The Navigator: A Medieval Odyssey Page #4

- No!

- '...over 50,000 men...'

- Griffin, come here!

- '...now carry the AIDS virus.'

- Come here, Griffin.

'In three years,

nearly 2,000 of us will be dead.'

It's secure. Grab the rope!

We'll need to guide it.

The spike! It's on its way up!

The cathedral, Griffin!

The refuge... Make us safe!

Lost.

I can't see the spire anymore.

Connor...

Connor's going to fall.

I don't recognize any of it.

We'll find him.

We'll find him.

Hey, give a man a chance

for a puff of air!

Clear the rope!

Clear!

It won't move!

The rope's stuck in the pulley!

Aye! Let's slacken off!

Steady now! Be careful!

We've still got some time left!

Okay, she's moving!

Get someone to ring bell, Martin!

Signal the others. The city's vast.

I'm still lost, it's like...

I see too much.

Which way, boy? Show us!

- A signal!

- Where, Griffin?

Where?

Which way, boy?

Spike's on its way up!

Searle! Searle!

Black my eyes. Quick, blindfold me!

Hurry! Hurry!

It's this way! It's this way up here.

No! This way.

Wait!

Okay!

Slacken off a little!

Ah! Just keep it riding there.

Con, careful!

- Griffin...

- What's wrong?

Don't move!

This way!

Oi, it's not safe!

No, no, it's all right.

The winch is strong.

The blacksmiths give good instructions.

Griffin's dream!

In the dream Connor fell!

Keep the tension on!

Beware the winch!

Aargh!

- Con!

- Hang on!

Secure the rope! Grab it!

- The horse. Tie it to it!

- Right. Make it fast!

Get back, Griffin!

Griffin, don't go!

My God!

Griffin, watch out!

Griffin, stay back.

Con, it's not safe for you.

It's safe for no one. Moon's set.

We've got to get spike raised

before dawn breaks.

Lift me.

Can you do it?

Griffin, your hand. Here...

Godspeed.

Easy, lad. Good grip.

Easy!

Go on, son, get up there!

Easy, Griffin!

Come on, Griffin!

We'll hear the bells loud and clear

at dawn, if they're still well at village.

And dawn's coming, for good or ill.

There's no time!

There's no time, Griffin!

Come on, boy!

Sink it, boy.

Yeah!

Hey!

You made it, boy! You made it!

The bells!

- The bells!

- The bells!

They're safe!

Do you hear that?

'Twas me that fell.

Connor! Griffin!

Are you there, then?

The Death has skipped us by,

I'm sure of it!

Listen, it's Linnet.

Hello!

Con! Griffin!

There's no one sick!

Do you hear that?

Griffin, it could be we've done it!

They're well!

It's a sign.

A dream.

You had a wonderful dream, Griffin.

A wonderful story.

It was like a window opened.

So... everyone reached

the great church but me.

I got stuck at the black high road.

You didn't get stuck, Ulf.

You went under it.

'We were long gone, by then.

But you went forward.'

'You showed the little Virgin

the celestial city.'

Eh, Ulf.

Mother would be proud of you.

The little Virgin.

Could we place her in the great church?

Well, perhaps do you think it was enough

to have shown her the great city?

That's enough.

I did that.

I did that much.

Just a dream, Griffin.

Aye, but what a dream.

A vision of hell.

Connor.

You're safe!

They're back!

- Grigor.

- Searle.

- Fine to see you.

- God's spared us all.

Moon's already down

and no one's fallen ill. No one!

Is that right?

Whoo!

The village is saved!

The dream...

Could it be?

The Death.

Con, you're back!

It's a miracle!

You won't go away

like that no more, Con, will you?

No, never!

Stay away from me!

Connor, no!

The Death...

Connor.

Griffin!

You knew!

You were sick all along.

You knew!

Griffin, I...

- The Death!

- The Death!

The Death! The Death!

How could you have come back?

Griffin, I swear I didn't know plague

was upon me, not till we were into pit.

And then I kept my distance.

From all of you. I swear it.

And I was afraid.

There was nothing else I could do,

you understand?

There was nowhere else for me to go.

And I came to believe

the unfolding of your storywas...

I came to believe it was my salvation.

The salvation of us all!

But the dream made you all safe!

It's true, isn't it?

It's true.

Plague's left me. I'm mended.

Just a scar is all that remains.

Are we lost?

Do we all die, then?

No, it can't be.

But if the infection's loose...

No, because in dream one died.

Only one.

Aye, it won't break loose!

I shall not return to the village.

I want them to know the threat is gone.

Village safe.

Con, you'll tell them!

You'll bring them round!

Make them believe my story!

They must!

You'll tell them, won't you, Con?

That's when they'll believe it!

Godspeed.

Travel well, boy.

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