The Ottoman Lieutenant Page #2

(TRAIN WHISTLE)

I just don't know when I'll be back.

We'll see.

Lieutenant Veli.

I can't thank you enough for your help.

Actually, Miss Rowe, it's I

who should be thanking you.

This is a great opportunity

to put aside my military career

and help you drag your boxes and your

ridiculous truck to the edge of nowhere.

(WOMEN CHATTER)

Lieutenant Veli.

I am sorry if this trip interferes

with your grand plans for yourself,

but given that your countrymen

are in desperate need of medical help,

you might think about their needs

instead of your own.

ISMAIL:
Erm...

You can't be here.

(CLEARS THROAT)

Miss Rowe!

Miss Rowe! There are customs here.

You need to observe them

if you're going to get along.

Thank you, Lieutenant,

for pointing that...

(GASPS)

(TRAIN WHISTLE)

(HORSE NEIGHS)

(MEN SPEAK IN TURKISH)

- You shouldn't wander off.

- I'm perfectly fine.

Is that MountArarat where Noah landed?

Yes. We call it Ar Da.

Ar Da.

Noah and the Great Flood. Adam and Eve.

You know, it's also

part of the Islamic culture.

- Really?

- Hm-hm.

- Adam and Eve?

- Hm-hm.

Only in the Islamic telling,

they weren't driven out of the garden.

They were placed

in different parts of the world,

so they had to search

to find each other.

Please stay close.

(HORSE NEIGHS)

ISMAIL:
Wake up. Wake up.

Whatever happens, don't show yourself.

Hide!

(C*CKS GUN)

We're bringing medical supplies

to the American Mission Hospital.

It's just medicine and bandages

and supplies for people in need.

Your boots. Your boots are army.

They're just boots.

Drop the rifle, Turk.

I know who you are, soldier.

The question is, am I going to kill you?

Or will my Christian conscience

prevent me?

Hey! Shall we kill this Turkish dog?

Get in!

Go, go, go!

Let's go! Let's go!

Yah! Yah!

Get him!

(GUNSHOTS)

(GASPS)

I can't control it!

Come on!

(THUNDER RUMBLES)

Miss Rowe, we are lucky.

- Lucky?

- Yes.

I lost the medical supplies.

I lost the truck. My brother's truck.

They would have taken

those things anyway.

- One more thing they would have taken.

- And what's that?

Our lives.

- You can use this as a pillow.

- Thank you.

There.

- Thank you, Lieutenant.

- Apologies for the arrangement.

I hope you'll be able to get some sleep.

(CHUCKLES)

(HORSE NEIGHS)

Hello! (VOICE ECHOES)

Hello!

How do you say "hello" in Turkish?

ISMAIL:
Merhaba. (VOICE ECHOES)

LILLIE:
Merhaba.

LILLIE:
Is that the mission?

No. That's the garrison

where I've been posted.

Your mission hospital is over there.

Come.

Well, you made it.

Goodbye, Miss Rowe.

I hope we'll be able

to see each other...

JUDE:
Miss Rowe?

What are you doing here?

- Really?

- Dr Gresham, it's a long story.

(SHE LAUGHS)

- Are you all right?

- I'm... I'm fine, actually.

And this is my escort, Lieutenant Veli.

- Lieutenant, this is Dr Gresham.

- Doctor.

(IN TURKISH) Lieutenant.

Thank you for bringing her safely to us.

Let's get you out of the sun, shall we?

Thank you, Lieutenant.

So what happened to you?

I was... I was bringing

your medical supplies

- in my brother's truck, as I promised.

- You brought the truck?

Unfortunately it was stolen

in the mountains by bandits

along with all the supplies.

I'm so sorry.

You're here. You're alive.

That's what counts. Come on.

Since I can't deliver

the supplies, I...

- I'd like to volunteer my services.

- You want to be a nurse here?

- Well, you need nurses, don't you?

- Badly.

- That's Dr Woodruff, our founder.

- Could I meet him?

JUDE:
Of course.

Garrett.

- What is it? Who's this?

- JUDE:
Her name is Lillian Rowe.

She's come from Philadelphia

to bring us valuable medical supplies.

I'm afraid there was a problem with

the supplies, but I'd like to stay...

Stay? You can't stay.

What is she talking about, Gresham?

She's a trained nurse, Garrett.

And she's volunteered her services.

We can't afford to...

Miss Rowe?

Go home.

Go home immediately.

Is everyone one around here

losing their mind but me?

This is no place for a woman.

I apologise.

Dr Woodruff can be a little blunt.

- Would you like to see the main ward?

- Yes.

As you can see,

we have 24 beds active.

- MAN:
Doctor.

- Two in...

- Doctor. (SPEAKS TURKISH)

- Excuse me.

- (PATIENTS COUGH)

- (MAN SPEAKS TURKISH)

(SPEAKS TURKISH)

Hello.

What's your name?

I'm Lillie.

And you are?

Aghavni.

That's a lovely name.

Aghavni.

What's that?

A... A bird?

Aghavni means "bird"?

WOODRUFF:
Dove.

Aghavni means "dove".

- (COUGHS)

- Oh, oh, oh...

Is that malaria?

Malaria?

Pay attention to the symptoms.

The deep bronchial cough.

Body completely covered

in bright red rash. Hm?

It's typhus.

Not malaria.

You can't even recognise typhus.

Where did you get your training?

Dr Gresham! Doctor!

He does not breathe.

He does not breathe.

- Take care of him, Zoya.

- He does not breathe.

- No respiration. No heartbeat.

- His pupils aren't contracted.

He's still alive.

Pleural abscess upper right quadrant.

LILLIE:
It's crushing

his heart and lungs.

JUDE:
Scalpel.

- (GASPS)

- JUDE:
Gauze.

(MAN COUGHS)

Gauze.

Forceps.

Gauze.

I'm gonna catch you, you little doll!

Caught you!

- (YELLS) Caught you!

- (GIGGLES)

Zoya, can you keep an eye on her?

How did this happen?

Lillie. Lillie.

Let us deal with this.

Nurse Rowe, I believe you already

know our friend, Christapor.

Friend?

He's come here to sell us this fine

equipment, which we need very badly.

You expect to be paid

for what you've already stolen?

I came across these things

in the mountains.

That's a lie.

He's a thief. He's a bandit.

Young woman! Control yourself.

We're trying to conduct business here.

Very fine equipment.

But it doesn't matter.

We can't meet your price.

- My price is very reasonable.

- Your price is too high.

- I won't be extorted.

- Garrett, let me work something out.

We need this equipment.

Take Miss Rowe inside.

Let me deal with it.

JUDE:
Christapor.

Is there anything else

we could do for you?

JUDE:
I hope that's not

a letter of resignation.

No, it's my parents.

I thought you'd be pleased.

Your brother's truck

has finally arrived.

I don't understand

making deals with thieves.

In the Armenian community, Christapor

and his men are considered heroes.

They're making a stand for Christianity

against the Turkish Muslims.

I thought we were

supposed to be neutral.

This war in Europe...

is going to split Anatolia

down the middle.

The Armenians on one side

and the Turks on the other.

It's going to be bloody.

A lot of people are going to die.

We're going to need your supplies

to help everyone.

Now do you understand

why I had to do it?

I'm beginning to.

Good night.

We are climbing Jacob's ladder

Soldiers of the cross

Every rung goes higher, higher

Soldiers of the cross

We are climbing higher, higher

We are climbing higher, higher

Soldiers of the cross

Sinners, do you love my Jesus?

Soldiers of the cross

Hey!

My parents died when I was young.

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