Mogambo Page #5

No, just six. The other three are cooking.

No kidding?

Yep, no kidding. Let's go.

Fascinating, eh, darling?

It's amazing. Look, what is that?

- Some sort of stork?

- Secretary bird.

Secretary birds. What a prosaic name.

- Why do they call them that?

- That's an unfair question.

I haven't the slightest idea.

That secretary on the left has a pair

of legs for the boss to drool over.

She looks like she's been chased

around the desk...

...and is now headed

for the pay window.

Miss Kelly, we shall certainly hate

to lose you.

Now, don't be greedy.

Let the others speak for themselves.

- Just what is our schedule?

- It's down the same stretch...

...for another two days

until we reach the river here.

There the Makuas will give us

canoes and paddle boys...

...where we'll proceed downriver

till we reach Kenya station.

At Kenya station,

we contact Jack Wood.

He's the district officer

of the Samburu territory.

The Samburus!

Those are the chaps

I particularly want to visit.

And that, Mrs. Nordley,

is where I leave you all.

You all.

- No tears?

- We'll give you a going-away party.

- Thank you.

- Where then?

Then we'll proceed on foot

to the Mountains of the Moon.

That's the beginning of gorilla country.

Look, what are those?

Impala.

What simply exquisite creatures.

- You'd think they had wings.

- It's the Aepyceros Melampus Suara.

They can clear a 12-foot obstacle

with a leap as long as 35, 40 feet.

You mustn't take the megaphone

away from the driver.

We'll pass Grant's Tomb

any moment now.

- He'll tell you who's buried there.

- I beg your pardon?

There's a handsome animal for you.

Thompson gazelle.

Lovely.

Who's the Mr. Thompson famous enough

to have a gazelle named after him?

He's a third baseman.

Hit a home run for the Giants once.

Won the pennant.

Miss Kelly, we'll give you

two going-away parties.

Well, I've got one for you.

See those zebras over there?

- Yes. The Equus Burchelli Granti.

- To me, they're zebras.

Are they born white with black stripes

or black with white stripes?

Actually, they're born black with...

I'm going on, aren't I?

Mrs. Nordley, this is quite a nice,

bright husband you have.

Information I'm already well aware of.

But I assure you that outside

of his niceness and his brightness...

...there are many other reasons

why I'm in love with him.

Thank you, old girl.

I'd say he was a very lucky man.

Better turn in early. We'll start at 5:00

in the morning to miss the heat.

Here. Hang on to this.

It's loaded.

All you have to do is pull the trigger.

Who do I point this at?

Leopards and lions have been known

to come into tents.

Thank you, Mr. Marswell.

Actually, in light of recent development...

...there'll be no danger of my

hitting you, will there?

- Look, Kelly, don't. We know each other...

- Never mind, Marswell.

It was just a dumb crack

that doubled right back at me.

Boy, how stupid can a gal get?

Good night, Kelly.

Good night.

- Everything all right? Anything you need?

- Everything's just fine, thank you.

- Good night, then.

- Just a moment, will you, please?

For several days now,

Miss Kelly's been making...

...well, at least, insinuations.

I wouldn't let her upset me.

She'll be leaving us at Kenya station.

What would give her the right

to say things like that?

She saw us when we

walked up on the porch.

You must forget that,

that it ever happened.

It was just...

- Well, it was nothing.

- You want me to forget it?

That's why you changed your mind

about taking us on this trip.

Plus you're not in love

with your husband.

- You mustn't say that!

- Though you said you were.

- I know why you said it.

- I said it because it's true.

I am in love with Donald.

You asked me why I never married.

Maybe you yourself are the reason, Linda.

Linda.

I'll see you in the morning.

Hello, Vic. I just won 15 shillings

in a poker game. Meet my expenses.

- Good.

- Good night.

I'm tired.

Looks like the start

of some exciting weeks, eh, darling?

- Lin?

- What?

Of course, darling.

That Kelly girl is certainly a different type

from any I've met.

Wonderful sense of humor. I like her.

And it's perfectly obvious, of course.

What is?

There was a thing between her and Vic

before we arrived.

And now we are the villains.

In some odd way we've broken it up.

Not that I blame her, of course.

Vic's a devilishly attractive chap.

Don't you think so? As a woman?

I suppose so.

All I know is I'm glad you saw me first.

- Good night, darling.

- Good night, Donald.

Welcome, Victor.

- How are you, Victor?

- Fine, thank you.

- How do you do?

- Hello, Father.

Mr. and Mrs. Nordley

from England.

How do you do, Father?

Your music is wonderful, Father,

although it frightened me at first.

It's hardly Catholic. But it's a song

of welcome, and that's Christian.

We're just in time for lunch.

Brownie, you're not still on a diet?

Never, Father.

- Miss Kelly, Father Josef.

- How do you do?

How do you do?

You're just in time for lunch.

So you good people are going

to the gorilla country?

Precarious animals.

A friend of mine at mission preparatory...

...had his head torn from his body

by one of them beasts.

That was carelessness,

you know that.

We're relying on Victor

to see that we retain our heads.

I can't wait to see them

in their natural habitat.

The truest exemplary link between

modern man and his primitive derivation.

I think you and I could have a lusty debate

on the origin of man.

I'm afraid you'd prove too rugged

an opponent, Father.

I spoke to the chief...

...and you can have the canoes

and the men on the usual conditions.

- Not again.

- I'm afraid so, Victor.

What are the conditions?

Is there any trouble?

In order to get the men and canoes

to go into that strange country...

...the bwana mkubwa, the big chief,

the party of the first part...

...to which our friend Victor

must undergo what's known as...

...the ceremony of courage.

The ceremony of courage?

I don't think I've heard of it.

What is it, some sort of native custom?

It's sort of like a game of darts.

Excuse me.

I'm sorry.

That's a fine way to run a railroad, buster.

That's all right.

All right, Boltchak, load the boat.

Come on, we've got the canoes. Let's go.

Father, I'd like to speak to you a moment

when you have a chance.

- Certainly, my daughter.

- Thank you, Father.

Darling.

This is the jumping-off place.

Do you want to go on or turn back?

What on earth makes you say that?

You're taking me seriously.

I'd as soon turn back as...

Do you feel all right?

I'm sorry. I'm just a bit edgy.

I didn't sleep too well.

I know. It was an exciting evening.

You take a sedative tonight.

Get in the swing of things, darling.

With the world the way it is,

we may never have this chance again.

Let's live every minute of it.

Good morning.

I know everybody's in a terrible rush

this morning...

...but I thought perhaps

we could have a few words together.

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