"Hey, Man, stop." "Wait." "Wait!" "Wait." "Stop!" "We have to re-tie the cords," "What are you doing?" "Let's go!" "He's bleeding." "And the female's unconscious." "They have to rest." "Come on let's go." "Come on!" "Hello, my little beauty." "The whole world's looking for you And I'm the one who found you." "I'm going to call you "America"." "You're my America and, by God, I'm your Christopher Columbus." "Let him go!" "Leave him!" "l've got him!" "Don't shoot!" "My dearfriends, I can relate great news." "We have two of the savages." "A male and a female." "The male has tried to kill me and he's the most ferocious fighter." "But I have happily survived." "Here, the other Africans recoil from oursavages in fear." "They called them "Spirits of the forest"" "and believe they can wreak much evil magic." "Why are you leaving us?" "Because my work here is finished, Your Majesty." "But this your country." "You live here." "My home is across the sea, sir." "Your lord is here." "He die here." "That is true, sir." "And I will carry the memory of my husband in my heart." "Always." "Why is it you want with small men?" "What you do with them?" "l will take them to my country, sir." "Why not take me?" "No." "Well..." "I..." "Your wives would miss you too much." "You must take my men, they big men." "I need to take the pygmies, the small men. I will study them." "For why?" "Because all men on earth, I believe, come from them." "But you're a white man." "These are black" "Yes I know" "This is what the doctor believes." "And if he's right, he will be famous." "Huh?" "What is famous?" "Everybody in the whole world will know who he is." "Oh I see." "So you want to be king?" "You take one little man, one little woman to your country and you king also." "ls this why you go with this man?" "No, sir." "So he give you plenty money." "You go to forest, you take two little people." "Two of my men die." "You pay me." "Shall I have this loaded, Madam?" "No, they don't belong to me anymore." "I had given them to the King." "We should get the birds on next" "All right." "Could you do that?" "Thank you." "We make sail in a matter of days." "Our ship awaits its precious cargo." "The two pygmies are safe and well and I am healing fast" "The prospect of what now lies before us fills me with an excitement that I know you must share." "Our dreams are close to being realised." "I don't understand." "What is he saying?" "The pygmies would put a curse on you unless you return them to the forest." "A curse?" "They'll die outside of their world" "At least we'll have their bodies, We can still study them" "Well aren't you gonna tell him what I said?" "Move yourselves." "Move!" "Come on." "Come on." "Don't just lie there!" "Come on move. come on." "Move, move yourselves," "Move your legs." "Come on move!" "Get up or you die!" "Get up." "Come on." "Move." "Exercise!" "Doctor." "Leave them alone." "Leave them alone." "Stand up." "Move your arms." "You'd be better talking to the monkeys." "I'd be better off without you." "Come on eat." "Eat." "And you my lovely, you too." "Eat." "Eat." "Eat." "Calm down." "Calm down." "Doctor, stop now." "lt's all right." "Back away!" "Now." "I thought you should be aware that I've listed the pygmies as a kind of anthropoidal monkey." "We don't want to be taken for slave traders." "I don't want risks, but I'm afraid, Dr Dodd, you're becoming the risk." "Let Zachary deal with them." "He knows what is doing." "That's all very well but they are my responsibility." "Wrong." "They're my responsibility and I don't want you going down again." "I don't take orders." "Especially not from you." "Well then, let's call it a "Suggestion", if you prefer." "I've made this journey many times." "I know what I'm doing." "Look, this is just a business venture for you." "But for me, it's probable that these creatures existed tens of thousands of years before man." "As other species became extinct, they somehow survived." "It's more than the origins of man, it could be the origin of life." "Its very living breath." "I won't let some trader in wild animals divert me from my course" "Quite." "You are forbidden to get to the hold under any pretext what so ever." "My dearfriends, a fever has laid me low." "I suspect malaria and so have kept myself away from the pygmies." "I worry for them in my absence, but I dare not risk contagion." "We pass through ever stormier seas." "Look out!" "That's it." "Doctor." "Doctor." "Come quick." "I see, I see," "Yes, I understand." "It's me you wanted." "Well, here I am." "My name is Jamie." "Jamie." "We're friends now?" "Friends." "Don't." "Back