Merlin Page #6

( sighs )

You know, we're

not as young as

we used to be.

( chuckling )

Quite, quite.

Come on, old friend.

( distant bells ringing )

I'm not ready

for you to see me.

Let me be the judge of that.

I'm a monster.

I can't.

Mab is too strong.

Leave this place

and come with me.

I'm... I'm not ready

to face the world.

When will you

be ready?

I don't know.

Uther:

Three-month siege

and we still haven't taken it.

There's no way

across

The causeway, sire.

My advice to you

is give it up.

It's madness.

I must have Igraine.

As one who's been

to Colchester, sire

As one who knows

a few things

I have to tell you

That the kingdom

is falling apart

Whilst we tear

ourselves to pieces.

If this was

for money or

love or power

I could

understand it

But all this for

Cornwalls wife?

You were born

old, Boris.

You've never known what it is

to lust after a woman.

I've spent all

my life fighting...

Bloody days

and cold nights

With a naked sword

as my bedfellow.

You'll never

take Tintagel.

( horse whinnying )

Wha...?

Hundreds are dead

because you have an itch.

Will you help cure me

Of that itch?

You've lost

your reputation, Uther.

A reputation's like glass--

once cracked, it can

Never be repaired.

Will you help me?

I don't know you anymore.

You've become an ouroboros.

You'll devour

The world in your lust.

Will you

help me?

Yes, I'll help you.

I have to be mad

to stop this madness.

What will

it cost me?

You will have

the Lady Igraine

But there will

be a child, a boy--

I've seen him, Uther.

He's mine.

What will you

do with him?

Teach him honor

and goodness.

I can do that.

Honor and goodness--

the words stick in your throat.

You choke on them

just as you'll choke

on your vomit in the end.

Very well.

I agree.

And once more...

Cornwall will not be harmed.

Not by me.

Then break camp.

Withdraw your army now,

in daylight

While Cornwall can see you.

Cornwall:

Uthers breaking camp.

We'll follow him.

Don't leave,

my Lord.

Why not?

I have a feeling...

The castle's well-guarded.

You will be safe,

my love.

( seagulls calling )

Look after

your mother,

eh, Morgan?

I will, father.

( door opens and shuts )

Man:

Come on! Pick them up!

Come on!

And on!

Merlin:

Remember, Uther

You only have

until the morning.

The night is

your friend.

Use it.

( thunder crashing )

( laughing )

You don't approve.

Well, of course

I don't approve.

The end justifies

the means, sir Rupert.

Where have I heard

that before?

Man:

His lordship Cornwall

approaches!

Open the gates!

Open the gates.

His lordship returns.

My Lord.

( door opens )

Back so soon, my Lord?

Yes.

Yes.

Uther's really gone.

Mother...

My place

Is here with you.

Mother, that's...

Time for you

to go to bed

Little girl, huh?

Let me go!

Not... Not another word.

But I didn't say good night.

Good night.

Good night.

And then,

good night.

Things fall apart, they say.

Uther had betrayed me,

killed Cornwall

But then, I'd betrayed Igraine

by helping Uther

Seduce her.

So the wheel of life turns--

One betrayal

leads to another and another.

The innocent die.

It haunted me

for the rest of my life.

( gasping )

Woman:

Nearly there.

Nearly there.

Woman 2:

More water.

Frik, what are you doing?

Writing fairy stories

so you'd be remembered.

You don't need to do that.

I'll not be forgotten.

Well...

Well?

For us.

Things are going rather well

for us.

I'm going

To make sure.

( Igraine gasping )

Woman:

That's it.

Frik:

Hello, Morgan.

Who are you?

Shh.

I'm a gnome.

You're tall for a gnome,

aren't you?

As a matter of fact

Gnomes do indeed come

in all shapes and sizes.

I'm the tall kind.

Can you do magic?

Of course.

Watch.

Ah!

Beautiful lady...

I am at your service.

Your wish is my command.

( laughing )

Watch me swash a buckle.

( chuckling )

That's real magic

Not tricks.

Will you teach me

how to do that?

I certainly shall

if you do something for me.

Your new

baby brother

Will be born soon.

How terribly exciting,

don't you think?

He's not my

real brother.

The man who made him

wasn't my real father.

Well, I mean,

that's clever, Morgan.

You'll make

a wonderful pupil

For the fantastic things

I can teach you.

What do you

want me to do?

Just put this Stone

in the baby's crib.

Woman:

Just a little more.

Push.

Igraine:

No!

Push.

Ingraine:

No!

Push.

Yes, yes. You're

doing so well.

Ingraine:

No!

That's it.

Take my hand.

Take my hand.

Come on,

come on.

( Igraine gasping )

( agonized gasping continues )

Merlin:

And so, Arthur was born.

It's a boy!

( baby crying )

At last

A good man, a good king.

( thunder crashes )

You're easily fooled, Merlin.

Uther fooled you

when he killed Cornwall.

Now his child is damned.

The boy

Is mine!

He'll be his father's son.

Because of him

The days of blood

will go on and on

And out of it

The people will come back

to me.

I'll see you fade

Into nothing!

Poor Merlin.

Wrong again.

I'm winning.

I can't stand

the thought

Of people peering

Whispering,

pointing at me.

We'll live in the Forest.

Animals don't point

and whisper.

But it's a

dream, Merlin.

I want

to make it real.

I found

a peace here

In prayer

and meditation.

It is a peace

that I've never known before.

It passes

my understanding.

To be honest, Nimue

It passes

my understanding, too.

Why do you shut yourself

away here?

To be nearer

my God.

The nearer you are to him

the further you are from me.

Will you take off

that veil?

Where was I?

Oh, yes, yes.

Arthur had just been born.

I fostered him

with sir Hector.

The golden rule--

do unto others

As you would have them do

unto you.

Now, by others...

I was his tutor.

I didn't teach him magic.

I taught him ethics and morals.

Arthur.

It is much more difficult,

believe me.

( fist banging )

His real father

King Uther, went mad...

Kill the prisoners.

And killed himself.

( gasping )

Man:

Guards, the king!

And that brings us up to date,

I think.

Arthur grew up to be

a fine young man.

Perhaps, as usual, I expected

Too much for him but he was

the vessel of all my hopes.

Arthur, don't charge around

like that.

The horses

don't like it.

And don't get off.

We're leaving right away.

Have you heard the news?

King Uther's dead.

Rupert.

Didn't you hear

what I said?

The king's dead.

I know.

Know?

How could you know

out here

In the woods?

Little bird told me.

Where are

we going?

To make you king.

Merlin, tell me.

How can I be king?

Because you were

born to it.

I've no royal blood

in me.

Merlin.

Man:

Stand aside.

This is a job

for a man.

The old windbag

back again.

If he's not careful

He'll do himself

an injury.

( groaning )

( crowd laughing )

Arthur kept asking me,

but I wasn't ready.

The truth about his father,

the death of Cornwall

My part

in the whole squalid plot.

No wonder I found it hard

to tell him.

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