<< *156 . BARRY ENGLAND : CONDUCT UNBECOMING . LONDON , HEIN EMANN , 1971 . 112 P. . FIRST PERF. : 200569 . CHAR. : 01 2N D LT EDWARD MILLINGTON , 02 2ND LT ARTHUR DRAKE , 03 THE CO LONEL , COLONEL BENJAMIN STRANG , 04 THE SECOND-IN-COMMAND , MAJOR LIONEL ROACH , 05 MAJOR ALASTAIR WIMBOURNE , V.C. , 0 6 THE DOCTOR , LT COL MAURICE PRATT , 07 THE ADJUTANT , CAPT RUPERT HARPER , 08 THE JUNIOR SUBALTERN , 2ND LT RICHARD FO THERGILL , 09 LT FRANK HART , 10 2ND LT JOHN TRULY , 11 2ND LT SIMON BOULTON , 12 2ND LT EDWARD WINTERS , 13 2ND LT FRAN K HUTTON , 14 PRADAH SINGH , THE MESS MAJOR DOMO , 15 MRS MA RJORIE HASSELTINE , A WIDOW , 16 MEM STRANG , THE COLONEL'S LADY , 17 MRS BANDANAI , A WIDOW , 18 LAL , AN INDIAN SERVAN T WOMAN , 19 INDIAN MESS WAITERS ( 4 ) , 20 LADIES AT THE BA LL ( 3 ) , 21 JOHN SCARLETT , 22 OTHERS >> $ < TIME AND PLACE : INDIA IN THE LATE EIGHTEEN HUNDREDS . THE ANTE-ROOM TO A BRITISH ARMY REGIMENTAL OFFICERS' MESS > $ #5 $ < ACT ONE > $ < SCENE ONE > $ < THUNDER OF HORSES' HOOVES ... $ SOUND OF DRUMS ... $ THE MESS ( THE ANTE-ROOM ) AFTERNOON . $ DRAKE ENTERS , FOLLOWED BY MILLINGTON . $ DRAKE LOOKS ABOUT AS A MAN FINALLY AT PEACE . $ MILLINGTON , WITH GLOOM . $ A SILENCE . > $ 02 EXACTLY AS I IMAGINED IT WOULD BE . $ 01 HOW VERY UPLIFTING FOR YOU . $ 02 I SHOULD HARDLY EXPECT YOU TO UNDERSTAND . $ 01 BUT I DO , MY DEAR FELLOW . $ YOU FORGET THIS PLACE HAS HAUNTED MY CHILDHOOD TOO . $ 02 YOU APPEAR TO HAVE LEARNED LITTLE ENOUGH RESPECT FOR IT . $ 01 I 'VE A VERY HEALTHY RESPECT FOR IT . $ ONE SHOULD ALWAYS FEAR GHOSTS . $ < DRAKE STARES AT REGIMENTAL MEMENTOES . > $ 02 < ( QUIETLY ) > $ IT IS LIKE ... COMING HOME . $ 01 ISN'T IT , THOUGH ? $ < ( NOTICES , CROSSES TO ONE OF THE PORTRAITS . ) > $ GOOD HEAVENS . $ THE OLD FELLOW HIMSELF . $ 02 < ( TURNS , CROSSES ) > $ YOUR FATHER ? $ 01 DOESN'T HE LOOK SPLENDID ? $ 02 < ( READS PLAQUE ) > $ ' GENERAL SIR WILLIAM MILLINGTON , V.C. COLONEL OF THE REGIM ENT , 1875-1881 . ' $ 01 < ( TURNS AWAY ) > $ NOT TO MENTION ORDER OF THE BATH . $ < ( MAKES IT SOUND ABSURD . ) > $ SHERIFF OF THE COUNTY , JUSTICE OF THE PEACE ... $ 02 YOU WILL FIND ONLY MILITARY HONOURS HERE . $ THESE ARE PAST COLONELS AND HOLDERS OF THE VICTORIA CROSS . $ THAT IS THE REGIMENTAL TRADITION . $ 01 AH . $ #6 $ 02 AS A GENERAL'S SON YOU WILL BE EXPECTED TO KNOW THESE THI NGS . $ 01 < ( CHARMING SMILE ) > $ I CAN ALWAYS TURN TO YOU FOR INFORMATION , CAN'T I ? $ < SLIGHT PAUSE . > $ 02 YOU WILL FIND NO PORTRAIT OF MY FATHER HERE . $ HE WAS A MAJOR . $ 01 BUT , MY DEAR FELLOW . $ ' BACKBONE OF THE MESS . ' $ HOW OFTEN HAVE I HEARD THE GENERAL SAY ... $ 02 < ( ABRUPTLY ) > $ WE SHOULD PRESENT OURSELVES TO THE ADJUTANT . $ 01 IF WE CAN FIND HIM . $ OR INDEED ANYONE . $ 02 YES I ... DON'T QUITE UNDERSTAND WHERE EVERYONE CAN BE . $ 01 YOU DON'T SUPPOSE THERE 'S BEEN ANOTHER MUTINY ? $ < A SILENCE . > $ 02 I THINK I SHOULD WARN YOU , MILLINGTON , THAT WHILE I MIG HT , THROUGH FORCE OF CIRCUMSTANCE , TOLERATE YOUR IMBECILIT IES THROUGHOUT OUR VOYAGE TOGETHER , YOU WILL FIND THEY ARE NOT APPRECIATED HERE . $ 01 MY DEAR FELLOW , WE ARE NOT YET OFFICIALLY MEMBERS OF THE REGIMENT . $ WON'T YOU ALLOW ME A MOMENT OR TWO MORE OF MY NATIVE JOIE DE VIVRE . $ 02 YOU REALIZE , OF COURSE , THAT HOW YOU CHOOSE TO BEHAVE W ILL REFLECT ON ME ? $ 01 SURELY NOT ? $ 02 THERE IS NO QUESTION OF IT . $ UNFORTUNATELY , WE SHALL BE JUDGED TOGETHER . $ 01 OH , DEAR ... $ 02 I SHOULD THEREFORE TELL YOU THAT I HAVE EVERY INTENTION O F MAKING A SUCCESS OF MY THREE MONTHS' PROBATIONARY PERIOD W ITH THIS REGIMENT , AND JOINING IT PROPERLY AND FULLY AT THE END OF THAT TIME . $ 01 THAT IS KIND OF YOU , ARTHUR . $ THERE IS , UNHAPPILY , A LITTLE MATTER I SHOULD PERHAPS SHAR E WITH YOU . $ #7 $ 02 WHAT IS THAT ? $ 01 I HAVE NO INTENTION WHATEVER OF SURVIVING MY THREE MONTHS ' PROBATIONARY PERIOD . $ THERE IS A SHIP , THE DORIC CASTLE , WHICH SAILS FOR ENGLAND IN ALMOST EXACTLY THREE MONTHS TO THE DAY FROM NOW . $ I INTEND TO BE ON HER . $ < BEFORE DRAKE CAN REACT , PRADAH SINGH ENTERS . $ STATELY , DIGNIFIED , SIXTIES . $ HE BOWS . > $ 14 GOOD AFTERNOON , GENTLEMEN . $ MAY I BE OF SERVICE ? $ 02 YOU MUST BE PRADAH SINGH . $ 14 AND YOU , SIR , ARE MISTER DRAKE . $ IF I MAY SAY , YOU ARE MOST LIKE YOUR FATHER , UNDER WHOM I HAD THE HONOUR TO SERVE . $ 02 THANK YOU . $ 14 I HAD THE HONOUR TO SERVE ALSO UNDER YOUR FATHER , MILLIN GTON , SAHIB . $ THOUGH I WAS , OF COURSE , MUCH YOUNGER THEN , A MERE BOY . $ 01 YES HE DID HAVE ME RATHER LATE IN THE DAY . $ 14 HE WAS A FINE GENTLEMAN , SAHIB . $ 01 SO I AM ALWAYS BEING TOLD . $ 02 < ( RESCUES PRADAH ) > $ I UNDERSTAND YOUR FATHER ALSO SERVED WITH THE REGIMENT , PRA DAH SINGH ? $ 14 AND MY GRANDFATHER , SAHIB , IN MY FAMILY IT IS THE TRADI TION . $ 01 < ( CLICKS FINGERS ) > $ PRADAH SINGH , I FANCY I COULD DO GREAT SERVICE TO A LARGE W HISKY AND SODA . $ I WONDER IF YOU WOULD BE SO KIND ... $ 02 THAT 'S QUITE OUT OF THE QUESTION . $ 01 IN HEAVEN'S NAME , WHY ? $ 02 WE MAY NEITHER ORDER NOR ACCEPT DRINKS UNTIL WE ARE PROPE RLY INTRODUCED INTO THE MESS . $ 01 GOOD GOD . $ NOW THERE IS A POINT ' DADDY ' OVERLOOKED TO MENTION . $ 14 I AM SORRY , SAHIB , IT IS THE ... $ 01 THE TRADITION . $ JUST SO . $ WELL , HEAVEN SEND WE BE INTRODUCED SOON . $ 02 QUITE . $ PRADAH SINGH , WE SEEM UNABLE TO LOCATE THE ADJUTANT . $ #8 $ OR INDEED ... $ 14 IT IS THE POLO , SAHIB . $ THE END OF SEASON MATCH AGAINST THE SEVENTH LANCERS . $ 02 OF COURSE ! $ I SHOULD HAVE REMEMBERED ! $ 14 THE COLONEL WILL BE LEADING IN THE LADIES SOON . $ 02 WE MAY YET HAVE TIME TO PUT IN AN APPEARANCE . $ IT WOULD BE WELL RECEIVED . $ 01 TELL ME , PRADAH SINGH . $ DID YOU SAY THERE WERE TO BE LADIES ? $ 14 YES , SAHIB . $ 01 VOLUPTUOUS LADIES ? $ 02 FOR GOD'S SAKE , MAN ! $ < THE JUNIOR SUBALTERN BUSTLES ON . > $ 08 AH , THERE YOU ARE ! $ PRADAH SINGH ! $ A VAST RAPID STENGAH ! $ WE 'VE ABOUT TWO MINUTES IN HAND ! $ 14 SAHIB . $ 08 WHAT ABOUT YOU CHAPS ? $ 01 OH , MY DEAR FELLOW . $ JUST ANYTHING . $ I 'M ABOUT TO EXPIRE . $ 02 MY COMPANION IS JOKING , OF COURSE . $ WE 'RE FULLY AWARE OF THE REGIMENTAL TRADITION . $ 08 GOOD . $ SPLENDID . $ WELL DONE . $ THANK YOU , PRADAH SINGH . $ 14 SAHIB . $ < PRADAH SINGH WITHDRAWS . > $ 08 DAMNED SILLY THESE LITTLE TESTS . $ BUT ONE MUST BE CERTAIN . $ 01 OH , NO ... $ 08 < ( EXTENDS HAND TO DRAKE ) > $ YOU MUST BE MILLINGTON . $ 02 ER , NO , NO ... $ 01 I HAVE THAT DUBIOUS HONOUR , MY DEAR FELLOW . $ 08 OH . $ SORRY . $ < THEY SHAKE HANDS . > $ I 'M FOTHERGILL , JUNIOR SUBALTERN . $ YOU 'RE DRAKE , THEN . $ 02 YES . $ < THEY SHAKE HANDS . > $ #9 $ 08 GOOD . $ WELL . $ SIT DOWN , CHAPS . $ LOT TO TELL YOU , DEVIL OF A LITTLE TIME TO TELL IT IN . $ 01 WE ARE ALLOWED TO SIT ? $ 08 OF COURSE . $ WHY NOT ? $ 01 I JUST THOUGHT IT MIGHT BE ANOTHER OF THOSE LITTLE TESTS . $ PAY NO ATTENTION , PLEASE . $ < ( SINKS INTO CHAIR . ) > $ 02 MISTER MILLINGTON HAS A VERY PERSONAL SENSE OF HUMOUR . $ 08 I SEE . $ VERY FUNNY . $ YES . $ AH , HA . $ YOU 'RE SITTING IN THE COLONEL'S CHAIR , OLD MAN . $ < IT IS A MOMENT BEFORE IT DAWNS ON MILLINGTON THAT HE IS TH E GUILTY PARTY . $ HE SPRINGS UP . > $ 01 OH , GREAT HEAVENS ! $ I SHOULDN'T WANT TO ADD SACRILEGE TO MY OTHER CRIMES . $ 08 NO . $ QUITE . $ NOW , I 'M FOTHERGILL , AS I SAY , AND IT 'S MY ... $ < MILLINGTON , HAVING BACKED TO ANOTHER CHAIR , IS PEERING O VER HIS SHOULDER AT IT . $ HOVERING . > $ 08 IS SOMETHING WRONG , OLD MAN ? $ 01 THIS ... ISN'T ... ? $ 08 NO . $ NO , IT ISN'T . $ 01 NO . $ GOOD . $ < ( SITS , SMILES AT DRAKE . ) > $ ONE IS ANXIOUS TO DO THE PROPER THING . $ 08 QUITE . $ NOW THEN . $ IT 'S MY JOB AS JUNIOR SUBALTERN TO WATCH OVER YOU CHAPS FOR THE NEXT WEEK OR TWO . $ MAKE SURE YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT 'S WHAT AND SO ON . $ SO LET ME REMIND YOU OF ONE OR TWO OF THE BASIC FACTS OF LIF E . $ YOU DON'T SPEAK TO ANYONE , OF COURSE . $ NOR WILL ANYONE SPEAK TO YOU . $ EXCEPT ME . $ IT 'S MY JOB TO SPEAK TO YOU . $ AND YOU MAY SPEAK TO ME . $ BUT NEVER TO A SENIOR OFFICER - UNLESS ADDRESSED FIRST - IN WHICH CASE , YOU REPLY , ' YES , SIR ' . $ UNLESS IT IS THE COLONEL , IN WHICH CASE YOU REPLY , ' YES , COLONEL ' . $ WE ALWAYS CALL THE COLONEL , COLONEL , IN THIS REGIMENT . $ 02 QUITE . $ 08 QUITE . $ #10 $ 01 THAT SEEMS AN EMINENTLY SOUND ARRANGEMENT . $ 08 YES , QUITE . $ NOW THEN . $ WHEN THE COLONEL ARRIVES IN A FEW MOMENTS WITH THE LADIES AN D THE OTHER OFFICERS ... $ 01 FORGIVE ME , MY DEAR FELLOW , I HAVE A QUERY . $ 08 WELL ? $ 01 IF WE ARE NOT TO SPEAK , HOW ARE WE TO MAKE OUR INTENTION S KNOWN ? $ 08 JUNIOR OFFICERS DO NOT HAVE INTENTIONS . $ 01 ... SUPPOSE WE SHOULD WISH TO LEAVE THE ROOM ? $ 08 I SHOULD TRY USING THE DOOR , MY DEAR FELLOW , WE FIND TH AT EMINENTLY SATISFACTORY . $ BUT NEVER BEFORE THE COLONEL , OF COURSE . $ 01 I DO HOPE HIS BLADDER IS WEAKER THAN MINE . $ 08 I THINK YOU WILL FIND THIS WHOLE OPERATION WILL GO A GREA T DEAL MORE SMOOTHLY , MILLINGTON , IF YOU REMAIN SILENT . $ I SHOULD ADD THAT SILENCE IS A QUALITY MUCH ADMIRED IN JUNIO R OFFICERS . $ 01 MY DEAR FELLOW , I SHAN'T UTTER ANOTHER WORD . $ 08 GOOD . $ EXCELLENT . $ NOW , WHEN THE COLONEL ARRIVES , WE SHALL WITHDRAW TO A CORN ER OVER THERE . $ AT AN APPROPRIATE MOMENT I SHALL STRIKE THE GONG , ANNOUNCE STRANGERS IN THE MESS , AND INTRODUCE EACH OF YOU INDIVIDUAL LY . $ NO ONE WILL PAY THE LEAST ATTENTION EXCEPT THE COLONEL , WHO WILL SAY , ' THANK YOU , MISTER FOTHERGILL ' . $ YOU WILL SAY NOTHING . $ WE SHALL THEN WAIT FOR THE ADJUTANT TO JOIN US , WHEN YOU WI LL PRESENT YOURSELVES , AND WE SHALL WITHDRAW TO YOUR QUARTE RS . $ NOW , AS TO THE LADIES . $ IN THE COLONEL'S PARTY THIS AFTERNOON THERE WILL BE , I THIN K , ONLY MEM STRANG HERSELF , THE COLONEL'S LADY AND AH ... MRS HASSELTINE . $ < THE JUNIOR SUBALTERN IS PLAINLY EMBARRASSED . > $ 02 THE WIDOW OF MAJOR HASSELTINE . $ 08 YES . $ YES . $ I , AH ... SHOULD PERHAPS SAY A WORD OR TWO ABOUT MRS HASSEL TINE . $ < SILENCE . $ HE LABOURS ON . > $ #11 $ SHE IS A LADY - MUCH ADMIRED IN THE MESS . $ VERY POPULAR . $ A - REGULAR FEATURE OF OUR LIVES HERE . $ HOWEVER . $ SHE IS NOT ABOVE - RETURNING CERTAIN FAVOURS - PARTICULARLY TO YOUNGER OFFICERS . $ DON'T MISUNDERSTAND ME . $ SHE IS VERY MUCH A LADY , BUT ... $ 02 YES , OF COURSE . $ MOST DISTRESSING ... $ < MILLINGTON IS NOW FULLY ATTENTIVE . > $ 08 YES . $ QUITE . $ MY POINT IS , JUNIOR OFFICERS ARE WELL ADVISED TO REMAIN - U NSUSCEPTIBLE . $ SHE IS A VERY ATTRACTIVE WOMAN . $ HOWEVER , CERTAIN SENIOR OFFICERS HAVING - YOU UNDERSTAND ME ? - ' MADE A POINT ' WITH MRS HASSELTINE ... $ 02 < ( SHOCKED , DISAPPROVING ) > $ OH . $ I SEE . $ 08 OF COURSE THIS IS A MATTER OF WHICH , WHILE YOU SHOULD BE FULLY APPRAISED , YOU KNOW NOTHING . $ 02 NO , QUITE . $ 08 JUST REMAIN - COURTEOUS , BUT ... $ 01 DISTANT ? $ 08 DISTANT , YES . $ 02 ENOUGH IS SAID . $ 08 GOOD . $ GOOD . $ 01 THIS ... MRS HASSELTINE . $ SHE WILL BE AMONG US THIS AFTERNOON ? $ 08 BRIEFLY , YES . $ AS I SAY WE SHALL BE WITHDRAWING TO YOUR QUARTERS . $ 02 < ( FIRMLY ) > $ QUITE . $ 01 OH , QUITE . $ < AN AWKWARD SILENCE . > $ 08 THE LANCERS DON'T COME TO US FOR TEA . $ WE GO TO THEM THIS EVENING . $ 02 OH , BY THE WAY - WHO WON ? $ 08 WE DID . $ FOUR , THREE . $ 02 THAT IS GOOD NEWS . $ 08 YES . $ MAJOR WIMBOURNE SCORED TWO ABSOLUTELY SPLENDID GOALS IN THE LAST CHUKKA . $ 02 MAJOR WIMBOURNE , THAT 'S THE V.C. $ #12 $ < MILLINGTON HAS WANDERED OFF , LOOKING AT REGIMENTAL TROPHI ES . > $ 08 THE REGIMENT'S THIRD . $ 02 IT 'S A MAGNIFICENT RECORD . $ 08 UNEQUALLED . $ < JUNIOR SUBALTERN TRIES TO INTEREST MILLINGTON . > $ 08 YOUR FATHER WAS THE REGIMENT'S FIRST V.C. , OF COURSE , M ILLINGTON . $ < MILLINGTON IS STARING AT A SCARLET TUNIC , STAINED AND TOR N , MOUNTED ON A DUMMY IN A SHOWCASE . $ HE DOESN'T TURN , JUST MURMURS . > $ 01 YES . $ 08 YES , WELL . $ I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ? $ 01 AS A MATTER OF FACT , MY DEAR FELLOW ... $ 08 YES ? $ 01 I WAS WONDERING WHAT ON EARTH THIS FILTHY , SCRUFFY OLD T UNIC CAN POSSIBLY BE DOING IN THE MESS ? $ < IMMEDIATE OUTRAGE FROM THE OTHERS . $ THIS IS A CALCULATED PROVOCATION . > $ 08 02 < TOGETHER > $ 08 MISTER MILLINGTON ! $ 02 YOU KNOW PERFECTLY WELL , MILLINGTON ! $ 08 THAT WAS CAPTAIN SCARLETT'S TUNIC ! $ HE WAS WEARING IT AT THE BATTLE OF RATJAHPUR ! $ 01 IT MUST HAVE BEEN A VERY MESSY AFFAIR . $ 08 WARFARE IS NOT NOTED FOR ITS COMFORT , MISTER MILLINGTON . $ NOR IS THE FUTURE OF YOUNG OFFICERS WHO FAIL TO ACQUAINT THE MSELVES WITH THE HISTORY AND TRADITIONS OF THIS REGIMENT . $ YOU HEAR ME ? ! $ YOU WILL MEMORIZE AND RECITE TO ME THE KNOWN FACTS OF THE DE ATH OF CAPTAIN SCARLETT , WHO IS A HERO OF THIS REGIMENT AND WILL BE HONOURED AS SUCH BY YOU ! $ < SILENCE . $ MILLINGTON LOOKS AGAIN AT THE TUNIC . > $ 01 STILL , WHEN YOU COME TO THINK OF IT , IT MUST SMELL ABSO LUTELY FRIGHTFUL . $ 08 MISTER MILLINGTON ! $ #13 $ < PRADAH SINGH ENTERS WITH THREE WAITERS . > $ 14 THE COLONEL IS JUST ARRIVING , SAHIB , WITH THE LADIES . $ 08 THANK YOU , PRADAH SINGH . $ < ( TURNS AWAY . ) > $ OVER HERE . $ 02 PULL YOURSELF TOGETHER , MAN ! $ 01 BUT , MY DEAR F ... $ 02 I AM BEING JUDGED TOO ! $ < JUNIOR SUBALTERN , DRAKE AND MILLINGTON WITHDRAW TO A CORN ER AS ... THE COLONEL ENTERS WITH MRS MARJORIE HASSELTINE , MEM STRANG , MAJOR WIMBOURNE , V.C. ( WHO IS IN POLO GEAR WI TH SCARF ) , THE DOCTOR , THE SECOND-IN-COMMAND , THE ADJUTA NT ( ALSO IN POLO GEAR ) , LT HART ( POLO GEAR ) , 2ND LTS W INTERS , BOULTON AND HUTTON . > $ 15 I 'M SURE YOU ARE WRONG , COLONEL , I 'LL WAGER IT IS SEV EN NOT SIX . $ WHAT DO YOU SAY , MEM ? $ 16 OH , I 'M NOT MUCH GOOD AT THAT SORT OF THING , I 'M AFRA ID , I 'D HAVE TO LOOK IT UP . $ 03 LIONEL WILL KNOW . $ TELL US , LIONEL . $ HOW MANY MATCHES ARE WE UP ON THE LANCERS NOW ? $ 04 SEVEN , COLONEL , COUNTING TODAY'S . $ 15 THERE YOU ARE . $ WHAT DID I SAY ? $ 05 WE REALLY WILL HAVE TO SCRATCH THAT FIXTURE SOON , COLONE L . $ 03 OH , I DON'T THINK TRADITION IS EVER POINTLESS , IS IT , ALASTAIR ? $ 05 NO , PERHAPS NOT . $ 06 BESIDES , YOU ENJOY WHACKING THE PANTS OFF THEM , ALASTAI R . $ YOU KNOW DAMNED WELL YOU DO . $ 05 HOW RIGHT YOU ARE , DOCTOR . $ 15 ISN'T HE A CLEVER BOY , COLONEL , TO HAVE SCORED TWO SUCH BEAUTIFUL GOALS ? $ 05 MY DEAR MARGE , I DID IT ALL FOR YOU ! $ 03 WELL HE LEFT IT DAMNED LATE IN THE DAY , I MUST SAY . $ WHAT WERE YOU TRYING TO DO , ALASTAIR , THROW A SCARE INTO U S ? $ #14 $ 05 THOUGHT I 'D TRY TO MAKE THE GAME MORE INTERESTING FOR TH EM , COLONEL . $ 03 < ( LAUGHS WITH OTHERS ) > $ I DON'T THINK I 'D MENTION THAT THIS EVENING IF I WERE YOU . $ 05 I PROMISE I SHAN'T . $ 03 WE 'LL GO STRAIGHT OUT ON TO THE VERANDA , PRADAH SINGH . $ 14 VERY GOOD , COLONEL . $ 03 MARJORIE , MY DEAR ... $ < PRADAH SINGH CLAPS . $ WAITERS RUN ON TO VERANDA . $ COLONEL OFFERS HIS ARM TO MRS HASSELTINE . $ JUNIOR SUBALTERN TAPS THE GONG . $ EVERYONE PAUSES . > $ 08 COLONEL . $ THERE ARE STRANGERS IN THE MESS , COLONEL . $ MAY I PRESENT MISTER MILLINGTON . $ AND MISTER DRAKE , COLONEL . $ < COLONEL LOOKS AT THEM FOR A MOMENT . > $ 03 THANK YOU , MISTER FOTHERGILL . $ < ( TO MRS HASSELTINE . ) > $ AS I WAS SAYING MY DEAR ... $ 15 SURELY THAT IS NEVER WILLIAM MILLINGTON'S BOY ? $ < ( GLANCES BACK . ) > $ HE LOOKS FAR TOO YOUNG . $ < THE COLONEL , EMBARRASSED , IS ABOUT TO SPEAK , WHEN MILLI NGTON SPEAKS . > $ 01 WITH RESPECT , MA'AM , I HARDLY BELIEVE YOU CAN HAVE KNOW N MY FATHER . $ YOU ALSO LOOK FAR TOO YOUNG . $ < A SHOCKED SILENCE . $ MEM INTERVENES . > $ 16 < ( TO MRS HASSELTINE ) > $ SHALL WE , MY DEAR ... ? $ 15 < ( AMUSED ) > $ BY YOUR LEAVE , MISTER MILLINGTON . $ 16 TELL ME , HOW ARE YOU GETTING ON WITH THAT NEW GEL OF YOU RS ? $ WHAT IS HER NAME ... $ < THEY GO OFF ON TO THE BALCONY . $ A PAUSE . $ THE COLONEL FOLLOWS , THE OTHERS TAKE THEIR CUE FROM HIM . > $ 03 HOW IS YOUNG TRULY , DOCTOR ? $ 06 NOT TOO BADLY , THANK YOU , COLONEL . $ BE UP AND ABOUT IN A DAY OR TWO . $ 05 TOOK A NASTY KNOCK . $ PLAYED A DAMNED FINE GAME , THOUGH . $ #15 $ 03 SO DID YOUNG RICHARD , I THOUGHT . $ 05 HE DID , INDEED , COLONEL . $ PUT THAT VITAL PASS THROUGH TO ME IN THE LAST MINUTES ... $ < THEY ARE OFF . $ THE SECOND-IN-COMMAND , LAST TO LEAVE , LOOKS AT MILLINGTON , AT THE ADJUTANT , FROWNS AND DEPARTS . $ THERE REMAINS ONLY ADJUTANT , STIFF WITH ANGER , JUNIOR SUBA LTERN , DRAKE AND MILLINGTON . > $ 07 WELL , MISTER FOTHERGILL ? $ 08 I 'M SORRY , MISTER HARP ... $ 07 I DID NOT HEAR THAT , MISTER FOTHERGILL . $ 08 ... I MUST HAVE FAILED TO MAKE MY INSTRUCTIONS PLAIN . $ 07 YOU ARE ASSUMED TO BE CAPABLE OF THE DUTIES OF YOUR OFFIC E , MISTER FOTHERGILL . $ THAT IS WHY YOU HOLD IT . $ 08 YES , MISTER HARPER . $ < A SILENCE . > $ 07 I AM WAITING , MISTER FOTHERGILL . $ 08 PRESENT YOURSELF , MAN . $ < ( TO DRAKE ) > $ 02 < ( SMART PACE FORWARD ) > $ I HAVE THE HONOUR TO PRESENT MYSELF , SIR . $ MISTER DRAKE , SIR . $ 07 < ( LOOKS HIM UP AND DOWN ) > $ THANK YOU , MISTER DRAKE . $ 01 < ( PACE FORWARD ) > $ I ALSO HAVE THE HONOUR TO PRESENT MYSELF , SIR . $ 07 DO YOU LACK A NAME , SIR ? $ 01 MILLINGTON , SIR . $ 07 COME HERE , MISTER MILLINGTON . $ 01 SIR . $ < IN SILENCE , MILLINGTON , SUBDUED BY THIS COLD CUTTING , Q UIET MAN , GOES TO STAND BEFORE HIM . $ PAUSE . > $ 07 IF I HEAR FROM YOU AGAIN , IT WILL BE FOR THE LAST TIME . $ DO YOU UNDERSTAND ME ? $ 01 MAY I BE ALLOWED TO SAY ... $ 07 BE SILENT , SIR . $ NOW HAVE I MADE MYSELF QUITE PLAIN ? $ 01 YES , SIR . $ 07 RETURN TO YOUR PLACE . $ #16 $ < MILLINGTON GOES . > $ IF YOU FIND YOUR DUTIES TOO ARDUOUS , MISTER FOTHERGILL , I CAN ARRANGE TO HAVE YOU RELIEVED OF THEM . $ 08 NO , SIR . $ 07 THAT IS ALL . $ < HE GOES . $ JUNIOR SUBALTERN ROUNDS ON MILLINGTON . > $ 08 YOU BLOODY LITTLE FOOL ! $ WHAT THE HELL WERE YOU PLAYING AT ? $ 01 I 'M SORRY , MY DEAR FELLOW ... $ 08 BE QUIET ! $ I TOLD YOU TO REMAIN SILENT WHILE THERE WERE SENIOR OFFICERS IN THE MESS ! $ 01 I CERTAINLY DIDN'T MEAN TO GET YOU ... $ 08 WILL YOU BE QUIET , SIR ! ? $ I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE HELL YOUR GAME IS , MILLINGTON , BUT L ET ME TELL YOU THIS ! $ IF YOU PUT UP ONE MORE BLACK AGAINST ME , I 'LL MAKE DAMNED SURE YOU 'RE KICKED OUT OF THIS REGIMENT BEFORE YOU EVEN FIN ISH YOUR PROBATIONARY PERIOD ! $ NOW YOU HEAR ME ! $ 01 YES , FOTHERGILL . $ 08 MISTER FOTHERGILL . $ 01 MISTER FOTHERGILL . $ 08 ... VERY WELL . $ LET 'S GET YOU OVER TO YOUR QUARTERS . $ MOVE ! $ < THEY GO , JUNIOR SUBALTERN LAST . $ A VOLLEY OF HORSES' HOOVES . $ WAITERS REARRANGE FURNITURE AS REQUIRED ... > $ #17 $ < SCENE TWO > $ < THE MESS . $ THE MESS NIGHT . $ PRADAH SINGH CLAPS HANDS , THE WAITERS RUN OFF . $ HEAD WAITER STANDS BY DRINKS TABLE ON VERANDA . $ THE SECOND-IN-COMMAND AND JUNIOR SUBALTERN COME ON , BOTH IN DUTY DRESS WITH SWORDS . > $ 04 WELL , RICHARD . $ BRANDY ? $ 08 PLEASE , SIR . $ 04 TWO BRANDIES , PLEASE , PRADAH SINGH . $ 14 SAHIB . $ < PRADAH SINGH SIGNALS TO WAITER , WHO BRINGS THEM TO HIM ON A TRAY . > $ 04 WELL , SIT DOWN , MY BOY . $ 08 THANK YOU , SIR . $ < THEY SIT . $ OFFSTAGE - LAUGHTER , HUNTING CRIES COME CLOSE . > $ < ( SMILES . ) > $ SOUNDS AS IF THE GAME 'S IN FULL CRY , SIR . $ 04 YES . $ < ( SMILES . ) > $ ONE OF THE PENALTIES OF BEING OFFICER OF THE DAY ON A MESS N IGHT , UM ? $ 08 WELL , IT 'S BETTER THAN BEING OFFICER OF THE WEEK , SIR . $ AT LEAST I SHALL BE FREE FOR THE BALL ON SATURDAY . $ 04 WELL , I SHAN'T PRETEND THAT I MIND TOO GREATLY ABOUT THA T . $ < PRADAH SINGH BRINGS DRINKS . > $ 14 YOUR BRANDY , SAHIB . $ 04 THANK YOU , PRADAH SINGH . $ 14 SAHIB . $ 08 THANK YOU . $ 04 YOUR HEALTH , RICHARD . $ 08 AND YOURS , SIR . $ THANK YOU . $ < THEY DRINK . $ OFFSTAGE : A SUDDEN LOUD BURST OF SHOUTING AND LAUGHTER , VE RY CLOSE . $ #18 $ THEN LT HART RUNS IN FROM STAGE RIGHT , DRAGGING BEHIND HIM WHAT IS IN FACT A STUFFED BOAR ON WHEELS , WITH A HANDLE BY WHICH HE PULLS IT . $ HE RUNS ACROSS AND OFF LEFT SHOUTING ... > $ 09 OINK , OINK - CHAAAAARRGE ! $ < ALMOST AT ONCE THE PURSUING BODY COMES THROUGH AFTER HIM . $ WIMBOURNE AND ADJUTANT ( ADJ. FROM VERANDA ) IN THE LEAD , C LOSELY FOLLOWED BY HUTTON , BOULTON , WINTERS , COLONEL - AN D THE DOCTOR , TRAILING , OUT OF CONDITION . $ ALL ARE IN MESS DRESS : THEY CARRY DRAWN SWORDS AND CHARGE A CROSS , OFF LEFT . > $ 05 THERE HE GOES ... ! $ 13 THIS WAY , SIR ... ! $ 07 AFTER THE DEVIL ... ! $ 12 WHICH WAY DID HE GO ... ? $ 11 DOWN TOWARDS THE FLAGSTAFF ... ! $ 12 CHAAAAARRGE .... ! $ 03 UP THE REGIMENT ... ! $ 06 < ( PUFFING ) > $ MY WORD , COLONEL , WE 'LL HAVE TO FIND SOMEONE SLOWER NEXT TIME ... ! $ 08 I RATHER THINK THE DOCTOR 'S PAST HIS BEST FOR THE GAME , SIR ! $ 04 WELL , I SUPPOSE IT IS HIS JOB TO KEEP US FIT , RATHER TH AN HIMSELF , UM ? $ < NOW LT TRULY HOBBLES ON FROM THE RIGHT , FAR BEHIND , LIMP ING , WOBBLING ABOUT AND PANTING . > $ 10 WHICH WAY DID THEY GO ? ! $ 08 DOWN TOWARDS THE FLAGSTAFF , OLD MAN ! $ 10 AH ! $ CHARGE ... ! $ < ( HOBBLES LEFT , WAVING SWORD . ) > $ 04 FOR HEAVEN'S SAKE , TRULY - DON'T DAMAGE THAT LEG OF YOUR S ANY FURTHER . $ 10 NEVER FEAR , SIR ! $ CHARGE ... ! $ < ( HE HOBBLES OFF LEFT . ) > $ 08 JOHNNY 'S A GOER , SIR . $ 04 YES . $ RICHARD , I WANTED TO ASK YOU ABOUT YOUR TWO NEW CHARGES . $ HAS THERE BEEN ANY IMPROVEMENT THERE ? $ 08 NOT MUCH , SIR . $ HE LET THE COLONEL'S NEW STRING OF PONIES ESCAPE YESTERDAY . $ #19 $ 04 MILLINGTON . $ 08 YES , SIR . $ WE GOT THEM TOGETHER AGAIN . $ BY NIGHTFALL . $ 04 IT WON'T DO . $ WON'T DO . $ 08 COULDN'T WE - GET RID OF HIM , SIR ? $ 04 OF COURSE WE COULD . $ WOULDN'T LOOK GOOD THOUGH , WOULD IT ? $ GENERAL'S SON . $ COLONEL OF THE REGIMENT ... $ 08 STILL , IT MAKES IT AWKWARD FOR US , SIR - HAVING TO DISC IPLINE HIM , WITHOUT ... $ 04 OH , DON'T WORRY . $ THE COLONEL WILL KICK HIM OUT SOON ENOUGH IF HE HAS TO . $ SIMPLY BETTER NOT , IF IT CAN BE AVOIDED . $ 08 < ( UNCONVINCED ) > $ YES , SIR . $ < OFFSTAGE : SOUNDS OF THE ' HUNT ' CIRCLING THE MESS . > $ 04 EXTRAORDINARY BUSINESS . $ RICHARD , DID YOU NOTICE MILLINGTON WAS DRINKING TOO MUCH AT DINNER ? $ 08 YES , SIR . $ BUT STRICTLY SPEAKING , THERE 'S NO RULING ABOUT THAT , SIR . $ AS LONG AS HE CAN HOLD IT . $ 04 ALL THE SAME , I THINK YOU SHOULD REMOVE HIM AS QUICKLY A ND QUIETLY AS YOU CAN , FROM THE MESS TONIGHT . $ 08 RIGHT , SIR . $ < HART COMES CHARGING THROUGH AGAIN , DRAGGING THE BOAR , AD JUTANT , WIMBOURNE AND WINTERS CLOSE AT HIS HEELS . > $ 05 NEARLY GOT HIM ... ! $ 09 HELL ... ! $ < HART SKIDS AND FALLS . $ THE OTHERS AT ONCE CLOSE ROUND THE BOAR , SINKING SWORDS INT O ITS HIND-QUARTERS . > $ 05 AHA - YES . $ < ( SINKS IN SWORD . ) > $ A POINT ! $ 07 < ( STABS ) > $ A POINT ! $ 05 < ( STABS AGAIN ) > $ A VERITABLE POINT ! $ 12 < ( STABS ) > $ HOORAY ! $ < THE JOKE IS EVIDENTLY TO STAB THE BOAR ONLY IN THE HIND-QU ARTERS , THIS BEING THE AREA PRESENTED IN ' FLIGHT ' . $ DRAKE AND MILLINGTON HAVE NOW APPEARED ON THE VERANDA , WATC HING HART SCRAMBLE UP AS THE OTHERS STAB AND STAB AGAIN . > $ 09 HEY - HANG OFF , YOU CHAPS ! $ #20 $ 05 A POINT ! $ 07 AND ANOTHER ! $ 09 YOU 'RE CHEATING ! $ 12 ANOTHER ! $ 05 WHAT DO YOU MEAN , CHEATING ? $ 09 I SLIPPED , I FELL ! $ 07 STAY ON YOUR RUDDY FEET , THEN ! $ 09 TO HELL WITH YOU , THEN ! $ < HART SEIZES THE HANDLE , STARTS OFF AGAIN . > $ 05 AHA - HE 'S AWAY ... ! $ 07 CHARGE ... ! $ < THEY START IN PURSUIT . > $ 03 NO , NO , GENTLEMEN , I PRAY YOU ... ! $ YOUR COLONEL IS OLD - TOO OLD ... ! $ 05 NEVER , COLONEL . $ 07 PERISH THE THOUGHT , COLONEL . $ 12 SHAME , COLONEL . $ 11 SHAME . $ 03 < ( PANTING , CHUCKLES ) > $ I THANK YOU FOR YOUR KIND THOUGHTS , GENTLEMEN . $ BUT REALLY , THE DOCTOR AND I ARE QUITE EXHAUSTED FOR THIS E VENING . $ EH , DOCTOR ? $ 06 I MUST SECOND THE MOTION , COLONEL . $ < ( SINKS INTO CHAIR . ) > $ I PRESCRIBE - DRINKS FOR THE MESS . $ 03 AN EXCELLENT SUGGESTION . $ PRADAH SINGH . $ 14 VERY GOOD , COLONEL . $ < PRADAH SINGH MOTIONS TO WAITERS , WHO SERVE THE COMPANY . $ PRADAH SINGH WILL ONLY SERVE COLONEL , WIMBOURNE AND ROACH , AND ASSIST SENIOR OFFICERS WITH CIGARS . $ HART TAKES THE BOAR OFF , THE OTHERS GIVE THEIR SWORDS TO WA ITERS . > $ 03 WELL , LIONEL ... ALASTAIR ... WHAT WAS THE FINAL SCORE ? $ 09 < ( QUICKLY ) > $ IT WAS A DRAW , COLONEL ! $ 05 A DRAW ? $ WHAT THE BLAZES DO YOU MEAN , A DRAW , SIR ? $ 07 IT WAS A WALKOVER , COLONEL - SIX VALID POINTS AT LEAST ! $ #21 $ 05 AT LEAST IX - MORE LIKE A DOZEN . $ 09 BUT I FELL DOWN ! $ 05 YOU SHOULDN'T DRINK SO MUCH , THEN . $ < LAUGHTER , ALL VERY GOOD-NATURED THIS ARGUMENT . > $ 09 COLONEL , SIR - I APPEAL TO YOU . $ SURELY IT DOESN'T COUNT IF THE RUNNER FALLS DOWN , COLONEL ? $ 05 OF COURSE IT DOES ! $ 07 WHY EVER SHOULDN'T IT ? $ 09 A RULING , COLONEL . $ 03 I 'M NOT GIFTED WITH THE WISDOM OF SOLOMON , GENTLEMEN . $ < CRIES OF ' SHAME ' . > $ LIONEL , A RULING IS REQUIRED ON THE MESS SPORT . $ 04 WELL , COLONEL , I SUGGEST ... $ ' SHOULD THE RUNNER BE INCAPACITATED , THERE SHALL BE ALLOWE D - DURING THE PERIOD OF HIS INCAPACITATION - ONE VALID POIN T ONLY ' . $ 09 HEAR , HEAR ! $ 05 LIONEL , THAT IS DISGUSTING . $ 07 22 SHAME ... ! $ SHAME ... ! $ SHAME ... ! $ 09 CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY , COLONEL ! $ 03 VERY WELL , MISTER HART . $ I DECLARE A DRAW . $ 09 THANK YOU , COLONEL . $ 05 WELL ANYWAY , IT WAS A DAMNED FINE RUN . $ < TRULY LIMPS ON DURING ' HEAR , HEAR'S ' . > $ 10 DID YOU CATCH HIM ALL RIGHT ? $ 05 WHERE THE DEVIL HAVE YOU BEEN ? $ 07 MAKING AN INSPECTION OF THE LINES , HAVE YOU , JOHN ? $ 10 I 'VE GOT A HANDICAP , DAMMIT . $ 03 COME ON , YOUNG TRULY , SIT DOWN - YOU 'LL RUIN THAT LEG OF YOURS . $ 10 IT 'S PERFECTLY ALL RIGHT , COLONEL , I ASSURE YOU . $ 05 DON'T ARGUE WITH THE COLONEL , YOU YOUNG PUPPY . $ COME ON ! $ #22 $ < WIMBOURNE , MASSIVELY STRONG , LIFTS TRULY AS THOUGH HE WE RE NO WEIGHT AT ALL AND DUMPS HIM , GENTLY IN FACT , INTO A CHAIR - TO A CHEER AND LAUGHTER . $ THERE IS MUCH WARMTH AND AFFECTION IN ALL THIS BOISTEROUSNES S . $ THIS IS THEIR WORLD . $ DRAKE AND MILLINGTON , DOWN LEFT NOW , ARE VERY MUCH OUT OF IT , THOUGH DRAKE TRIES TO APPEAR IN . > $ 10 THANK YOU , SIR ! $ 01 < ( CLUTCHES DRAKE'S ARM , SOTTO ) > $ WHAT AN ABSOLUTELY EXTRAORDINARY PERFORMANCE , MY DEAR FELLO W . $ 02 < ( BRUSHES ARM AWAY ) > $ BE QUIET . $ 01 DON'T TAKE YOUR ARM AWAY ... $ < ( HE IS VERY , VERY DRUNK , BUT NOT OBVIOUSLY SO . ) > $ 03 WELL NOW , ADJUTANT , I THINK IT 'S ABOUT TIME THE YOUNG OFFICERS ENTERTAINED THE OLD CODGERS ... $ 05 HEAR , HEAR ... $ 06 SPLENDID IDEA , COLONEL ... $ 07 I 'M SURE MISTER BOULTON WOULD BE HAPPY TO OBLIGE US WITH A DRAMATIC RECITATION , COLONEL . $ 05 < ( CLAPS ) > $ APPROBATION FOR MISTER BOULTON , GENTLEMEN ... $ < THEY ALL CLAP , LAUGHING . $ SECOND-IN-COMMAND MOTIONS TO JUNIOR SUBALTERN WHO WORKS AROU ND TOWARDS MILLINGTON . > $ 11 OH , I SAY , LOOK HERE , IT WAS ME LAST TIME . $ WHAT ABOUT JOHNNO ? $ 10 < ( CLAPPING ) > $ GAMMY LEG , OLD MAN . $ 05 CARRY ON , MISTER BOULTON ... $ 11 < ( DESPERATE ) > $ WELL - WHAT ABOUT THE NEW CHAPS ? $ < JUNIOR SUBALTERN HAVING REACHED MILLINGTON TRIES TO GET HI M TO LEAVE . $ MILLINGTON OBSTINATE . > $ 05 THERE 'S A THOUGHT ... $ 11 YES ... $ 05 COLONEL . $ HAVE I YOUR PERMISSION TO CALL UPON THE NEW MEN ? $ 04 PERHAPS A LITTLE SOON , COLONEL ... $ 03 OH , I DON'T SEE WHY , LIONEL . $ IT IS PLASSEY WEEK , AFTER ALL . $ YES , GO AHEAD , ALASTAIR , WHY NOT ... ? $ #23 $ 05 COLONEL . $ YOU , SIR - FORWARD MARCH . $ < ( POINTS TO CENTRE STAGE . ) > $ HERE . $ < IT IS , OF COURSE , MILLINGTON , THOUGH HE DOESN'T TAKE IT IN . $ JUNIOR SUBALTERN HISSES AT HIM . > $ 08 GO ON , MAN - MOVE ! $ < MILLINGTON LURCHES SLIGHTLY , ADVANCES WITH THE STIFF FORM ALITY OF THE VERY DRUNK . > $ 05 COME ON , SIR - DOUBLE TIME . $ 01 SIR . $ < ( STANDS FACING WIMBOURNE . ) > $ 05 ADDRESS YOURSELF TO THE COLONEL , SIR . $ 01 YES , SIR . $ < MILLINGTON FACES COLONEL . $ HIS EYES HAVE THE VERY OPEN EARNEST STARE . $ HIS REACTIONS ARE JUST A LITTLE DELAYED . $ THE OTHERS HAVE DRUNK ENOUGH TO MISS THIS . > $ 01 COLONEL , SIR . $ 03 WHAT IS YOUR NAME , SIR . $ 01 MILLINGTON , SIR . $ 03 MILLINGTON . $ YES . $ GENERAL MILLINGTON'S BOY . $ 01 YES , SIR . $ COLONEL . $ 03 WELL , WE WANT YOU TO ENTERTAIN US , MISTER MILLINGTON . $ WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO ? $ < SILENCE . > $ 03 UM ? $ WELL ? $ SPEAK UP , SPEAK UP . $ 01 < ( SOLEMNLY ) > $ SING A SONG , COLONEL . $ 03 A SONG . $ ALL RIGHT . $ GOOD . $ CARRY ON , MISTER MILLINGTON . $ < MILLINGTON STRAIGHTENS , TAKES A DEEP BREATH , SHUTS HIS E YES AND SINGS . > $ 01 ' PLAISIR D' AMOUR ... ' $ 05 IT 'S A BLOODY FROGGY SONG . $ < ( LAUGHTER . ) > $ 01 ' NE DURE QU' UN MOMENT . ' $ 07 SING UP , MISTER MILLINGTON ! $ < OTHERS CALL OUT TOO . > $ 01 ' CHAGRIN D' AMOUR DURE TOUTE ... ' $ 09 LOUDER ! $ 11 SING LOUDER ! $ #24 $ 01 ' LA VI-------E . ' $ 12 LET 'S HEAR YOU , MISTER MILLINGTON ! $ 04 SHH ... $ 03 BE QUIET , GENTLEMEN ... $ < THROUGHOUT THIS TRADITIONAL BARRACKING , MILLINGTON HAS SU NG ON , OBLIVIOUS , AS HE NOW DOES , IN A SWEET , CLEAR , PE RFECT VOICE . > $ 01 ' J' AI TOUT QUITTE POUR L' INGRATE SYLVIE ; $ ELLE ME QUITTE ET PREND UN AUTRE AMANT . ' $ < THEY LISTEN IN ABSOLUTE STILLNESS AND SILENCE NOW TO THE S WEET VOICE IN THE NIGHT . > $ ' PLAISIR D' AMOUR NE DURE QU' UN MOMENT : CHAGRIN D' AMOUR DURE TOUTE LE VI-------E . ' $ < MILLINGTON DRAWS THE FINAL NOTES RIGHT AWAY INTO NOTHING . $ SILENCE . $ STILLNESS . $ A SHIFTING , ALMOST OF EMBARRASSMENT . $ THEN THE COLONEL TAPS GENTLY IN APPLAUSE ON THE ARM OF HIS C HAIR . $ OTHERS DO THE SAME . $ WIMBOURNE APPLAUDS PROPERLY WITH HIS HANDS AS DO SUBALTERNS . > $ 03 WELL DONE , MISTER MILLINGTON . $ 06 WELL SUNG . $ 05 WELL SUNG INDEED , YOUNG MAN . $ 04 VERY GOOD , MISTER MILLINGTON . $ < VISIBLE RELIEF FROM SECOND-IN-COMMAND , DRAKE AND JUNIOR S UBALTERN . > $ 01 COLONEL , SIR . $ 03 YES , MISTER MILLINGTON ? $ 01 PERMISSION TO PASS OUT , COLONEL . $ < HE DROPS LIKE A STONE AT THE COLONEL'S FEET . $ DEAD DRUNK . $ SHOCKED , STUNNED SILENCE . > $ 03 < ( RISES , TURNS AWAY ) > $ WELL , REALLY ! $ 04 < ( RISING ) > $ MISTER HARPER ! $ 07 MISTER FOTHERGILL ! $ 08 YES , SIR ! $ 07 REMOVE THIS OFFICER TO HIS QUARTERS , SIR ! $ #25 $ 08 YES , SIR ! $ 07 I SHALL SPEAK TO YOU IN THE MORNING , MISTER FOTHERGILL . $ 08 ... SIR . $ < DRAKE AND JUNIOR SUBALTERN BEND OVER MILLINGTON - $ THEY WILL CARRY HIM OUT . $ ONLY NOW DOES THE COLONEL TURN BACK , ANGRY AND CONTEMPTUOUS . > $ 03 PERHAPS YOU 'D JOIN ME ON THE VERANDA , LIONEL ? $ 04 THANK YOU , COLONEL . $ I SHOULD LIKE THAT . $ 06 < ( DISGUSTED ) > $ GENTLEMEN WHO CANNOT HOLD THEIR LIQUOR SHOULDN'T DRINK . $ 05 < ( RATHER AMUSED ) > $ HE DID FINISH HIS SONG , DOCTOR . $ YOU WILL ALLOW HIM THAT . $ < ( HE LAUGHS . ) > $ 03 I DO NOT FIND IT AMUSING , ALASTAIR . $ 05 < ( TO ATTENTION ) > $ I 'M SORRY , COLONEL . $ < BRAVELY , HART STEPS IN . > $ 09 COLONEL , SIR . $ 03 YES , MISTER HART ? $ 09 MAY I HAVE THE HONOUR TO CHALLENGE YOU TO A MATCH AT BILL IARDS , COLONEL ? $ < SILENCE . $ THEY WAIT THE COLONEL'S REACTION . > $ 03 VERY WELL , YOUNG MAN . $ < ( TURNS TO GO OFF RIGHT . ) > $ IF YOU WANT ANOTHER CANING . $ 05 I 'LL LAY A PONY ON THE COLONEL . $ 09 WHAT ABOUT ME ? ! $ 03 NOW , ALASTAIR . $ YOU KNOW WE DON'T ALLOW GAMING IN THE MESS . $ 05 NO , COLONEL . $ 03 NOT IN FRONT OF THE COLONEL , ANYWAY . $ 05 < ( GRINS ) > $ NO , COLONEL . $ 10 COLONEL , SIR . $ 03 YES , MISTER TRULY ? $ 10 PERMISSION TO FALL OUT , COLONEL . $ 03 LEG TROUBLING YOU ? $ 10 JUST A BIT , COLONEL . $ 03 GET TO BED , THEN . $ #26 $ 10 THANK YOU , COLONEL . $ 03 DOCTOR , I 'D MUCH APPRECIATE IT IF YOU 'D TAKE A LOOK AT ... $ < TRULY GIVES A CRY AND STAGGERS . > $ 06 OF COURSE , COLONEL . $ 10 SORRY , COLONEL ! $ < ( IN EVIDENT PAIN . ) > $ < SLIGHTEST PAUSE . $ WIMBOURNE STRIDES ACROSS . > $ 05 COME ON , YOUNG MAN ! $ < HE GATHERS HIM UP INTO HIS ARMS . > $ 10 IT ISN'T NECESSARY , SIR , I ASSURE YOU . $ 05 BE QUIET , SIR . $ WHERE DO YOU WANT HIM , DOCTOR ? $ 06 HIS OWN QUARTERS , I THINK . $ 05 RIGHT ! $ WITH YOUR PERMISSION , COLONEL . $ 03 THANK YOU , ALASTAIR . $ < WIMBOURNE STRIDES OUT , CARRYING TRULY . > $ 03 WELL , MISTER HART . $ LET 'S SEE IF YOU 'VE LEARNED ANYTHING SINCE OUR LAST ENCOUN TER . $ 09 RIGHT , COLONEL . $ < ABOUT TO GO OFF RIGHT , THE COLONEL TURNS BACK HALTING THE DOCTOR AT LEFT , ACROSS STAGE . > $ 03 OH , DOCTOR . $ 06 YES , COLONEL ? $ 03 PERHAPS YOU 'D BETTER TAKE A LOOK AT THE OTHER YOUNG GENT LEMAN . $ 06 VERY WELL , COLONEL . $ < THEY GO OFF . $ LIGHTS FADE , WAITERS TIDY CHAIRS , STRIKE GLASSES , ETC . $ LIGHTS CHANGE TO EARLY MORNING SETTING . > $ #27 $ < SCENE THREE > $ < THE MESS . $ THE NEXT MORNING . $ MILLINGTON LIMPS ON , HEAVILY HUNG OVER , PALE-FACED AND TAU T HE GATHERS HIS STRENGTH TO CALL . > $ 01 < ( A WHISPER ) > $ PRADAH SINGH ... $ < ( HE CLEARS HIS THROAT AND TRIES AGAIN . ) > $ PRADAH SINGH ... ! $ < PRADAH SINGH ENTERS . > $ 14 GOOD MORNING , SAHIB . $ 01 WHISKY , PRADAH SINGH . $ LARGE , LARGE ... $ 14 IF I MAY SAY , WITH RESPECT , SAHIB . $ IT IS A TRIFLE EARLY ... $ 01 DON'T MAKE ME ARGUE , THERE 'S A GOOD FELLOW . $ 14 NO , SAHIB . $ < MILLINGTON IS TOO STILL . $ CONCERNED PRADAH SINGH FETCHES DRINK . > $ YOUR WHISKY , SAHIB . $ < HANDS TREMBLING , MILLINGTON TAKES DRINK , GAGS ON IT , GE TS IT DOWN . $ HIS BODY SHUDDERS AS THE ' SHAKES ' DEPART . $ A SILENCE . > $ 01 I NEEDED THAT . $ 14 < ( SADLY ) > $ YES , SAHIB . $ 01 < ( SHARPLY ) > $ THANK YOU , PRADAH SINGH . $ < PRADAH SINGH WITHDRAWS AS DRAKE COMES ON , AT THE END OF H IS TETHER , COLDLY ENRAGED . $ MILLINGTON RE-ADOPTS HIS FLIPPANT MANNER . > $ 02 WHERE THE DEVIL HAVE YOU BEEN , MILLINGTON ? $ I 'VE BEEN SEARCHING EVERYWHERE FOR YOU . $ 01 MY DEAR FELLOW , GOOD MORNING . $ 02 YOU REALIZE WE 'RE DUE HERE AT EIGHT FOR THE JUNIOR SUBAL TERN . $ 01 I AM HERE , ARTHUR . $ 02 DON'T BE FLIPPANT WITH ME ! $ 01 < ( WINCES ) > $ ... I WISH YOU WOULDN'T SHOUT , MY DEAR CHAP . $ < PAUSE . > $ #28 $ 02 < ( TURNING AWAY ) > $ WHY DID YOU EVER COME HERE , MILLINGTON ? $ 01 OH , ONE CANNOT ESCAPE ONE'S DESTINY , MY DEAR FELLOW . $ ONE MUST GO THROUGH THE MOTIONS OF FAILURE . $ 02 THEN LET ME WARN YOU , MILLINGTON . $ I HAVE NEVER IN MY LIFE WANTED ANYTHING BUT TO BE A PART OF THIS REGIMENT . $ I DO NOT INTEND TO HAVE THAT AMBITION DESTROYED BY YOU . $ IF NECESSARY I SHALL RESORT TO PHYSICAL MEANS TO PROTECT IT . $ DO YOU UNDERSTAND ME ? $ 01 MY DEAR FELLOW , YOU ARE NEVER REFERRING TO FISTICUFFS , SURELY . $ 02 WHAT DO YOU THINK I AM REFERRING TO , MISTER MILLINGTON ? $ OR DO YOU IMAGINE THERE IS A PARTICULAR DISPENSATION THAT PR OTECTS THE SONS OF GENERALS ? $ 01 OF COURSE I DO NOT . $ 02 DO YOU NOT , MISTER MILLINGTON ? $ 01 CERTAINLY NOT , ARTHUR . $ 02 IT HAS NEVER ENTERED YOUR HEAD , THAT WERE YOU ANYONE BUT A GENERAL'S SON , YOU WOULD BE ON A SHIP BY NOW AND BOUND F OR HOME ? $ 01 THAT CAN'T BE TRUE . $ 02 < ( TURNS AWAY IN DISGUST ) > $ OF COURSE IT IS . $ < PAUSE . $ MILLINGTON SHAKEN . > $ 01 ... MY GOD , THAT 'S AWFUL . $ 02 < ( CRUEL , AMUSED ) > $ ... IT IS ALSO RATHER AMUSING , IS IT NOT , MISTER MILLINGTO N ? $ YOUR PLANS TO QUIT THIS REGIMENT MAY PROVE MORE SANGUINE THA N YOU HAD IMAGINED . $ 01 < ( STUNNED PAIN ) > $ ... HOW MUCH FARTHER HAVE I GOT TO GO ? $ < THE JUNIOR SUBALTERN STORMS ON . $ WHERE DRAKE HAS BEEN BITINGLY COLD , HE IS ABLAZE WITH ANGER . $ MILLINGTON APPEARS DAZED . > $ 08 MILLINGTON ! $ COME HERE ! $ COME HERE ! $ 01 ... YES , MISTER FOTHERGILL . $ 08 MOVE , MAN ! $ MOVE ! $ < THE JUNIOR SUBALTERN TREMBLES WITH ANGER . $ WHEN MILLINGTON STANDS BEFORE HIM , HE RAISES HIS CANE JUST SHORT OF MILLINGTON'S FACE . $ #29 $ ONE FEELS HE MIGHT AT ANY MOMENT STRIKE . > $ I HAVE JUST BEEN UP BEFORE THE ADJUTANT BECAUSE OF YOU ! $ NOW ONCE MORE , MILLINGTON - ONCE MORE - SO HELP ME , I WIL L GIVE YOU SUCH A THRASHING - YOU HEAR ME - ? $ WITHIN AN INCH OF YOUR LIFE ! $ 01 < ( SUBDUED ) > $ YES , MISTER FOTHERGILL . $ 08 < ( SEIZES MILLINGTON'S JACKET ) > $ COME HERE ! $ < ( DRAGS MILLINGTON . ) > $ COME HERE , MILLINGTON ! $ I WANT TO SHOW YOU SOMETHING . $ HE PITCHES MILLINGTON ALMOST OFF HIS FEET , UP ON TO THE VER ANDA , WHERE HE THROWS HIM AGAINST AN UPRIGHT AND , FROM BEH IND , YANKS MILLIGTON'S HEAD ROUND BY THE HAIR SO THAT HE LO OKS OFF RIGHT . > $ NOW YOU SEE IT ! ? $ DO YOU , MILLINGTON ? ! $ YOU SEE THAT - THAT STRUCTURE ? ! $ THAT FRAME ? ! $ 01 YES , MISTER FOTHERGILL . $ 08 THAT IS A WHIPPING POST , MISTER MILLINGTON ! $ THAT IS WHERE THEY FLOGGED SEPOYS IN ' 57 ! $ AND THAT IS WHERE YOU 'RE GOING TO FIND YOURSELF , MISTER MI LLINGTON ! $ YOU UNDERSTAND ME ? ! $ YOU HEAR ME ? ! $ OUT THERE ! $ IN THAT FRAME ! $ < THIS DISTURBS DRAKE . $ IT GOES TOO FAR . $ MILLINGTON COVERS FACE WITH HANDS , STARTS DOWN FROM THE VER ANDA , THE JUNIOR SUBALTERN PUSHES HIM IN PASSING , MILLINGT ON FALLS ON HIS KNEES DOWN STAGE . $ 08 YOU HEAR ME ? ] $ DO YOU ? ! $ < MILLINGTON OPENS HIS HANDS . $ HE HAS BEEN COVERING NOT FEAR , BUT A TERRIBLE SWEET SMILE . $ HE CHUCKLES SLIGHTLY . > $ 01 OH , MY DEAR FELLOW ... $ THE WHIP HOLDS NO TERROR FOR ME . $ NO TERRORS AT ALL . $ < CHILLING . $ SILENCE . $ JUNIOR SUBALTERN QUIETER , COLDER , COMES DOWN . $ DRAKE UNCOMFORTABLE . > $ 08 WE 'LL SEE , MISTER MILLINGTON . $ WE 'LL SEE . $ 02 < ( DISTURBED ) > $ ... MISTER FOTHERGILL WAS SPEAKING - FIGURATIVELY OF COURSE . $ 08 MISTER FOTHERGILL WAS SPEAKING LITERALLY , MISTER DRAKE . $ #30 $ THE WHIP HAS BEEN USED ON A DIFFICULT SUBALTERN IN RECENT TI MES . $ NO DOUBT IT WILL BE AGAIN . $ 02 ... I SEE . $ 01 WHO WAS THE LUCKY MAN ? $ 08 THAT DOES NOT CONCERN YOU . $ NOW LISTEN TO ME , BOTH OF YOU . $ THE ADJUTANT HAS INSTRUCTED ME TO INFORM YOU OFFICIALLY , TH AT IF HE RECEIVES ONE MORE REPORT OF UNSATISFACTORY BEHAVIOU R BY EITHER ONE OF YOU , THAT MAN'S SERVICE WILL BE TERMINAT ED AT ONCE . $ YOU , MISTER MILLINGTON , WILL CUT DOWN ON YOUR DRINKING . $ AS TO THE BALL TONIGHT , THE COLONEL HAS RELUCTANTLY GIVEN P ERMISSION FOR YOU TO WEAR MESS DRESS . $ YOU WILL PROVE YOURSELVES WORTHY OF THAT HONOUR . $ YOU WILL BOTH NOW PUT ON YOUR BEST JODHPURS AND TUNICS AND R EPORT TO SERGEANT-MAJOR LANG . $ THE STABLES NEED MUCKING OUT . $ MOVE . $ 02 MISTER ... $ 08 MOVE ! $ 01 YES , MISTER FOTHERGILL ... $ < LIGHTS FADE TO EVENING SETTING . $ MUSIC ... > $ #31 $ < SCENE FOUR > $ < THE MESS . $ THE NIGHT OF THE BALL . $ MUSIC FROM UP OFF LEFT . $ THE BALL IS IN PROGRESS ON THE PLAIN , SITUATED MAINLY UP LE FT OFFSTAGE . $ WAITERS ENTER FROM RIGHT CARRYING LARGE , LIGHTED CHINESE LA NTERNS WHICH THEY HANG ON THE VERANDA . $ ONE WAITER CARRIES A LIGHTED CANDELABRA TO THE DRINKS TABLE DOWN LEFT . $ HE FETCHES A TRAY OF CHAMPAGNE AND BEGINS POURING IT OUT . $ THREE YOUNG LADIES ENTER FROM RIGHT AND ARE MET BY HART WHO KISSES THEIR HANDS . $ WAITERS TAKE THEIR WRAPS AND THEY EXIT LEFT FOLLOWED BY HART . $ ALL OFFICERS , INCLUDING MILLINGTON AND DRAKE , WEAR FULL ME SS DRESS , OFFICERS ABOVE AND INCLUDING THE ADJUTANT WEAR RE GIMENTALS - EXCEPT THE SECOND-IN - COMMAND , OFFICER OF THE WEEK AND HART , OFFICER OF THE DAY . $ HART AND SENIOR OFFICERS WEAR SWORDS . $ SUBALTERNS DO NOT . $ THE WOMEN ARE BEAUTIFULLY GOWNED . $ OPEN WITH A SHOUT OF LAUGHTER , AND A GROUP - WIMBOURNE , TR ULY , BOULTON , WINTERS , HUTTON , OF WHICH MRS HASSELTINE I S THE CENTRE OF ATTRACTION , COMES ON TO THE VERANDA . > $ 05 YOU 'RE AN OUTRAGEOUS WOMAN , MARGE ! $ 12 IT 'S A DAMNED FUNNY STORY , THOUGH , SIR , YOU MUST ADMI T ! $ 05 < ( AMUSED ) > $ AND YOU , SIR , ARE FAR TOO YOUNG ! $ GET AWAY ! $ GET AWAY ! $ 15 NOW YOU REALLY MUST ALLOW ME A MOMENT OR TWO TO REST , GE NTLEMEN . $ 11 SHAME ! $ 10 SHAME ! $ 12 MAY I HAVE THE PLEASURE OF THE FIRST DANCE ON YOUR RETURN , MA'AM ? $ 05 INSUBORDINATION , SIR ! $ 15 YOU 'RE TOO YOUNG . $ YOUR SQUADRON COMMANDER SAYS SO . $ #32 $ 05 QUITE RIGHT , MARGE . $ 11 IS ONE EVER TOO YOUNG TO APPRECIATE WIT AND BEAUTY , MRS HASSELTINE ? $ 15 FOR THAT , I MIGHT CONSIDER IT . $ 05 YOU LECHEROUS YOUNG DEVIL . $ AWAY WITH YOU - THE PACK OF YOU ! $ < JOKINGLY HE DRAWS SWORD AND WAVES IT ABOUT HIS HEAD . $ SUBALTERNS RETREAT LAUGHING . $ COLONEL COMES ON TO THE VERANDA . > $ 03 IN HEAVEN'S NAME , ALASTAIR . $ YOU 'RE NOT DECAPITATING OUR SUBALTERNS , ARE YOU ? $ 05 < ( SHEATHS SWORD ) > $ DEFENDING A LADY'S HONOUR , COLONEL . $ 15 A PARDONABLE EXAGGERATION , COLONEL . $ 03 YOU 'RE A WICKED WOMAN , MARGE , BUT YOU LOOK SPLENDID . $ 15 I HOPE TO REMAIN SO , COLONEL , BUT YOUR YOUNG GENTLEMEN WON'T RELEASE ME . $ 03 < ( WITH MOCK SEVERITY TO SUBALTERNS ) > $ WHAT ARE YOU YOUNG GENTLEMEN DOING HERE ? $ THE SECOND-IN-COMMAND AND I HAVE SCOURED THE COUNTRYSIDE IN SEARCH OF PARTNERS FOR YOU . $ ALL OF THE MOST ELIGIBLE AND ATTRACTIVE YOUNG LADIES IN THE DISTRICT AWAIT YOU ON THE PLAIN . $ 11 YOU 'RE NEVER REFERRING TO THE ' CROWS ' , COLONEL ? $ 03 TO YOUR DUTIES , GENTLEMEN . $ QUICK MARCH . $ 11 OH LORD ! $ BAGS I THE ONE WITH THE RED HAIR ! $ < ( DASHES OFF LEFT . ) > $ 12 HEY ! $ WAIT A BIT , SHE 'S MINE ! $ < DASHES AFTER BOULTON , TRULY HOBBLING IN THE REAR . $ MUSIC STARTS AGAIN , RATHER QUIETER . > $ 05 I KNOW JUST HOW THEY FEEL , COLONEL . $ 03 WE MET A GOODLY NUMBER OF WHAT MAY FAIRLY BE TERMED ' CRO WS ' OURSELVES , DID WE NOT ? $ 05 WE DID INDEED , COLONEL . $ IT 'S MARGE , SHE 'S SPOILED THEM FOR ANYONE ELSE . $ 15 OH ! $ ALASTAIR . $ I SHOULD HATE TO THINK I 'D SPOILED ANYONE FOR ANYTHING . $ OR VICE VERSA . $ #33 $ 16 COLONEL . $ 05 GOOD EVENING , MEM . $ 16 GOOD EVENING . $ COLONEL , DEAR , THE GUESTS ... $ 03 YES , YES , DUTY CALLS . $ I THINK WE OWE THE LADIES A TURN OR TWO , ALASTAIR - IF YOU WILL EXCUSE US , MY DEAR . $ 15 OF COURSE , COLONEL . $ 05 SORRY , MARGE . $ 15 DON'T BE SILLY . $ THEY ALL WANT TO DANCE WITH OUR DASHING V.C. $ 05 WON'T YOU COME WITH US ? $ 15 NO , NO , I THINK I 'LL SIT OUT HERE , AND WATCH YOU AH . .. DOING YOUR DUTY WITH THE 'CROWS ' . $ 05 OH LORD ! $ NOW THERE IS AN ACT DESERVES A MEDAL IF YOU LIKE . $ 15 GET AWAY WITH YOU ! $ 05 SHAN'T BE LONG . $ < WIMBOURNE EXITS , MRS HASSELTINE WANDERS ON TO THE VERANDA . $ A WAITER ENTERS FROM LEFT WITH A TRAY OF DRINKS , AT THE SAM E TIME MILLINGTON ENTERS FROM RIGHT AND STOPS HIM . > $ 01 I SAY , JUST A MOMENT , MY DEAR FELLOW . $ 19 SAHIB ... $ < MILLINGTON TAKES A DRINK . $ THE WAITER ATTEMPTS TO MOVE ON . $ MILLINGTON STOPS HIM . $ HE DOWNS FIRST DRINK , RETURNS GLASS . $ TAKES SECOND , DOWNS THAT , REPLACES GLASS . $ TAKES THIRD AND FOURTH , BOWS . $ WAITER BOWS . > $ 19 SAHIB ... $ < MILLINGTON GOES TO PUT ASIDE FOURTH DRINK AS WAITER , LEAV ING VIA VERANDA , PASSES MRS HASSELTINE . > $ MEM SAHIB ? $ < SHE TAKES A DRINK . $ WAITER GOES . $ MILLINGTON TURNS . $ HIS CHARM IS TOO CALCULATED IN THIS SCENE , TOO EVIDENTLY SC HEMING . $ HER ATTITUDE IS AMBIGUOUS WHEN NOT IMPERIOUS . > $ 01 WHY ... MRS HASSELTINE . $ 15 MISTER MILLINGTON , I BELIEVE . $ 01 YOUR SERVANT , MA'AM . $ 15 < ( GLANCING OUTSIDE ) > $ YOU SHOULD BE OUT DANCING , MISTER MILLINGTON . $ #34 $ THERE ARE MANY YOUNG LADIES ON THE PLAIN WOULD BE GLAD OF YO UR COMPANY . $ 01 TELL ME , MA'AM . $ I KNOW THEY REVERENCE THE COW IN INDIA . $ DO THEY ALSO REVERENCE THE CROW ? $ 15 < ( AMUSED ) > $ SOME OF THEM ARE VERY ATTRACTIVE . $ 01 IT IS PLEASING , MA'AM , TO HEAR BEAUTY PAY TRIBUTE TO ME RE ATTRACTIVENESS . $ 15 ... DO YOU NOT THINK YOU HAVE ALREADY PAID ME ONE COMPLIM ENT TOO MANY IN PUBLIC , MISTER MILLINGTON ? $ 01 THAT IS WHY I AM TAKING SUCH CARE TO PAY MY FUTURE COMPLI MENTS TO YOU IN PRIVATE , MA'AM . $ 15 YOU ARE TO PAY ME NO MORE COMPLIMENTS AT ALL , MISTER MIL LINGTON . $ AT LEAST , NONE THAT YOU COULD NOT AS READILY PAY YOUR MOTHE R . $ 01 AH , WELL , SHE , POOR LADY , IS DEAD . $ 15 I AM SORRY . $ 01 YOU HAVE NO REASON TO BE , MRS HASSELTINE . $ < ( LOOKS AT PORTRAIT . ) > $ IT IS A COMPLIMENT TO HER GOOD SENSE . $ < HE MAKES A SLIGHT TOAST TO PORTRAIT . $ SHE FOLLOWS HIS GAZE . > $ 15 YOU KNOW , YOU REALLY SHOULDN'T DRINK SO MUCH , MISTER MI LLINGTON . $ 01 NO , MA'AM . $ NO , I SHOULDN'T . $ 15 PARTICULARLY IN THE CIRCUMSTANCES . $ 01 AH . $ MY REPUTATION TRAVELS BEFORE ME . $ 15 IT IS ALREADY QUITE EXTENSIVE . $ 01 < ( SMILES ) > $ ... I SHOULD LIKE TO THINK THAT WE HAD SOMETHING IN COMMON , MRS HASSELTINE . $ 15 IT IS A GREAT MISTAKE , MISTER MILLINGTON , TO BE DECEIVE D BY REPUTATIONS . $ 01 BUT A COMMON ONE , MRS HASSELTINE . $ < ( LOOKS AGAIN AT PORTRAIT . ) > $ SADLY COMMON . $ 15 ... THAT IS THE SECOND SLIGHTING REMARK YOU HAVE MADE OF YOUR FATHER . $ 01 THOROUGHLY WELL MERITED , I DO ASSURE YOU . $ HE WAS A PERFECT SWINE . $ 15 THAT IS NOT AN ATTITUDE YOU WILL FIND APPRECIATED HERE , MISTER MILLINGTON . $ #35 $ THE GENERAL IS REVERED IN THIS MESS . $ 01 IT WAS NOT A PRONOUNCEMENT TO THE MESS , MRS HASSELTINE , BUT AN ASIDE TO YOU . $ 15 UNDER THE IMPRESSION , APPARENTLY , THAT IT WOULD FALL ON SYMPATHETIC EARS . $ 01 MY SOLE IMPRESSION OF YOU , MRS HASSELTINE , IS THAT YOU ARE A WOMAN . $ 15 DON'T BE INSOLENT , MISTER MILLINGTON . $ 01 FORGIVE ME . $ I HAD NOT THOUGHT THE REMARK INSOLENT . $ I SO WANTED TO MAKE A GOOD IMPRESSION . $ CLEARLY YOU MUST HAVE TAKEN TO HIM . $ 15 I SCARCELY KNEW YOUR FATHER . $ HE WAS A HARD MAN . $ BUT NEVER WITHOUT CAUSE . $ 01 I THINK YOU DO HIM AN INJUSTICE , MRS HASSELTINE . $ I DON'T REMEMBER THAT BE EVER FLOGGED ME HIMSELF . $ WE HAD AN ESTATES MANAGER , MISTER RADLETT , WHO WAS ADEPT A T THAT PARTICULAR FUNCTION . $ A FINE , FREE-FLOWING ACTION . $ 15 I DOUBT IT WAS MORE THAN YOU DESERVED . $ 01 I CANNOT ARGUE WITH THAT , MA'AM . $ < ( CHUCKLES . ) > $ WHAT IS AMUSING IS THAT THEY ARE PROPOSING TO REPEAT THE DOS E HERE . $ DID YOU KNOW ? $ YES . $ OUT THERE , ON THAT FRAME THING - STRAPPING ME UP AND WALLOP ING AWAY . $ 15 I SHOULD DERIVE WHAT AMUSEMENT YOU CAN FROM IT NOW , MIST ER MILLINGTON . $ THEY WILL CERTAINLY DO IT IF YOU COMPEL THEM TO . $ 01 I 'M SURE OF THAT , MA'AM . $ 15 WHAT THEY HAVE DONE BEFORE , AND RECENTLY , THEY WILL DO AGAIN . $ 01 WHAT HAS ESCAPED ME , THUS FAR , IS THE IDENTITY OF THE V ICTIM OF THAT LAST OCCASION . $ 15 ... IT WAS MISTER TRULY . $ 01 AH . $ HE OF THE GAMMY LEG . $ NO WONDER HE IS SUCH AN EXAMPLE TO US ALL . $ 15 LET US HOPE HE WILL PROVE AN EXAMPLE TO YOU , MISTER MILL INGTON . $ #36 $ 01 LET US HOPE SO . $ HE MUST HAVE DONE SOMETHING SPECTACULARLY WICKED TO HAVE BEE N ACCORDED SUCH A PRIVILEGE . $ 15 HE BEHAVED STUPIDLY TOWARDS ME . $ 01 < ( QUIETLY ) > $ YES . $ YES , I WONDERED ABOUT THAT . $ < ( LOOKS UP AND SMILES . ) > $ DEAR ME . $ IT APPEARS THAT I SHALL HAVE TO RESTRAIN MYSELF . $ 15 YES , MISTER MILLINGTON , YOU WILL . $ 01 IT WON'T BE EASY , MA 'AM . $ 15 STEEL YOURSELF ... $ GOOD NIGHT , MISTER MILLINGTON . $ < SHE TURNS TO GO . > $ 01 < ( SHARPLY ) > $ NO ! $ < ( QUICKLY SMILES . ) > $ NO ... $ DON'T GO . $ PLEASE . $ < MUSIC STOPS OFFSTAGE . $ CLAPPING . $ ' PLAISIR D' AMOUR ' STARTS UP SOFTLY . > $ < ( WANDERING ABOUT . ) > $ DID YOU KNOW , IT IS SAID THAT WHEN TWO PIGEONS MATE , THEY MATE FOR LIFE ? $ 15 REALLY . $ 01 YES , SO I HAVE READ . $ 15 HOW TOUCHING , MISTER MILLINGTON . $ 01 I MUST SAY I FIND IT RATHER SAD . $ 15 WHY ? $ 01 IMAGINE IF ONE WERE TO DIE BEFORE THE OTHER . $ 15 THAT IS WHY YOU DRINK . $ FOR THE LOST PIGEON . $ 01 < ( SMILES ) > $ NO , MA'AM . $ 15 WHY , THEN ? $ 01 < ( WITH A SWEET SMILE ) > $ BECAUSE I CAN'T STOP . $ 15 IS THAT - TRUE ? $ 01 OH , DON'T CONCERN YOURSELF ABOUT IT , PLEASE . $ 15 HOW OLD ARE YOU ? $ 01 NINETEEN . $ 15 THEN YOU HAVE ALL ... $ 01 ' ALL LIFE IS BEFORE ME ' , THAT 'S WHAT THEY SAY . $ 15 ... WELL . $ YOU COME TO US LADEN WITH ADVANTAGES , DO YOU NOT ? $ 01 BUT TO YOU , IT SEEMS , I COME WITH NONE . $ < ( MOVES TOWARDS HER . ) > $ AM I QUITE OUT OF FAVOUR ? $ #37 $ 15 < ( TURNING TO GO AGAIN ) > $ GOOD NIGHT , MISTER MILLINGTON ... $ 01 < ( GRABBING HER ARM ) > $ PLEASE . $ MRS HASSELTINE ... $ 15 NO . $ YOU WILL DO YOURSELF NO GOOD WITH THIS . $ 01 AS TO THAT . $ WE MAY DIFFER . $ < VOICES OF THE COLONEL AND WIMBOURNE APPROACH VERANDA . $ 15 STAY AWAY FROM ME ! $ 05 < ( OFF ) > $ WHAT DO YOU THINK - IS HE RIGHT , COLONEL ? $ WILL THERE BE TROUBLE ON THE FRONTIER ? $ 03 < ( OFF ) > $ BOUND TO BE SOONER OR LATER , ALASTAIR . $ < MRS HASSELTINE HAS BROKEN FREE AND SWEEPS ON TO THE VERAND A AS COLONEL AND WIMBOURNE COME ON . > $ AH , THERE YOU ARE , MARJORIE . $ 15 < ( OVERBRIGHT ) > $ DUTY DONE , COLONEL ? $ 03 FOR THE MOMENT , MY DEAR , YES . $ YOU TAKE ALASTAIR AWAY AND DANCE WITH HIM . $ IT 'S MY TURN FOR A BRIEF RESPITE . $ 15 WITH PLEASURE , COLONEL . $ < MRS HASSELTINE AND WIMBOURNE LEAVE VERANDA . $ COLONEL COMES DOWN STEPS , SEES MILLINGTON AND STOPS . $ HE IS SITTING IN COLONEL'S CHAIR . > $ 03 GOOD EVENING , MISTER MILLINGTON . $ 01 < ( LEAPS TO HIS FEET ) > $ GOOD EVENING , COLONEL . $ < THE COLONEL LOOKS FOR RESCUE , BUT THERE IS NONE . $ MILLINGTON AT FIRST ENJOYS COLONEL'S DISCOMFITURE . $ A LONG SILENCE . > $ < ( IN THIS SCENE UNDERLYING DEVELOPING AMBIGUITY OF MOOD . ) > $ 03 YOU , AH , ENJOYING YOURSELF , MISTER MILLINGTON ? $ 01 THANK YOU , COLONEL , YES . $ 03 GOOD , GOOD . $ < SILENCE . $ COLONEL GOES TO TABLE AND PICKS UP CIGAR BOX . $ FEELS COMPELLED TO OFFER ONE TO MILLINGTON . > $ 03 DO YOU , AH ... ? $ 01 NO THANK YOU , COLONEL . $ 03 VERY WISE , VERY WISE ... $ 01 ALLOW ME TO OFFER YOU A LIGHT , COLONEL . $ < ( CROSSES . ) > $ #38 $ 03 OH , ER , THANK YOU . $ THANK YOU . $ < COLONEL LIGHTS CIGAR FROM MILLINGTON'S MATCH . > $ THANK YOU , MISTER MILLINGTON . $ 01 THEY SAY A GOOD SUBALTERN ALWAYS CARRIES A BOX OF MATCHES AND A SPARE HANDKERCHIEF TO A BALL , COLONEL . $ 03 QUITE RIGHT . $ QUITE RIGHT . $ 01 MY FATHER TOLD ME . $ 03 YES , YES . $ < SILENCE . > $ WE , AH , WE WERE ALL VERY SORRY TO HEAR OF HIS DEATH , YOU KNOW . $ HE WAS A FINE MAN . $ 01 HE WAS , COLONEL . $ A GREAT LOSS TO THE NATION AT LARGE . $ 03 JUST SO . $ JUST SO . $ < ( LOOKS AT PORTRAIT . ) > $ SADLY MISSED BY ALL WHO KNEW HIM . $ 01 SADLY , COLONEL , SADLY . $ 03 WELL . $ YOU BEAR A FINE NAME , MISTER MILLINGTON . $ 01 I DO , COLONEL , I DO . $ 03 YES . $ < DRAKE COMES ON . $ STOPS SHORT . > $ 02 OH . $ < ( COMES TO ATTENTION . ) > $ GOOD EVENING , COLONEL . $ 03 MISTER DRAKE . $ < SILENCE . > $ 03 WELL . $ CARRY ON , CARRY ON ... $ < ( HEADS RELIEVED FOR THE VERANDA . ) > $ 01 IT 'S BEEN A GREAT PLEASURE , SPEAKING WITH YOU , COLONEL . $ 03 < ( STOPS AND TURNS ) > $ ... AND YOU , MISTER MILLINGTON . $ AND YOU . $ < HE ESCAPES . $ YET THIS LAST EXCHANGE MIGHT ALMOST HAVE BEEN SINCERE . > $ 02 WHAT THE DEVIL HAVE YOU BEEN PLAYING AT ? $ 01 MY DEAR FOLLOW . $ JUST A LITTLE CHAT WITH THE COLONEL , NOTHING MORE . $ 02 ARE YOU DRUNK ? $ 01 NOW IS THAT KIND , ARTHUR ? $ #39 $ 02 ARE YOU ? $ 01 I MAY HAVE HAD ONE OR TWO ... $ < ( GOES TO VERANDA . ) > $ 02 I THINK IT 'S ABOUT TIME WE RETIRED TO OUR QUARTERS . $ 01 I SAY , DO YOU THINK WE SHOULD ; BEFORE THE COLONEL ? $ 02 I WILL GET PERMISSION ... $ 01 VERY WELL , ARTHUR . $ SLEEP WELL . $ I 'M OFF DANCING ... ! $ < HE IS GONE BEFORE DRAKE CAN STOP HIM . > $ 02 WAIT ... MILLINGTON ! $ WAIT ! $ < HE PURSUES MILLINGTON . $ CRIES OFFSTAGE AND THE GIRL WITH RED HAIR RUNS ON , LAUGHING IN MOCK FEAR FROM THE VERANDA TO DOWN LEFT PURSUED BY BOULT ON RIDING HUTTON HORSEBACK , BRANDISHING A PARASOL , LIKE A LANCE . $ SHE RUNS RIGHT AND THEN OFF LEFT . $ BOULTON AND HUTTON COLLIDE IN THE ENTRANCE WITH THE SECOND-I N-COMMAND . $ HART WITH A LANTERN ENTERS RIGHT . $ 04 GENTLEMEN , GENTLEMEN ... $ 11 SORRY , SIR . $ 09 TIME FOR THE INSPECTION , SIR . $ 04 YES , FRANK , I 'M AFRAID YOU AND I MUST RETURN TO DUTY . $ I 'M SORRY TO DEPRIVE YOU OF THE CHARMS ... $ 09 OH , THAT 'S ALL RIGHT , SIR . $ FAIR SHARES . $ SOMEBODY ELSE'S TURN THIS YEAR . $ 04 TURN ... ? $ 09 WELL , SIR . $ SHE IS AN ANNUAL AFFAIR ... $ 04 OH , I SEE ... $ VERY WELL , WE 'D BETTER BEGIN . $ WE 'LL START AT THE EAST GATE AND WORK OUR WAY ROUND TO THE PICQUETS ... $ < THEY EXIT . $ LIGHTS CHANGE TO EARLY MORNING SETTING . $ MUSIC CHANGES TO ' EARLY ONE MORNING ' . $ TRULY AND A GIRL CROSS FROM VERANDA LEFT , GO OFF RIGHT - FO LLOWED BY WINTERS WITH A GIRL ALSO . $ SOFT SOUNDS OF NIGHT ... > $ #40 $ < SCENE FIVE > $ < THE MESS . $ THE BALL . $ EARLY MORNING . $ THE COLONEL COMES ON , TIRED , LOOKING HIS AGE . $ AS HE CROSSES STIFFLY TO HIS CHAIR , PRADAH SINGH COMES ON . > $ 14 MAY I FETCH ANYTHING FOR YOU , COLONEL . $ 03 NO . $ NO , THANK YOU , PRADAH SINGH . $ I AM IN NEED OF A NEW PAIR OF LEGS . $ 14 I SHALL ENDEAVOUR TO SEE THAT YOU ARE NOT DISTURBED , COL ONEL . $ 03 THANK YOU , PRADAH SINGH . $ < PRADAH SINGH GOES ON TO THE VERANDA . $ THE COLONEL'S EYES CLOSE . $ MEM STRANG COMES ON TO THE VERANDA , PRADAH SINGH INDICATES THE COLONEL . $ SHE SMILES . $ PRADAH EXITS AND MEM GOES DOWN TO SIT BESIDE THE COLONEL . > $ 16 I THOUGHT YOU WERE FEELING A LITTLE TIRED , COLONEL DEAR . $ 03 OH , MEM ... $ < ( STRUGGLES TO RISE . ) > $ 16 NO , NO , DON'T GET UP . $ 03 < ( SINKS BACK ) > $ IF YOU WILL FORGIVE ME , MY DEAR . $ 16 I 'D FORGIVE YOU ANYTHING . $ 03 WHAT TIME IS IT ? $ 16 NEARLY TWO . $ 03 WE OUGHT TO BE ABLE TO LEAVE SOON . $ I FEEL WE 'VE SAID GOOD NIGHT TO MOST OF OUR GUESTS ALREADY . $ 16 THERE ARE JUST THE USUAL LATE STAYERS ... $ MARJORIE , OF COURSE ... MISTER AND MRS HOPWOOD ... $ THAT MAJOR IN THE LANCERS . $ 03 PEREGRINE FORSTER ... $ 16 AND HIS WIFE ... IT 'S BEEN A LOVELY BALL . $ IT 'S BEEN A LOVELY BALL . $ 03 HAS IT , MEM ? $ 16 < ( LOOKS AT HIM ) > $ YES . $ 03 ... IT 'S SOMETHING ONE FEELS - ONE OWES TO THE PAST . $ #41 $ 16 I KNOW . $ < ( A PAUSE . ) > $ COLONEL , DEAR ? $ 03 UM ? $ 16 WOULD YOU DO SOMETHING FOR ME ? $ 03 WHAT ? $ 16 ALL EVENING I HAVE DANCED WITH BOUNDING YOUNG MEN AND DOD DERING OLD BORES . $ I SHOULD SO LIKE TO DANCE WITH MY OWN DEAR HUSBAND . $ 03 OH , DEAR . $ MUST I ? $ 16 IT 'S AN ORDER . $ 03 VERY WELL ... $ < COLONEL AND MEM RISE . $ OFFSTAGE THERE IS A CURIOUS SOUND- A MUFFLED CRY . > $ WHAT WAS THAT ? $ 16 WHAT , DEAR ? $ 03 EXTRAORDINARY ... I THOUGHT I HEARD ... $ COME ALONG , MY DEAR . $ 16 THANK YOU , COLONEL . $ < OFFSTAGE - A DEEP SCREAM OF TERROR AND PAIN . > $ IT 'S MARJORIE ... ! $ 15 HELP ... ! $ HELP ME ... ! $ HELP ME ... ! $ < MRS HASSELTINE SCRAMBLES ON ALL FOURS ON TO THE VERANDA - MAKING MINDLESS NOISES - HAIR DISHEVELLED - DRESS TORN . > $ 12 < ( OFF ) > $ WHAT THE DEVIL WAS THAT ! $ 03 PRADAH SINGH ! $ 15 AH ... ! $ AH ... ! $ AH ... ! $ < PRADAH SINGH RUNS TO HER FROM VERANDA LEFT , CROUCHES , TR YING TO LIFT HER . $ MEM HAS REACHED HER . $ WINTERS AND BOULTON RUN ON FROM RIGHT , SO DOES DRAKE . $ THE MUSIC HAS STOPPED . > $ 16 MY DEAR ! $ WHAT 'S HAPPENED ? ! $ < MRS HASSELTINE CLINGS TO HER . > $ 15 MEM ... ! $ MEM ... ! $ 16 IT 'S ALL RIGHT , IT 'S ALL RIGHT , IT 'S ALL RIGHT ... $ < MRS HASSELTINE IS IN TOTAL TERROR . $ THE OTHERS MUTTER STUPID THINGS : ' WHAT 'S HAPPENED ? ' ETC . > $ 03 PRADAH SINGH - BRANDY . $ QUICKLY . $ #42 $ 14 YES , COLONEL . $ < WIMBOURNE RUNS ON FROM LEFT . > $ 05 WHAT THE DEVIL 'S HAPPENED ? $ < HART AND JUNIOR SUBALTERN ENTER . > $ 11 IT 'S MRS HASSELTINE . $ SHE 'S ... $ 03 LET 'S GET HER TO A CHAIR , SHALL WE ? $ 16 GIVE ME A HAND , WILL YOU , ALASTAIR , LIFT HER ... $ 05 WHAT 'S HAPPENED ? $ 12 SHE 'S BEEN ATTACKED ... $ < ADJUTANT AND ROACH ENTER . $ WIMBOURNE HELPS MRS HASSELTINE TO A CHAIR , CENTRE . > $ 15 ALASTAIR . $ 04 WHAT 'S HAPPENED ? $ 05 IT 'S ALL RIGHT , MARGE , IT 'S ALL RIGHT ... $ < THE OTHERS ARE GROUPING ROUND , THE DOCTOR PUSHING THROUGH . > $ 06 LET ME THROUGH , PLEASE , GENTLEMEN ... $ 03 LET THE DOCTOR THROUGH , GENTLEMEN ... $ < PRADAH SINGH GIVES BRANDY TO MEM . > $ 14 BRANDY , MEM SAHIB ... $ 16 THANK YOU . $ DRINK THIS , DEAR ... $ 06 WHAT ON EARTH HAS HAPPENED , MEM ? $ 16 SHE 'S BEEN ATTACKED , DOCTOR ... $ < MILLINGTON NOW APPEARS ON EMPTY VERANDA , RUBBING HIS HEAD BEHIND THE EAR . $ HE LOOKS BEMUSED , SLIGHTLY DRUNK . > $ 06 LET ME SEE , MY DEAR ... $ LET ME JUST SEE ... $ 05 WHO BY ? $ THAT 'S WHAT I WANT TO KNOW ! $ WHO DID IT ? $ < MRS HASSELTINE , LOOKING ABOUT WILDLY , SUDDENLY POINTS AT MILLINGTON . > $ 15 IT WAS HIM ! $ IT WAS HIM ! $ 01 < ( VAGUELY ) > $ WHAT ... ? $ < WIMBOURNE MAKES FOR HIM . > $ 05 MY GOD , YOU LITTLE ... $ 03 ALASTAIR ! $ < THEY FREEZE AT HIS TONE . $ HE TURNS FORMALLY TO THE SECOND-IN-COMMAND . > $ #43 $ MAJOR ROACH . $ THIS OFFICER IS UNDER ARREST ! $ 04 MISTER HARPER , DETAIL TWO OFFICERS ! $ 07 MISTER FOTHERGILL , MISTER HART ! $ < HART AND JUNIOR SABALTERN ADVANCE ON MILLINGTON - WHO SMIL ES ... > $ < CURTAIN > $ #44 $ < ACT TWO > $ < SCENE ONE > $ < THE MESS . $ THE NEXT EVENING . $ THE JUNIOR SUBALTERN , HART , WINTERS , BOULTON , TRULY AND HUTTON AND - RATHER APART - DRAKE ARE WAITING SUBDUED . $ SILENCE . $ AFTER A MOMENT , BOULTON CROSSES TO VERANDA . > $ 11 < ( MURMURS ) > $ ... WHAT DO YOU THINK THEY 'LL DO ? $ 12 < ( SHRUGS ) > $ COURT MARTIAL , I SHOULD IMAGINE . $ 11 WELL , HE BLOODY WELL DESERVES IT . $ 08 THERE IS ANOTHER POSSIBILITY . $ 12 WHAT ? $ 08 THE ADJUTANT MAY CONVENE A SUBALTERNS COURT . $ 10 WHAT 'S THAT ? $ 08 WELL , THERE HASN'T BEEN ONE FOR SOME TIME ... $ < ( SEES ADJUTANT APPROACHING . ) > $ ATTENTION , GENTLEMEN ! $ < THEY RISE . $ THE ADJUTANT ENTERS . $ SILENCE . > $ 07 GOOD EVENING . $ 08 09 12 11 10 13 02 GOOD EVENING , SIR . $ 07 BE SEATED , GENTLEMEN . $ < HE GOES UPSTAGE . $ THEY SIT . $ HE WAITS FOR COMPLETE SILENCE . $ THEN HE TURNS . > $ 07 THIS MATTER IS TO BE SETTLED BY SUBALTERNS COURT MARTIAL . $ I SHALL EXPLAIN TO YOU IN A MOMENT EXACTLY WHAT THAT ENTAILS . $ SUFFICE IT TO SAY THAT - FORTUNATELY FOR US - MRS HASSELTINE IS AGREEABLE THAT THIS MATTER SHOULD REMAIN WITHIN THE CONF INES OF THIS REGIMENT . $ PROVIDED IT IS DEALT WITH BY US . $ WHICH IT WILL BE . $ MISTER FOTHERGILL . $ 08 < ( RISES ) > $ SIR . $ 07 BRING IN THE ACCUSED OFFICER . $ 08 SIR . $ #45 $ < JUNIOR SUBALTERN GOES OFF . $ SILENCE . $ RETURNS WITH MILLINGTON WHO ENTERS FIRST . > $ 01 THANK YOU , MY DEAR FELLOW . $ 08 THE ACCUSED OFFICER , SIR . $ 07 SIT DOWN , MISTER MILLINGTON . $ < MILLINGTON SITS IN A CHAIR PREVIOUSLY PLACED BY TRULY . $ JUNIOR SUBALTERN RETURNS TO PLACE . > $ 07 YOU ARE TO BE TRIED BY SUBALTERNS COURT MARTIAL . $ I SHALL NOW EXPLAIN THAT . $ A SUBALTERNS COURT CONSISTS OF FIVE OFFICERS . $ ONE PRESIDENT , AND FOUR MEMBERS . $ THERE WILL ALSO BE ONE OFFICER PROSECUTING , AND ONE DEFENDI NG . $ VERDICT WILL BE BY VOTE OF FIVE . $ < ( A PAUSE . ) > $ A SUBALTERS COURT MARTIAL HAS NO OFFICIAL EXISTENCE , GENTLE MEN . $ IT IS OUTSIDE THE NORMAL STRUCTURE OF DISCIPLINE AND COMMAND . $ SHOULD A SENIOR OFFICER BECOME OFFICIALLY AWARE OF IT , HE W OULD BE OBLIGED TO END IT . $ HOWEVER , MAKE NO MISTAKE . $ THE POWERS OF THIS COURT ARE SUMMARY AND ABSOLUTE . $ THERE IS NO APPEAL TO HIGHER AUTHORITY . $ DO I MAKE MYSELF PLAIN ? $ < GENERAL MURMURS OF ' YES , SIR ' . > $ NOW AS TO WITNESSES . $ YOU MAY , BY TRADITION , REQUIRE ANY OFFICER OF WHATEVER RAN K TO APPEAR BEFORE YOU . $ YOU MAY ALSO CALL CIVILIAN PERSONNEL . $ BUT , SHOULD YOU CHOOSE TO CALL A SENIOR OFFICER , GENTLEMEN , HIS APPEARANCE BEFORE THIS COURT WILL IN NO WAY AFFECT HI S OFFICIAL KNOWLEDGE OF THESE PROCEEDINGS , WHICH DO NOT EXI ST . $ DO YOU UNDERSTAND ME ? $ < MURMURED ACKNOWLEDGEMENT . $ MILLINGTON SHAKES HIS HEAD , AMUSED CHUCKLE AT THIS DOUBLETA LK . > $ 07 I DO NOT THINK YOU WILL FIND THIS AMUSING FOR LONG , MIST ER MILLINGTON . $ THE COURT WILL CONVENE IN THIS ANTE-ROOM AT MIDNIGHT TONIGHT . $ AND ON WHATEVER SUBSEQUENT NIGHTS MAY BE REQUIRED TO ARRIVE AT A VERDICT . $ PRADAH SINGH WILL BE ON DUTY . $ BUT YOU WILL NEITHER ACKNOWLEDGE NOR ADDRESS HIM . $ THE COURT WILL BE COMPOSED AS FOLLOWS , THE PRESIDENT , MYSE LF . $ THE MEMBERS , MISTER BOULTON , MISTER HART , MISTER WINTERS AND MISTER TRULY . $ THE PROSECUTING OFFICER WILL BE MISTER FOTHERGILL . $ THE DEFENDING OFFICER , SUBJECT TO THE ACCUSED OFFICER'S APP ROVAL , WILL BE MISTER DRAKE . $ #46 $ ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ? $ < MILLINGTON LOOKS AMUSED AT THE SHOCKED DRAKE . > $ 01 AM I TO UNDERSTAND THAT I HAVE SOME OPTION IN THE MATTER ? $ 07 STAND UP , MISTER MILLINGTON . $ < A MOMENT , THEN MILLINGTON RISES . > $ YOU ARE ENTITLED IF YOU WISH , TO SELECT SOME OTHER OFFICER TO DEFEND YOU . $ 01 I SUPPOSE I COULDN'T CHOOSE THE COLONEL ? $ NO . $ WELL , THEN I AM CONTENT WITH MISTER DRAKE . $ HE IS A GENTLEMAN OF HONOUR . $ 07 THAT IS PRAISE INDEED . $ ARE THERE ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS ? $ 02 < ( RISES HESITANT ) > $ SIR ... $ 07 MISTER DRAKE ? $ 02 AM I ... OBLIGED TO ACCEPT THIS DUTY ? $ 07 ... MISTER MILLINGTON HAS CHOSEN YOU , MISTER DRAKE . $ 02 ... YES , SIR . $ < ( HE SITS AGAIN . ) > $ 07 YOU WILL NOW RETURN TO YOUR DUTIES , GENTLEMEN . $ YOU , MISTER DRAKE , WILL REMAIN HERE . $ MISTER MILLINGTON WILL WAIT OUTSIDE UNDER ESCORT . $ MISTER HUTTON . $ < THEY DEPART , COMING TO ATTENTION , LEAVING . $ ' SIR ' . $ MILLINGTON , AMUSED BY DRAKE , GOES ALSO . $ A PAUSE . > $ 07 I APPRECIATE THAT YOU HAVE BEEN UNDER SOMETHING OF A DISA DVANTAGE SINCE YOU ARRIVED HERE , MISTER DRAKE . $ BUT IT IS NECESSARY THAT MISTER MILLINGTON BE DEFENDED . $ TRADITIONAL FORMS MUST BE OBSERVED . $ 02 IT IS SIMPLY THAT I AM ANXIOUS TO DO WELL HERE , SIR . $ 07 OF COURSE . $ BUT THERE ARE MANY WAYS IN WHICH ONE MAY SERVE THE REGIMENT , MISTER DRAKE . $ I DON'T THINK YOU NEED FEAR TO FIND YOURSELF GUILTY BY ASSOC IATION . $ 02 IT WAS WRONG OF ME TO RAISE THE MATTER , SIR . $ 07 NOT AT ALL . $ ANY YOUNG SUBALTERN WOULD APPRECIATE YOUR DILEMMA . $ THOUGH I HARDLY THINK THAT , IN THIS PARTICULAR INSTANCE , Y OU WILL NEED TO EMBARRASS YOURSELF UNDULY . $ #47 $ IT IS VERY MUCH A FAIT ACCOMPLI , IS IT NOT ? $ 02 STILL , IT IS , OF COURSE , MY DUTY TO DEFEND MISTER MILL INGTON IN THE BEST MANNER THAT I CAN . $ I SEE THAT NOW , SIR . $ 07 ... NATURALLY YOU WILL BE REQUIRED TO FIND WHATEVER YOU C AN TO SAY IN HIS FAVOUR . $ 02 NO , I MEAN TO SAY , IT IS A MATTER OF HONOUR , IS IT NOT , SIR ? $ THE HONOUR OF THE REGIMENT DEMANDS THAT MISTER MILLINGTON BE PROPERLY DEFENDED . $ 07 AS YOU SAY , IT IS NECESSARY TO GO THROUGH THE MOTIONS . $ BUT THERE . $ YOU ARE NO FOOL , MISTER DRAKE . $ YOU KNOW WHAT IS REQUIRED OF YOU . $ 02 ... TO BE FAIR , SIR . $ 07 JUST SO . $ TO BE FAIR . $ TO THE REGIMENT . $ GOOD . $ EXCELLENT . $ CARRY ON , MISTER DRAKE . $ < HE GOES . $ DRAKE FROWNS : A MOMENT OF UNEASE . $ THE ARRIVAL OF MILLINGTON HARDENS HIM . > $ 01 CAN I COME IN , MY DEAR CHAP ? $ I DO HOPE HE PERSUADED YOU TO TAKE ON MY CASE , ARTHUR . $ 02 YOU ARE DETERMINED TO MAKE LIFE IMPOSSIBLE FOR ME HERE , AREN'T YOU ? $ 01 FOR MYSELF , MY DEAR FELLOW . $ NOT FOR YOU . $ 02 I PRAY GOD YOU HAVE AT LAST SUCCEEDED . $ 01 AMEN TO THAT , OLD MAN . $ < PAUSE . > $ 02 I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU CAN EXPECT ME TO DEFEND YOU . $ I 'VE NO SYMPATHY FOR YOU WHATEVER . $ 01 I UNDERSTAND THAT ISN'T NECESSARY . $ 02 I KNOW NOTHING OF COURTROOM PROCEDURE . $ 01 FOR THIS PARTICULAR CHARADE , I DOUBT YOU 'LL NEED TO . $ 02 YOU 'LL GET A FAIR TRIAL , MILLINGTON ! $ A DAMNED SIGHT FAIRER THAN YOU DESERVE ! $ 02 MY DEAR ARTHUR . $ WITH YOU TO DEFEND ME , HOW CAN I FAIL ? $ 02 < ( PAUSE ) > $ ... YOU HAD BETTER TELL ME WHAT HAPPENED . $ #48 $ 01 I WOULDN'T WANT TO SHOCK YOU , ARTHUR . $ 02 FOR GOD'S SAKE ! $ 01 I , AH , ENDEAVOURED TO TOUCH HER . $ 02 WHERE ? $ 01 IN THE FOLLY . $ 02 < ( FURIOUS ) > $ NOW LOOK , MILLINGTON ... $ 01 MY DEAR FELLOW ... ? $ 02 < ( CONTROLS HIMSELF ) > $ ... JUST TELL ME WHAT HAPPENED . $ 01 THERE 'S LITTLE ENOUGH TO TELL , ARTHUR . $ I AM , AS YOU KNOW , ANXIOUS TO ABSENT MYSELF . $ WHEN I SAW MRS HASSELTINE GO INTO THE FOLLY , IT SEEMED AN A DMIRABLE OPPORTUNITY TO , AH - IF YOU 'LL PARDON THE EXPRESS ION - COMBINE BUSINESS WITH PLEASURE . $ SO I ... ENDEAVOURED TO COME TO GRIPS WITH HER . $ WITHOUT , IT MUST BE ADMITTED , ANY MARKED SUCCESS . $ 02 YOU FORGET , MILLINGTON , I SAW MRS HASSELTINE WHEN SHE C AME INTO THE MESS . $ 01 MY DEAR FELLOW , I SAW HER BEFORE SHE WENT INTO THE MESS . $ SHE WAS QUITE UNIMPAIRED , I ASSURE YOU . $ 02 HER DRESS WAS TORN . $ SHE WAS IN A STATE OF HYSTERIA . $ 01 PERHAPS SHE TORE IT ON THE SHRUBBERY . $ DOES IT REALLY MATTER ? $ 02 EXACTLY HOW MUCH OF THIS ASSAULT CAN YOU REMEMBER ? $ 01 MY DEAR ARTHUR , IT WAS AN ASSAULT ONLY IN THE MOST TECHN ICAL SENSE , I DO ASSURE YOU . $ 02 YOU WERE DRUNK , WEREN'T YOU ? $ 01 NOT THAT DRUNK . $ 02 ENOUGH TO HAVE NO CLEAR RECOLLECTION OF WHAT OCCURRED . $ 01 MY DEAR FELLOW , I 'M NEVER THAT DRUNK . $ YOU 'VE SEEN WHAT HAPPENS WHEN I DRINK TOO MUCH . $ I GO DOWN LIKE A FELLED OX . $ THERE 'S NOTHING FOR ME BETWEEN CLARITY AND OBLIVION . $ 02 IF YOU ARE TO BE BELIEVED ... $ 01 IN HEAVEN'S NAME , WHAT DOES IT MATTER ? $ I 'M GUILTY , ARTHUR . $ I ADMIT IT . $ #49 $ 02 I DOUBT YOU 'LL BE PERMITTED TO IN THE COURTROOM . $ 01 WHYEVER NOT ? $ 02 YOU 'LL BE OBLIGED TO PLEAD NOT GUILTY . $ THAT IS CUSTOMARY TO ENSURE A FAIR HEARING . $ 01 WELL , MY DEAR FELLOW , BY ALL MEANS LET US PLEAD NOT GUI LTY , BUT LET US HAVE AN END TO THE MATTER AS RAPIDLY AS WE MAY . $ < DRAKE IS FILLED WITH CONTEMPT . > $ 02 YOU ARE VERY PROUD OF YOURSELF , AREN'T YOU , MILLINGTON ? $ 01 ... IT WAS NECESSARY . $ 02 NECESSARY . $ TO ASSAULT AN OLDER WOMAN , SIMPLY IN ORDER TO ... $ 01 IN HEAVEN'S NAME , ANYONE WOULD THINK I 'D RAPED THE BLAS TED FEMALE . $ 02 DIDN'T YOU ? $ 01 MY DEAR ARTHUR , I TOOK HOLD OF HER ARM , SHE PULLED AWAY , I TOOK HOLD OF IT AGAIN - AND WALLOP ! $ SHE DID ME MORE DAMAGE THAN I HER . $ 02 HOW SO ? $ 01 WELL , LOOK , MY DEAR FELLOW . $ < ( PULLS RIGHT EAR FORWARD . ) > $ I 'VE A GASH THAT MUST BE EVERY BIT OF TWO INCHES LONG . $ 02 ... THAT IS THE WORK OF MRS HASSELTINE ? $ 01 IT