Titanic Page #5

Is everything all right?

Yes, sir.

Leak in the boiler room!

I'll inform the captain immediately.

Stop engines!

Engines are stopped.

It seems to me

the engines have stopped.

Indeed, the engines have stopped.

I'll go ask the captain

what's going on.

Good idea. Come on, everyone.

We're going to the captain.

What do you want?

- We'd like to speak to the captain.

- The captain isn't here.

There must be some officer here.

There's no officer here, either.

Now clear out.

Why do you want to talk to the captain?

We want to know

why the engines have stopped.

See for yourself.

Ladies and gentlemen,

be very still for one moment.

Quiet!

He's right. The engines have stopped.

Please tell us what you know.

You're too pessimistic.

We're damaged, but we can't go under.

The ship is ripped open

from the bow to past the bridge.

In two hours,

the propellers will be in the air.

Phillips.

Send this:

"SOS. Titanic damaged.

Urgently request help. Smith."

"SOS. Titanic damaged.

Urgently request help. Smith."

The lifeboats are to be readied

only on my order.

They're worried in the ballroom.

Yes, thank you.

Petersen, you calm down

the passengers.

Tell them it was a maneuver

to avoid drift ice.

Gentlemen, to your stations.

Mr. Phillips, I have to send

an urgent telegram.

We're not accepting

private telegrams right now.

- What is that supposed to mean?

- You heard me.

But Ismay personally assured Mr. Astor

that his telegrams would have priority.

I'm not interested.

Now please leave. I'm busy.

Ladies and gentlemen, please give

your attention to the first officer.

Ladies and gentlemen.

The engines have stopped because

we are changing course and speed...

as a precaution to avoid drift ice.

There is, therefore,

no cause for alarm.

That includes all of you in steerage.

I would thus ask you

to return to your cabins.

It's about time.

I've been waiting for half an hour.

Sorry.

I had some pressing business.

- You may congratulate me.

- On what?

Imagine:
The jewelry box

was stolen from Astor's cabin.

- Congratulate you for that?

- No. Because I caught the thief.

Do you know who it was?

My old friend,

Senor Cristobal Mendoz from Cuba.

What's that?

Where's that coming from?

A water pipe must have burst.

We should tell someone.

You're right.

A good reason to get out of here.

Open up!

Have you got a connection?

Yes, the SS /duna is coming to our aid.

They've given us their position.

I know the /duna.

She makes 13 knots tops.

That's much too far away.

It's pointless.

- They refuse to accept private telegrams.

- Ridiculous.

Ismay hopes to save himself

by cutting off communication...

but he's wrong again.

520/0 of all shares

are now certain to be mine.

At an average price of 60.

A good bit of business.

Not just good, Hopkins. Great.

You can get everything ready

for our arrival in New York.

And one more thing:

Put my wife's jewelry case

in my luggage.

I found a few especially beautiful gems

I want to mount with the Blue Diamond.

A little surprise for my wife.

By the way, where is my wife?

Still in the ballroom?

No. I last saw madam

with Lord Douglas in the bar.

You're mistaken.

I'm not unhappy.

Even if my husband

only thinks about business.

Even if I'm just an asset

on his balance sheet.

But you don't love him,

so you're not happy.

The happiness

you speak of is an illusion.

Passion never leads to happiness.

- Yes, it does.

- No, it doesn't.

Then why have you led me on?

- Have I done that?

- Yes.

Perhaps you're right.

Maybe I did toy with the possibility.

But now I'm afraid of my own courage.

Because you're afraid of

changing your life, of giving up luxury.

- Archibald?

- Yes?

You're beginning to bore me.

Get all passengers on deck

with their life jackets on.

Tell them it's a drill.

Lie to them as long as you can.

Don't load the lifeboats

until you hear the horn.

Women and children first.

Herr Petersen, you see to

the most important passengers personally.

Thank you, gentlemen.

Did you find the jewelry box?

No, it's nowhere to be found.

Jenny doesn't know where it is either.

In any case, madam was the last one

to have the jewelry box.

I see.

You sent for me, John?

Why?

Your jewelry box has disappeared.

Please leave us alone, Hopkins.

What's wrong, John?

Please answer one question:

Who were you last with?

Why do you ask?

With Lord Douglas?

That's what I thought.

What does that have to do

with the theft?

You must know

Lord Douglas is bankrupt.

Gentleman's debts, they call it.

Your recommendation didn't help him.

I didn't give him any money.

I don't understand you.

Do you think Lord Douglas

is capable of stealing?

No, the jewelry hasn't been stolen.

Then what?

The jewelry wasn't stolen.

It was given as a gift.

What do you mean?

I mean you helped your lover

the only way you knew how.

Pity you couldn't have given me

this news five minutes earlier.

Why?

It doesn't matter anymore.

All you know is your money.

Nothing else.

And with good reason.

Money is the only value I believe in.

What is it?

Please put on your life jackets

and go up on deck.

Why? Has something happened?

No, the captain has ordered

a lifeboat drill.

Put on your life jackets

and go on deck. Please hurry.

Lifeboat drill?

Then I should go?

And you have nothing more

to say to me?

No. I don't wish to continue

this conversation.

Just leave me alone.

Please accompany my wife on deck.

On deck?

Yes. Please go.

Put on your life jackets

and go on deck immediately.

Why?

The captain has ordered

a lifeboat drill.

Is someone there?

Please put on your life jackets

and go on deck immediately.

On deck? Why?

I'm not authorized to give

the passengers additional information.

One moment.

But you will give me information.

As the man responsible for this,

I will give you information:

The Titanic is sinking.

- What are you saying?

- The Titanic is sinking.

We collided with an iceberg.

She's ripped open from the bow

to under the bridge.

Don't talk nonsense.

You'll soon see

whether it's nonsense.

In just hours a few thousand people

will be on the bottom because of you.

But we have lifeboats.

The lifeboats will hold at most

a third of the passengers.

I order you to secure

a lifeboat for me immediately!

First, you can't give me orders.

Second, women and children go first.

Third, I advise you to go

to your cabin and get your life jacket.

- Stay here!

- What else do you want?

Please, let's talk man to man.

Forget about earlier this evening.

I was nervous and excited.

I beg you, get a lifeboat for me.

- You should have seen to the lifeboats.

- No! Be reasonable.

I'll give you five...

I'll give you $10,000! Save me a place!

We'll just see if I come along!

You! Always you!

Now you're screaming with fear.

You should have thought

about all of this earlier.

- Just leave me alone.

- Leave you alone?

Now I should just leave you alone.

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