did they think?" "Heyst:" "I don't know." "I hope it scared them." "There's something I haven't told you." "[Metal rattling]" "[Creaking]" "[Rattling continues]" "Two months ago, I wouldn't have cared, but now everything's different." "Because I'm here, you mean." "I did this to you." "I have no weapons, Alma." "I have nothing to defend you with, and I can't stand it." "Sir!" "Sir!" "Where are you going, sir?" "Why..." "Why did you want to come out, sir?" "There's something... wrong about this place." "Wrong, sir?" "What do you mean?" "I don't know what I mean, Martin." "Perhaps you could help me." "We really should be getting back, sir." "Those blinds... they could blow our heads off from there." "Come on, sir." "[Talking indistinctly]" "Heyst:" "We have to try something now while there's still time." "[Translation] What did the woman say?" "[Translation] There's a woman here." "Of course there's a woman!" "Get!" "Cook the lunch!" "Which way did they go?" "[Translation] Go!" "[Birds cawing]" "[Both panting]" "Are you all right?" "Yes." "It's the old Alfuro cemetery." "They live on the other side of the mountain." "Wang's wife is the only one who ever came over." "[Rustling]" "We better keep going." "As you can see, the Alfuros didn't like the arrival of my civilization." "Wait here." "[Grunts]" "[Birds cawing]" "Heyst:" "Wang!" "You have to help us!" "You have to let us come to the other side, Wang." "If you come over, the others come after." "Wang, this is foolish." "Of course me foolish." "If clever, me have big house, Singapore." "Me foolish, me houseboy." " Wang, listen." " Me no listen." "Too late listen." "At least let the mem putih come over." "She can't hurt you." "Mem putih even worse." "Mem putih even more dangerous." "What are you talking about?" "I don't understand." "You no go away in time, me shoot you before too dark to aim!" "[Gun cocks]" "[Sighs]" "What am I supposed to do, strangle them in their sleep?" "Can one do that..." "because they're no good?" "Maybe." "Maybe it's my duty, even." "No, no." "We better go down... before the storm hits." "[Thunder crashing]" "[Thunder crashing]" "[Insects chirping]" "Mr. Ricardo, my dear." "I didn't expect you here to help." "At your service, ma'am." "Pedro told me there was a lady about." "Would you like some water?" "You must need it." "Sit down, Alma." "[Glass clinks]" "[Whistles]" "[Thunder rumbling]" "Had a pleasant walk?" "Yes, and you?" "Ain't budged all afternoon." "It wouldn't be safe for you, as a matter of fact." "Oh?" "Oh, you mean the Chink?" "He ain't much." "He has a revolver." "So do you." "Yes, but I'm not afraid of you." "You got a queer way of putting things sometimes." "[Metal rattling]" "[Wind gusting]" "You and the governor ought to get along well." "I mean, you can see at once he's a gentleman, can't you, like yourself?" "But he's not well." "Have to think about getting away from here soon." "Oh, yes... even the best of friends must part." "[Laughs]" "Only he can't make up his mind to leave without having a talk with you first." "He asked me to invite you over for a game of cards." "Excuse me." "[Thunder rumbling]" "[Shutter squeaks]" "Extra dark outside, isn't it?" "Your servant is still hanging about." "You don't want him around?" "No." "Oh, you want poor, harmless Pedro out of the way before I take you over to see the governor, is that it?" "That's it, yes." "[Whistles]" "You, go down to the boat, sit there, listen for me, understand?" "Now, get!" "You coming along now, sir?" "In a moment." "Listen to me." "Your black dress, put it on now, quickly." "[Thunder rumbling]" "The instant I leave, don't waste a second." "Slip out the back door and go to the edge of the jungle." "Hide where you can see the back window." "Are you listening?" "Yes." "Wait until all the candles are put out and then relit." "There'll be no mistaking it." "Then come back down." "It'll mean it's all right and I'm waiting for you." "But if you don't see the signal... don't come back down." "Wait until daylight." "Go up to the barricade." "Wang will know what's happened." "He won't shoot you." "I know he won't." "You must do this." "You understand?" "You must run the moment I leave." "[Thunder rumbling]" "Remember..." "When I said "command me"?" "It's you who have rescued my life." "Have a good game, gentlemen." "Awfully close, isn't it?" "No, don't put your hand in your pocket." "I don't have a gun." "Perhaps, perhaps not." "[Wind gusting, thunder crashing]" "[Panting]" "[Thud]" "[Creaking]" "He thought you'd run away, didn't he?" "I knew you'd be