CERTAINLY ISN'T THE WORK OF MYSELF . $ 02 HOW DID SHE DO IT ? $ 01 SHE HIT ME , ARTHUR . $ 02 WITH WHAT ? $ 01 I HAVEN'T THE FAINTEST IDEA . $ IT FELT AT THE TIME LIKE THE CAWNPORE CANNON . $ LAID ME OUT COLD . $ 02 I SEE . $ AND THAT WAS FOR TOUCHING HER ON THE ARM ? $ 01 MY DEAR ARTHUR - $ 02 < ( DISGUSTED ) > $ YOU 'RE LYING , MILLINGTON . $ 01 WELL , IF YOU WISH TO BELIEVE ME GUILTY OF HAVING RAPED H ER UP HILL AND DOWN DALE , IT REALLY DOESN'T MAKE ANY DIFFER ENCE , DOES IT ? $ #50 $ 02 AND THOSE ARE THE GROUNDS ON WHICH I AM TO DEFEND YOU , A RE THEY ? $ THAT IN FACT YOU DID NOTHING ? $ 01 < ( SMILES ) > $ ... ARE YOU SURE YOU HAVE PROPERLY UNDERSTOOD THE ADJUTANT'S INSTRUCTIONS , ARTHUR ? $ THOSE ARE THE GROUNDS ON WHICH YOU ARE TO FAIL TO DEFEND ME . $ 02 OH YES . $ YOU WOULD LIKE TO BELIEVE THAT , WOULDN'T YOU ? $ 01 I 'M EASILY SATISFIED , AR ... $ 02 WELL , YOU 'LL GET A FAIR TRIAL , MILLINGTON ! $ I SHALL SEE TO THAT ! $ MUCH AS I SHOULD PREFER TO PROSECUTE YOU , I SHALL DEFEND YO U TO THE UTMOST OF MY ABILITY ! $ FOR I AT LEAST HAVE SOME CONCEPTION OF WHERE MY DUTY LIES ! $ HOWEVER REPUGNANT THAT DUTY MAY BE TO ME . $ 01 ... YOU , AH , YOU WON'T EXCEED REQUIREMENTS , WILL YOU , ARTHUR ? $ YOU KNOW , YOU COULD DO YOURSELF A GREAT DEAL OF GOOD HERE . $ 02 GET OUT OF HERE . $ YOU MAKE ME SICK . $ 01 WELL , NO MATTER . $ I FANCY YOU WILL FIND THERE IS LITTLE YOU CAN DO FOR THIS PA RTICULAR LOST CAUSE . $ AU REVOIR , MY DEAR FELLOW . $ SEE YOU AT THE WITCHING HOUR . $ < MILLINGTON GOES . $ DRAKE , ALONE , IS ANGRY , UNCERTAIN . $ HE MARCHES OFF . $ LIGHTS FADE TO A NIGHT SETTING . $ AT PRADAH SINGH'S DIRECTION WAITERS COME ON TO ARRANGE FURNI TURE FOR THE COURTROOM . $ UPSTAGE , LONG TABLE , FIVE CHAIRS . $ STAGE RIGHT , PROSECUTION TABLE AND CHAIR . $ STAGE LEFT , DEFENCE TABLE AND CHAIRS (TWO ) . $ STAGE CENTRE , WITNESS CHAIR . $ THE LIGHTS COME UP . > $ #51 $ < SCENE TWO > $ < THE MESS . $ MIDNIGHT . $ THE TRIAL . $ PRADAH SINGH CLAPS HANDS . $ WAITERS RUN OFF . $ MILLINGTON ENTERS , CROSSES TO PRADAH SINGH . > $ 01 GOOD EVENING , PRADAH SINGH . $ < THERE IS NO REACTION FROM PRADAH SINGH . $ DRAKE ENTERS RIGHT WITH PAPERS . > $ 02 PRADAH SINGH . $ < ( MILLINGTON MAKES A FACE . ) > $ I ... UNDERSTAND THAT I AM NOT TO ADDRESS YOU . $ BUT ... COULD YOU TELL ME PLEASE WHERE WE SIT ? $ < ( VERY NERVOUS . ) > $ 14 < ( INDICATES ) > $ THE DEFENCE IS SEATED HERE , SAHIB . $ 02 THANK YOU . $ 14 < ( SYMPATHY : INDICATES ) > $ THE COURT , SAHIB . $ THE PROSECUTION . $ THE WITNESS , SAHIB . $ 02 THANK YOU , PRADAH SINGH . $ 14 SAHIB . $ < HE GOES . $ DRAKE CROSSES TO DEFENCE TABLE AND DROPS ONE OF HIS PAPERS . > $ 01 < ( AMUSED ) > $ YOU APPEAR NERVOUS , ARTHUR . $ < ( NO REPLY . ) > $ WELL , YOU ARE ON TRIAL , TOO . $ ARE YOU NOT ? $ < ( DRAKE IGNORES HIM , SITS AND STARTS WRITING . ) > $ WHAT ARE YOU DOING , MY DEAR FELLOW ? $ 02 I AM ENDEAVOURING TO FIND SOME POINTS TO MAKE IN YOUR FAV OUR . $ 01 OH , DO LET ME SEE . $ < ( LOOKS OVER DRAKE'S SHOULDER . ) > $ ' ONE , DRINK . $ TWO , SIZE . ' $ SIZE OF WHAT , ARTHUR ? $ ' THREE ... CHARACTER OF MRS HASSELTINE , QUESTION MARK . ' $ I THINK I 'D FOREGO THAT ONE , IF I WERE YOU . $ ' FOUR ... ' $ WHAT , NO FOUR ? $ IS THAT THE SUM OF MY VIRTUES , ARTHUR ? $ < HUTTON ENTERS . > $ 13 STAND UP ! $ < THEY RISE . $ THE MEMBERS OF THE COURT FILE ON . $ BOULTON FIRST , ADJUTANT LAST . $ EVENTUALLY THEY STAND BEHIND THEIR CHAIRS . $ AT CENTRE UPSTAGE TABLE : HARPER CENTRE ; HART , THEN BOULTO N TO HIS LEFT . $ #52 $ WINTERS THEN TRULY TO HIS RIGHT . $ JUNIOR SUBALTERN GOES TO PROSECUTION TABLE . $ A SILENCE . > $ 07 BE SEATED , GENTLEMEN . $ < ( HE SITS LAST . ) > $ THIS COURT IS NOW IN SESSION . $ MISTER MILLINGTON , RISE . $ < WITH A LOOK AT DRAKE HE DOES . > $ MISTER HART . $ 09 < ( RISES ) > $ MISTER PRESIDENT . $ THE CHARGE BEFORE THIS COURT READS AS FOLLOWS . $ < ( READS FROM A SHEET . ) > $ ' THAT ON THE SEVENTEENTH INSTANT , THE ACCUSED OFFICER , SE COND LIEUTENANT MILLINGTON , E. SERVING WITH THIS REGIMENT , DID ATTACK , WOUND AND ASSAULT MRS MARJORIE HASSELTINE , TH EN A GUEST OF THIS REGIMENT , THE WIDOW OF THE LATE MAJOR RO BERT HASSELTINE , ALSO OF THIS REGIMENT . $ THAT IN THIS , AS IN HIS PRIOR ACTIONS , HE HAS GROSSLY INSU LTED HIS BROTHER OFFICERS , HE HAS BETRAYED THE TRUST REPOSE D IN HIM BY HIS COLONEL AND HIS BROTHER OFFICERS , HE HAS BR OUGHT THE NAME OF THIS REGIMENT INTO DISHONOUR AND DISREPUTE , AND HE HAS CONDUCTED HIMSELF IN A MANNER UNBECOMING AN OF FICER AND A GENTLEMAN . ' $ THE CHARGE ENDS , MISTER PRESIDENT . $ < ( HE SITS . ) > $ 07 HOW DO YOU PLEAD , MISTER MILLINGTON ? $ GUILTY OR NOT GUILTY ? $ 01 INDIFFERENT , MISTER PRESIDENT . $ 02 < ( RISES QUICKLY ) > $ THE ACCUSED OFFICER PLEADS NOT GUILTY , MISTER PRESIDENT . $ 07 ... NOT GUILTY , MISTER DRAKE ? $ 02 ... WELL , YES , MISTER PRESIDENT . $ 07 I SEE . $ YOU , MISTER MILLINGTON , WILL REMAIN SILENT , OR THESE PROC EEDINGS WILL BE CONTINUED IN YOUR ABSENCE . $ DO YOU UNDERSTAND ME ? $ 01 YES , MISTER PRESIDENT . $ 07 SIT DOWN . $ < ( MILLINGTON SITS . ) > $ BOTH OF YOU . $ < ( DRAKE SITS . ) > $ MISTER FOTHERGILL . $ 08 I AM READY TO CALL MY FIRST WITNESS , MISTER PRESIDENT . $ 07 CARRY ON . $ #53 $ 08 I CALL THE DOCTOR . $ 07 MISTER HUTTON . $ < HUTTON , WHO IS SITTING BY THE DOOR , RISES , GOES OUT RIG HT AND RETURNS WITH THE DOCTOR . > $ 13 WOULD YOU COME IN , PLEASE , SIR . $ 06 OF COURSE . $ < ( ENTERS . ) > $ MISTER PRESIDENT . $ 07 BE SEATED , DOCTOR , PLEASE . $ 06 THANK YOU . $ < ( SITS IN WITNESS CHAIR . ) > $ 07 < ( SMILES ) > $ I AM OBLIGED TO REMIND YOU , SIR , THAT YOU ARE ON YOUR HONO UR TO SPEAK THE TRUTH . $ 06 OF COURSE , MISTER PRESIDENT . $ 07 THANK YOU , SIR . $ MISTER FOTHERGILL . $ 08 < ( COMES FROM DESK ) > $ DOCTOR , ON THE NIGHT OF THE SEVENTEENTH A BALL TOOK PLACE W HICH WAS INTERRUPTED BY ... A MOST UNFORTUNATE INCIDENT . $ DID YOU EXAMINE MRS HASSELTINE LATER AT THE HOSPITAL ? $ 06 I DID INDEED , YES . $ 08 HAD SHE BEEN ATTACKED ? $ 06 MOST CERTAINLY . $ THERE IS NO QUESTION OF THAT . $ 08 IN A SERIOUS MANNER , DOCTOR ? $ 06 IN MY OPINION IT WAS A MOST GROSS AND COWARDLY ASSAULT . $ 08 I SEE . $ AND DID MRS HASSELTINE GIVE ANY INDICATION , IN YOUR PRESENC E , OF WHO MIGHT HAVE BEEN RESPONSIBLE ? $ 06 SHE DID , YES . $ SHE MADE A DIRECT ACCUSATION . $ 08 AGAINST WHOM , SIR ? $ 06 AGAINST THAT OFFICER . $ 08 AND WERE MRS HASSELTINE'S INJURIES SUCH AS TO SUSTAIN THI S ACCUSATION , DOCTOR ? $ 06 WELL , INJURIES ARE NOT IN THEMSELVES EVIDENCE AS TO THE IDENTITY OF THE ATTACKER . $ HOWEVER , MRS HASSELTINE REPEATED HER ACCUSATION AT MY SPECI FIC REQUEST . $ IN FRONT OF MAJOR WIMBOURNE , THIS MORNING . $ 08 HOW DID THAT COME ABOUT , DOCTOR ? $ 06 I WANTED TO BE CERTAIN IN MY OWN MIND THAT SHE WAS NOT AC TING WHILE STILL IN A STATE OF HYSTERIA . $ I POINTED OUT THAT IT WAS AN EXTREMELY SERIOUS CHARGE TO BRI NG AGAINST A YOUNG OFFICER . $ #54 $ 08 BUT SHE REPEATED THE CHARGE ? $ 06 SHE DID , YES . $ MOST EMPHATICALLY . $ 08 THANK YOU , DOCTOR . $ FINALLY I SHOULD LIKE TO ASK WHETHER WHEN YOU EXAMINED MISTE R MILLINGTON , AS I BELIEVE YOU DID THIS MORNING - WHETHER Y OU FOUND ANYTHING TO INDICATE THAT HE MIGHT HAVE BEEN RESPON IBLE FOR THIS ATTACK ? $ 06 YOU ARE REFERRING TO THE GASH ON HIS HEAD ? $ 08 I AM , YES . $ 06 WELL , MISTER MILLINGTON HIMSELF ADMITTED TO ME THAT IT W AS MRS HASSELTINE WHO HAD STRUCK HIM . $ 08 STRUCK HIM WHEN , DOCTOR ? $ 06 AS I UNDERSTAND IT , DURING THE COURSE OF A STRUGGLE . $ 08 ARE YOU SAYING THAT MISTER MILLINGTON ADMITTED TO YOU THA T HE HAD ATTACKED MRS HASSELTINE ? $ 06 SO FAR AS I AM AWARE , HE HAS FREELY ADMITTED THAT TO ANY ONE WHO HAS ASKED HIM . $ < MILLINGTON NODS AGREEABLY . > $ 08 I SEE . $ THANK YOU , DOCTOR . $ < ( RETURNS TO PLACE . ) > $ 07 MISTER DRAKE ? $ < DRAKE RISES . $ NERVOUS . $ ANXIOUS TO DO WHAT HE IMAGINES IS REQUIRED OF HIM . $ HESITANT . > $ 02 MISTER PRESIDENT ... GENTLEMEN OF THE COURT ... DOCTOR .. . $ 06 MISTER DRAKE ... $ 02 YOU , UH , YOU HAVE REFERRED TO THE ... INJURIES SUSTAINE D BY MRS HASSELTINE . $ 06 I HAVE , YES . $ 02 ... I AM NOT CLEAR ... IN MY OWN MIND ... EXACTLY WHAT TH EY AMOUNT TO . $ 06 WELL ... $ SHE WAS BRUISED ABOUT THE WRISTS AND ARMS . $ THE PALMS OF HER HANDS WERE SKINNED . $ THE LEGS ALSO , DOWN HERE . $ < ( SHINS ) > $ THE KNEES WERE BRUISED . $ SHE WAS OTHERWISE CUT ABOUT THE BODY . $ HER DRESS WAS TORN ... $ #55 $ 02 ... WOULD IT BE FAIR TO SAY THAT ... MANY OF THESE INJURI ES MIGHT HAVE BEEN SUSTAINED IN ... RUNNING THROUGH THE TREE S AND SHRUBBERY THAT SURROUND THE FOLLY ? $ 06 I THINK IT WOULD BE FAIR TO SAY THAT , YES . $ THOUGH IT MUST BE ADDED THAT SHE WAS ONLY RUNNING BECAUSE SH E HAD BEEN ATTACKED . $ 07 JUST SO , MISTER DRAKE . $ 02 YES , MISTER PRESIDENT . $ HAD SHE BEEN ... IN ANY OTHER SENSE ... INTERFERED WITH , DO CTOR ? $ 06 DO YOU MEAN SEXUALLY ? $ 07 MISTER DRAKE . $ MISTER MILLINGTON IS NOT CHARGED WITH RAPE , BUT WITH ASSAUL T . $ 02 YES , MISTER PRESIDENT . $ 07 VERY WELL . $ THE COURT DOES NOT REQUIRE AN ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION , DOCT OR . $ 06 MISTER PRESIDENT . $ 02 < ( AT A LOSS ) > $ ... WELL , WOULD IT BE FAIR TO SAY , THAT THIS WAS ... RELAT IVELY SPEAKING ... AN UNSUCCESSFUL ATTACK ? $ 07 IT IS OF NO CONCERN TO THIS COURT , MISTER DRAKE , WHETHE R MISTER MILLINGTON SUCCEEDED OR FAILED IN WHAT HE INTENDED TO DO . $ IT IS THE ATTEMPT WITH WHICH HE IS CHARGED . $ 02 I WAS MERELY TRYING TO SUGGEST , MISTER PRESIDENT , THAT THERE MIGHT BE SOME MITIGATION IN THE FACT THAT HE FAILED . $ 06 BUT HE DID NOT FAIL , MISTER DRAKE . $ ONE CANNOT MEASURE THE EFFECTS OF AN ASSAULT OF THIS KIND PU RELY IN PHYSICAL TERMS . $ 07 EXACTLY SO , DOCTOR . $ 06 THE SHOCK TO THE NERVOUS SYSTEM - TO THE EMOTIONS OF THE PATIENT IS EXTREME . $ YOU SAW FOR YOURSELF , MISTER DRAKE . $ MRS HASSELTINE WAS IN A STATE OF TERROR - BORDERING , IN MY OPINION , ON ACUTE HYSTERIA . $ 07 THE COURT FINDS NO MITIGATION IN THE CIRCUMSTANCE YOU DES CRIBE , MISTER DRAKE . $ 02 NO , MISTER PRESIDENT . $ < ( PAUSE . ) > $ BUT I AM NOT CLEAR , DOCTOR ... AS TO EXACTLY WHY ... MRS HA SSELTINE WAS SO AFRAID . $ #56 $ 06 I CANNOT BELIEVE THAT IS A SERIOUS COMMENT , MISTER DRAKE . $ 02 I MEAN TO SAY , MISTER MILLINGTON IS NOT A LARGE MAN , SI R . $ ON THE DAY YOU EXAMINED US , YOU SAID THAT YOU WOULD HAVE TO ' PUT SOME MEAT ON HIM ' . $ 07 WE APPEAR TO HAVE STRAYED YET AGAIN FROM THE PURPOSE OF T HESE PROCEEDINGS , MISTER DRAKE . $ 02 WELL , IT IS SURELY RELEVANT , MISTER PRESIDENT , THAT MI STER MILLINGTON IS HARDLY CAPABLE OF ANY SERIOUS ASSAULT ON MRS HASSELTINE , PARTICULARLY IF HE WERE AFFECTED BY ALCOHOL AT THE TIME . $ 06 IT IS WELL KNOWN THAT A MAN MAY FIND MANY TIMES HIS STREN GTH IN THE BOTTLE . $ 07 MISTER DRAKE , THIS COURT WILL NOT ACCEPT DRUNKENNESS AS MITIGATION OF ANY ACT ON THE PART OF MISTER MILLINGTON . $ 02 BUT DOES IT NOT , TO SOME EXTENT , REDUCE HIS RESPONSIBIL ITY , MISTER PRESIDENT ? $ 07 I DO NOT THINK SO . $ THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR DRINKING TO EXCESS REMAINS HIS ALONE . $ 06 I HARDLY THINK , MISTER DRAKE , THAT THIS IS A LINE YOU W OULD DO WELL TO PURSUE . $ 07 JUST SO , DOCTOR . $ < AGAINST A WALL , DRAKE GOES TO PICK UP HIS NOTES . $ HE HAS ONE POINT LEFT . $ MILLINGTON NOTICEABLY RELAXES . $ DRAKE HESITATES , UNCERTAIN . > $ 07 WELL , MISTER DRAKE . $ HAVE YOU ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS FOR THIS WITNESS ? $ 01 I 'D LET IT DROP , IF I WERE YOU . $ THE CARDS ARE AGAINST YOU . $ 07 MISTER MILLINGTON . $ YOU WILL NOT BE WARNED AGAIN . $ WELL , MISTER DRAKE , WE ARE WAITING . $ 02 DOCTOR . $ WOULD YOU NOT EXPECT A WOMAN OF MRS HASSELTINE'S CHARACTER T O BE ABLE EASILY TO DEAL WITH THE IMPORTUNATE ADVANCES ... $ 07 NO . $ MISTER DRAKE . $ WE ARE NOT HERE TO DISCUSS THE CHARACTER OF MRS HASSELTINE , BUT TO JUDGE THE ACTIONS OF MISTER MILLINGTON . $ #57 $ 02 BUT IT IS SURELY RELEVANT , MISTER PRESIDE ... $ 07 NO . $ MISTER DRAKE ! $ IT IS NOT RELEVANT ! $ YOU WILL NOT REFER TO THE MATTER AGAIN . $ 02 ... BUT , MISTER PRESIDENT . $ ON THE VERY DAY WE ARRIVED HERE MISTER FOTHERGILL ISSUED A W ARNING IN THE MOST SPECIFIC TERMS , AS TO THE CHARACTER ... $ 07 IT IS OF NO CONCERN TO THIS COURT WHAT THE JUNIOR SUBALTE RN MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE CHOSEN TO SAY TO YOU ON SOME PRIVATE OCCASION ! $ SO FAR AS THIS COURT IS CONCERNED MRS HASSELTINE IS A WOMAN OF THE HIGHEST CHARACTER AND PROBITY . $ DO YOU UNDERSTAND ME ? $ 02 I DO NOT KNOW HOW I AM TO DEFEND THIS OFFICER , IF YOU WI LL ALLOW ME NO LATITUDE IN THE MATTER OF ... $ 07 YOU ARE ENTITLED TO WHATEVER ' LATITUDE ' I CHOOSE TO GIV E YOU AS PRESIDENT OF THIS COURT AND NO MORE ! $ NOW . $ HAVE I MADE MYSELF QUITE PLAIN ? $ 02 YES , MISTER PRESIDENT , YOU HAVE INDEED . $ 07 VERY WELL . $ CONFINE YOURSELF TO QUESTIONS THAT ARE PROPER TO THIS INQUIR Y . $ 01 FOR GOD'S SAKE , SIT DOWN . $ YOU 'RE EMBARRASSING US ALL . $ 07 MISTER MILLINGTON , YOU HAVE INTERRUPTED THESE PROCEEDING S FOR THE LAST TIME . $ 02 DOCTOR , WHEN MISTER MILLINGTON PASSED OUT AT THE MESS NI GHT , DID YOU NOT SAY THAT , ' GENTLEMEN WHO CANNOT HOLD THE IR LIQUOR SHOULD NOT DRINK ' ? $ 06 ... I MAY HAVE SAID THAT , YES . $ 07 I HAVE ALREADY TOLD YOU MISTER DRAKE . $ 02 WELL THEN , SURELY ON THE EVIDENCE ... MISTER MILLINGTON IS MADE NOT STRONGER BUT WEAKER BY ALCOHOL . $ 06 MISTER DRAKE . $ SINCE YOU PERSIST IN PURSUING THIS MATTER , YOU COMPEL ME TO TELL YOU , THAT IN MY OPINION , MISTER MILLINGTON IS ON THE POINT OF BECOMING A COMPLETE AND INCURABLE DRUNKARD . $ IT IS ALMOST CERTAIN , THEREFORE , THAT THERE WOULD BE PERIO DS WHEN HE WOULD HAVE NO CONTROL WHATEVER OVER HIS ACTIONS . $ #58 $ < PAUSE . > $ 02 < ( TO MILLINGTON , STUNNED ) > $ ... IS THIS TRUE ? $ 01 DON'T SOUND SO SHOCKED , FOR CHRIST'S SAKE . $ < THERE IS A STRANGE , TAUT , OVERSTRUNG MIXTURE OF AMUSEMEN T , CONTEMPT - ALMOST SUB-HYSTERIA IN MILLINGTON AT THIS POI NT . > $ 07 YOU WILL NOT PUT QUESTIONS DIRECTLY TO THE ACCUSED OFFICE R , MISTER DRAKE . $ 01 HE HAS NO IDEA WHAT IS REQUIRED OF HIM , MISTER PRESIDENT . $ YOU SHOULD HAVE MADE YOUR INSTRUCTIONS PLAINER . $ 07 MISTER MILLINGTON ... $ 01 YOU 'RE A FOOL , ARTHUR ! $ YOU ARE EXPECTED TO GO THROUGH THE MOTIONS , NOT TO INDULGE A TALENT FOR LEGALISTIC MORALIZING ! $ 07 IF YOU CONTINUE IN THIS VEIN , MISTER MILLINGTON , I SHAL L HAVE YOU PUT OUT AT ONCE . $ 01 < ( RISES ) > $ I SHOULD PREFER THAT , MISTER PRESIDENT . $ 07 ... I HAVE EVERY SYMPATHY WITH YOUR POINT OF VIEW . $ YOU ARE ENTITLED TO REJOIN YOUR ESCORT IF YOU WISH . $ 01 THANK YOU , SIR . $ < ( TURNS BACK . ) > $ WHAT A BOURGEOIS LITTLE CREATURE YOU ARE TO BE SURE , ARTHUR . $ < HE GOES . $ PAUSE . $ ANGER DIRECTED AT DRAKE . > $ 07 MISTER DRAKE . $ < DRAKE RISES . $ HE IS STUNNED BY THE ATTITUDE OF HARPER AND THE DOCTOR . $ A REVERSAL THAT SEEMS TO HAVE MADE HIM THE GUILTY PARTY . $ HE STANDS . $ SILENCE . > $ 02 < ( NUMBLY ) > $ ... I HAVE NO MORE QUESTIONS FOR THIS WITNESS . $ 07 THANK YOU , MISTER DRAKE . $ < ( TO DOCTOR . ) > $ I AM SORRY IF THESE PROCEEDINGS HAVE PROVED DISTASTEFUL FOR YOU , SIR . $ THANK YOU FOR ATTENDING THEM . $ 06 < ( RISES ) > $ MISTER PRESIDENT . $ GENTLEMEN . $ < THE DOCTOR DEPARTS . $ A PAUSE . > $ 07 MISTER FOTHERGILL . $ 08 < ( RISES , SUBDUED ) > $ MISTER PRESIDENT . $ THE NEXT LOGICAL STEP WOULD BE TO CALL MRS HASSELTINE . $ #59 $ I WOULD HOPE THAT THE DEFENDING OFFICER WOULD NOT FIND THAT NECESSARY , BUT THAT HE WOULD ACCEPT A WRITTEN DEPOSITION FR OM HER . $ 07 EXACTLY SO , MISTER FOTHERGILL . $ MISTER DRAKE ? $ < ( PAUSE . ) > $ MISTER DRAKE ? $ 02 ... I DON'T KNOW , MISTER PRESIDENT . $ I ... NEED TO THINK . $ 07 VERY WELL . $ THIS SESSION IS NOW CLOSED , GENTLEMEN . $ THE COURT WILL RECONVENE AT MIDNIGHT TOMORROW . $ < ( HE RISES . ) > $ YOU WILL LEAVE THIS MESS QUICKLY AND QUIETLY , GENTLEMEN . $ MISTER DRAKE , YOU WILL REMAIN HERE . $ < THEY DEPART , COMING TO ATTENTION : 'SIR . ' $ AS COURT BREAKS UP LAL AND A WAITER SURREPTITIOUSLY APPEAR O N VERANDA FROM LEFT ( SEEKING DRAKE ) . $ SEEING ADJUTANT STILL THERE , THEY RUN OFF TO HIDE RIGHT . $ DRAKE AND HARPER ALONE . $ DRAKE STUNNED . > $ 07 NOW LOOK HERE , DRAKE . $ WHAT THE DEVIL DO YOU THINK YOU ARE PLAYING AT ? $ 02 ... I WAS TRYING TO DO MY DUTY ... AS GIVEN ME BY YOU ... TO DEFEND HIM , SIR . $ 07 TO DEFEND HIM , YES ! $ NOT TO CAST DOUBTS ON THE