away." "Damn fool." "When are you going to learn?" "You're the one who captured them." "They'll never forget." "Never." "It's from Jamie." "Posted from Lisbon." "The ship docks in a matter of days." ""My friends." "There have been serious problems." "Problems, difficulties, constraints." "I advise caution." "My fever enforces brevity." "We must struggle to, struggle to..." He doesn't even sign it." "Look at the handwriting." "He must be very ill." "lt's not like him." "As if he's deranged." "Let me stay" "That's impossible, darling." "I should be with you, by your side." "Abigail, you promised" "But why?" "l'll stay in our bedroom." "Abigail." "l am not leaving." "Yes you are." "My sweet, very obstinate sister." "Fraser won't do a stroke of work if you're here." "We have two months to present our paper to the Academy." "Lots to do." "A coach will take you to Edinburgh at noon." "You send Jamie on this adventure because he's got nothing to lose, no family, no money, nothing." "But you can't treat me like that." "I'm staying here with my husband, where l belong." "Abigail." "I'm frightened." "I have a bad feeling about all of this." "I always thought this idea of yours was insane." "Far from it." "Our research will be of huge significance to the world" "If only you knew how I have prayed that Jamie would fail." "I just keep thinking, What if they're dead?" "Here is our eagle." "How quiet he is." "The lioness." "Some Parriots, the monkeys." "Don't go too close to the apes." "They can be quite vicious." "And here's the Cheetah and the sweet little wart hog." "Very good, madam." "When do I get the document, officer?" "Some of them will need regulations." "The zoo is expecting them." "I'll do my best, madam" "Now the real work begins, my little fellow." "And don't worry, I'll keep my distance this time." "Jamie." "Alexander." "Fraser." "You look well travelled, Jamie." "That, I certainly am." "My dearest friends if you knew how much I've thought of you." "There were days when I thought I'd never see you again." "Jamie, is everything all right?" "They're still alive?" "Oh, yes." "Thank God." "They're still alive." "I can't believe it." "Are they in good condition?" "Yes." "How can I sell you something which I do not own?" "These pygmies belong to King Mateke Seko." "who has, moreover, given me the concession for the whole of Europe." "Therefore, I will place the pygmies at your disposal for three months." "As if they were for hire?" "If you recall, madam, your fee included delivery of the savages." "They belong to us." "No one outside Africa can own them." "This is a civilized country." "We call it slavery." "Jamie, do you think we can trust Madam Van Den Ende?" "As long as we are all working for our mutual benefit, I believe so." "Then we are agreed." "l'll have the papers drawn up." "But I would like to congratulate Dr Dodd." "Without him, this expedition would never have succeeded." "Let us through." "Sorry, my lord." "Zachary." "I never dreamed I'd live to see this." "Incredible." "You're right, Jamie." "It is our America." "Remember that our guests are savages from the jungles of Africa." "Very dangerous." "They're also cannibals." "We don't know what strange diseases or infections they may be carrying." "So, keep away and you'll be perfectly safe." "Bring the provisions to the mill and we will distribute everything." "Mr McBride, Dr Dodd and I, will be the only people they'll see." "No one must know about the savages until we present them to the Academy." "But what about you and the others, sir?" "Well, the pursuit of knowledge entails certain risks." "But... don't you worry, we'll be taking every precaution." "ls everything all right?" "All well, sir." "All quiet." "Did they sleep at all?" "One at a time." "Did you ever see them fornicate?" "Fornicate?" "Why?" "Curiosity." "Scientific curiosity." "ls the female the mate of the male?" "Not as far as I'm aware." "In fact I haven't the faintest idea what they are to each other." "They probably think we'll attack them if they both sleep." "Or perhaps they're waiting for a chance to attack us." "What are they doing?" "They're exercising." "Fascinating." "America, stop." "Stop." "America, stop." "Fraser." "On you go." "That's it." "Good" "Mind out!" "No!" "Fraser, get out!" "Back." "Back!" "America!" "Stop!" "Fraser!" "Open the door." "Fraser get to the door." "Get Fraser out." "Breathe, breathe." "Quick!" "l'm not finished with you." "Not by a long way." "Even breaths." "Something you need, Mr Duncan?" "Yes, sir. I was worried." "We heard shots coming from the mill." "We wondered..." "Oh yes, we did fire some shots." "And you know why, Mr Duncan?" "We were studying the emotion our little savages might display." "It's most instructive." "Good day." "Come on, there is nothing to loose." ""Three blind mice, See how they run, see how they run..." "They all run after the farmer's wife, cuts off tails with a carving knife..." "QAto AB," "83 degrees." "83 degrees." "Facial line," "9 and one quarter inches." "9 and a quarter." "QA to AB," "62 degrees." "62 degrees." "Facial line," "7 and 2l5 -7 and 2l5" "Facial projection, 108" "Facial projection, 108" "Cerebral projection, 87" "No, it's right, it's absolutely right. 