here." "[Thunder rumbling]" "I knew it." "You promised, didn't you?" "Right." "Something drove you out, I suppose, like me, your ideas, perhaps, or your tastes." "You've heard about me before?" "You could say that." "We were in Sourabaya recently, staying in Mr. Schomberg's hotel." "Schomberg?" "Mmm." "Does the name ring a bell?" "Soft... your skin's so soft..." "[Thunder rumbling]" "And your hair." "It's soft, too." "It's like silk." "[Sighs]" "You mustn't be too shocked." "I tell you plainly." "We are after your money." "My money?" "[Laughs]" "Oh, yes, of course." "The fruits of my labor as a swindler, thief." " Have you found the plunder?" " Not yet." "It's here somewhere, isn't it?" "[Laughing] You know what's funny?" "I hardly care anymore." "I'm sick of crawling on my belly." "You'll be my treasure... my trump." "You will, won't you?" "Be my trump?" "Yes." "You need a man, a master, someone who'll let you put the heel of your shoe on his neck, not someone who'll grow tired of you in a year." "I won't." "They make a convenience of people like us, but we'll show the hypocrites, eh?" "We'll show 'em." "Yes." "I don't blame you myself." "Your partner, Mr. Morrison, wasn't it, was probably an old fool." "No, don't get up." "This is too big a business for me to take any risks." "Too big?" "Whatever you're after, there's very little of it." "That's not exactly what we heard." "You squeezed them dry like a lemon, hey?" "[Laughs]" "You laugh all you like, Mr. Heyst, but here we are, and now you will have to pay for your fun." "The partnership between my gentleman and me has to be ripped up." "No, there's no room for him where we two are, not for your gentleman, neither." "I wouldn't be in too much of a hurry with him." "You've heard a lot of ugly lies." "Well, that's what you would say, of course, isn't it, but it's the way of the world, Mr. Heyst... gorge and disgorge." "[Laughing] Jesus." "You fought hard this morning, and me with a knife, too." "Can I see it?" "I've never held a knife like that." "[Knife swishes]" "It's a good knife." "Go on, feel the balance." "[Laughs]" "I didn't think you'd..." "ever trust me with it." "[Laughing] Why not?" "Listen." "[Thunder rumbles]" "When we're traveling around the world together, you'll always call me husband, you hear?" "Yes." "I won't hide you away like he does." "No, you'll be my pride... my gem." "You are mad." "No, worse than that..." "you're a fool, fooled by that idiotic hotelkeeper, bought off like a pair of kids with the promise of sweets." "Don't you realize that he would invent anything to revenge himself for the girl?" "Girl?" "What girl?" "What girl?" "The girl he wanted, the one I ran away with, the one who lives here." "A female here on this island?" "You didn't know?" "Didn't your secretary tell you?" "My secretary?" "Will you let me see you again, under your dress?" "He knew all along." "He knew!" "He knew!" "I am in greater danger than you are." "[Thud]" "[Panting]" "[Gun cocks]" "He shaved right under my nose for a disgusting woman, to touch her and smell nice!" "He shaved right there in front of my eyes!" "He'll kill us both." "That's what he's planning." "And now am I mad?" "Aren't you worried about that woman and our man?" "She's not there anymore." "[Gun cocks]" "Get up!" "[Thunder rumbling]" "[Thunder crashes]" "Not there, you said." "Behold your whore... and mine." "What are you doing?" "[Gunshot]" "[Gasps]" "[Grunts]" "[Sighs]" "Pedro!" "[Thunder crashes]" "Governor!" "[Wind gusting]" "Governor, are you there?" "!" "Governor!" "[Crashing continues]" "I was looking for you, sir." "The bastard fooled us!" "Well, here I am!" " Sir!" " [Gunshot]" "[Grunts] I wasn't..." "[Gunshot]" "[Gun cocks]" "[Gunshot]" "Alma... what is it?" "Give it to me." "It's mine." "What happened?" "I tried to kill him." "Alma... why didn't you leave?" "[Creaking]" "Tuan." "Oh, God." "You've been shot." "Shot?" "Oh, my love." "Alma." "I did it for you forever." "[Sighs]" "Alma..." "I love you." "I love you." "It's snowing." "[Crying] I love you." "I love you." "[Glass shatters]" "[Fire crackling]" "Davidson:" "There was nothing I could do anymore." "According to Wang," "Heyst buried the girl down by the shore and then disappeared." "Man:" "So you think he is alive?" "I do." "I think she showed him how to live..." "Or rather why." "In fact, I met a man last month who swore he'd seen Heyst getting off a ship in San Francisco." "Anyway... wherever he is, she really did save his life." "She taught him how to love." "That was her victory." "[Music plays]" "[Music continues]"