PERSONS AND INSTITUTIONS OF THIS R EGIMENT ! $ 02 HE IS SURELY ENTITLED TO A FAIR TRIAL ? $ 07 DO YOU SUGGEST THAT HE WILL NOT RECEIVE ONE FROM US ? $ 02 I DON'T KNOW ... WHAT IT IS THAT YOU REQUIRE OF ME . $ 07 YOU KNOW PERFECTLY WELL WHAT IS REQUIRED OF YOU . $ DO NOT PLAY GAMES WITH ME , SIR . $ 02 I AM TO ' GO THROUGH THE MOTIONS ' . $ I AM TO MAKE NO SERIOUS ATTEMPT TO DEFEND HIM . $ 07 ... THERE IS SOME DOUBT IN YOUR MIND AS TO HIS GUILT ? $ 02 NO . $ NONE WHATEVER ... $ 07 VERY WELL . $ TOMORROW YOU WILL PLEAD MISTER MILLINGTON GUILTY , AS CLEARL Y HE WISHES YOU TO . $ AS FOR YOURSELF , WE SHALL SEE HOW YOU CONDUCT YOURSELF IN T HE WEEKS TO COME . $ YOU HAVE MADE AN EXCELLENT BEGINNING HERE , MISTER DRAKE . $ #60 $ I SHOULD NOT LIKE TO THINK WE HAVE BEEN MISTAKEN IN YOU , TO O . $ 02 ... NO , SIR . $ 07 VERY WELL . $ HERE IS MRS HASSELTINE'S DEPOSITION . $ YOU WILL BE REQUIRING IT SINCE YOU WILL NOT BE CALLING HER . $ THAT IS ALL , MISTER DRAKE . $ < ( STARTS TO GO . ) > $ 02 MISTER HARPER ... $ 07 WELL ? $ 02 SURELY MISTER MILLINGTON IS ENTITLED TO FACE HIS ACCUSER ? $ 07 ARE YOU BEING WILFULLY OBSTRUCTIVE , MISTER DRAKE ? $ 02 NO , SIR , BUT ... $ 07 DO YOU NOT APPRECIATE TO WHAT EXTENT WE ARE ALREADY INDEB TED TO MRS HASSELTINE ? $ DO YOU NOT REALIZE THAT , HAD SHE MADE AN OFFICIAL CHARGE AG AINST HIM , MISTER MILLINGTON WOULD NOW BE FACING PUBLIC COU RT MARTIAL . $ BY OFFICERS NOT OF THIS REGIMENT ? $ THAT HE WOULD BE PUBLICLY DISGRACED ! $ AND SO SHOULD WE ! $ 02 BUT IS THIS DISGRACE NOT INEVITABLE IN ANY EVENT ? $ 07 WHY , MISTER DRAKE ? $ 02 WELL , IF HE IS FOUND GUILTY , YOU WILL SURELY BE OBLIGED TO BE RID OF HIM ? $ 07 I DO NOT THINK SO . $ MISTER MILLINGTON WILL FIND THAT WE HAVE DUTIES FOR HIM YET . $ OF AN UNPLEASANT NATURE , TO BE SURE , BUT ADMIRABLY WELL SU ITED TO HIS CONDITION . $ 02 YOU MEAN TO KEEP HIM HERE ? $ 07 FOR A YEAR OR TWO , CERTAINLY , FIVE PERHAPS , OR EVEN TE N . $ THE OPTION LIES WITH US , MISTER DRAKE . $ WE MUST SEE HOW LONG IT TAKES MISTER MILLINGTON TO FIND HIS PLACE WITH US AND TO LEARN A SIMPLE LESSON . $ THAT THIS REGIMENT IS NOT MOCKED . $ 02 ... I SEE . $ 07 YOU CAN DO NOTHING FOR MISTER MILLINGTON AND ONLY HARM TO YOURSELF . $ YOU UNDERSTAND ? $ 02 < ( PAUSE : COMES TO ATTENTION ) > $ ... I REQUEST TO BE RELIEVED OF THIS DUTY , SIR . $ #61 $ 07 NO , MISTER DRAKE . $ YOU HAVE AN ADMIRABLE OPPORTUNITY OF SERVING THIS REGIMENT . $ I SHALL FOLLOW YOUR PROGRESS WITH THE KEENEST INTEREST . $ GOOD NIGHT , MISTER DRAKE . $ < HE GOES . $ DRAKE STARES IN AN AGONIZING DILEMMA . $ SUDDENLY THE WAITER AND LAL , AN INDIAN SERVING WOMAN , RE-A PPEAR ON THE VERANDA , AFRAID TO BE CAUGHT . > $ 19 IT IS THAT ONE , BE QUICK ! $ < ( GOES . ) > $ 18 SAHIB ... ! $ SAHIB ... ! $ 02 < ( TURNS ) > $ ... YES ? $ 18 ASK ABOUT THE BLEEDING , SAHIB ! $ 02 ... WHAT ? $ 18 THE BLEEDING , SAHIB . $ AND MRS BANDANAI ... ! $ < PRADAH SINGH COMES ON , FURIOUS ; LAL FLEES . > $ 14 WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE ? $ BE OFF WITH YOU . $ < ( IN INDIAN . ) > $ TELI CHOW , TELI CHOW ! $ 02 NO , WAIT ... ! $ < ( BUT SHE HAS GONE . ) > $ 14 I AM SORRY , SAHIB . $ IT WILL NOT HAPPEN AGAIN , SAHIB . $ 02 ... WHO WAS THAT ? $ 14 THE SERVANT OF MEM HASSELTINE , SAHIB . $ 02 MRS HASSELTINE ? $ 14 YES , SAHIB . $ I SHALL TAKE THE STRONGEST POSSIBLE ... $ 02 NO . $ NO . $ < ( PAUSE . ) > $ PRADAH SINGH , WHO IS MRS BANDANAI ? $ 14 SHE IS THE WIDOW OF JEMADAR BANDANAI , SAHIB . $ 02 COULD YOU ... ARRANGE FOR ME TO SPEAK WITH HER ? $ 14 < ( EMBARRASSED ) > $ WELL , I ... I DON'T KNOW , SAHIB . $ IT IS ... NOT USUAL , SAHIB ... $ 02 IT IS IMPORTANT , PRADAH SINGH . $ < ( HESITATES . ) > $ IT WILL BE OF ASSISTANCE TO MISTER MILLINGTON . $ 14 MILLINGTON , SAHIB ? $ 02 WHOSE FATHER I KNOW YOU GREATLY ADMIRED . $ 14 ... I WILL SEE WHAT I CAN DO , SAHIB . $ 02 THANK YOU , PRADAH SINGH . $ < THEY GO . > $ #62 $ < SCENE THREE > $ < THE MESS . $ THE TRIAL . $ THE NEXT MIDNIGHT . $ DRAKE ENTERS WITH PAPERS . $ HE SITS IN WITNESS CHAIR AND BEGINS TO WRITE . $ HE HAS TAKEN A SMALL STEP TO BEING STRONGER NOW . $ ANGER HAS BEGUN : HE HAS FOUND SOMETHING THAT PUZZLES HIM . MILLINGTON ENTERS . > $ 01 < ( VERY ACID , ARROGANT ) > $ WELL . $ MY VERY OWN ST GEORGE . $ MY KNIGHT IN SHINING AMOUR . $ I HAVE COME TO CHANGE MY PLEA , ARTHUR . $ DO YOU UNDERSTAND ME ? $ I AM CHANGING MY PLEA TO GUILTY . $ 02 ... I UNDERSTAND YOU VERY WELL . $ 01 GOOD . $ < ( PAUSE . ) > $ WELL . $ < ( ACID SMILE . ) > $ NO ARGUMENT AS TO THE HONOUR OF THE REGIMENT , ARTHUR ? $ NO INSISTENCE ON - WHAT WAS IT YOU CALLED IT - A FAIR HEARIN G . $ 02 YOU 'RE VERY CONFIDENT , AREN'T YOU , MILLINGTON ? $ 01 I AM CONFIDENT OF WHAT I NEED TO BE . $ I MUST SAY I REGARD IT AS A MOST UNLOOKED-FOR BLESSING IF YO U , TOO , HAVE BEEN STRUCK BY SANITY . $ 02 < ( SLIGHT PAUSE ) > $ YOU WILL NOT GET OUT OF HERE , MILLINGTON . $ OH , IN A YEAR OR TWO . $ FIVE PERHAPS . $ OR EVEN TEN . $ UNTIL THEN WE ARE TO BE GRACED WITH YOUR PRESENCE . $ 01 ... WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT ? $ 02 I 'M QUOTING THE ADJUTANT - ' MY DEAR FELLOW ' . $ THEY INTEND TO KEEP YOU HERE , MILLINGTON . $ THEY HAVE DUTIES FOR YOU . $ OF AN UNPLEASANT KIND . $ 01 I DON'T BELIEVE YOU ! $ 02 WHY DON'T YOU ASK HIM ? $ THE OPTION LIES WITH THEM . $ 01 ... BUT WHY ? $ WHY ? $ 02 YOU ARE TO BE TAUGHT A LESSON , MILLINGTON . $ YOU ARE TO LEARN THAT THIS REGIMENT IS NOT MOCKED . $ 01 MY GOD . $ I NEVER THOUGHT OF THAT . $ 02 NO MORE DID I . $ < HUTTON COMES ON . > $ #63 $ 13 STAND UP ! $ < MILLINGTON NOW MUCH SHAKEN . $ THE COURT FILES ON AS BEFORE . $ IT IS CLEAR AT ONCE THAT JUNIOR SUBALTERN AND ADJUTANT ARE A NGRY WITH DRAKE . $ FROM THEIR POSITIONS THEY GLARE AT HIM . > $ 07 BE SEATED , GENTLEMEN . $ < ( ALL SIT . ) > $ THIS COURT IS NOW IN SESSION . $ 01 < ( RISES ) > $ MISTER PRESIDENT . $ I MUST TELL YOU ... $ 07 BE SILENT , MISTER MILLINGTON ! $ 01 BUT I ... $ 07 IF YOU SPEAK AGAIN , I SHALL HAVE YOU PUT OUT AT ONCE . $ NOW SIT DOWN , SIR . $ < MILLINGTON SITS . $ IT HAS BEEN AN AUTOMATIC GESTURE OF PROTEST . $ WHAT COULD HE SAY ? > $ 07 MISTER FOTHERGILL . $ 08 MISTER PRESIDENT . $ AS YOU ALREADY KNOW - AND AS I NOW INFORM THIS COURT - MISTE R DRAKE HAS THIS AFTERNOON INSISTED THAT MRS HASSELTINE APPE AR BEFORE THIS COURT . $ HE WILL NOT ACCEPT A WRITTEN DEPOSITION FROM HER . $ 07 < ( GLARES AT DRAKE ) > $ I AM INDEED AWARE OF THAT , MISTER FOTHERGILL . $ 08 I THEREFORE PROPOSE TO CALL HER NOW , MISTER PRESIDENT . $ 07 MISTER HUTTON . $ 13 SIR . $ 02 BUT - $ 07 YOU HAVE WISHED TO QUESTION MRS HASSELTINE , MISTER DRAKE . $ VERY WELL , NOW YOU SHALL . $ 02 BUT I HAD NO WISH TO CALL HER YET , MISTER PRESIDENT . $ 07 THAT IS YOUR MISFORTUNE , MISTER DRAKE . $ THIS COURT HAS NOT BEEN CONVENED TO SATISFY YOUR WISHES . $ 13 WOULD YOU COME THIS WAY , PLEASE , MA'AM . $ 07 YOU WILL RISE , GENTLEMEN . $ 15 THANK YOU , MISTER HUTTON . $ < THEY RISE AS SHE ENTERS , APPARENTLY GRACIOUS AND CALM . > $ 07 < ( BOWS ) > $ MA'AM . $ #64 $ 15 MISTER PRESIDENT . $ 07 I AM SORRY THAT WE HAVE TO DISTURB YOU , MA'AM . $ I TRUST YOU WILL APPRECIATE THAT IT IS NOT OF OUR CHOOSING . $ 15 I UNDERSTAND THAT VERY WELL , MISTER PRESIDENT . $ I HAVE , BESIDES , NO OBJECTION TO APPEARING BEFORE THIS INQ UIRY . $ 07 THANK YOU , MA'AM . $ BE SEATED , PLEASE . $ 15 THANK YOU . $ 07 MISTER FOTHERGILL . $ 08 < ( GOES TO HER : BOWS ) > $ MA'AM ... $ 15 MISTER FOTHERGILL ... $ 08 I SHOULD LIKE TO ASK YOU JUST THREE QUESTIONS , MA'AM . $ WERE YOU ATTACKED ON THE NIGHT OF THE SEVENTEENTH ? $ 15 I WAS , YES . $ 08 BY WHOM , MA'AM ? $ 15 BY MISTER MILLINGTON . $ 08 THERE IS NO DOUBT IN YOUR MIND AS TO THAT ? $ 15 NONE WHATEVER . $ MISTER MILLINGTON MADE BOTH HIS IDENTITY AND HIS INTENTIONS ABSOLUTELY PLAIN TO ME . $ 08 THANK YOU , MA'AM . $ < ( HE RETURNS TO PLACE . ) > $ < DRAKE RISES . $ RECOVERED FROM SURPRISE , HE PROCEEDS TO OUT-MANOEUVRE THEM . $ HE IS LEARNING GUILE - AND DISCOVERING TOUGHNESS , STUBBORNN ESS IN HIMSELF . > $ 02 MISTER PRESIDENT . $ I AM MOST ANXIOUS TO CONDUCT MYSELF IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE R EQUIREMENTS LAID DOWN BY YOU FOR THIS COURT . $ HOWEVER , IT WOULD GREATLY ASSIST ME IN ... PRESENTING A COH ERENT ACCOUNT TO THIS COURT ... IF YOU WOULD PERMIT ME TO CA LL ANOTHER WITNESS BEFORE I QUESTION MRS HASSELTINE . $ 07 CERTAINLY NOT , MISTER DRAKE . $ MRS HASSELTINE HAS ALREADY BEEN GREATLY INCONVENIENCED , ENT IRELY ON YOUR ACCOUNT . $ YOU WILL ASK YOUR QUESTIONS NOW . $ 02 ... WITH RESPECT , MISTER PRESIDENT , I AM MOST ANXIOUS N OT TO INCONVENIENCE MRS HASSELTINE FURTHER . $ BUT SINCE I AM NOT YET PRESENTING THE CASE FOR THE DEFENCE , I SHOULD MERELY BE OBLIGED TO RECALL HER AT A LATER DATE . $ WHEREAS THIS OTHER MATTER WOULD TAKE BUT A MOMENT OR TWO - I DO ASSURE YOU , MA'AM ; AND YOU , MISTER PRESIDENT . $ #65 $ 07 YOU WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO RECALL MRS HASSELTINE LATER , MISTER DRAKE . $ 02 ... AGAIN WITH RESPECT , MISTER PRESIDENT , IT IS MY ENTI TLEMENT - AS LAID DOWN BY YOU BEFORE ALL THE MEMBERS OF THIS COURT - TO CALL ANY WITNESS OF WHATEVER RANK OR STATION , S HOULD I REQUIRE TO DO SO . $ < A PAUSE . $ HARPER IS TRAPPED BY PROTOCOL AND HONOUR . > $ 07 ... WHOM DO YOU WISH TO CALL ? $ 02 THE SECOND-IN-COMMAND , MISTER PRESIDENT . $ 07 < ( A SHOCK ) > $ ... MAJOR ROACH ? $ 02 YES , MISTER PRESIDENT . $ 07 ... IS HE AWARE OF THIS ? $ 02 HE IS WAITING IN THE CARD ROOM , SIR . $ 07 VERY WELL . $ < ( HE IS OUTRANKED . ) > $ < ( RISES . ) > $ I AM SORRY , MA'AM . $ IT APPEARS THAT MISTER DRAKE IS DETERMINED TO PUT YOU TO THE GREATEST POSSIBLE INCONVENIENCE . $ I WONDER IF I MIGHT ASK YOU ... ? $ 15 < ( RISES ) > $ OF COURSE , MISTER PRESIDENT . $ I AM ONLY TOO ANXIOUS TO ASSIST YOU . $ 07 THANK YOU , MA'AM . $ 15 GENTLEMEN ... $ < CLEARLY DISTURBED , SHE GOES . $ HARPER FURIOUS . > $ 07 I AM NOT PLEASED BY THIS , MISTER DRAKE . $ 02 ... I AM SORRY , MISTER PRESIDENT . $ 07 MISTER BOULTON , CALL THE SECOND-IN-COMMAND . $ < BOULTON GOES OFF . $ SILENCE . $ STIFFNESS . $ MILLINGTON MURMURS TO DRAKE . > $ 01 BUT WHY ? $ WHY HIM ... $ 07 I 'VE NO DOUBT THAT IF YOU CAN CONTAIN YOURSELF IN PATIEN CE , MISTER MILLINGTON , MISTER DRAKE WILL ENLIGHTEN US ALL . $ < BOULTON RETURNS WITH SECOND-IN-COMMAND . > $ 07 SIR . $ 04 MISTER HARPER . $ #66 $ 07 BE SEATED , SIR , PLEASE . $ < ROACH SITS : HIS DISAPPROVAL OF THE COURT IS QUITE APPAREN T . > $ MISTER DRAKE . $ 02 < ( RISES ) > $ SIR . $ IS IT A FACT THAT WHEN YOU SENT FOR ME , AS DEFENDING OFFICE R , THIS MORNING , YOU TOLD ME THAT YOU HAD WITNESSED THE AT TACK ON MRS HASSELTINE BY MISTER MILLINGTON ? $ 04 I DID , YES . $ < SHOCK TO COURT . > $ 02 IN WHAT CIRCUMSTANCES , SIR ? $ 04 I WAS OFFICER OF THE WEEK . $ MISTER HART HERE WAS OFFICER OF THE DAY . $ AT ABOUT TWO O'CLOCK WE WERE JUST COMPLETING OUR FINAL TOUR OF INSPECTION . $ I HAD SENT MISTER HART DOWN TO LOOK OVER THE NATIVE LINES . $ I MYSELF WAS CROSSING VIA THE FOLLY TO INSPECT THE PERIMETER PICQUET ON THE PLAIN . $ 02 YES , SIR . $ 04 AS I WAS PASSING THE FOLLY , I HEARD WHAT SOUNDED LIKE SO ME SORT OF ALTERCATION AMONG THE SHRUBBERY AND TREES SURROUN DING IT . $ I STOPPED . $ AND THEN I HEARD MISTER MILLINGTON'S VOICE . $ I AM NOT CERTAIN AS TO WHAT HE SAID EXCEPT THAT HE APPEARED TO BE PLEADING WITH SOMEONE . $ BUT THEN I HEARD MRS HASSELTINE - VERY SHARPLY AND CLEARLY . $ SHE SAID 'I HAVE ALREADY TOLD YOU , MISTER MILLINGTON , THAT I FIND YOUR ADVANCES NOT ONLY ... OFFENSIVE TO ME , BUT QUI TE POINTLESS ' . $ OR WORDS VERY MUCH TO THAT EFFECT . $ 02 SHE MUST HAVE SOUNDED ANGRY , SIR . $ 04 SHE DID , INDEED . $ EXTREMELY . $ 02 AND FRIGHTENED ? $ 04 NO . $ I WOULD HAVE SAID SHE SOUNDED - IN COMMAND OF THE SITUATION , RATHER THAN AFRAID . $ 02 ... I SEE . $ AND THEN , SIR ? $ 04 WELL , I IMMEDIATELY STEPPED IN AMONG THE TREES TO PUT AN END TO THIS NONSENSE . $ BUT IT WAS EXTREMELY DARK IN THERE , MISTER DRAKE . $ IN THE END I COULD MAKE THEM OUT ONLY FROM THEIR VOICES - AN D THEN AGAINST THE PALER COLOUR OF THE STONEWORK . $ #67 $ 02 THEY WERE FIGHTING , SIR ? $ 04 MISTER MILLINGTON HAD HOLD OF MRS HASSELTINE'S ARM . $ BUT BEFORE I WAS ABLE TO INTERVENE , SHE HAD BROKEN AWAY FRO M HIM - HAD ORDERED HIM TO LEAVE HER ALONE - AND HAD BEGUN T O WALK ANGRILY BACK THROUGH THE TREES TOWARDS THE MESS . $ 02 TO WALK , SIR ? $ 04 YES . $ 02 NOT TO RUN ? $ 04 NO , NO . $ I COULD SEE HER QUITE CLEARLY . $ THE LIGHTS OF THE MESS WERE DIRECTLY BEYOND HER , IF YOU UND ERSTAND ME . $ ABOUT THIRTY OR FORTY YARDS AWAY . $ 02 STILL , SHE MUST HAVE APPEARED EXTREMELY DISTRESSED . $ 04 I SHOULD HAVE SAID ... ANGRY , RATHER THAN DISTRESSED . $ 02 I SEE . $ WHAT HAPPENED THEN , SIR ? $ 04 WELL , YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENED NEXT , MISTER DRAKE . $ THERE WAS GREAT CONSTERNATION . $ THE OTHER GENTLEMEN RUNNING , MYSELF INCLUDED . $ AND WHEN I GOT INTO THE MESS , RATHER TO MY SURPRISE , MRS H ASSELTINE WAS INDEED IN AN ANGUISHED CONDITION . $ EXTREMELY SO . $ FAR MORE THAN I SHOULD HAVE IMAGINED . $ 02 WHY DO YOU SAY THAT , SIR ? $ 04 WELL ... THERE IS NO EXCUSE FOR MISTER MILLINGTON'S BEHAV IOUR . $ NONE WHATEVER . $ IT WAS IN EVERY SENSE REPREHENSIBLE . $ HOWEVER , IT HAD NOT APPEARED TO ME TO BE QUITE SO SHOCKING . $ QUITE SO - VIOLENT OR EXTREME . $ 02 WOULD IT BE FAIR TO SAY , SIR , THAT IT WAS YOUR IMPRESSI ON THAT THIS WAS A ... FEEBLE AND UNSUCCESSFUL ATTEMPT ON TH E PART OF A YOUNGER MAN TO FORCE HIS ATTENTIONS ON AN OLDER WOMAN ? $ 04 THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN MY IMPRESSION , YES . $ BUT ... 07 I MUST INTERVENE , SIR . $ EXACTLY WHAT ARE YOU TRYING TO ESTABLISH BY THIS TESTIMONY , MISTER DRAKE ? $ 02 I AM MERELY ANXIOUS THAT THE COURT SHOULD HAVE THE CLEARE ST POSSIBLE UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT OCCURRED , MISTER PRESIDEN T . $ #68 $ 07 I SEE . $ BUT HAS NOT THE SECOND-IN-COMMAND JUST GIVEN AN EXTREMELY DE TAILED ACCOUNT OF PRECISELY THE OFFENCE WITH WHICH MISTER MI LLINGTON IS CHARGED ? $ < ( TO ROACH . ) > $ IS THAT NOT SO , SIR ? $ 04 I HAVE , YES . $ AND HE SHOULD BE DISCIPLINED FOR IT . $ < ( ANGRILY . ) > $ BUT CERTAINLY NOT BY AN AFFAIR OF THIS KIND . $ YOU KNOW MY VIEWS IN THIS MATTER , MISTER HARPER . $ THE REGIMENT IS ILL-SERVED BY MANIFESTATIONS OF THIS NATURE . $ 07 BUT WOULD IT NOT BE GREATLY LESS WELL SERVED BY THE ALTER NATIVE , SIR ? $ 04 THAT MAY BE THE CASE . $ AT LEAST IT WOULD HAVE THE SANCTION OF PROPER AUTHORITY BEHI ND IT . $ 07 YES , SIR . $ 04 VERY WELL . $ I SHALL EXPRESS MYSELF - FORCIBLY , GENTLEMEN - AT A LATER D ATE TO YOU ALL . $ 07 SIR . $ MISTER DRAKE . $ 02 FINALLY , SIR , I SHOULD LIKE TO ASK YOU WHAT BECAME OF M ISTER MILLINGTON IN ALL OF THIS . $ 04 I UNDERSTAND FROM WHAT YOU HAVE TOLD ME , THAT HE WAS LAI D OUT BY MRS HASSELTINE . $ WHICH IS PERFECTLY POSSIBLE . $ MY VIEW WAS NOT CLEAR . $ CERTAINLY SHE BROKE FROM HIM WITH SOME FORCE . $ FOR MY OWN PART , I HAD THOUGHT THAT HE HAD MADE OFF INTO TH E TREES . $ I HAD INTENDED TO DEAL WITH THE MATTER MYSELF , YOU SEE . $ TO SPEAK TO MRS HASSELTINE , AS SOON AS I RETURNED TO THE ME SS . $ 02 BUT YOU WERE OVERTAKEN BY EVENTS ? $ 04 UNHAPPILY , YES , I WAS . $ 02 THANK YOU , SIR . $ < ( HE SITS . ) > $ 07 ... I WISH TO BE CLEAR AS TO EXACTLY WHAT YOU ARE SAYING , SIR . $ YOU 'RE TELLING THIS COURT THAT YOU WITNESSED MISTER MILLING TON'S ATTACK ON MRS HASSELTINE ? $ 04 IN ESSENCE , YES . $ THOUGH AS I SAY , IT WAS DARK . $ 07 THERE IS NO DOUBT IN YOUR MIND AS TO THE IDENTITY OF MIST ER MILLINGTON ? $ 04 NONE WHATEVER . $ 07 I SEE . $ THEN I DON'T THINK WE NEED DETAIN YOU ANY FURTHER , SIR ... $ #69 $ < ( LOOKS AT JUNIOR SUBALTERN WHO SHAKES HIS HEAD . ) > $ < ( RISES . ) > $ THANK YOU FOR COMING TO GIVE EVIDENCE BEFORE US , SIR . $ 04 < ( RISES ) > $ < ( ANGRY LOOK AT THEM ) > $ GENTLEMEN ... $ < HE GOES . > $ 07 PERHAPS I SHOULD REMIND YOU , MISTER DRAKE , THAT YOU ARE HERE TO DEFEND THIS OFFICER , NOT TO PROSECUTE HIM . $ < ( GENERAL AMUSEMENT . ) > $ 02 THANK YOU , MISTER PRESIDENT . $ IN THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THIS TRIAL , IT IS WELL TO BE REMIND ED OF WHY WE ARE HERE . $ 07 ... DO YOU STILL WISH TO QUESTION MRS HASSELTINE ? $ 02 YES , MISTER PRESIDENT , I DO . $ 07 VERY WELL . $ MISTER HUTTON . $ 13 SIR . $ < HUTTON GOES OFF . > $ 07 I WILL REMIND YOU , MISTER DRAKE , TO BE COURTEOUS . $ 13 WILL YOU