The Water Diviner Page #3
dead blokes in the cemetery.
She wanted them buried
in consecrated ground.
How much blood do you need
for it to be holy?
You know we lost over 2,000 men
in those four days at Lone Pine?
The Turks lost 7,000.
We didn't take
too many prisoners either.
I don't know
if I forgive any of us.
and said tang...
to his father's lands.
on the lawn of the royal palace,
the sultan dropped to his knees,
salted tears streaked his cheeks.
As he embraced Prince Hussein,
he cried, "My son.
My son.
After all your rich adventures...
...the magic carpet has carried you
on the four winds to this...
...your home."
Forgive my intrusion.
Major Hasan, I wanted
to apologise to you
for my outburst.
There is a Persian saying,
may you outlive your children.
It sounds like a blessing,
but it is the worst curse
one can place
on the head of a man.
I had this list
sent from Istanbul.
This is your family name.
What is this list?
If this is your son,
he was taken prisoner.
He did not die here.
He left Canakkale. Alive.
Joshua Bey.
Hello.
Did you find my father?
No.
Sorry, am I intruding?
Is it is his birthday?
No, his Sunnet.
Oh, bloody hell.
It's a private thing.
- No!
- Sorry.
Do you want to see my scar?
Ah, thanks, mate. No.
You have guests.
Welcome back to Stamboul,
Mr Connor.
- You are always welcome.
- Thank you.
My apologies, Major.
Admiral Calthorpe will have
to reschedule your meeting.
Perhaps next Tuesday?
Does that suit?
Yes. If your Admiral could
also reschedule the Greeks.
Allow us to handle the Greeks
through proper
diplomatic channels.
Let us not have another war.
It's the same war.
It hasn't ended.
Major Hasan,
can you tell me the...
No. I have finished helping.
Mr Connor,
do you have your passport?
You were specifically ordered
not to go to Gallipoli.
I'm not in your army.
All I need to know is the name
of the prison camp
they sent my son to.
If your son did not return home,
the sad reality is,
he's deceased.
This was the Ottoman Empire,
one of the largest empires
the world has ever known,
and presently
The Bolshies,
they want the Black Sea.
The French and Italians,
they want the Aegean.
And currently, in Anatolia,
incidentally,
the Turks and the Greeks
are turning the place
into a complete and utter blood bath.
So where, pray,
in all this madness
would you like us to start
looking for your son?
You said the prison camps
were in Anatolia?
The Turk army?
The camps are gone.
They're all gone.
And so are you.
Lieutenant, show Mr Connor out.
I will be at your hotel,
0400 on Thursday,
with your passport and
a ticket home via Calcutta.
Courtesy of the British Army.
We will make sure
you will not miss that boat.
Have you bothered
to ask yourself, man,
if your son was still alive,
would he not simply come home?
Mr Connor, please.
My brother died
on that bloody Peninsula.
My fiancee works
for the Red Cross here.
If it would be helpful, I
could arrange an appointment.
That would be very helpful,
thank you.
Well, Mr Connor, I think you
can show yourself out from here.
Good luck.
Thanks again.
Major Hasan?
I need to talk to Major Hasan.
Nobody will tell me
what prison camp
they sent my son Arthur to.
Your army must have records?
Please, I'm at a dead end.
Then now
we are in the same place.
I told you,
I cannot help anymore.
You must never come back here,
Mr Connor.
He is handsome, eh?
Don't you think?
Big, strong.
men. I'm married.
No, of course. His equipment
In need of practice,
but all there.
Anne, Joshua Bey is coming
with us to the cistern.
No. It is just you and me
today. Special treat.
I am sorry, Mr Connor,
this is not possible.
- It will not be proper.
- Hm, I understand.
Next time.
Oh! Mr Connor...
Perhaps if you were to follow
20 paces behind,
I will get my hat and my coat.
You know where I live, my home?
Sometimes it doesn't rain for
three or four years at a time.
We have to find water
in the earth.
How do you find it underground?
Well, there's the trick.
You have to feel it.
And you feel it every time?
No. I have dug a lot of wells
that just turned out
to be holes.
I'll show you.
I have something of yours.
Orhan asked me
to find your husband.
I hate this photograph.
Turgut is a musician,
never a soldier.
How long were you married?
I am married.
12 years.
He told her, 'Why would we
want our daughter
to be as miserable as us?
It is not easy
to marry for love here.
Maybe my mother was right.
Turgut was mad.
Bills to the roof not paid,
music all hours,
parties, lazy friends.
I miss the chaos.
I wish my mother
had arranged my marriage.
You did not love your wife?
Oh, I adored her.
I was just so bad at courting,
out of impatience.
But it was happy.
Very. Until the boys were lost.
It's good to know
where they are.
Not lost or nameless anymore.
I was told my oldest son
was taken prisoner.
So he's alive?
I don't know.
But you have hope.
Hope's a necessity
where I come from.
Goodnight, Mr Connor.
Goodnight.
Take care,
your fate is in there.
You have to drink it first.
Now we wait.
We decide everything here
by coffee. Business, holidays.
- Even our husbands.
- And that works?
When two families come together
to arrange a marriage,
the young girl
serves them coffee.
If it is sweet,
she approves of the match.
If it is bitter, go away.
The more sugar,
the deeper the love.
It is all peasant nonsense.
Stay here.
Stop! Stop, you fool!
This is not your business!
This is what you want?
The enemy?
It has nothing to do with him!
My brother was a fool!
You disgrace our family!
Go! Go, you have to leave now!
You've offended his honour,
he'll not forgive this!
- He hit you!
- I hit him!
You see, you understand nothing.
You will never understand!
I thought I was doing
the right thing.
Yes. Yes, you and your sons
and your armies,
All you did was rob Orhan
of a father
and left me with choices
like this!
Then, please, let me help.
Ha, so now you will rescue us.
I didn't mean it like that,
And where are they now?!
This is not your world.
Go home, Mr Connor!
You don't need to go. She gets
angry with me all the time.
You would make a good
ambassador, Connor Bey.
You know him? This man
has dishonoured my family!
My orders are to take him
to Major Hasan.
Come here, Connor.
First we will teach him a
lesson about honour.
All four of you?
Come on.
I found your son's name
on a list of wounded.
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