Fair Wind to Java Page #2

girl. Thank you, we must search anyway.

Very well, Captain.

We found no trace of the girl.

We are sorry we have detained you.

What did you do?

Throw her overboard?

No, but I still hope

she doesn't drown.

We'll find out as soon as possible.

Captain?

Did she drown?

I've got her in a half-filled

water cask on deck.

Hasn't she made a sound? Not yet.

I spoke too soon.

Look what we've got here!

Let's divide her up.

Not so fast. What's happening here?

Ahab and I

saw the cask move, sir.

Yes, sir.

It was jumping about

So we opened it, and there she is.

Stowaway, huh?

The Dutchies were looking for her.

We'll treat her like a human being.

Put her ashore, Captain. The boys

may want to play cribbage with her!

This girl is our passenger to Bali.

She'll take your quarters, Wilson.

Show her, Flint. Aye, sir.

See she gets some dry clothes.

And you men...

If any of you lays a hand on her,

you'll answer to me, understand?

A likely story he's telling us.

Stowaway, huh? I say he knew

she was in there all the time.

Stop picking on the lad like that!

Or your noggins will be knocking

on the deck like a heathen drum.

I'm telling you

what he says is gospel truth.

Besides, he wouldn't be fooling with

a woman on his own blinking ship.

Aye, there's no money

to be got from women!

A shape like Venus de Milo.

Ahab? Do you think

we brought her aboard in the chest?

Well, I'll be damned,

maybe so!

It's too bad.

What is?

Just like I read in a book -

"chercez la femme. "

It means look out for the lady.

She'll get him in trouble.

He's right. Cherchez la femme.

# The anchor is weighed

and the sails they are set

# Away! Heave ho!

# The girls we are leaving,

we'll never forget,

# And we're bound for the open sea

# Away, love, away

# Away! Heave-ho!

# So fare thee well

to my pretty young girls

# And we're bound

for the open sea. #

Here. This'll warm your inside.

# Away! Heave ho! #

Don't worry about the men.

They won't bother you.

As long as you stay below.

I don't worry about the men on deck.

You got me wrong.

Being Captain is a job to me.

When I'm on board, I work at it.

When I'm on leave... it's different.

You drink like the men on deck.

I only drink on special occasions.

You're a beautiful girl, Kim Kim.

You'd better go to your cabin.

Stay off the deck.

Come on.

I'll talk to you tomorrow.

Well, Captain?

Did you get any information?

No, it'll take time.

Perhaps you just like her company.

It's trouble when a pretty woman

comes aboard, but it's necessary.

There's a secret in her head.

And we want to get it. Yes, sir.

#.. Oh, my darling!

# I was sitting by the river... #

What's this rotgut made out of?

Hot coals?

You big bozo. You just

don't appreciate good hooch.

That's made out of beautiful

palm trees, my good man.

Beautiful, like Bali dames.

Hey, don't go wasting good liquor!

#.. In my old New England home

# Where I whiled

many happy hours away... #

Help!

Sir! Kim Kim's on deck.

Mr Reader is...

On the quarterdeck!

Rig a bosun's chair.

Put him under ten times.

Don't drown him or let

the sharks get him. Aye, sir.

I told you to stay off the deck.

I'm the captain

and you'll do as I say!

Get to your cabin and stay there!

Who is it?

Captain Boll. Come in.

The sarong is very beautiful.

Thank you, Tuan.

When I got them in the casbah, I

never thought you'd be wearing them.

Looks good on you.

We stand in at Bali

the day after tomorrow.

We'll do some trading

with the Rajah Plankan.

The Rajah...?

Oh, he mustn't see me.

He's a very bad man. I will

stay on the ship and hide. Why?

I was a dancing girl in his court.

Dancing the gong.

After the men killed my father...

He brought me from Sanua,

where I was born.

But my mother took me

and we ran away.

After that, you went to Banjamass?

Yes. In a village.

The Sultan saw me dance and wanted

me to dance in his court.

One night, Mother went out..

and never came back.

No-one knew about it,

the Sultan said.

He came to see me and...

I ran away from him.

But the Chinese man caught me

and made me a slave.

They beat me and sold me!

Why do I have to tell you this?

You don't have to.

Just one thing, Kim Kim...

Did the Sultan ever mention

the Peterson diamonds?

Peterson diamonds!

No, he never did!

You always ask me -

Peterson diamonds!

You don't like me!

You have a cold heart like ice!

Get out! Wait a minute... Get out!

She's a hot-tempered devil.

Maybe you're not doing it right.

I don't know

what she was angry about

She's from Sanua in Southern Bali.

Perhaps we'll find something there.

Come in.

It's a fine day. Do you want to go

on deck and get some fresh air?

Yes, but.. It's all right.

I'll stay by you.

It is a beautiful day, isn't it?

Kim Kim?

I don't want to ask questions now,

but I've got to know this.

This ring.

It's mine.

It's yours?

They took it from me.

Where did you get it?

Never mind where I got it.

Here. You've got it back.

Thank you, Tuan.

That's a volcano, isn't it?

The same as your ankle bracelet.

Yes. What does it mean?

I don't know.

All I remember is my mother gave it

to me in the temple on the mountain.

A temple on a mountain? Where?

I was a little girl then.

How can I remember?

Try to think!

You, Captain... you only think

of the Peterson diamonds.

So you can get money.

Yes, I want money.

I'll tell you why. I went to sea

as a cabin boy when I was ten.

I was raised with the lash

and the whip.

At 16, I was an able-bodied seaman,

pulley-hauling on a slippery deck

and clawing canvas on a boom.

I lived on hard tack

and slept on a wet bunk.

Then I was a ship's officer, making

men move by will and bare knuckles.

And drove some learning into myself.

Then I had command of my own ship,

except she isn't really mine.

All my life I've dreamed

of owning a ship like this,

and now I've got a chance to do it.

I'm not going to miss it!

I will try to help you, Tuan.

I will try to remember.

Jess!

Get a chair for Miss Kim Kim

from my cabin.

Stand by and see she's all right.

Anything new from the girl? Not yet.

What if the Dutch board us again?

It's worth the risk.

Don't let personal feelings mar your

judgment. Let me handle this, Flint.

I know it is very important to you,

Captain.

About the Peterson diamonds.

Captain, I have remembered something

about the ring and the bracelet.

My mother gave them to me

on the island where there

is a temple to Vishnu, the fire god.

She told me Vishnu was given

the Peterson diamonds to keep.

Diamonds are sun and fire -

the same as Vishnu.

His island is the fire island.

The big volcano!

Men are afraid to go there.

The high priest took the diamonds

there as an offering.

My father took the high priest

to the island on his ship.

Later, the pirates

caught my father...

.. tried to make him tell.

He wouldn't.

They hurt him too much...

till he died.

I'm sorry.

This island with the volcano?

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