The World in His Arms Page #2

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Sitka. What you think about that?

You make good company for each other.

- Hey hey, is that nice way to talk

about Russian Countess? Hey you, you,

how you like to sign on as first mate?

Cast off, Portugee. For as vinegar

to the teeth and smoke to the eye

so is the sound of your voice

to the ears of an honest man.

Hey, I got good crew,

all New England boys.

Hey I got the best

crew on all Pacific Ocean.

Hello my friends, come,

everybody drink on Portugee.

I treat everybody.

Only Beer.

Hey, amigo, amigo.

- Now, is everything ready?

Everything is ready.

- Fine, then I shall tell her highness

that we sail on the evening tide.

- That's it, hey we gonna sail

on the evening tide.

Hey, where's the bar in there?

We go! We go!

My friend we don't sail on no tide.

- Hm?

I got no crew.

- But you told me you had a crew.

As for to this morning I had a crew.

You see them boys?

Best crew in whole world,

I steal 'em from Boston Man.

Now, no crew. Boston

Man steal 'em back.

I think he's a thief.

- This is preposterous.

Ah, we have two, three,

maybe six little drink.

You assured me we would

leave on the night tide.

You accepted the Countesse's

money, twenty-five thousand in

good American gold.

- That's true.

We must leave tonight, Prince

Semyon is due to arrive perhaps,

perhaps in a matter of hours.

What's this got to do with me?

- With you nothing, but for the

Countess it means an impossible

marriage to a man she hates.

And for me it's a, it's a

matter of life and death.

Then my friend, I think you're dying.

Ah, come we have 4, 5 little drinks.

I have bourbon, beer,

vodka, what you take?

I'll take my twenty-five

thousand, if you please.

What? We make a deal.

- You haven't kept it.

What's the difference?

We make a deal.

Vodka for my friend.

- You haven't kept your share of it.

When a Portugee make

a deal, it's a deal.

When do I meet the Countess, eh?

You don't! But I advise you to find

a crew within 48 hours.

I'm not the man to be trifled with.

- Hey, I don't trifle with men either.

Oh, this Countess, eh, she's,

eh, she's pretty?

Very strange people these Russians.

They give you money then want

it back. Between you and me,

I think he's a thief.

Now, we are ready.

Is the ship ready?

Do we leave tonight?

- No. - What?

This is ridiculous. One minute he

tells us we're to leave tonight,

now he tells we're

not to leave tonight.

If we are to leave, we leave. If we

are not to leave, we do not leave.

What is all this excitement about?

- Your Highness, we do not leave

for Sitka tonight.

- Why not?

This Portugee, it seems he had some

waterfront character steal the crew

that belonged to the Boston Man.

- The Boston Man, who is he?

A pirate! The man's rais on the

people of seal herds have brought

the Alaskan Fur Company to

the verge of bankruptcy.

You could do the Governor General

no greater favour than to bring him

Jonathan Clark's head, nicely

wrapped, in a basket.

I'm afraid my uncle will have to

accept me without the basket.

What is all this?

- Your crew, it seems the Boston Man

decided to steal them

back from the Portugee

and moved them into the hotel.

- Then perhaps you were doing business

with the wrong person. Why not hire

this Boston Man to take us to Sitka?

But your Highness, he's a pirate.

An enemy of the Tzar.

Is that imortant? Or have you

forgotten that there is no safety

for you or for me either

until we reach Alaska?

And very little there if the Governor

General decides to obey the Tzar

rather than listen to you.

- Do not worry about my uncle, Ivan.

He will listen to me.

- Very well your Highness,

I shall insist, that the Portugee...

- Forget the Portugee.

Talk to the Boston Man.

- But your Highness,

he is practically an outlaw!

I want the coat in blue, with satin

lapels and I'll take two in brown,

ah, make it three.

Send those invitations to the

Mayor and the Governor?

They have been notified, yes, Sir.

- Good, find Joe Sweeny down at the

city's treasurer's office.

- Unfortunately no, Sir,

Mr. Sweeny's being

hanged this evening.

They checked his accounts

and it seems they discovered

a slight case of embezzlement.

- Oh, that's too bad, he was

a great man with the bottle.

There are very few of us left.

What's the matter Ogeechuck?

You're unhappy?

We go.

I beg your pardon, Sir. I understand

you're the Captain of a schooner

that arrived this morning.

- That's right, what are you selling?

I'd like to charter your ship. I must

get to Alaska immediately.

I'm sorry, Mister. We just

got back from Alaska.

I'm sure I could make

it worth your while.

It concerns the Countess Selanova

and her party. I'm her representative.

Paul Shushaldin, Colonel of the

Preparshensk Regiment Imperial Guard

to his Majesty the Tzar

of all the Russias.

In that case, let me introduce you

to another of the Tzar's subjects.

Malou, shake hands with

an officer of the Tzar.

Don't be surprised, you'll

see a lot of that in Alaska.

This is Malou, an Aleutian seal hunter

who failed to turn in his quota

for the Tzar. Baronov the last

Governor General up there lapped off

his hand to teach him a lesson.

- Now I'm a work for Boston Man,

no slave for Russians anymore.

- Pardon me, Captain Clark, the hatter

is in the bedroom.

- Well, thank you Eustace.

Give the gentleman a drink.

No, not now, not now.

Never put hats on a bed

man, that's bad luck.

Sir, I'm in position to offer you

25.000 Dollars for transportation

to Sitka for the Countess and her

party. - Your in position to lose

I understand this. I have

no love for the Russians

and even less for the nobility.

As for your Countess Selanova, you

tell her that she can swim to Alaska

for all I care. - And be sure to tell

her to take the inland passage.

We don't want her to scare the seals.

I told you to keep Louise outta here.

- Looks like she has a salt bathtub.

Now that's alright now, young lady,

but stay outta my tub.

Ogeechuck, she go.

We go.

We go.

Remember, you're ladies.

Mamie! You're the most wonderful sight

I've seen in two years.

Have you missed me?

- Just a little too much,

fool that I'm to admit it.

- Lena, have you got anything

to kick about.

Drinks for the ladies, Eustace.

You're a worthless rogue, Jonathan.

- Glad you love me.

Only for your money.

Captain Clark, I'll give you seventy-

five thousand Dollars...

Seventy-five thousand Dollars!

- Have a drink, General, have a drink.

Girls this is General, ah, what's your

name? - Paul Shushaldin,

Colonel of the Preparshensk Regiment

Imperial Guard of his Majesty the Tzar

of all the Russias.

- Isn't he beautiful, an imperial

Colonel with seventy-five

thousand Dollars.

Just my type. Seventy-five

thousand and with medals...

Don't be bashful, Colonel.

Colonel, why are you

running away from us?

We're only a couple of dancing girls.

We just wanna have a drink with you.

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