62 degrees." "The great apes are almost always below 50 degrees." "Negroes, usually above 70, and Mongols between 73 and 77." "and you, Jamie, the perfect Caucasian, at 83." "Which would seem to place our pygmies right in the middle" "between the most evolved apes and the least developed human beings." "My friends, you know what this implies?" "How certain are you?" "The results point only one way." "We can't afford to be wrong." "I've checked and checked again." "My God." "So, it looks like the world is gonna have to come to terms with the fact that Adam and Eve were a little black man and a little black woman." "They're gonna have to repaint the Sistine Chapel." "When you left them alone they..." "didn't seem troubled in any way?" "Jamie, really no, they weren't "troubled"." "Wrong vocabulary, my dear fellow." "That would require an intelligence and a capacity for reflection." "Our little couple are thousands of years away from all that." "Pull up there." "Who gave you permission to come in here?" "No one." "But I assume you're not going to turn me away." "If you succeed, you'll be forgiven, however many laws you've broken." "But until then, we'll have to ensure we have all the proper documentation." "I understand." "Toko Ambaka, for him. ls that okay?" "Sounds good." "Do you know the name of the girl?" "You just invent something." "Wouli Djem." "And the age is?" "Say 20 for him, 18 for her." "You'd better fill in the rest." "So, our guests are Toko Ambaka and Wouli Djem, from the province of Oubangui in the territory of King Mateke Seko." "They have come to Scotland at the invitation of the Royal Scottish Academy of Science and Mr Auchinleck, I need a letter of confirmation from the Academy." "Consider it done." "I hereby certify that the individuals are placed under my authority, both moral and financial for a period of three months." "Please sign." "May I see them?" "l've never seen it so high." "Yes, you're right there." "Madam, would you join me?" "It's safe now." "We've don't have much time." "If you wouldn't mind, Madam Van Den Ende, considering you're here, it'd be most helpful... I don't think any of us should." "I see." "What shall I say?" "lt's very delicate -lt would seem something of a..." "Of a violation?" "Very well." "I think you should leave." "Yes, of course." "She's most definitely a woman." "What are these for?" "Fill this with lead and we can tell exactly the volume of the cranium." "That way, we can measure the size of their brains." "She's waking." "Good, good, yes, I have it." "Careful" "Be calm." "Hold her." "What in God's name are you doing?" "She sees her own death in that mask." "She thinks her soul is being taken." "She would have killed herself." "Well, have you seen them?" "No, but I could hear awful cries." "Not human cries." "And it wasn't the first time neither." "We've got to get these savages out of here." "They bring evil." "They got evil powers." "Look, this is nonsense." "What evil have they done to you?" "My child has a raging fever, three days now." "My cattle are maddened, they don't sleep at night." "Well, that's the moon." "Everyone knows that." "You can't..." "Mr Auchinleck's not the same man." "He's like a man possessed." "We should deliver him from his possession." "You, go up to the castle and get Mr Auchinleck!" "Douglas, you come with me." "All right, sir." "It's an asthma attack." "He could die." "Quickly!" "Bring me that lamp!" "And hold his head up." "Do it man!" "Calm." "Hold his head." "Bastard!" "You give that here, you wee black buggers!" "No!" "Too late, sir." "And so were we." "Clear the way." "Move aside, I say." "Douglas is dead, sir." "The savages killed him." "God bless his soul." "Rest in peace." "Spread out." "You go in small groups." "Do not hurt them, on any account." "I want them brought back alive." "Any man who harms them will answer to me." "Understood?" "If they're seen as animals, they'll be put down." "But if they're human beings?" "Then, they're