Frenchman's Creek Page #7

---

You'll be happy to know the ship

has been returned to her owners.

Your sword if you please.

What you have in your pockets

if you please.

-You'll pay for this you scoundrel.

-Possibly.

ln the meantime it is you

who are paying. Thank you.

Pardon.

Sir Thomas.

Come, come, Sir Thomas.

People with too much money

are invariably unhappy.

They have no time

to enjoy themselves.

lf you touch a penny

l'll hang you.

Hang for a penny,

hang for a pound.

Now that.

lf you please...

Do not wait to be urged,

disgorge.

May l ask you sir,

what induced a French gentleman

to turn into a pirate;

-Mr...;

-Killigrew.

Mr. Killigrew,

there's a certain beauty

in the world,

something just beyond our fingers

which we all desire but few achieve.

Where you look for yours,

l do not know.

But mine l have found at last

as a pirate.

You cruel scoundrel.

Of all the confounded cheek.

And now gentlemen,

l wish to return to my ship.

But l do not want you

to close upon my heels.

Please allow my men will escort

you upstairs and lock you in.

No. You've made game

enough of us.

l'm sorry gentlemen,

but l must insist.

Lady St. Columb, would you be

good enough to go into the salon;

Sir Harry.

That is a fine emerald.

Not a single flaw,

which is rare in an emerald.

However l owe you something

for your hospitality.

-Good luck Frenchman.

-Thank you Mr. Killigrew.

Good bye gentIemen.

Her ladyship and l will now

discuss the affairs of the day.

You were so reckless.

Don't you know the woods and hills

are plagued with men;

-Yes.

-Why are you here then;

Because l had not kissed you

for nearly 24 hours.

The gentlemen are attended to.

Our men have left for the meet.

Very well. l want you to go

to the cottage of your friend.

Await the lady's orders until

all danger has passed.

l understand.

What are you going to do;

This morning when William

told me you were alone no longer

l realized that our

make believe was over,

that the creek was

our haven no more.

My ship must sail.

And although she is free,

l will remain captive.

l am bound to you as

you are bound to me.

All that you feel, l feel.

Every thought, every wish,

every changing mood.

lt's too late.

There's nothing we can do.

l told you that last night

when we were together.

And the morning was many hours away.

At those times a man can shrug

his shoulders about the future,

because he holds the present

in his arms. l have loved you.

l have loved you in

almost every moment.

But most of all when you threw

yourself on the Merry Fortune

in Pierre's britches,

with blood in your face

l looked at you and laughed and

a bullet whistled over your head.

What is the answer;

lt is still the same.

You are Dona St. Columb,

wife of an English baronet.

Mother of two children.

l am a rebel and an outlaw.

lf there is an answer,

you must make it.

Not l.

Should you choose to remain here

with your husband and children,

nothing has happened in our

adventure together

that would make your life

with them a pretense.

But if you choose otherwise,

we shall be off Coverack by sunrise.

l will wait for you there.

l see your jewels have been

returned to you.

What did you give for them;

You are very serious.

l should have thought this jest

would have amused you.

You're right. lt has amused me.

When l found l was able to squirm

loose and get out the window.

l was prodigiously amused.

-You might have freed the others.

-l have.

They slipped out quietly

through my window

on the heels of

the pirate jesters.

That too l find amusing.

Why didn't you join them then;

Because one thing does not amuse me.

That Dona St. Columb

should look at the leader of

the jesters as she did.

ln a way that could mean

one thing only.

That she loves him.

And so;

And so;

l understand much that has puzzled me

since l came here yesterday.

That servant of yours.

Those walks in the woods.

That illusive look in your eye

l'd never seen before.

Yes indeed,

illusive to me.

To Harry.

To all men but one man.

And l've seen that man tonight.

Well, do you deny it;

To you l deny nothing.

You could be imprisoned or hanged

if the truth comes out.

Not a very pleasant ending

for Dona St. Columb.

You've never been inside

a jail, have you;

You've never smelled the heat

and the filth.

You've never tasted the

black bread or thick water.

The feeling of a rope about your neck

as it tightens and chokes you.

How would you like that;

All because you imagine l smiled at

a pirate when he asked for my jewels.

You lie.

You smiled at a pirate but not

when he asked for you jewels.

Very well, tell Godolphin,

tell Rashleigh, tell Harry even.

They will say that you are mad.

Possibly with your Frenchman on

the seas and you at Navron House.

But suppose we catch him and

bring him back here

and play with him a little as

we used to 100 years ago.

With you looking on Dona.

l think you'd give yourself away.

lt amuses you to be dramatic but

the days of the rack are over.

But pirates are hanged, drawn, and

quartered with their accomplices.

Then if you believe me an accomplice.

Do as you like.

When you've caught your pirate

you can hang us side by side.

You'd suffer that

and be glad.

Because you've had at last the love

you've wanted all your life.

-lsn't that true;

-Yes. lt is true.

l could kill you for it.

lf you hadn't left London

and come down here...

-lt could have been me.

-No, Rockingham. Never!

Don't cry Jamie.

Don't cry.

lt's alright Jamie.

lt's alright my darling.

lt's alright.

QuickIy, Iet's go to La Mouette.

They won't see us here.

Where's the Captain;

Lets go.

On guard!

Over here.

On guard, sir.

Touche, my friend.

Come on, quickIy.

Sir Harry.

You won't beat me.

-My Captain.

-Go to the ship and weigh anchor.

No, Captain.

Go to the ship!

Get behind him! Put him down.

l shall regret having to kill you,

Sir Harry.

Gentlemen, one at a time,

but not all against one.

-Fight you as a gentlemen;

-Run him through!

No! Take him alive.

My Lord.

We shall hang you slowly

from a very tall tree

and l shall enjoy

every moment of it.

Hang me;

Perhaps.

Rock.

Rock.

Dona.

lt's Rock. l found him down there.

He's dead.

That Frenchman killed him.

What happened; You were with

him in the salon, weren't you;

He gave me back my jewels

and he went.

He must have come back

and he killed Rock.

He'll pay for it.

We got him you know.

We got the blasted fellow.

-What are you saying;

-The Frenchmen.

The ship is gone and the crew

but we've got him.

-ls he wounded;

-No.

He'll hang without a scratch

and know what it feels like.

Where have they got him;

Godolphin has him in his keep.

We hang him tomorrow at daybreak.

Tomorrow;.

lf they don't burn him alive

when find out about Rock.

-l killed Rockingham.

-Dona.

-l killed him. l had to.

-Dona...

-You're jesting;

-l warned you to keep him away.

When he found he couldn't have me

Rate this script:0.0 / 0 votes