The King and I Page #8

- Usually a very good friend.

- Then we'll dance together.

You show me.

Teach, teach, teach.

It's quite simple, the polka.

You count, "One, two, three,

and one, two, three...

...and one, two, three, and... "

- Shall we dance?

- One, two, three, and.

On a bright cloud of music

Shall we fly?

One, two, three, and.

- Shall we dance?

- One, two, three, and.

Shall we then say good night

And mean goodbye?

One, two, three, and.

Or perchance

When the last little star

Has leave the sky

Shall we still be together

With our arms around each other?

And shall you be my new romance?

On the clear understanding

That this kind of thing can happen

Shall we dance?

Shall we dance?

Shall we dance?

- One, two, three, and one, two, three-

- One, two, three, one, two, three-

Something wrong.

I know, I forgot "and. "

Next time I remember.

One, two, three,

and one, two, three, and-

That's splendid, Your Majesty.

Splendid, splendid!

You throw me off count!

And, one, two, three, and

one, two, three, and...

That is not right.

You were doing beautifully,

Your Majesty.

No, no. Not the way I see

Europeans dancing tonight.

Yes, it was. It was just like that.

Were not holding two hands like this.

No...

...as a matter of fact.

Was...

...like this?

No?

Yes.

Come.

Come.

We do it again.

- Your Majesty-

- Why do you burst in here?

We have found Tuptim.

- Where is she?

- Secret police are questioning her.

Her lover has not been caught.

Not yet.

What?

We believe she was

running away with Lun Tha...

...man who bring her here from Burma.

Dishonor.

Dishonor. Dishonor!

Bring her in.

Your Majesty, what will you do?

I shall do what is usually done

in such event.

No. No!

No! Mrs. Anna,

do not let them beat me.

Do not let them!

- Where is this man?

- I do not know.

It is known you were lovers with him.

I was not lovers with this man!

Dishonor!

- We will have truth of you.

- Stop that! Do you hear? Stop it!

It is better

if you understand at once...

...that this does not concern you.

Oh, but it does, Your Majesty.

It does, dreadfully.

Because of her,

and even more because of you.

She's a child, running away

because she was unhappy.

Can't you understand that?

You waste my time!

I beg of you not to take revenge

on this girl.

You'll throw away everything you've

accomplished for yourself and country.

The girl hurt your vanity, that's all.

She didn't hurt your heart.

You have no heart!

You've never loved anyone

and you never will.

I will show you. Give me.

I can't believe you will do

this dreadful thing!

You don't? Believe when you hear

her screams as you run from here.

I am not going to run. I am going

to stand here and watch you.

Hold this girl. I do this myself!

You are a barbarian.

Down, down, down!

Am I king or am I not king?

Am I to be cuckold in my own palace,

to take orders from English teacher?

- No, no. Not orders.

- Silence!

I am king as I was born to be...

...and Siam to be governed in my way!

Not English way, not French way,

not Chinese way!

My way!

Barbarian, you say.

There is no barbarian worse

than a weak king.

And I am strong, do you hear?

Strong!

Well?

The man, the lover has been found

in river. He is dead.

Dead?

Oh, no!

Oh, no!

Oh, no!

I don't understand you,

not you or your king.

I'll never understand him.

You!

When I warn you of this

many months ago, you do not listen.

You have destroyed him.

He can never be the king

he was before.

You have taken all that away from him.

You have destroyed king!

The next boat that comes, no matter

where it goes, I shall be on it.

Give this back to His Majesty.

I wish you have never come to Siam.

So do I.

Oh, so do I!

Mother.

Mother, our luggage is all loaded.

We'll be late for the boat.

Yes, Louis.

I'm coming.

Mrs. Anna.

Lady Thiang. Your Highness.

How nice of you

to come to say goodbye.

Mrs. Anna, I do not come for myself.

I come for one

who must see you quickly.

You may tell His Majesty

I am no longer subject to him.

You do not understand.

Mrs. Anna...

...he is dying!

Dying?

The king?

Oh, no, Lady Thiang. What happened?

Who can say what it is

that makes a man die?

A sad heart that no longer wishes

to go on beating?

Ever since night of great banquet,

he has shut himself away in palace...

...turning from all

who would speak to him...

...unwilling to sleep

or to nourish himself...

...searching through many books,

only to push them aside in despair.

Doctors warned him he must

change his ways quickly...

...but he would not listen, Mrs. Anna.

He would not listen.

I had no idea.

Everyone who knew

was forbidden to speak of it.

And now, doctors have no hope for him.

Mrs. Anna.

Your Highness.

I am frightened, Mrs. Anna.

I am frightened

because I love my father...

...and also because if he dies,

I shall be king.

And I do not know how to be.

Many men learn this after

they become kings, Your Highness.

It will be good to think back...

...on all that

Mrs. Anna has taught you.

When king heard you were sailing

tonight, he started to write letter.

It was difficult for him, Mrs. Anna.

Very difficult.

He has commanded

that I give it to you.

Please, may I hear what

my father has said, Mrs. Anna?

"While I am lying here...

...I think perhaps I die.

This heart which you say

I have not got...

...is matter of concern.

It occurs to me that there shall be

nothing wrong that men shall die.

For all that matters about man...

...is that he shall have tried

his utmost best.

In looking back, I discover that

you think much on those people...

...who require that you live up

to best of self.

You have spoken truth to me always...

...and for this I have often

lost my temper on you.

But now I do not wish to die...

...without saying this gratitude...

...and large respect,

et cetera, et cetera.

I think it very strange...

...that a woman shall have been

most earnest help of all.

But, Mrs. Anna, you must remember...

...that you have been

a very difficult woman...

...and much more difficult

than generality. "

We must hurry back now.

You will come?

Mother...

...now that the king is dying...

...does that make you friends again?

I suppose so, Louis.

We can't hurt each other anymore.

He always frightened me.

I wish you had known him better.

You two could have been

such good friends.

In many ways he was

just as young as you.

Was he as good a king

as he could have been?

I don't think any man has ever been

as good a king as he could have been.

But this one tried.

He tried very hard.

You really like him,

don't you, Mother?

Yes, Louis.

I like him very much.

Very much indeed.

Several weeks...

...I do not see you, Mrs. Anna.

And now I die.

Oh, no, Your Majesty.

This is not scientific.

I know...

...if I die or do not die.

You shouldn't be here.

Can't we move you to your room?

No.

I wish to remain here

in room with knowledge.

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