murderers." "Whatever happens, our work is over." "We must find them first." "You follow the trail as fast as you can." "Madam, we'll go around the forest." "Come on lads, let's get these savages." "Come on boys!" "Let's move!" "Are you following?" "l'll be there." "Fine. I have him." "Come on." "What the hell!" "Best leave it to us, Dr Dodd." "We know what to do." "For God's sake." "No!" "Damn you." "The dogs are gone this way." "They must be close." "I'm sure I've got them." "Come on." "Oh, Jesus Christ." "Put your weapons down." "Keep back the dogs." "We have them now." "They killed Douglas." "They attacked Mr McBride." "It was an accident." "It was nobody's fault." "lt was a terrible accident." "We'll take them to the police, sir." "l'll kill him!" "Stay there man." "No way." "Jamie, stop." "Don't!" "Shut up!" "Shut up!" "Shut up!" "Shut up!" "Shut up!" "Shut up!" "You did it." "Did what?" "I don't understand." "ln the struggle." "You had the gun." "It went off by accident." "Douglas was hit." "Hold on." "What're you saying?" "lt was a tragic accident." "Manslaughter." "Are you out of your mind?" "No one will blame you." "But the pygmies have to be innocent." "You want me to confess to a crime I didn't commit?" "Yes, yes!" "Yes!" "This is your fault!" "lt was your stupidity that did this." "For God's sake, man." "l might go to prison." "Not for an accident." "The inquest will be a formality." "Just think." "Think what's at stake here." "Please, Fraser." "This is the only solution." "Don't go near them." "Bring it over here." "Don't worry." "They're well bound." "Come on. we're losing time" "No, no, no." "Keep that open." "We need more of these." "A lot of more." "You two." "Go round to the far side." "Quickly." "You men, gather around." "Hurry up." "You know why we're here." "Yes, sir." "You've to surround this encampment, but be on your guard." "You know what happened to Douglas." "Hey, what's going on?" "Watch out!" "He's untying them." "What's he playing at?" "Move aside!" "No!" "Toko!" "He's going to attack!" "Stop him!" "Grab him!" "No." "Wait, wait!" "He's warding off the evil spirits He's doing it to make this his home." "Tell them to lower their weapons." "We're taking no chances, madam." "Watch him, men." "Watch him." "What are you doing?" "Tie them up." "No, they have to be in the forest." "That's the only way." "Otherwise, they'll die on us." "Oh, this is madness." "Alexander, listen to me." "They know now that we're their only protection." "They won't run away." "Do you want to destroy everything?" "Take them back to the mill." "And then you can present two fresh little corpses to the Academy." "Okay, do it your way." "Lock them up." "Keep watching men, Keep watching." "Nothing means more to me than our complete success." "Trust me, Alexander." "Trust me." "Watch out!" "No, stop!" "Stay still, she won't hurt you." "She was looking for the wound in the guard's chest." "She took him for Douglas." "When she didn't find it, she thought she'd killed him." "She feels guilty." "Please." "That's a sentimental nonsense." "It's worse than sentimental." "It's perverse." "Look at her behaviour, her mood." "Silent, morose." "No, no, no, no!" "I won't hear any more." "You're a scientist, not a witch-doctor." "Fraser, why did you open the cage last night?" "Because you heard Toko gasping for breath, you heard him suffering from the same condition as you." "He provoked your pity so you went to help him." "He set a trap." "And they killed a man." "They're hunters, like all savage hunters, they know instinctively how to lure their prey." "It's not a question of instinct." "Every day I see something in them which makes me doubt." "Makes me wonder about our theory." "Are you questioning the validity of our work?" "Jamie, please..." "These creatures, these people, have lived for thousands of years, unknown to the outside world." "They've had absolutely no communication with other humans." "Yet I see signs of intelligence and emotion similar to our own." "This could be our greatest discovery!" "We have to find out more." "So we have to postpone our presentation to the Academy." "What?" "No." "We're not wrong, we're right." "We have facts, figures, detailed analysis, precise comparisons, learned opinions, and all you have, Jamie," "are vague feelings." "It's not enough." "I want proof." "One... two... three." "Come on, Toko." "Don't let me down." "I know just how intelligent you are and we have to show the world." "Show them that you're just like me." "Come on, Toko." "Look..." "Shut up!" "Shut up!" "Shut up!" "Jamie." "I can't believe it." "l knew