The Lovers Page #3

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- Desperate times...

- Desperate measures.

Let's see how their dog sepoys deal

with what you have in store, little man.

Don't mention it to anyone.

Let's move. Let's go. Come on.

Is all in order, Joost?

Aye. The ladies are sleepin'.

All of them.

You'll be under my brother's command.

Remember, quiet as a snake.

You don't want them waking up. Go to it.

Good luck, sir. Alright, let's move.

Run, sepoy dogs!

Throw me your lance.

Desai!

Capture the queen.

Get back and fight.

Come on.

I'm never drinking brandy again.

Good.

Come.

Dolly.

Charles saheb.

Charles saheb

James saheb is here.

- Did it go well?

- Yes, sir.

James!

Once you were asleep, we hid you

in the hay carts. Out of danger.

- You drugged us?

- Your Highness...

take my word for it.

You were better off asleep.

Our attackers intended to kill you.

Not to rescue you.

Then let us go.

Your Highness, I've been charged

with the duty of escorting you to Bombay.

And I can guarantee you that you'll be safe

as long as you are in my custody.

And do you have enough men

to honor such a guarantee?

Yes, Your Highness.

Without guides you'll get lost.

For the last 4 years I've been surveying

this country, Highness.

We'll take back roads,

but we won't get lost.

I need some water. Come.

James, you made me throw up.

No, Dolly, you took your own poison.

Oh, this... this isn't mine.

Clara likes to drink.

Forgive me, ladies, but it was a very

mild opiate and I needed total silence.

Men.

I'm sorry.

You don't need to apologize, James.

Actually, I greatly admire

your imagination.

Thank you, Ms. Coldstream.

Stop it.

Hey, here's a dowry.

Use it to find a husband

that is less stubborn.

I know where they are.

Towards Dhar.

The royal palanquin burnt,

but you saw no bodies.

No, father.

It's vital that our people

know the queen is alive.

They'll fight loyally for her and her child.

Without her, we cannot succeed.

Stewart is coming.

Udaji, if the queen is alive, find her.

And for all our sakes, make it swift.

I doubt you will be

the only one looking.

They've cut us off.

Well?

We'll skirt through on the back of them.

We take the dragon's throat.

- Okay, chalo.

- Dragon's throat?

- We'll have to abandon the animals.

- That's the idea, Charlie.

Desai, what is the dragon's throat?

Keep it going. That's it.

Nice and steady, lads.

Oh, my God!

No, no, no. I can't.

Tulaja.

No one is looking.

- It's very safe.

- Don't laugh.

- Your Highness, can you run?

- Yes, for my child, I'll fly.

Go.

I think we're supposed to be

going up the waterfall...

ladies.

- Charlie.

- Alright, lads.

Is she alright?

Yes. She hurt her ankle on a rock.

So for the most part, she's fine.

They're both fine.

Both?

Yes, if I'm not mistaken,

the girl is with child.

But if we keep up this pace,

she could lose the baby.

Would you have really shot us, captain?

Aye.

I really would have.

My servant's not too well. I must go.

The queen should rest

for a while, don't you think?

It's alright.

I won't reveal who she is...

Your Highness.

You know who I am...

but still you call me highness.

I know who you're not. Not who you are.

Someone once told me...

that the God Lord Krishna

married three princesses.

And they lived in a palace

made of silver.

One day, Krishna fell incurably ill.

A doctor was called.

And he told the God,

the only cure for his illness

was dust from the foot

of a generous woman.

But you see the princesses,

they had no dust on their feet.

So they could not cure Krishna

no matter how much they wished to.

The doctor did find dust, however.

On the foot of a poor shepherd girl.

And that dust

to the fury of the princesses...

cured Lord Krishna of his illness.

Who are you?

Why don't you ask Lord Krishna?

You seem to believe

he has all the answers.

They are not using the roads.

Englishman is a fox,

but I know how he thinks.

Salim! We'll need extra men.

Send for Bhavan at the Rajwada. Go!

Well, brother.

We are off the map.

That ruined fort down by the river.

We can rest there for the night.

James.

We've been doing this for a week.

Are we going to be be alright?

Oh, don't worry. They won't find us.

Even we don't know where we are.

Captain.

I brought you some water.

It seems you know a lot

about my country.

I build roads.

When you build a road across a country

you soon see its soul.

It appears you like what you see.

Aye.

I like what I see.

I've grown to like it very much.

The English are my enemy.

I'm not so fond of them myself.

I'm from Scotland.

My grandfather supported

a Scottish king.

When the English won...

my family lost everything.

This was our way out.

When we've saved enough

my brother and I plan to buy a farm

in America.

America?

Massachusetts.

We'll leave when we're discharged.

Why won't you tell me your name?

It's not the custom of my country

for a woman to give her name

to a stranger.

Especially an English stranger.

Yes.

Especially...

an English stranger.

Perhaps, you should hand us over

to our pursuers.

This would be to your advantage.

I would not.

Is this a custom of your country?

I cannot blame my actions on Scotland.

They say...

that death is our fate...

and tomorrow's the end of us.

And do you believe them?

Yes.

What is your name?

Tulaja Naik.

Tulaja Naik.

Set the dummies here...

and... here.

That should lure them

into the courtyard here.

James, is it not coldhearted

to continue on this escapade

with such a pregnant girl.

Or do you not care about such things?

I do. As it happens.

I'm sorry.

But if we cannot hold them...

I assume they are not the kind

of people who take prisoners.

Clara.

With you and Dolly to defend us

I do not think it will come to that.

Yes.

Dolly, for God's sake,

be an Egerton. Reload!

They are my people.

I'll wait for you down by the river.

Aye.

Havan, let's find those boats. Come on.

You are free, Your Highness,

to go back to your people.

What will they do, captain?

Your English, when they find out?

They'll cashier me or...

court martial me, or hang me.

Perhaps all three.

Why, captain?

They don't take too kindly

to disobeying orders.

No, why are you letting us go?

Her child will die, if I don't.

Come with us.

I'll be honored.

I can't.

I'm not a traitor.

Tulaja Naik!

May Bhawarti bless you with good luck.

Always.

James...

you sentimental bloody idiot.

Captain! Captain!

Halt!

Captain!

- Is he alright?

- I think so.

You said that they will hang you

if you don't take back a princess.

Now you will.

But when they discover...

They don't even know

what the queen looks like.

No,

it's too dangerous.

By the time they realize,

I will have escaped.

It's not that easy.

However polite they seem...

they'll put you under guard.

This is my country...

where you foreigners

see a crack in the rock

I see a door.

When I'm gone,

no blame will attach to you.

Is there someone waiting for you...

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