Adventure in Sahara Page #3

-Deploy, charge.

-Deploy, charge.

-Are you all right?

-Yes.

-Will you tell me why you're here?

-l will if you tell me why you left Paris.

l've been to every outpost on this desert

before l learned that you were at Agadez.

Listen, you don't know me,

never saw me before in your life,

and don't tell anybody why you're here.

-But why, dear?

-Now, please,

don't ask questions, just do as l say.

-ls the lady all right?

-Yes, thanks to this gentleman here.

You'd better come with us back to the fort

until your plane can be repaired.

Wilson, take this horse

and help her to mount.

Yes, sir.

Thank you for allowing me to remain here

until my plane can be repaired.

And my compliments

to the courage of your men.

lt is our pleasure to have you as a guest.

l shall arrange accommodations for you.

Show Miss Preston to the officers' quarters.

Captain, one of your men,

an American, l think...

-Wilson?

-Yes, Wilson.

-Gravet, have Wilson brought in at once.

-But, Captain, he...

And thank you for reporting

a legionnaire's conduct.

Wilson.

For your discourtesy to Miss Preston,

our guest,

you will stand guard on the wall tomorrow,

the entire day without relief.

-Have you talked with Wilson?

-Tonight, in the barracks.

He's a fine-looking animal.

Lieutenant Dumond.

l hope you're being made comfortable.

No complaints,

but are all of your men deaf and dumb?

-l don't understand.

-When l speak to them, they ignore me.

You see Wilson in that sun?

He must stand in it because of you.

-Because of me?

-He is being punished.

That is why the men act towards you

as they do.

But l didn't have anything to do with it.

l'll talk to Savatt at once.

lt would do no good.

Besides, the day is almost over.

Jim,

Lieutenant Dumond said

you were being punished because of me.

What does it all mean?

l guess Savatt deliberately misunderstood

whatever it was you said to him about me.

You mustn't be seen talking to me.

You'd better go to your room.

But... But, Jim, what's it all about?

l can't tell you now.

l'll try and get a word to you tonight.

Here he comes now.

Here, Mr. Wilson,

cool off your eyes with this.

Beyond endurance. lt's slavery, l tell you.

He gave Tarleton 60 days today,

on bread and water.

Pattis collapsed. Overwork.

-Boulcait, dead.

-Ladoux.

-Your brother.

-Malreaux.

Everything is ready.

Gravet! Stop him!

No mistakes now.

You two, the guardhouse. You, the arsenal.

The rest of you, follow me.

Now, go and tell Captain Savatt it's mutiny,

you jackal.

And tell him that he's next.

-What's wrong?

-The men, mutiny!

-They've killed Gravet.

-Get inside, lock the door.

Karnoldi.

-l said no bloodshed.

-l had to stop him.

-What's going on here?

-We're taking over the fort.

Fantastic.

Why don't you give up this mad scheme

before it's too late?

We've waited too long as it is.

Dumond, why don't you join us?

The men like you, and if you remain

with Savatt, l can't answer for your...

l'm an officer of the Legion.

l'm sorry, Wilson,

that you made this decision.

No matter how it ends,

l must always be your enemy.

l'm sorry it has to be that way.

Gerguson, Sembland,

take the Lieutenant to the guardhouse.

Go to your room and stay there.

Stand guard and see that nobody harms her.

Yes, sir.

We've got the arsenal,

the guardhouse and the sentries.

-All that remains is...

-Savatt.

He's fast asleep.

Get back to your quarters.

Save your breath, Savatt.

l'm giving orders now.

Why, you're mad, Wilson.

Do you realize

what you're taking upon yourself?

lt isn't for myself.

lt's for Boulcait, Ladoux,

Malreaux and another.

Young and gentle, like Ren. An American.

He came to the Legion full of dreams.

Dreams of glory, courage and adventure

that ended with death.

You killed him.

That boy was my brother,

and for him l'm going to kill you.

You've made Agadez an inferno on Earth,

and now you're going to boil in it.

-Let me finish him.

-Don't be so impatient, Karnoldi.

l have something more interesting

for the kind Commandant.

We have given you your choice

of remaining with Savatt or joining us.

Now have any of you changed your minds?

Speak up.

Then that is your answer. Open the gates.

Savatt, you have always

had a code of regulations to follow

in administering punishment.

l couldn't find any punishment

in the regulations for your crimes.

l've had to invent one.

l'm going to send you and your men

into the desert

with food and water

to last exactly 150 kilometers.

But there is no settlement

for at least 700 kilometers.

Exactly.

Also, l am going to give you

a pistol and one bullet apiece,

so that when your food and water runs out...

That Wilson's clever. No one will be able

to blame us for their deaths.

Poule, give them their revolvers.

They already have their supplies.

You're following a lunatic!

You can't send us out like this.

l am your Commandant.

The bullets are all in one pouch,

which one of your men is carrying.

You can open it, after you leave.

Now march.

Wilson, l shall cross the Sahara and live.

l shall reach Tiente somehow.

l shall return with troops.

And then, Wilson,

l am going to put a bullet between your eyes.

l am still Commandant of Agadez.

Forward march!

-Close the gates.

-He goes with the others.

No, the Lieutenant stays.

He'll be very useful to us.

And you expect me to sign this?

Naturally. That was my reason

for keeping you here.

l was foolish enough

to think you had a kinder motive.

-Sign the dispatch.

-Very ingenious, Wilson.

lf l sign that, the disappearance of Savatt

and his men is explained to headquarters,

-and the mutiny is completely successful.

-Exactly. The Arabs got them.

Headquarters will send us supplies

and a new commandant,

-and everybody will be happy.

-My compliments, but l can't sign it.

That would be just as treasonable

as if l had actively joined your mutiny.

That's final?

lt's your signature, isn't it?

Karnoldi, let's see if you're as good

as you say you are.

l told you he wouldn't sign.

They'll never know it

from your own signature, Dumond.

-Send Maroni and Souzes in here.

-Yes, sir.

Excellent, Karnoldi.

lt's nothing. l've signed checks

for some of the richest men in Europe.

l only made one mistake.

That's why l'm here.

Well, the disguise is good.

And your horses and supplies

are ready for you.

Get to Tiente as soon as you can.

l don't have to tell you

how dangerous this mission is.

-Suppose they question us?

-You don't know a thing.

Now get through,

for our sakes as well as yours.

Good luck, and hurry.

Return the Lieutenant to the guardhouse.

-We don't need him anymore.

-He goes to the guardhouse.

You're just shielding him

because he's your friend.

l'm running things around here.

l know what l'm doing.

All right.

Mr. Wilson. lt's the lady.

She say she just got to see you.

And anything that she tell you

that l told her, she made me tell her.

And l want you to know that it ain't my fault.

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