I shouldn't have gone away." "Calm yourself, my love." "Please." "Yes it was a terrible and shocking accident." "Poor Douglas." "I just can't believe you could do... I've taken good care of the family." "Generous pension." "God." "How can you talk about money?" "About "taking care of"." "Fraser has killed a man!" "How can anyone live on in happiness with that knowledge?" "Give me your hand." "No." "It's all right. lt's all right." "Your thumb?" ""Wouli." "Wouli."" "Hey, look out." "Am I right in thinking, Dr Dodd, that a woman's brain is about four-fifths of a man's?" "Yes." "Generally speaking." "Therefore, according to your scientific tabulations, my brain is about equal to that of the average African male." "Possibly." "Ah, consider the poor, sad females, Dr Dodd." "Even the most exceptional of women won't make more of an impression on you than a simple forest Negro." "I think, when you present the pygmies at the Academy, it's going to be a huge success." "Scientists and anthropologists from all Europe will want to come and see them and study them for themselves." "People will be fascinated." "There'll be huge demand." "Berlin, Amsterdam, Paris." "They trust you, the pygmies." "You've tamed them." "Oh, I don't know." "Dr Dodd," "I'd be very happy if you'd come with me and..." "And what?" "I think we've made an excellent alliance." "Alliance?" "Except the Pygmies won't be making any tours of Europe." "They'd die." "They won't last a week." "Anyway, I'm taking them back." "Back?" "To Africa." "You're far too late." "You show them to the world, you can't stop people being curious." "That may be, but I will not let you make your fortune exploiting them." "Just remember it was you who took them from their forest." "This is your experiment, not mine." "You're the one prodding them and drugging them with ether and so on." "I do not need any lessons in exploitation from you, sir." "Stay here. let me see what our little hunter is up to." "Fraser." "Likola." "Jamie." "Jamie." "Forgive me." "It's important." "Alexander wants to see you, he's discovered something." "Any luck with Likola's song?" "l'm sorry." "There was nothing there." "As indeterminate as birdsong." "You really can't call it music." "Jamie, come and have a look at this." "They've been drawing on the wall." "Really?" "Look." "You see?" "I'm sorry, Alexander." "I can't see a thing" "What are you doing?" "Open the door." "Open the door." "No. I won't open the door, because I refuse to risk everything because of your mad obsession." "You've trained those pygmies." "You've trained them against me." "Your little savage tried to kill me." "What are you...?" "What are you talking about?" "Where are they?" "They need me by their side" "They're perfectly safe." "Far away." "Ready for their great day." "lf you've harmed them in any way..." "Why have you set yourself against me?" "Why do you try to destroy everything?" "This isn't about you and me." "We've taken the wrong road." "You can't present them as the missing link." "lt is a criminal act to do so." "How dare you?" "How dare you?" "Get your hands off my neck." "Where are they?" "Where are they?" "Get him off me!" "Take your hands off me." "Where are they?" "Get off me!" "Open this door!" "Where are they?" "Keep him there." "Dr Dodd is very ill." "A contagion from the savages." "Let no one in." "The history of humanity is like a gigantic tree, of which we only see the uppermost branches." "And this prompts us to ask:" "Where do we come from?" "Where are our roots to be found?" "Today, we can demarcate three great races:" "the white, or Caucasian." "The yellow, or Asiatic." "And the black, or the Negroid." "Within these are many sub-classes:" "Caucasian Aryans," "American Indians, Australian Aborigines, and the latest, the Melanesian Negro." "Gentlemen, I have the privilege to present to you today evidence of a new race." "More ancient than any of the others I have mentioned thus far." "And I have to say, the first time we caught sight of these... beings," "I felt like Columbus discovering America." "The crucial question is:" "Are the pygmies you'll see today... the missing link between apes and mankind?" "These are the most primitive beings that have ever been discovered." "It has taken us many weeks to study and analyse them." "Their mental faculties are extremely simple." "Markedly aggressive, they lack decency, and their personal habits are repugnant." "This is the savage almost animal." "Dr Dodd." "Dr Dodd." "Eat." "You have to eat." "Please." "Five foot one inch, a weight of six stone three pounds." "Notice, also, a distinct prognathous