The King and I Page #4

great influence over him.

You will end up as his slave

like all the others.

I...

Yes, yes. Just a moment.

The king?

At this hour of the night?

Well, I trust His Majesty won't object

if I put some clothes on first.

You sent for me, Your Majesty?

Your Majesty.

Oh, Your Majesty is reading the Bible.

Mrs. Anna...

...I think your Moses

shall have been a fool.

Moses?

Moses, Moses, Moses.

I think he shall have been a fool.

Here it stands written by him...

...that the world was created

in six days.

Now you know and I know...

...that it took many ages

to create world.

I think he shall have been a fool

to have written so.

What is your opinion?

Is that why Your Majesty sent for me

at this hour of the night?

That is not reason, but first

I wish to discuss Moses.

Now, how am I ever to learn truth...

...if different English books

state different things?

The Bible was not written by men

of science, but by men of faith.

It was their explanation

of the miracle of creation...

...which is the same miracle whether

it took six days or many centuries.

I still think your Moses

shall have been a fool.

As you wish, Your Majesty.

Now, was there something else?

Take letter.

A letter? Now?

Now. When else?

Now is always best time.

Take letter to Mr. Lincoln of America,

who is very scientific ruler.

Very well, Your Majesty.

From Phra Mana Mongut...

...by the blessing of the highest

super agency in the world...

...of the whole universe,

the king of Siam.

Sovereign of all tributary countries

adjacent and in every direction...

...et cetera, et cetera, et cetera...

Do you not have any respect for me?

Why do you stand over my head?

I cannot stand all the time.

And in this country no one's head

shall be higher than king's.

From now on in presence, you shall

so conduct like all other subjects.

You mean, on the floor?

All subjects do so.

I'm very sorry.

I shall try my best not to let my head

be higher than Your Majesty's...

...but I simply cannot

grovel on the floor.

I couldn't possibly

work that way, or think.

You are very difficult woman!

Perhaps so, Your Majesty.

But observe care that head

shall not be higher than mine.

When I shall sit, you shall sit!

When I shall kneel, you shall kneel.

Et cetera, et cetera, et cetera!

Very well, Your Majesty.

Is promise?

Is promise.

Good.

To his Royal Presidency

of the United States in America...

..."Abrahom Lingkong"...

...et cetera. You fix up.

It has occurred to us...

You see, it has occurred to us...

It has occurred to us that if we

shall be sending you several pairs...

...of young male elephants...

...to be turned loose

in forests of America-

A- mer-i-ca.

We are of opinion...

...that after a while

they shall increase in number.

- And inhabitants of America shall-

- Your Majesty.

Well?

I don't think you mean pairs

of male elephants.

How can I make letter

if you interrupt?

And inhabitants of America shall be

able to catch and tame them...

...and use them as beasts of burden.

Only male elephants, Your Majesty?

You put in the details.

Good night.

Moses.

Lincoln!

Elephants!

Groveling on the floor

at 2:
00 in the morning.

I am Lun Tha.

You are Mrs. Anna, schoolteacher?

Yes, but you shouldn't be-

I must meet with Tuptim again.

Please!

You have been seeing her here?

Twice we have spoken.

Each time it becomes more difficult.

She has said you will help us.

Oh, no, I couldn't!

It's much too dangerous.

Not for me, but for Tuptim and you.

You'll be killed if they find you in

the City of Women. You must leave!

Death is not worse pain than

empty life. Please, Mrs. Anna.

I'm sorry, Lun Tha.

There's nothing I can do.

Wait there.

Tuptim.

Oh, Lun Tha.

Seeing you this way is not enough.

There is nothing we can do.

I am watched...

...too closely.

Must we go on forever

hiding our love like this?

We kiss in a shadow

We hide from the moon

Our meetings are few

And over too soon

We speak in a whisper

Afraid to be heard

When people are near

We speak not a word

Alone in our secret

Together we sigh

For one smiling day

To be free

To kiss in the sunlight

And say to the sky

Behold and believe

What you see

Behold...

...how my lover...

...loves me

When will we be together, Tuptim?

When?

It can never be, Lun Tha.

Not ever.

To kiss in the sunlight

And say to the sky

Behold and believe

What you see

Behold...

...how my lover...

...loves me

You must go now.

I will be missed, and they will

start searching for me.

When I return, it will be

to take you from here.

There is no way, Lun Tha.

There is the river. There are boats.

I will find a way.

Oh, if it could only be.

It will be.

I swear this.

When all is arranged,

I will get word to you.

I shall pray, Lun Tha.

If you see a chaba flower in your

path, broken like this...

...it will be the sign that I

have come for you. Watch for it.

I will be ready.

Stop, stop, stop!

- Your Majesty.

- What, what, what?

Well?

When Siam's richest province

was stolen by France...

...I warned it was only

beginning of Western treachery.

If enemies of ours,

with lies such as this...

...can convince British that you are

unfit to be ruler of Siam...

...our seas will soon be thick

with ships, greedy for conquest.

So it has finally come.

We must act quickly.

But how? Where?

I must think.

Clearly. Scientifically.

I must think.

But how can I think

while being driven out of mind!

A charm from the skies

Seems to hallow us there

Which, seek through the world

Is ne'er met with elsewhere

That was splendid. Very effective.

Now...

- Good morning.

- You think you teach king lesson!

This is one lesson you do not

be paid for teaching!

You will stop instructing wives

and children in "Home Sweet House"...

...in order to remind me of breaking

promises I never make, et cetera.

Your Majesty, I do not intend to have

my boy brought up in a harem.

You did promise me a house. "A

brick residence adjoining the palace. "

- Those were your very words.

- I do not remember such words!

- I remember them.

- I will do remembering!

Who is king here?

I remind you so you remember that.

I do not remember any promises.

I do not remember anything

except that you are my servant.

Oh, no, Your Majesty.

What, what, what?

I said, you are my servant!

No, Your Majesty, that is not true.

I am most certainly not your servant!

If you do not give me

the house you promised...

...I shall be forced

to return to England.

No! No! Please, Mrs. Anna.

Please. We believe schoolteacher!

I believe in snow!

Do not let her go away.

I let her do nothing

that is not my pleasure.

It is my pleasure that you stay here!

In palace! In palace!

No, Your Majesty.

Why do you wish

to leave these children...

...all of whom are loving you

so extraordinarily?

I do not wish to leave them. I love

them too, quite extraordinarily.

I cannot stay where a promise

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