Kingdom Of Heaven Page #3

not to offend God by

associating with Christians.

- But you will take Christian gold.

- Gold is gold.

Of course.

My lord Tiberias.

My lord.

It's true.

You're your father's son.

He was my friend.

I am yours.

Godfrey dead.

It could have come

at a better time. Come.

It was shouted in the streets that

you killed a great lord of Syria.

Saladin himself sent word...

that your fight

did not breach the peace...

that you had cause.

What know you of Saladin?

That he is king of the Saracens...

and that he surrounds

this kingdom.

He has 200,000 men

in Damascus alone.

He could win a war

if he goes to war...

and he's daily given cause for war

by fanatics newly from Europe...

by Templar bastards

like Reynald de Chatillon.

Here, from this room, I keep the peace,

so far as it can be kept.

But Saladin and the king

between them...

would make a better world.

If it lives only for a while,

Tiberias, it still has lived.

All right.

What did your father tell you

of your... obligations?

That I was to be a good knight.

I pray the world...

and Jerusalem...

can accommodate such a rarity...

as a perfect knight.

Have you dined?

The Princess Sibylla of Jerusalem...

and her husband,

Guy de Lusignan.

So, how many knights

did you find in France?

Fifty.

They've sworn allegiance to the king?

Of course, Tiberias.

Obviously.

You sit at my table?

- Is it not the king's table?

- Is it? I have not seen a king at it for some years.

I cannot eat.

I, I am finicky about company.

In France this could not inherit.

But here there are no civilized rules.

I have business in the East.

My wife does not

lament my absences.

That is either the best of wives...

or the very, very worst.

- Do you go to meet Reynald?

- No, my lord. He is in disfavor.

I am a member of this court.

Why should I make league

with that... troublemaker?

To the very best of wives.

- God bless Jerusalem.

My lord, the king will see him now.

The king would see Godfrey's son.

I'll take him.

This morning I spoke

without knowing who you were.

I knew who you were.

It's unmistakable.

I loved your father...

and I shall love you.

Do you fear being with me?

No.

- And yes.

A woman in my place

has two faces.

One for the world...

and one which she wears

in private.

With you I'll be only Sibylla.

Tiberias thinks me unpredictable.

I am unpredictable.

No. There.

Come forward.

I am glad to meet Godfrey's son.

He was one of

my greatest teachers.

He was there when, playing with

the other boys, my arm was cut.

And it was he, not my father's physicians,

who noticed that I felt no pain.

He wept when he gave

my father the news...

that I am a leper.

The Saracens say

that this disease...

is God's vengeance against

the vanity of our kingdom.

As wretched as I am...

these Arabs believe that

the chastisement that awaits me in hell...

is far more severe and lasting.

If that's true, I call it unfair.

Come. Sit.

- Do you play?

- No.

The whole world is in chess.

Any move can be the death of you.

Do anything except

remain where you started...

and you can't be sure of your end.

Were you sure of your end once?

- I was.

- What was it?

To be buried a hundred yards

from where I was born.

And now?

Now I sit in Jerusalem

and look upon a king.

When I was 16

I won a great victory.

I felt, in that moment,

I would live to be 100.

Now I know I shall not see 30.

None of us know our end, really...

or what hand will guide us there.

A king may move a man.

A father may claim a son.

That man can also move himself.

And only then does that man

truly begin his own game.

Remember, how so ever

you are played...

or by whom, your soul

is in your keeping alone...

even though those who presume

to play you be kings or men of power.

When you stand before God,

you cannot say...

but I was told by others to do thus...

or that virtue was not

convenient at the time.

This will not suffice.

Remember that.

I will.

You know what this is?

- A fortification.

- What do you think of it?

You disapprove.

Well, how would you improve it?

A cross.

Or better, a star, like this.

That way no part of the fortress

may be approached...

without being exposed

to fire from another part.

Yes, I like this. Your walls

are more difficult to address.

Very good.

You will go to your father's house

at Ibelin, your house now...

and then from there

you will protect the pilgrim road.

Safeguard in particular

the Jews and the Muslims.

All are welcome in Jerusalem.

Not only because it's expedient,

but because it is right.

Protect the helpless.

And then maybe one day,

when I am helpless...

you will come and protect me.

There, my lord.

Ibelin.

Quod sumus...

hoc eritis.

Such as we are, you will be.

Your father was important.

His lands were not.

That will suit me.

My lord,

you have a thousand acres...

a hundred families.

You have Christians,

Jews, Muslims.

You have 50 pairs of oxen.

This is a poor and dusty place.

What we do not have is water.

Right. Stone the walls.

I'm on my way to Cana.

Where Jesus changed water to wine.

But a better trick would be

to change you to a nobleman.

That should be easy. In France

a few yards of silk can make a nobleman.

I expect your hospitality.

It is given.

- Latif.

But this isn't adultery.

It's washing.

But if it were adultery...

which it isn't...

the Commandments

are not for people like us.

They are for the others.

Did they give you something to eat?

They said to wait

until the master returned.

My cook will prepare something

while you wash.

What?

It seems years since

I've seen a woman eat.

Truly?

I was watching you today.

You've been given

a patch of dirt, and it seems...

you will build

a new Jerusalem here.

It is my land.

Who would I be if I did not try

to make it better?

They try to be one...

one heart...

one morality.

Their prophet says, "Submit."

Jesus says...

"Decide."

Did you decide on Guy?

Guy was chosen by my mother.

My first husband died

before our son was born.

I was only 15.

I've met your son.

I could stay here forever.

This house is yours.

Why do you think I'm here?

I know that Ibelin

is not on the way to Cana.

What else do you know,

my lord?

I know that you are a princess...

and I am no lord.

You're a knight.

Neither earned nor proved.

I'm not here with you because

I'm, I'm bored or wicked.

I'm here because,

because in the East...

between one person

and another...

there is only light.

Halt!

This caravan is armed, Reynald.

Good. No sport otherwise.

They've seen us.

Go after them.

- A rider is getting away.

- It's a broad desert. Nothing'll come of it.

- I prefer not to be hanged before my wife is queen.

- Don't worry.

Who but Reynald? they'll say.

It's always me. They'll believe it

in Jerusalem, I assure you.

- You were at Nazareth, praying.

- You're a dangerous man.

If the war's to be now or later,

I would have it now.

- How long can the leper last?

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