jaw, wool-like hair, and the auricular angles far lower than human norms." "And a significant malformation, an acute curvature of the spine, indicating that the subject has spent less time standing on two feet." "We see the same effect in Orang-utans." "And the size of the brain, compared to other human species, would give to Dr Owen's Melanesians the stature of a genius." "The volume of the brain is 47 cubic inches." "And the skull, the protuberant nature of the parietal lobe, recalls that of Neanderthal man." "Considering the extent of our measurements and analysis, their unique distinguishing marks and the general savagery of their behaviour," "my colleague and I firmly believe that here we have the first branch that grew upon the human tree." "Gentlemen, gentlemen, your attention please." "Mr McBride." "I want to say, to put it on record, that Dr Dodd, our colleague and friend, has chosen not to be here." "Dr James Dodd does not entirely share our conclusions." "Dr Dodd feels strongly that behind the animality of these creatures, there is a real intelligence and sensibility." "He believes he has witnessed a profound and genuine humanity in these creatures." "Nonsense!" "He draws the conclusion that the entire classification and hierarchy of the great races" "must be re-examined." "Stay Back." "Go on." "Move." "My God, look at them." "The pygmies will enchant Parisians even more than my Aborigines." "I predict a phenomenal success." "I have a contracted agreement with Madam Van Den Ende:" "I have the Pygmies in my Zoo until the end of the summer." "Madam, you are going to miss the height of the season in Paris." "lt'll cost you..." "You must be patient, my dear Comte." "I have a favour to ask." "Would you allow me to approach them?" "I am a simple professor but always fascinated by new discoveries." "Le Comte de Verchemont has always shown much interest in our research." "lsn't that right, Fraser?" "What?" "Yes, indeed, yes." "I've no objections." "Mr Beckinsale, would you arrange a visit?" "Of course." "We have requests from all Europe." "I've already come to an agreement with Berlin and Amsterdam." "It seems everyone wants to get a glimpse of primitive life." "Thanks to my brother and my husband." "They're the people who started all this craze." "You seem to be forgetting Doctor Dodd." "I hear he hasn't been well." "is someone able to give me some encouraging news?" "I think the..." "The illness afflicting Dr. Dodd has no remedy." "I don't think anyone can do anything to help him." "Poor Jamie." "No need to worry, Dr Dodd." "The fever is gone." "I think you can go home now." "Likola!" "Toko!" "Toko, it's me Jamie." "It's Jamie." "It's Jamie." "Toko, gone." "Toko, dead." "Toko, dead." "Why are they not eating?" "Why are they so tired and inactive?" "They're no use like this." "What it it?" "lt's a good question." "I find it astonishing that you were able to study them so closely." "Really astonishing." "l can assure you they were amenable." "We had none of these problems." "Likola, Toko, do what I do." "Madam." "Good day, gentlemen." "Zachary!" "Yes, Madam." "There'll be no show today." "I'm most grateful to you, Doctor." "Best of luck." "They haven't eaten for four days." "Thank you." "Well done." "Good, good." "I'm proud of you." "Eat," "here, eat, eat, eat." "Eat, Toko." "Toko, you must eat." "Likola, two." "Baby?" "Baby." "Baby." "Shut up!" "Shut up!" "Baby." "Shut up." "Yes, yes." "The behaviour of the pygmies has cast some doubt on their thesis." "There is now even more urgency to... to verify their findings or not." "I can't turn these anthropologists away." "They are eminent people." "They've paid good money." "Get her to do it then." "She's the impresario who's hiring out these African circus artists." "Get her to say the contract is invalid, or something." "I forbid any visit or examination." "It would weaken the pygmies further." "They need just one doctor." "I shall stay close to them." "Let's concede, with great reluctance, that you are able to get them fit and well again." "Then what?" "Ladies and gentlemen, you are about to witness, a European premiere, the real nature of savage life in the jungles of Africa." "Likola, make fire." "Toko, go hunting." "Likola, more fire." "Toko, more hunting." "My God." "What is he playing at?" "Calm." "Keep calm." "Likola, keep calm." "Does she know how to use it?" "Yes, my God, yes, she does." "lt's all right." "We must stop her." "Quickly!" "Let me through." "What's happening?" "This is intolerable." "This is outrageous." "Shut up!" "Shut up!" "Shut up!" "Disgraceful." "Let's get out