Farewell to the King Page #5

who, like the phantom he was, had escaped.

All Allied Armed Forces, Pacific Theater...

all Allied Forces, China, Burma, India...

the President of the United States.

The world will note

that the first atomic bomb...

was dropped on Hiroshima, a military base.

We won the race of discovery

against the Germans.

We have used it

in order to shorten the agony of war...

in order to save the lives of thousands

and thousands of young Americans.

We shall continue to use it...

until we completely destroy

Japan's power to make war...

Learoyd.

Learoyd.

Vivienne.

- Vivienne?

- Yes.

I'm awake.

- Have I been awake before?

- I thought so. Every day for a little while.

Where are we?

What's happened?

How long have I been here?

You're in Brunei,

and you've been here almost three weeks.

The war.

What about...

The war is over.

"Leave us alone, and we'll leave you alone."

It's simple.

Eloquent.

It's great stuff! Conrad! Kipling!

The days of high adventure!

An Aussie patrol was shot up yesterday.

Men have died.

You made a deal, signed a treaty.

MacArthur signed it. I wouldn't.

They are not gonna tolerate any kings

running around in the hills.

He'll never come down, sir.

He won't toe the line.

He will, poor devil, one way or another.

Vivienne, would you get me

some of that iced tea?

Why, yes, of course.

- Nigel?

- No, I'm all right, thank you.

No one moves very far out of line.

When you're young,

you think you're blazing a trail.

One day you look down

and notice it's a beaten track.

- That's my map, sir.

- Exactly.

What's this place?

Pass of the Clouds?

It's nothing.

Just a pass, that's all.

Why?

Division wants to put

a blocking force in there.

Send up a battery of 105 mm howitzers.

Blast him to oblivion wherever he goes.

Yes, it won't cost them anything.

They have quite a few extra

105 mm shells at the end of a war.

- It's not my plan, but...

- You won't have to.

Why?

Salt.

Yes?

They need salt.

They get it from the sea.

If you cut off their supply of salt,

the revolt will die within weeks.

- No bloodshed.

- Salt.

It's so simple.

What is life without a little salt?

We mountain people.

We come in peace.

Just who might you be, fella?

He Rajah.

King Learoyd.

- You know who I am.

- Yeah.

And what do you think you're doing here?

These are the forest people.

- They need salt.

- Salt, eh? I heard that.

What are you gonna give me for it?

You can have me...

Sergeant Conklin...

Colonel Mitamura.

But the others, they're free.

And what if I don't buy this arrangement?

Yeah, don't cry, little one.

Don't cry.

I'll be with you in the songs they sing

in the longhouses.

And then when you're older

and you have children...

well, you'll sing the songs to them.

And then they'll sing to their children.

And the songs...

The songs will make you strong.

And you won't need me, anymore.

Okay?

Who did this?

He refused to speak, sir, like now.

The men gave him a bit of a pasting.

After all, sir, he is a deserter.

You're a disgrace to the Army!

You'll be stripped!

I didn't want it to be this way.

It ends up shabbily.

It always does.

I'm sorry.

he will be hang through this rope in morning sir

i know

Major its pleasure to have you here,

please sit down.

I have never seen such a feast

but this is my last.

You told them i don't like the salt .didn't you?.

An honest man,

so feel like end of hope for all.

Why?

Why did you do the things you did?

It was my duty to fight,

stay alive and fight again.

And the voilence you attacked on the long house

why?

We found it deep and horror

as human nature would allow.

Canabalism

i would tell you something

It is not the first thing after evil makes man damned,

its just hungering for bread or rice.

But you joined the king.

He came to us only as a king could.

Without weapons with open arms and

he permitted me to see the sky

He was a good man,and all said that

A great man

King told me a lott about you

He loves you very much

I was never to see Borneo again.

The wind from the sea

would carry me home.

Somehow, I managed to go with Learoyd.

He was in the prison hold,

while I had a room to myself.

He was to stand court-martial

in Manila for desertion...

while I was a major with a DSO.

Easy stages.

And then,

somewhere near the straits of Mindanao...

- What's the matter, sailor?

- We've run aground, sir!

- Where's the prisoner kept?

- In the hold.

- Get forward! We've run aground!

- Aye, sir!

Aye, aye, sir.

Who's in charge here?

- Where's the prisoner?

- Over there, sir.

- Prisoner! You're coming with me! Come on!

- Yeah, but why have we stopped?

This way! Quick!

Keep going!

Go on!

- Now turn around and give me those.

- I thought it was you.

- How well do you swim?

- Well enough.

- They'll take away your DSO.

- They've already given it to me.

Besides, with a bit of luck,

they'll never know.

Why are you doing this?

For King and country!

God bless. Now get going!

Life, English!

Life, Rajah.

I'll always know that he's out there.

A free man.

Farewell, my king.

Farewell.

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