of here." "Very funny." "Thank you." "Some people say you're mad, some say you're a genius." "Alexander Auchinleck says you've trained them." "is this true?" "If so, how?" "l didn't train them." "So where does your power come from?" "It's not power, either." "Look, you, Mr Purvis, you comprehend what I'm saying to you." "That doesn't mean I have power over you. lt's the same with them." "We communicate, we understand each other." "They're just like you and me." "Fraser." "Fraser." "She must be pregnant." "The way the baboons reacted." "It's uncanny." "They sense a pregnancy." "Are you absolutely sure?" "lt's not cast-iron proof but... lf we could have a foetus from the female, it's perfect." "And this... is ideal." "We don't need them anymore." "They're going to be dragged across Europe on public display." "They're not going to last a year." "But if we could abort this foetus." "We can establish more from an embryo than from a living creature." "Alexander, please." "We're talking about her child." "We're talking about an embryo from a scientific specimen." "We need to remove the doubt that's creeping in." "This is what will clinch it for us." "This is what will make our names." "No." "Don't look." "Don't look." "You can turn around now." "Et voila." "Talk of the town." "Dr Dodd." "Are you quite well?" "A smile on your face?" "This party mustn't turn into some sort of grotesque funfair." "Of course it won't." "It's very good of Sir Walter to arrange this." "And how much will you be making out of it?" "Same as you three." "Remember, we agreed." "Half for me, half for you." "Everyone will be there." "Important people, wealthy people." "It makes sense." "Perfect sense." "If you don't stand up for what you believe in, who will?" "We're allies now." "I hope you don't find the association too painful." "And perhaps the most important reason for accepting your kind invitation was the fact that if my friends, Toko and Likola, are genuinely your guests then that must mean they are genuinely free." "And... that freedom is not merely symbolic." "I am very happy to announce, thanks to your kindness, and the extraordinary generosity of our host, Sir Walter Stephenson," "neither Toko or Likola will be returning to the zoo." "They are truly free now." "Free to return to their homeland." "Or free to remain here." "We are happy to offer our hospitality for as long as you wish." "Thank you, thank you." "One thing I would ask of you all." "Please, do not look at your guests as if they were specimens or strange and exotic beings." "Treat them as you would your friends." "You'll be surprised by the response." "That's incredible." "Did you see that?" "Amazing." "Mister Walter, may I introduce Likola." "Welcome, Likola." "Yes." "And, Toko." "Welcome, Toko." "Yes." "Welcome." "Welcome." "Yes." "Welcome." "Yes." "Welcome." "Yes." "Tell her your name first." "Andrew." "Andrew." "Likola." "Hello, Toko." "Yes." "Welcome to Edinburgh." "Yes." "They think they're alive." "Very eloquent, Doctor Dodd." "They loved it." "l'm not sure..." "No, you deserve it." "I know you suffered for this, but I do have to return them to the zoo." "They are legally still in my employ." "Quite." "Duck, fish, fruits, lot of fruits." "You must try them." "Fraser." "She does seem very relaxed." "Your rooms are down here." "Are we sure we can trust your savages not to murder us in our bed?" "Absolutely. I don't know how I can thank you, sir." "Don't thank me. I hate parties." "It was your colleague's idea." "Madam Van Den Ende?" "No." "McBride," "Fraser McBride." "Excuse me." "Toko!" "Gently, gently." "Let no one in." "Come along there." "No time to waste." "How do you know that they have taken her to the Museum?" "It's Alexander's base there." "They've got everything they need." "It's safe and all very scientific." "They must know she's pregnant." "That's why they thought up a party." "To kidnap her." "l'd like to believe you didn't know." "How dare you!" "How dare you even suggest it." "I had no idea she was pregnant." "I'm not with them, I'm on your side." "She's ready." "Confirm the state of the patient." "Yes, of course." "Fraser." "Shut up." "Shut up." "Well, is she?" "l can't be sure." "Oh, for God's sake." "Professor?" "Open the gate." "Now!" "They're not to be disturbed." "This is ridiculous. I demand to see Mr Auchinleck and Mr McBride." "Have you any idea who I am?" "Yes, of course, indeed, Sir Walter." "Well then, be a good fellow and open before we waste more time." "Right away, sir." "Come on!" "Yes, she's definitely pregnant." "More chloroform." "Get out of my way." "Alexander, this is inhuman, We can't do this." "Auchinleck, we have to start." "Jesus Christ." "What in God's name are you doing?" "Move." "You have no right to be here." "You're trespassing." "How dare you talk to us about laws." "The law?" "It does not apply to subhuman, primitive beings." "The study of this embryo is crucial." "Don't touch this woman." "The child she is carrying is maybe mine." "You must be stark, staring..." "You'll see, when the child is born." "Now, get out." "Get out!" "l won't forget this." "Good. I hope not." "And, by God, you'll pay for it." "You are not really saying that you fornicated with this little Negress?" "Yes, I am." "I did." "Good God!" "Toko?" "Toko!" "Why don't you buy me a drink, darling?" "What disease are you proposing to give me tonight?" "Anything you fancy, sweetheart." "May I?" "My, my, someone's in a hurry." "Why don't you..." "What happened?" "There's a man on the ground!" "It was him!" "It's him!" "Get him!" "Quick!" "Get him!" "There he is." "Careful." "There's no way out down there." "Toko!" "Toko!" "Please, leave him to me." "I know what to do, please." "Where did he go?" "He must be on the boat." "Look. there." "Get him down!" "Black bastard!" "A harpoon!" "No!" "Toko, gone." "Toko, dead." "Are you going to tell them, Jamie?" "Tell them what?" "That you're not the father of the child." "I can't." "It's the only thing that protects us." "A pygmy child counts for nothing, but my child, that's different." "They'll accuse you of raping her, you'll be struck off." "I don't care." "They'll shame you publicly." "You'll be driven from your country." "I don't care." "Madam Van Den Ende, please." ""Mister Toko Ambaki, born 26 of October 1850 in the province of Oubangui." "Profession: circus artist." "Nationality: subject of the king Mateke Seko." "is that correct?" "Yes." "According to the decision taken by the Edinburgh magistrates court the body of the deceased is to be placed at the disposal of the Royal Academy of Science for further examination." "Would you sign here, please?" "Remove the body, please." "Toko!" "Toko!" "Sir." "Are you all right?" "Take her home." "I have to go to the Academy." "I'll catch up with you later." "Zachary, stay with her." "Eleanor?" "I know..." "Madam, please, I beg you, have nothing to do with this man." "He will betray you as surely as he betrayed his friends." "Leave us alone." "Go home." "l must come. I have to see Likola, I have to protect her from this dangerous..." "Get out of here." "Now!" "This man is a monster!" "The world should know the evil in this man!" "He destroyed everything!" "I've come here today to talk of one thing and one thing only." "The killing of Douglas." "Everyone here knows that the true murderer is the female savage." "Here's the true account of the affair." "The savage will receive the death penalty and the embryo she is carrying will be yielded up to science," "unless..." "Unless what?" "My brother insists that you authenticate the results of your joint researches into the origins of man." "Also, he wants you to acknowledge your manipulation of the pygmies" "and do disavow all your claims for their intelligence and humanity." "If you do this, they will not pursue the matter in the courts." "Mr McBride." ""And do please tell Fraser that our friend is as lively as ever." "Likola has become one of the people I know best on this earth." "I know her sadness, her doubts, her hopes and her dreams... and this without one word being exchanged between us." "Zachary was always fearful on the journey, worried about what tribesmen would do if they knew we were travelling with a pygmy from the deep forest." "So we travelled incognito." "Likola's renown slowly grew." "Who was this mysterious being?"" "Mr McBride," "I'm going back to Africa." "It's where l should be." "It's where my heart is." "I may well see Dr Dodd," "Jamie." "is there anything you would like me to say to him?" "Yes, Jamie, Jamie." "Goodbye, Mr McBride." "I'm very sorry." "Push, that's it." "Keep breathing." "Tell her to push, Zachary." "Push." "Push." "Push!" "Yes. yes. yes." "Breathe!" "Breathe!" "Push." "Push." "I can see your baby." "Yes, push." "I wanted to go into the forest with her, to continue to protect her and her baby boy," "but she made me understand that our journey together had ended there, at the border of her land, the very frontier of her world." "When Toko died, I caught and held his last breath in the palm of my hand, lt's a custom, among certain African tribes." "They believe whoever catches that last breath will carry that dead person's soul and spirit with them for ever."