COME IN NOW , PLEASE , MA'AM . $ 07 < ( HE RISES ) > $ YOU WILL RISE , GENTLEMEN . $ < ( THEY RISE . ) > $ < HUTTON SHOWS MRS HASSELTINE ON , WHO IS CLEARLY ANNOYED , COOL . > $ < ( AND WHO IS WONDERING . ) > $ 13 MA'AM . $ 07 I AM SORRY , MA'AM . $ I DO NOT THINK WE SHALL NEED TO TROUBLE YOU VERY MUCH FURTHE R . $ 15 VERY WELL . $ 07 PLEASE BE SEATED . $ 15 THANK YOU ... $ < ( SHE SITS . ) > $ < ( THEY ALL SIT . ) > $ < THE ANTIPATHY BETWEEN SHE AND DRAKE IS PALPABLE , YET UNST ATED . $ DRAKE HAS REMAINED STANDING . > $ 02 MRS HASSELTINE ... $ 07 BEFORE MISTER DRAKE BEGINS TO QUESTION YOU , MA'AM , I SH OULD TELL YOU THAT THE SECOND-IN-COMMAND HAS JUST INFORMED T HIS COURT THAT HE WITNESSED MISTER MILLINGTON'S ATTACK ON YO U . $ 15 ... I SEE . $ THANK YOU . $ 02 MRS HASSELTINE , THE SECOND-IN-COMMAND HAS INDEED MADE IT PERFECTLY PLAIN THAT MISTER MILLINGTON'S BEHAVIOUR WAS TOTA LLY IMPROPER . $ #70 $ 15 IT WAS INDEED . $ 02 IT MUST HAVE BEEN ... VERY FRIGHTENING FOR YOU , MA'AM . $ 15 IT IS HARDLY AGREEABLE TO BE ATTACKED IN THE DARKNESS , M ISTER DRAKE . $ 07 JUST SO , MISTER DRAKE . $ 02 PARTICULARLY IN SO ISOLATED A SPOT . $ 15 AS YOU SAY . $ 02 I AM WONDERING HOW YOU CAME TO BE THERE , MA'AM ? $ 15 < ( SMILES ) > $ THERE IS NO MYSTERY AS TO THAT , MISTER DRAKE . $ THERE IS A STONE BENCH THERE . $ YOU MAY NOT HAVE BEEN WITH US LONG ENOUGH YET TO HAVE DISCOV ERED IT . $ 02 < ( SMILES ) > $ I DISCOVERED IT THIS AFTERNOON , MA'AM . $ INDEED I SAMPLED IT . $ YOU CANNOT HAVE FOUND IT MORE COMFORTABLE . $ PERHAPS MORE CONVENIENT THAN A SEAT HERE , IN THE MESS ? $ 15 WERE YOU A WOMAN , MISTER DRAKE , YOU WOULD UNDERSTAND TH AT - EVEN AT THE MOST ENJOYABLE BALL ; WHERE ONE IS OUTNUMBE RED - THERE ARE MOMENTS WHEN ONE WISHES TO BE ALONE . $ 02 JUST SO , MA'AM . $ AND IT WAS HERE , AT THE BENCH , THAT MISTER MILLINGTON ... DISTURBED YOU ? $ 15 HE DID , YES . $ 02 HE ... SPRANG OUT AT YOU ? $ 15 HARDLY THAT , MISTER DRAKE . $ 02 HE SPOKE TO YOU ? $ 15 ... YES . $ 02 IN , FORGIVE ME , AN IMPROPER MANNER ? $ 15 ... YES . $ 02 AND YOU ... ROSE AT ONCE TO LEAVE ? $ YOU CALLED OUT ? $ 15 NOT AT ONCE , NO . $ 02 YOU DID NOT THINK IT NECESSARY , MA'AM ? $ 15 I DID NOT , AT ONCE , REALIZE HOW DRUNK NOR HOW DETERMINE D HE WAS . $ 02 I SEE . $ YOU DID NOT WISH TO GET HIM INTO TROUBLE ? $ #71 $ 15 NO . $ NOT THEN . $ I THOUGHT HE WAS JUST BEING STUPID . $ 02 BUT HE PERSISTED . $ 15 HE DID INDEED . $ HE MADE IT QUITE PLAIN WHY HE WAS DOING SO . $ 02 WELL , FORGIVE ME , MA'AM . $ BUT YOU ARE AN EXTREMELY ATTRACTIVE WOMAN . $ YOU MUST HAVE FOUND YOURSELF HAVING TO DEAL WITH SILLY YOUNG GENTLEMEN BEFORE THIS ? $ 07 MISTER DRAKE , IT IS OF NO CONCERN TO THIS COURT WHAT MAY HAVE HAPPENED IN THE PAST . $ 02 IT WAS INTENDED PURELY AS A GENERAL OBSERVATION , MISTER PRESIDENT . $ 15 I AM NOT ACCUSTOMED TO DEALING WITH YOUNG MEN WHO ARE DET ERMINEDLY AND VICIOUSLY DRUNK , MISTER DRAKE . $ 02 ... VICIOUSLY DRUNK , MA'AM ? $ 15 MISTER MILLINGTON MADE IT ABSOLUTELY PLAIN THAT HE WAS DE TERMINED TO USE ME AS A MEANS OF HAVING HIMSELF DISMISSED FR OM THIS REGIMENT . $ 02 I SEE . $ AND SO YOU WERE COMPELLED TO FIGHT HIM ? $ 15 ... I WAS , YES . $ 02 TO HIT HIM ? $ 15 YES . $ 02 WITH WHAT , MA'AM ? $ 15 ... MY FISTS ... MY ARMS . $ WHATEVER CAME TO HAND . $ 02 AND DID ANYTHING COME TO HAND , MA'AM ? $ 15 I DON'T UNDERSTAND YOU , MISTER DRAKE . $ 02 YOU STRUCK HIM WITH YOUR FAN PERHAPS ? $ 15 I MUST HAVE DONE , YES . $ 02 OR YOUR BAG ? $ 15 I IMAGINE SO . $ 02 WERE YOU CARRYING ANYTHING ELSE ? $ 15 NO , WHY ? $ 02 DID YOU PERHAPS PICK UP A STONE ? $ 15 ... I DON'T THINK SO , NO . $ 02 OR A FALLEN BRANCH ? $ 07 I THINK , MA'AM , THAT MISTER DRAKE IS REFERRING TO ... $ #72 $ 02 I AM REFERRING TO THE INJURY SUSTAINED BY MISTER MILLINGT ON , MA'AM . $ THERE IS A GASH - AN EXTREMELY UNPLEASANT GASH , ABOUT TWO I NCHES LONG - BEHIND HIS EAR . $ 15 WELL , THAT 'S RIGHT - YES . $ I DO REMEMBER NOW THAT I STRUCK AT HIM . $ WITH MY ARM . $ LIKE THAT . $ < ( DEMONSTRATES DOWNWARD BLOW . ) > $ 02 WITH YOUR RIGHT ARM ? $ 15 YES . $ WELL ... YES , I THINK SO ... $ 02 ARE YOU RIGHT-HANDED , MRS HASSELTINE ? $ 15 ... YES , I AM . $ 02 < ( DRYLY : CONVINCED NOW SHE LIES ) > $ WERE YOU STANDING BEHIND HIM AT THE TIME , MA'AM ? $ 15 ... I 'M AFRAID I DON'T ... $ 02 THE INJURY IS TO THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE OF HIS HEAD , MRS HA SSELTINE . $ 15 ... WELL , REALLY , MISTER DRAKE ! $ WE WERE FIGHTING . $ IN THE DARKNESS . $ I REALLY CANNOT BE EXPECTED ... $ 07 EXACTLY SO , MISTER DRAKE . $ YOU ARE ASKING THE WITNESS TO REMEMBER EVENTS THAT HAPPENED AT A TIME OF GREAT STRESS FOR HER . $ 15 JUST SO , MISTER PRESIDENT . $ 02 < ( QUICKLY ) > $ I AM SORRY , MA'AM . $ FORGIVE ME . $ IT IS QUITE UNREASONABLE OF ME TO EXPECT YOU TO REMEMBER DET AILS OF THAT KIND . $ 07 ... VERY WELL , MISTER DRAKE . $ 02 WE MAY TAKE IT , HOWEVER , THAT YOU DID HIT HIM ? $ 07 WE HAVE ALREADY TAKEN THAT , MISTER DRAKE . $ 15 ... I DID , YES . $ 02 < ( VERY CLEARLY ) > $ WITH WHAT , MA'AM ? $ 15 PERHAPS IT WAS A STONE , AS YOU SAY ... $ 02 I DO NOT THINK SO , MA'AM . $ 07 MISTER DRAKE ... $ 02 I SEARCHED THE FOLLY FOR OVER THREE HOURS THIS AFTERNOON , MA'AM . $ I FOUND NO VESTIGE OF ONE FOR OVER A HUNDRED YARDS IN ANY DI RECTION . $ 15 THEN IT MUST HAVE BEEN A BRANCH - $ #73 $ 02 THERE IS NOTHING , MRS HASSELTINE . $ NOT A STICK . $ NOT A STONE . $ NOTHING WITH WHICH YOU COULD POSSIBLY HAVE STRUCK MISTER MIL LINGTON . $ NOTHING THAT COULD BE LIFTED BY A DOZEN MEN , LET ALONE ONE WOMAN . $ 15 REALLY THIS IS TOO ABSURD ! $ 07 IT IS SURELY NOT BEYOND YOUR POWERS OF IMAGINATION , MIST ER DRAKE , TO REALIZE THAT MISTER MILLINGTON PROBABLY FELL B ACK AGAINST A TREE , OR AGAINST A WALL , WHEN MRS HASSELTINE BROKE AWAY FROM HIM . $ 15 EXACTLY SO , MISTER PRESIDENT ... $ 01 I WAS HIT , MISTER PRESIDENT ! $ 07 BE SILENT , SIR . $ 01 02 07 < TOGETHER > $ 01 SHE HIT ME ! $ < ( COMPLETELY BAFFLED . ) > $ 02 BE QUIET ! $ 07 WILL YOU BE QUIET , SIR ! $ 15 OF COURSE , IF YOU PREFER TO TAKE THE WORD OF THE ACCUSED OFFICER AGAINST THAT OF MYSELF ... $ 07 CERTAINLY NOT , MA'AM . $ THAT DOES NOT ARISE . $ MISTER DRAKE , THIS HAS GONE FAR ENOUGH . $ 02 < ( HURRIEDLY ) > $ I AM SORRY , MISTER PRESIDENT ... $ 07 YOU WILL END YOUR QUESTIONS NOW . $ 02 BUT I ONLY HAVE A QUESTION OR TWO MORE , MISTER PRESIDENT - AND I READILY ACCEPT THAT THIS WAS A MISUNDERSTANDING ON MY PART . $ I SEE NOW THAT MISTER MILLINGTON PROBABLY FELL BACK AGAINST THIS WALL , OR TREE , MA'AM , AND THAT YOU ESCAPED FROM HIM . $ AND THAT YOU RAN SCREAMING A MATTER OF FORTY YARDS OR SO TO THE MESS . $ 07 MISTER DRAKE . $ WE HAVE ALREADY HAD THE EVIDENCE OF THE SECOND-IN-COMMAND TH AT IN THE FIRST INSTANCE ... $ 02 OF COURSE , MISTER PRESIDENT . $ I AM SORRY . $ IN THE FIRST INSTANCE YOU WALKED , MA'AM . $ < ( SLIGHT PAUSE . ) > $ AND THEN PERHAPS YOU RAN ? $ PERHAPS YOU FEARED HE MIGHT ATTACK YOU AGAIN ? $ 15 THAT THOUGHT DID ENTER MY MIND , YES . $ 02 HE DIDN'T , OF COURSE , MA'AM ? $ 15 NO , MISTER DRAKE . $ HE DID NOT . $ #74 $ 02 THEN HE MUST HAVE ATTACKED YOU WITH EXTREME SEVERITY ON T HE FIRST OCCASION . $ EXACTLY WHAT DID HE DO , MA'AM ? $ 15 WELL , HE ... $ 02 DID HE TAKE HOLD OF YOUR ARM ? $ 15 HE DID , YES . $ 02 AND HE PULLED YOU ABOUT ? $ 15 YES . $ 02 AND THEN , MA'AM ? $ 15 WELL , HE ... $ 02 YES , MA'AM ? $ 15 ... REALLY , I CANNOT BE EXPECTED TO REMEMBER - $ 02 WELL , DID HE PERHAPS ATTEMPT TO PLACE HIS HAND ON YOUR B OSOM ? $ YOUR DRESS WAS TORN - $ 07 MISTER DRAKE - $ 15 HE MAY HAVE DONE , YES . $ 02 WELL , DID HE , OR DIDN'T HE , MA'AM ? $ 15 I CAN'T REMEMBER , MISTER DRAKE ! $ 02 BUT THIS WAS A TERRIFYING EXPERIENCE FOR YOU , MRS HASSEL TINE . $ YOU RAN , SCREAMING , ALL THE WAY INTO THE MESS ! $ 15 < ( RISES : BLAZING ) > $ EXACTLY WHAT ARE YOU IMPLYING ? $ 07 < ( JUMPS UP ) > $ THAT IS ALL , MISTER DRAKE ! $ SIT DOWN ! $ 02 I HAVE ONLY ONE MORE QUESTION FOR THIS ... $ 07 NO , MISTER DRAKE ! $ BE SEATED ! $ < PAUSE . > $ 02 WHY ARE YOU LYING , MRS HASSELTINE ? $ 07 MISTER DRAKE ! $ 15 HOW DARE YOU ! $ HOW DARE YOU , MISTER DRAKE ! $ 07 MA'AM , IF YOU WILL ALLOW ME TO ... $ 15 < ( STORMING OUT ) > $ I SHALL TOLERATE NO MORE OF THIS , MISTER PRESIDENT ! $ YOU MAY PLAY YOUR CHILDISH GAMES IN FUTURE WITHOUT ME ! $ < SHE IS GONE . $ A SHOCKED SILENCE . $ MILLINGTON DAZED , BAFFLED . $ IN SILENCE THE ADJUTANT COMES ROUND THE TABLE . > $ 07 YOU HAVE FINISHED YOURSELF HERE , MISTER DRAKE . $ DO YOU HEAR ME . $ YOU ARE FINISHED HERE . $ #75 $ 02 < ( SICK AT HEART ) > $ IF WHAT I HAVE HEARD IN THIS COURTROOM IS TYPICAL OF THE HON OUR OF THIS REGIMENT ... THEN I SHALL BE ONLY TOO HAPPY TO D EPART . $ 07 AND WE SHALL BE ONLY TOO HAPPY TO ACCOMMODATE YOU . $ NOW THE REST OF YOU , PAY ATTENTION TO ME ... $ 02 THAT WOMAN IS LYING , MISTER HARPER . $ 07 BE SILENT , SIR ! $ < ( PAUSE . ) > $ THIS COURT WILL RECONVENE AT MIDNIGHT TOMORROW , WHEN THIS M ATTER WILL BE ENDED . $ YOU HEAR ME , MISTER DRAKE ? $ ENDED . $ 02 < ( PAUSE : NODS SLOWLY ) > $ ... YES , MISTER PRESIDENT . $ 07 VERY WELL . $ THAT IS ALL . $ < HE STALKS OUT . $ PAUSE , THE OTHERS LEAVE . $ DRAKE , MILLINGTON ALONE . $ DRAKE IS NEAR TO TEARS , BUT FOR HIM THIS IS NOT POSSIBLE . $ MILLINGTON HAS NO WAY TO EXPRESS SYMPATHY FOR THIS MAN . $ PAUSE . > $ 02 ... I THOUGHT THIS WAS A REGIMENT OF HONOUR . $ 01 < ( EMBARRASSED ) > $ SO IT IS , MY DEAR FELLOW . $ A REGIMENT OF THE HIGHEST HONOUR . $ AS YOU YOURSELF HAVE MADE PLAIN TO ME . $ 02 IT APPEARS THAT I OWE YOU AN APOLOGY , MISTER MILLINGTON . $ 01 WHAT 'S GOING ON , ARTHUR ? $ 02 I DO NOT KNOW . $ 01 WHY SHOULD SHE LIE ? $ 02 ... IT MAY BE THAT SHE IS NOT . $ 01 BUT SHE FETCHED ME THE DEVIL OF A CRACK . $ 02 ... WHY DON'T YOU GO TO BED ? $ 01 WHY NOT ? $ < STARTS TO GO , TURNS BACK . $ IN HIS OWN WAY FLIPPANT , AWKWARD , TRIES TO HELP . > $ LOOK HERE , ARTHUR , IF YOU WISH TO REMAIN HERE ... YOU REAL LY WILL HAVE TO ABANDON THIS ENTERPRISE . $ IT ISN'T TOO LATE . $ 02 I FANCY I CAN SURVIVE WITHOUT YOUR SYMPATHY , MILLINGTON . $ YOURS LEAST OF ALL . $ 01 YOU DISAPPOINT ME , ARTHUR . $ IS IT JUST PRIDE THEN ? $ WOUNDED PRIDE ? $ 02 ... LET US CALL IT PRINCIPLE . $ WHY NOT ? $ ' BOURGEOIS ' PRINCIPLE . $ #76 $ BUT THAT , OF COURSE , IS SOMETHING THAT YOU WOULD NOT UNDER STAND . $ 01 NO , THAT IS TRUE . $ I AM TOLD , THOUGH , THAT IT IS INVINCIBLE . $ 02 ARE YOU ? $ WELL . $ THEN YOU HAVE MET ... AN INVINCIBLE MAN , HAVE YOU NOT ? $ 01 ... GOOD NIGHT , ARTHUR . $ < GOES QUICKLY . $ PAUSE . $ AT LAST DRAKE COVERS HIS FACE IN PAIN . $ A GRUNT COMES FROM HIM . > $ 02 OH , GOD ! $ < PRADAH SINGH COMES URGENTLY ON . > $ 14 SAHIB ... ! $ SAHIB ... ! $ 02 YES ... ? $ 14 MRS BANDANAI IS HERE . $ 02 < ( ABSORBED : ALMOST INDIFFERENT ) > $ AH ... $ YES . $ THANK YOU , PRADAH SINGH ... $ 14 SHE WAS ATTACKED TOO , SAHIB . $ 02 < ( BECOMING ALERT ) > $ ATTACKED ? $ 14 YES , SAHIB . $ 02 WHEN ? $ 14 I DO NOT KNOW , BUT ... $ 02 WHERE IS SHE ? $ 14 SHE IS OUTSIDE . $ 02 < ( BRISKLY , TURNING AWAY ) > $ BRING HER IN . $ 14 IN HERE , SAHIB , IT IS IMPROPER ... $ 02 BRING HER IN , PRADAH SINGH ! $ THAT 'S AN ORDER . $ 14 ... SAHIB . $ < UNWILLING PRADAH SINGH GOES . $ DRAKE PACES , IMPATIENT . $ PRADAH SINGH RETURNS STEERING MRS BANDANAI . $ SHE IS WITHDRAWN , UNWILLING , HIDES FACE . $ PRADAH SINGH DISAPPROVES OF , RESISTS WHAT FOLLOWS . > $ 14 JA HA ! $ JA HA ! $ THIS IS MRS BANDANAI , SAHIB . $ 02 SIT DOWN , MA'AM , PLEASE . $ 14 BATO . $ BATO . $ 02 ... DOESN'T SHE SPEAK ENGLISH ? $ #77 $ 14 NO , SAHIB . $ < ( PAUSE . ) > $ SHE DOES NOT WISH TO SPEAK AT ALL , SAHIB . $ 02 WELL ... TELL HER I MEAN HER NO HARM . $ 14 USHI KUTCH APSI UPRAD NAHI . $ 02 TELL HER , THERE IS A YOUNG OFFICER IN TROUBLE ... $ 14 IK OFFCER TAKFLIFNA HA . $ 02 THAT I WISH TO HELP HIM ... $ 14 USHI SAHIB MADAT KEMA CHAHATI HA ... $ 02 BUT WITHOUT HER I CANNOT . $ 02 UPKI SEWA MADAT NEHI OSATA . $ 17 ENGARASI SUAR KO MAIN KUM MADAT MARUN , UNA MERNA DO , MU JA KEYA PARYA . $ 14 BAS ! $ BAS ! $ 02 WHAT DID SHE SAY ? $ 14 ... SHE IS OVERWROUGHT , SAHIB . $ < ( TO MRS BANDANAI . ) > $ ASAMAT BOLO' ... $ 02 NO . $ TELL ME WHAT SHE SAID . $ 14 VERY WELL . $ SHE SAID ' WHY SHOULD I HELP THE ENGLISH PIG , LET HIM DIE , I DON'T CARE . ' $ 02 ASK HER IF IT IS TRUE SHE WAS ATTACKED . $ 14 KAYA SUCH HAI APAKO KESINA HATH LAGAYA ? $ 17 JE HAIN SUCH HAI . $ 14 IT IS TRUE , SAHIB . $ 02 WHEN ? $ 14 ... SAHIB , I ... $ 02 ASK HER WHEN . $ 14 KABI ? $ 17 CHA MANA PAHLA . $ 14 JUT ! $ JUT ! $ 17 NAHIN , NAHIN , MAIN JUT NAHIN BOLTE ! $ 02 WHAT DOES SHE SAY , PRADAH SINGH ? $ 14 ... SHE SAYS - SIX MONTHS AGO , SAHIB . $ 02 SIX MONTHS ! $ ASK HER WHO , PRADAH SINGH . $ 14 ... SAHIB ... I CANNOT . $ 02 ASK HER WHO . $ 14 KUAN THA ? $ #78 $ 17 NAHIN BATAGUIN ! $ NAHIN BATAGUIN ! $ 14 SHE WILL NOT TELL YOU , SAHIB . $ 02 ASK HER WHAT HAPPENED , THEN . $ 14 I AM NOT IN A POSITION ... $ 02 ASK HER ! $ 14 KEYA HUWA . $ < MRS BANDANAI BEGINS HER HALTING STORY WHICH PRADAH SINGH T RANSLATES . > $ 17 MAIN EK OFFCER KE SATH THEE , USKA SATH SUITHEE , EKALI T HEE , WA BUNGLA CHOR KA CHALAGAYA . $ 14 ... SHE WAS WITH AN OFFICER . $ SHE HAD BEEN WITH HIM ... LAIN WITH HIM , SAHIB . $ SHE WAS ALONE , HE HAD LEFT THE BUNGALOW . $ 17 NAGI THEE , CHAR PAYEE KE UPAR . $ 14 SHE WAS NAKED , SAHIB . $ ON THE BED . $ 17 ETHNA MAI EK ADMI AYA , GERA LAL AUR SUANA KE TERA . $ 14 THERE CAME ANOTHER MAN , SHE SAID , ANOTHER MAN IN SCARLE T AND GOLD ... $ 17 UNENA MUJA KAHA CHAR PAYEE SA UTHO , HATH AUR PAUN SA DUR O . $ 14 HE MADE HER - GET OFF THE BED , SAHIB . $ HE MADE HER RUN ABOUT ... NAKED ... ON HER HANDS AND KNEES . .. $ 17 AUR SUAR KE TERA AWAZ BE BANO . $ ESKA PAS TELWAR BE THEE . $ 14 SHE HAD TO MAKE NOISES , NOISES LIKE A ... $ HE HAD A SWORD . $ 02 ... YOU DON'T ... ? $ 14 ... IT IS THE GAME . $ IT IS THE GAME AS THEY PLAY IT IN THE MESS . $ STICKING THE PIG . $ WITH A SWORD . $ FROM BEHIND . $ AS IT RUNS ... $ 02 OH , MY GOD ... $ NO ... $ < DRAKE SHOCKED , SICKENED . $ PRADAH SINGH COMFORTS THE MURMURING MRS BANDANAI . > $ 14 IT IS THE GAME , SAHIB . $ I AM CERTAIN . $ 17 BAHUTU BURI BATH HUI , BAHUTU BURI BATH HUI . $ #79 $ 14 THEKE HAI , THEKE HAI ... $ 02 ... BUT WHO ? $ ... WHO COULD DO SUCH A THING ... ? $ 14 NAM BOLA ? $ 17 ENGARAS ... $ 14 AN ENGLISHMAN , SAHIB . $ 02 WHO ? $ ASK HER WHO , PRADAH SINGH ! $ TELL HER I MUST KNOW ! $ TELL HER THAT I WILL FIND THIS MAN ! $ THAT I WILL STOP HIM ! $ THAT I WILL NOT COVER UP THE TRUTH ! $ 14 NAM BOTAL ... $ 17 MAIN NAHIN BATA SAKTI , MUJA YANHAN SA PENSION MELTA HAI , NAI KESI PAR DOSH NAHN LAGA SAKTI . $ 14 ... SHE CANNOT TELL YOU , SAHIB . $ SHE HAS A PENSION FROM THIS REGIMENT : HOW CAN SHE ACCUSE AN ... $ 02 A PENSION ! $ FOR GOD'S SAKE ! $ THIS IS MY LIFE ! $ < ( SEIZES MRS BANDANAI . ) > $ THIS IS MY LIFE ! $ < SHE LOOKS UP . $ IT SEEMS THAT SHE UNDERSTANDS . > $ 17 SCARLETT . $ < SHE JUMPS UP AND MAKES FOR THE VERANDA . > $ 17 CAPTAIN SCARLETT ... ! $ 14 JUT ! $ JUT ! $ 17 MAIN SUCH BOLTI HUIN ... $ CAPTAIN SCARLETT ... $ < ( SHE RUNS OFF . ) > $ 14 WAPAS AUO WAPAS AUO ... $ 02 CAPTAIN SCARLETT ... ? $ 14 YES , SAHIB . $ 02 ... BUT ... $ 14 HE WAS KILLED IN THE MUTINY , SAHIB . $ 02 HE 'S DEAD ! $ < SLIGHT PAUSE . > $ 14 YES , SAHIB . $ CAPTAIN SCARLETT - IS DEAD . $ 02 < ( STUNNED : AFRAID ) > $ ... WHAT ... $ WHAT 'S HAPPENING ... ? $ < CURTAIN > $ #80 $ < ACT THREE > $ < SCENE ONE > $ < THE MESS . $ THE TRIAL . $ THE NEXT MIDNIGHT . $ MILLINGTON IS WAITING , CLEARLY WORRIED . $ DRAKE ENTERS CARRYING A WRAPPED PARCEL WHICH HE PLACES ON DE FENCE TABLE . > $ 01 ARTHUR , I MUST ... SPEAK WITH YOU - $ 02 AND I , YOU - $ 01 I HAVE BEEN THINKING , MY DEAR FELLOW AND , AH - $ 02 I KNOW NOW THAT YOU SPOKE THE TRUTH , MILLINGTON . $ 01 ... WHAT ? $ 02 YOU MAY HAVE BEEN STUPID , BUT YOU WERE NOT VICIOUS . $ 01 NO ... $ BESIDES I RATHER LIKE HER AS A MATTER OF FACT ... $ 02 ... LOOK HERE . $ I WANT YOU TO TRUST ME , MILLINGTON . $ TONIGHT'S PROCEEDINGS WILL NOT BE PLEASANT , BUT YOU MUST RE MAIN QUIET WHATEVER HAPPENS ... $ 01 THAT IS WHAT I WANTED TO SPEAK TO YOU ABOUT ... $ 02 ... WHAT ? $ 01 LOOK HERE , ARTHUR , I WENT RIDING THIS MORNING ... $ 02 I 'M AFRAID I DON'T ... $ 01 NO . $ NO , LET ME FINISH , PLEASE ... I RECEIVED THIS NOTE FROM TH E COLONEL . $ YES . $ ' THE COLONEL PRESENTS HIS COMPLIMENTS TO MISTER MILLINGTON , AND WONDERS WHETHER MISTER MILLINGTON MIGHT CARE TO EXERCI SE THE COLONEL'S STRING AGAIN . $ THE COLONEL WOULD OF COURSE BE GRATEFUL IF MISTER MILLINGTON WOULD ENDEAVOUR TO MAINTAIN CONTACT WITH THE COLONEL'S ANIM ALS ON THIS OCCASION . ' $ I LIKE HORSES , ARTHUR ... $ 02 MILLINGTON . $ #81 $ IT IS IN ONE , DO YOU SEE , ARTHUR . $ ONE IS NOT TO ESCAPE . $ I FELT THIS MORNING AS YOU MUST ... $ THAT ONE IS INTENDED FOR A PARTICULAR PLACE . $ SO YOU SEE , ARTHUR , YOU ARE DESTROYING YOURSELF HERE FOR N O REASON ... I ... $ 02 YOU ARE NOT TO CONCERN YOURSELF WITH ME . $ 01 BUT I DO , ARTHUR . $ I KNOW WHAT THIS PLACE MEANS TO YOU . $ 02 NO . $ NO . $ I DO NOT EXPECT TO REMAIN HERE . $ 13 COME TO ORDER . $ < THE COURT FILES ON AND ALL STAND BEHIND THEIR CHAIRS . > $ 07 BEFORE I CONVENE THIS COURT , I AM TOLD , MISTER DRAKE , THAT YOU HAVE RECALLED THE DOCTOR . $ 02 YES , MISTER PRESIDENT , I HAVE . $ 07 I TOLD YOU THIS MATTER WOULD BE ENDED TONIGHT , AND IT WI LL BE ! $ 02 SO IT WILL , MISTER PRESIDENT - THAT I GUARANTEE . $ 07 VERY WELL . $ BE SEATED , GENTLEMEN . $ < THEY ALL DO SO . > $ THIS COURT IS NOW IN SESSION . $ MISTER FOTHERGILL ? $ 08 < ( RISES ) > $ I HAVE NO MORE WITNESSES TO CALL , MISTER PRESIDENT . $ I HAVE HERE WRITTEN DEPOSITIONS FROM THE COLONEL , MAJOR WIM BOURNE , MAJOR FORSTER OF THE LANCERS , AND MRS FORSTER . $ < ( ACID SMILE . ) > $ I PRESUME , OF COURSE , THAT MISTER DRAKE WILL ACCEPT THEM . $ 07 QUITE SO . $ MISTER DRAKE ? $ 02 < ( RISES ) > $ WITH PLEASURE , MISTER PRESIDENT . $ 07 < ( NODS TO FOTHERGILL ) > $ VERY WELL . $ < ( JUNIOR SUBALTERN CROSSES , PUTS ONE BEFORE ADJUTANT . > $ 08 MISTER PRESIDENT . $ < CROSSES , HANDS SECOND GROUP OF SHEETS TO DRAKE . > $ 02 THANK YOU . $ < ( PUTS DEPOSITIONS DISINTERESTEDLY TO ONE SIDE . ) > $ 08 THE CASE FOR THE PROSECUTION IS NOW CLOSED , MISTER PRESI DENT . $ 07 THANK YOU , MISTER FOTHERGILL . $ < JUNIOR SUBALTERN SITS . > $ MISTER DRAKE . $ #82 $ 02 I CALL THE DOCTOR , MISTER PRESIDENT . $ 07 MISTER HUTTON . $ < HUTTON GOES TO ENTRANCE AND USHERS DOCTOR IN . > $ 13 SIR ... $ WOULD YOU COME IN PLEASE , DOCTOR . $ 06 < ( NERVOUS ) > $ THANK YOU , THANK YOU . $ < ( BOWS TO ADJUTANT . ) > $ 07 I AM SORRY THAT WE SHOULD HAVE HAD TO RECALL YOU , DOCTOR . $ 06 SO AM I , MISTER PRESIDENT , SO AM I , BUT NO MATTER . $ 07 < ( INDICATES CHAIR ) > $ SIR ... $ < DOCTOR SITS . > $ MISTER DRAKE . $ 02 < ( RISES ) > $ DOCTOR . $ TWO NIGHTS AGO I QUESTIONED YOU AS TO THE INJURIES SUSTAINED BY MRS HASSELTINE . $ 06 YOU DID , YES . $ 02 WHY DID YOU NOT TELL US , DOCTOR , THAT SHE HAD BEEN ATTA CKED WITH A SWORD ? $ 06 ... WITH A SWORD ? $ 01 A SWORD ... $ 07 BE QUIET , MISTER MILLINGTON . $ WHAT IS THIS ABOUT , MISTER DRAKE ? $ 02 MISTER PRESIDENT . $ I AM PREPARED TO SUBSTANTIATE EVERY SINGLE STATEMENT THAT I MAKE TONIGHT , HOWEVER UNPLEASANT , WITH FACTS . $ I TAKE IT YOU WILL ACCEPT FACTUAL EVIDENCE , MISTER PRESIDEN T . $ 06 < ( BEWILDERED ) > $ I DO NOT KNOW HOW YOU CAN PROVE SHE WAS ATTACKED WITH A SWOR D , MISTER DRAKE - $ 02 THEN YOU WILL HAVE NO OBJECTION TO MY TRYING , SIR ? $ 06 NONE WHATEVER ... $ 01 < ( RISING ) > $ BUT I HAD NO SWORD ! $ 02 TRUST ME ! $ MISTER PRESIDENT ? $ 07 VERY WELL . $ 02 DOCTOR . $ DOES THE NAME BANDANAI MEAN ANYTHING TO YOU ? $ MRS BANDANAI ? $ 06 ... IT DOES , YES . $ 02 HAVE YOU RECENTLY HAD OCCASION TO EXAMINE HER ? $ #83 $ 06 ... YES , I HAVE . $ 02 WHY , DOCTOR , BECAUSE SHE HAD BEEN ATTACKED ? $ 06 SHE HAD BEEN , YES . $ BUT - $ 02 IN WHAT MANNER , DOCTOR ? $ 06 I CANNOT ANSWER A QUESTION OF THAT KIND . $ IT REQUIRES A BREACH OF MEDICAL ETHICS . $ 02 THEN ALLOW ME TO MAKE IT EASY FOR YOU , DOCTOR . $ SHE WAS ATTACKED WITH A SWORD , WAS SHE NOT ? $ 06 IT IS POSSIBLE . $ 02 POSSIBLE ? $ VERY WELL . $ LET ME RE-PHRASE MY QUESTION . $ SHE WAS ATTACKED WITH A BLADE , WAS SHE NOT ? $ 06 ... SHE WAS , YES - BUT AS I HAVE ALREADY SAID ... $ 02 ARE YOU FAMILIAR WITH THE EXPRESSION ' MAKING A POINT ' , DOCTOR ? $ 06 NATURALLY I AM - YES . $ 02 WHAT DOES IT MEAN ? $ 06 IT REFERS TO A GAME THAT IS PLAYED IN THE MESS . $ 02 WHAT SORT OF GAME ? $ 06 THE - PURSUIT OF A STUFFED PIG , OR BOAR . $ 02 AND WHAT IS THE OBJECT OF THIS GAME ? $ 06 TO - PIERCE THE - ANIMAL WITH THE POINT OF A SWORD . $ 02 WHERE , DOCTOR ? $ 06 IT IS SIMPLY TO MAKE A HIT . $ I DON'T THINK IT MATTERS WHERE . $ 02 IS IT NOT THE OBJECT OF THE EXERCISE TO PIERCE THAT PART OF THE ANATOMY WHICH IS PRESENTED IN FLIGHT - THAT IS TO SAY , THE HINDQUARTERS ? $ 06 IT IS SIMPLY AN EFFIGY AFTER ALL , MISTER DRAKE . $ 02 WELL , WHERE DID THIS GAME ORIGINATE , DOCTOR - IN THE FI ELD ? $ 06 I IMAGINE SO . $ 02 AND ARE THOSE EFFIGIES , OR LIVING ANIMALS ? $ 06 BUT IT IS - A WELL-KNOWN SPORT , MISTER DRAKE . $ IT IS PLAYED ALL OVER ... $ 02 WHAT IS A SPORT , DOCTOR ? $ TO PENETRATE THE ANUS OF A LIVING ANIMAL WITH STEEL ? $ #84 $ 06 THAT IS A REVOLTING SUGGESTION ! $ 02 IT IS A REVOLTING GAME - BUT THAT IS THE REGIMENTAL VARIA TION , IS IT NOT ? $ 07 NO , MISTER DRAKE ! $ YOU WILL NOT - $ 02 MISTER PRESIDENT ! $ WOULD YOU CARE TO ASK THE DOCTOR WHERE MRS BANDANAI SUSTAINE D HER INJURIES ? ! $ 06 YOU ... ARE NOT ... ? $ 02 I AM SAYING NOTHING , DOCTOR , WHICH I DO NOT KNOW AND CA NNOT PROVE TO BE A FACT . $ 07 MISTER DRAKE ... $ 02 I AM SAYING , MISTER PRESIDENT , THAT SOMEBODY PLAYED THE REGIMENTAL GAME ... WITH MRS BANDANAI IN THE ROLE OF PIG . $ 06 THAT IS A HORRIBLE IDEA ... $ 02 YES , DOCTOR , IT IS . $ BUT WERE THE INJURIES NOT CONSISTENT WITH PRECISELY THAT FOR M OF ATTACK ? $ < DOCTOR HORRIFIED , HE CANNOT ANSWER . > $ 07 THE COURT REQUIRES AN ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION , DOCTOR . $ 06 THEY WOULD BE CONSISTENT , YES , BUT ... $ 02 THANK YOU , DOCTOR . $ 06 BUT IT NEVER ENTERED MY HEAD ... $ < DRAKE HAS RETURNED TO DEFENCE TABLE AND IS UNWRAPPING PARC EL . > $ 02 NOW , DOCTOR , THREE DAYS AGO YOU EXAMINED MRS HASSELTINE ? $ < DRAKE HAS THE DRESS BY THE SHOULDERS , HIS BACK TO THE DOC TOR . > $ 06 THERE IS NO CONNECTION BETWEEN THE TWO CASES . $ 02 NONE , DOCTOR ? $ 06 SURELY NOT ? $ < DRAKE TURNS WITH THE DRESS . > $ 02 DO YOU KNOW WHAT THIS IS ? $ 06 IT 'S MRS HASSELTINE'S DRESS . $ 02 YES , DOCTOR . $ THE ONE SHE WAS WEARING ON THE NIGHT SHE WAS ATTACKED . $ I GOT IT FROM THE HOSPITAL . $ THE INDIAN WOMAN WHO WAS TOLD TO BURN IT THOUGHT IT TOO VALU ABLE AND KEPT IT INSTEAD . $ #85 $ YOU SEE THAT THE SKIRT IS SOAKED IN BLOOD ? $ 06 WELL , SHE WAS CUT . $ 02 WHERE , DOCTOR ? $ 06 ON THE THIGH . $ 02 HIGH UP ON THE THIGH ? $ 06 ON THE THIGH , MISTER DRAKE . $ 02 NOT ON THE BUTTOCK ? $ 06 I HAVE ALREADY SAID ... $ 02 < ( SHOWING SKIRT ) > $ ABOUT THERE ? $ 06 WELL , YES . $ 02 HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE THAT , DOCTOR ? $ 06 IT LOOKS LIKE A TEAR ... $ 02 A TEAR ? $ IT HAS ABSOLUTELY STRAIGHT , UNIFORM SIDES , HAS IT NOT ? $ IS IT NOT A CUT - SUCH AS MIGHT BE MADE BY A BLADE IN PIERCI NG THE MATERIAL ? $ 06 ... REALLY , I CANNOT SAY . $ 02 DOCTOR ... $ 07 LET ME SEE THE DRESS . $ 02 YES , MISTER PRESIDENT ... $ < ( HANDS HIM THE DRESS . ) > $ 01 < ( RISES ) > $ BUT I DIDN'T ATTACK HER WITH A SWORD ! $ 02 NOBODY IS SUGGESTING THAT YOU DID . $ < ADJUTANT LOOKS AT DRAKE ... $ THEN AT MILLINGTON . > $ 07 < ( QUIETER , BUT FIRM ) > $ SIT DOWN , SIR . $ < MILLINGTON SITS . $ ADJUTANT EXAMINES CUT FOR SOME MOMENTS . $ THIS IS A TURNING POINT FOR HIM - AS DRAKE RECOGNIZES . > $ THERE IS NO QUESTION , DOCTOR , BUT THAT THIS WAS MADE WITH A SWORD . $ 06 I EXAMINED THE WOMAN , NOT HER CLOTHING . $ I HAD NO REASON TO SUPPOSE ... $ 02 WELL , NOW THAT YOU HAVE REASON TO SUPPOSE , LET ME ASK Y OU , WHETHER THE INJURIES IN BOTH CASES SUGGEST ATTEMPTS AT THE SAME FORM OF ATTACK , BY THE SAME MAN ? $ 06 BUT - MRS HASSELTINE - IDENTIFIED HER ATTACKER ! $ 02 AND MRS BANDANAI DID NOT ? $ #86 $ 06 NO . $ NO , SHE DIDN'T . $ 02 SHE HAS NOW , DOCTOR . $ NOW SHE HAS . $ DO YOU STILL BELIEVE THAT THESE TWO WERE ISOLATED AND UNCONN ECTED ATTACKS ? $ 06 NO , I WOULD NOW THINK ... THAT IT IS QUITE POSSIBLE THEY WERE NOT . $ 02 THANK YOU , DOCTOR . $ 06 BUT IT NEVER ENTERED MY HEAD . $ I HAD NO REASON TO DOUBT MRS HASSELTINE'S WORD . $ 02 I KNOW THAT , DOCTOR . $ NOW , WHEN DID YOU EXAMINE MRS BANDANAI ? $ 06 ... ABOUT SIX MONTHS AGO . $ 02 SIX MONTHS ? $ 06 YES . $ 02 YOU APPRECIATE , OF COURSE , THAT MISTER MILLINGTON WAS N OT HERE SIX MONTHS AGO ? $ 06 I DO . $ 02 SO THAT IF THESE ATTACKS WERE THE WORK OF THE SAME MAN , IT COULD NOT HAVE BEEN MISTER MILLINGTON ? $ 06 I REALIZE THAT NOW . $ 02 THANK YOU , DOCTOR . $ 07 MISTER DRAKE ... $ 02 MISTER PRESIDENT . $ IT IS MY BELIEF THAT ON THE NIGHT OF THE SEVENTEENTH , MRS H ASSELTINE WAS ATTACKED NOT ONCE , BUT TWICE . $ ON THE FIRST OCCASION - IF HIS PATHETIC ATTEMPT TO MAKE ADVA NCES TO HER CAN BE CALLED AN ASSAULT - BY MISTER MILLINGTON . $ AND ON THE SECOND OCCASION - AFTER HE HAD STRUCK MISTER MILL INGTON UNCONSCIOUS WITH THE HILT OF HIS SWORD - BY ANOTHER M AN . $ WITH THAT SAME SWORD . $ 07 ... WHO ? $ 02 PERHAPS THE DOCTOR CAN HELP US . $ HOW DID MRS BANDANAI COME TO THE HOSPITAL , DOCTOR ? $ WAS SHE BROUGHT ? $ 06 SHE WAS , YES . $ 02 BY WHOM ? $ AN OFFICER OF THIS REGIMENT ? $ 06 I DON'T BELIEVE I AM REQUIRED TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION . $ #87 $ 07 THE COURT INSTRUCTS YOU TO , DOCTOR . $ 06 VERY WELL - YES SHE WAS . $ 02 BY AN OFFICER OF THIS REGIMENT . $ 06 YES . $ 02 ARE YOU PREPARED TO SAY WHOM ? $ 06 < ( RISES ) > $ NO . $ 07 < ( RISES ) > $ DOCTOR ... $ 06 NO , MISTER HARPER . $ YOU HAVE ALREADY FAR EXCEEDED THE LIMITATIONS OF YOUR INQUIR Y INTO THIS MATTER . $ I SHALL ANSWER NO FURTHER QUESTIONS . $ < DEPARTS ANGRY . $ THE ADJUTANT STANDS , DEEPLY SHAKEN . $ LOOKS AT DRESS . $ SLOWLY SITS . > $ 07 THE DOCTOR IS RIGHT , MISTER DRAKE . $ 02 MISTER PRESIDENT . $ BEFORE YOU INFORM THE COLONEL , AS I REALIZE YOU MUST , I SH OULD BE GRATEFUL IF YOU WOULD ALLOW ME TO CALL THE SECOND-IN -COMMAND , WHO IS WAITING TO GIVE EVIDENCE . $ 07 ... HE HAS ... KNOWLEDGE OF THIS MATTER ? $ 02 HE WAS THE LAST PERSON TO SEE MRS HASSELTINE BEFORE SHE W AS ATTACKED . $ 07 < ( PAUSE : NODS ) > $ ... VERY WELL . $ 02 THANK YOU , MISTER PRESIDENT . $ 07 MISTER HUTTON . $ 13 SIR . $ < THEY ALL LOOK CHANGED NOW , SUBDUED , UNCERTAIN . > $ 02 MISTER PRESIDENT . $ IN QUESTIONING THE SECOND-IN-COMMAND , I SHALL HAVE TO BEGIN WITH A MATTER WHICH MAY APPEAR IRRELEVANT TO THIS COURT . $ I SHOULD BE GRATEFUL IF YOU WOULD BEAR WITH ME . $ < ADJUTANT NODS . $ HUTTON USHERS IN ROACH . > $ 13 WOULD YOU COME THIS WAY PLEASE , SIR . $ 07 GOOD EVENING , SIR . $ PLEASE BE SEATED . $ 04 VERY WELL . $ < ( HE SITS . ) > $ 07 MISTER DRAKE . $ 02 SIR . $ I SHOULD LIKE TO ASK YOU ABOUT CAPTAIN SCARLETT . $ 04 < ( INDICATES WITH HEAD ) > $ JOHN SCARLETT , DO YOU MEAN ? $ #88 $ 02 THE OFFICER WHOSE TUNIC IS IN THAT CASE , YES , SIR . $ 04 WHAT ABOUT HIM , MISTER DRAKE ? $ 02 HOW DID HE DIE , SIR ? $ 04 THAT IS SURELY A WELL-KNOWN PART OF THE REGIMENT'S HISTOR Y ? $ 02 I 'M AFRAID I CANNOT EXACTLY REMEMBER THE DETAILS , SIR . $ 04 WELL , YOU SHOULD , MISTER DRAKE , YOU SHOULD . $ 02 YES , SIR . $ 04 MM . $ WELL ... JOHN SCARLETT , MAJOR WIMBOURNE AND I WERE SUBALTER NS TOGETHER . $ AT THE BATTLE OF RATJAHPUR , JOHN AND I WERE TAKEN PRISONER . $ WHEN HE HEARD ABOUT IT , MAJOR WIMBOURNE GOT TOGETHER A TEAM OF VOLUNTEERS TO ATTEMPT A RESCUE . $ HE DID NOT KNOW THAT THEY WERE HOLDING JOHN AND ME SEPARATEL Y , SOME TWO OR THREE HUNDRED YARDS APART . $ IT SO HAPPENED THAT HE CAME TO THE PLACE WHERE THEY WERE HOL DING ME , FIRST , AND WE WERE ABLE TO BREAK OUT OF THE REBEL POSITION . $ BUT WHEN WE WENT ON DOWN THE LINE TO RESCUE JOHN , WE WERE T OO LATE . $ HE WAS ALREADY DEAD . $ 02 ... HOW EXACTLY HAD HE DIED , SIR ? $ 04 HE WAS FLAYED , MISTER DRAKE . $ FLAYED ALIVE . $ 02 ... I SEE . $ 04 NOT A PARTICULARLY AGREEABLE SPECTACLE . $ 02 ... BUT HE WAS ... RECOGNIZABLE , SIR ? $ 04 WELL , THE FACE WAS ... TERRIBLY DISTORTED , OF COURSE . $ FLAYING INVOLVES THE ... REMOVAL OF THE SKIN - AS YOU PROBAB LY KNOW . $ 02 YES , SIR . $ 04 AND THEN , TOO , THE ... BODY HAD BEEN MUTILATED . $ THE ... EYES AND TONGUE HAD BEEN PUT OUT . $ THE ... SEX REMOVED - $ 02 BUT IT HAD BEEN ... CAPTAIN JOHN SCARLETT ? $ 04 OH . $ YES . $ NO QUESTION OF THAT WHATEVER . $ 02 YOU SAW HIM WITH YOUR OWN EYES , SIR ? $ 04 OH , YES I SAW HIM . $ 07 MISTER DRAKE . $ 02 YES , MISTER PRESIDENT . $ < ( TO ROACH . ) > $ I AM SORRY , SIR . $ #89 $ 04 ... WHAT ? $ THAT 'S ALL RIGHT , MISTER DRAKE . $ THOUGH I AM BOUND TO SAY I CANNOT SEE HOW ... $ 02 I 'D LIKE TO RETURN NOW TO THE NIGHT OF THE SEVENTEENTH , SIR . $ < ( PICKS UP NOTES . ) > $ YOU HAVE STATED THAT YOU SAW MRS HASSELTINE WITH MISTER MILL INGTON IN THE FOLLY , AND THAT SHE BROKE AWAY FROM HIM AND B EGAN TO WALK , BACK THROUGH THE TREES , TOWARDS THE MESS ? $ 04 THAT 'S RIGHT , YES . $ 02 WHAT HAPPENED THEN , SIR ? $ 04 WELL , YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENED NEXT , MISTER DRAKE . $ 02 NO , I MEAN TO SAY , BETWEEN THE TIME THAT SHE WALKED AWA Y , AND WHEN SHE SCREAMED . $ 04 < ( PUZZLED ) > $ I DON'T BELIEVE THAT ANYTHING HAPPENED , MISTER DRAKE . $ 02 WELL , WHAT DID YOU DO , SIR ? $ 04 OH , I SEE . $ WELL I WAS ANXIOUS TO INSPECT THE PERIMETER PICQUET , AS I T OLD YOU . $ THEY 'D BEEN EXTREMELY SLOPPY ON THE FIRST OCCASION . $ IT OFTEN HAPPENS ON BALL NIGHTS ... $ 02 YOU WENT ACROSS TO INSPECT THEM , SIR ? $ 04 I DID , YES . $ I 'D JUST ABOUT REACHED THEM , AS FAR AS I CAN REMEMBER ... $ YES , I HAD , I 'D JUST REACHED THEM WHEN THE OUTCRY OCCURRE D . $ 02 YOU DIDN'T BY CHANCE HAVE MRS HASSELTINE IN VIEW AT THAT MOMENT , DID YOU , SIR ? $ 04 NO , WELL AS I SAID , I HADN'T CONSIDERED THE INCIDENT SU FFICIENTLY GRAVE ACTUALLY TO FOLLOW HER . $ 02 WHAT DID YOU DO THEN , SIR ? $ 04 I RAN TOWARDS THE MESS . $ 02 WHILE YOU WERE RUNNING , SIR , DID YOU SEE ANYONE IN AMON G THE TREES OR EMERGING FROM THE TREES , EVEN ? $ 04 ... I DON'T THINK SO ... MAJOR WIMBOURNE RAN PAST ME ... $ 02 MAJOR WIMBOURNE , SIR ? $ 04 YES ... AND MISTER BOULTON AND MISTER WINTERS ... $ 02 DID ANYONE SEEM TO COME FROM THE DIRECTION OF THE TREES ? $ NOT FROM THE PLAIN , BUT FROM YOUR RIGHT ? $ #90 $ 04 I DON'T THINK SO , MISTER DRAKE , NO ... $ YET CURIOUSLY ENOUGH ... $ 02 YES , SIR ? $ 04 NO , NO , IT 'S TOO ABSURD ... $ 02 ... WELL , WHAT IS IT , SIR ? $ IT MAY BE IMPORTANT . $ 04 THAT I DOUBT . $ IT 'S SIMPLY THAT ... WHEN I FIRST WENT INTO THE TREES - WHE N I HEARD THEM SPEAKING TOGETHER ... I HAD THE CURIOUS IMPRE SSION THAT ... THAT I WAS NOT ALONE . $ THAT I WAS BEING ... WATCHED BY SOMEONE ELSE . $ 02 ... BY ANOTHER MAN , DO YOU MEAN , SIR ? $ 04 IT 'S RIDICULOUS , OF COURSE . $ IT OFTEN HAPPENS AT NIGHT . $ YOU 'VE NO IDEA HOW MANY SHOTS ARE DISCHARGED AT SHADOWS , M ISTER DRAKE . $ 02 YES , SIR - BUT ... YOU DID GET THAT IMPRESSION , SIR ? $ 04 FOR A MOMENT YES ... $ QUITE STRONGLY , AS A MATTER OF FACT . $ 02 < ( CAREFULLY ) > $ YOU 'VE NO IDEA ... $ WHO IT WAS , SIR ? $ 04 < ( SMILES ) > $ IT WAS NO ONE , MISTER DRAKE . $ IT WAS A SHADOW , AS I SAY . $ I SHOULDN'T HAVE MENTIONED IT , BUT YOU HAPPENED TO ASK THAT PARTICULAR QUESTION . $ 02 BUT YOU SEE , SIR , IT HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED THAT MRS HASS ELTINE WAS ATTACKED FOR A SECOND TIME THAT NIGHT - $ 04 FOR A SECOND TIME ? $ 02 YES , SIR . $ VIOLENTLY ATTACKED . $ 04 BY MISTER MILLINGTON , DO YOU MEAN ? $ 02 NO , SIR . $ BY SOMEBODY ELSE . $ 04 BY SOMEBODY ELSE ... $ 02 YES , SIR . $ 04 < ( REAL DISTRESS FOR HIS BELOVED REGIMENT . $ RISES ) > $ ARE YOU SURE OF THIS ? $ 02 I CAN PROVE IT , SIR . $ 04 BUT ... BY WHOM , MISTER DRAKE ? $ 02 THAT HAS YET TO BE ESTABLISHED , SIR . $ 04 < ( TURNS : GOES UP ) > $ HAS THE COLONEL BEEN INFORMED OF THIS , MISTER HARPER ? $ 07 I WAS ABOUT TO TELL HIM , SIR . $ #91 $ 04 < ( STRONGLY ) > $ YOU MOST CERTAINLY SHOULD , AT ONCE ! $ < COLONEL ENTERS THE MESS . $ SHOCK . > $ 07 COLONEL ! $ < ALL RISE . $ PAUSE . $ COLONEL COMES FORWARD AND LOOKS SLOWLY ROUND . > $ 03 GENTLEMEN , I ENTER THIS MESS - MY OWN MESS - AND FIND A TRIAL IN PROGRESS , INVOLVING MY JUNIOR OFFICERS , THAT HAS GONE SO FAR BEYOND THE BOUNDS OF REASONABLE AUTHORITY IN THI S MATTER , AS TO STRIKE AT THE VERY HEART AND CENTRE OF THIS REGIMENT . $ YOU DO NOT NEED TO BE TOLD THAT I AM DISPLEASED . $ DISPLEASED AND GRAVELY DISAPPOINTED . $ IF THERE IS ONE QUALITY ABOVE ALL OTHERS THAT IS THE VERY MA RK OF AN OFFICER - AND OF A GENTLEMAN - IT IS LOYALTY . $ DO YOU UNDERSTAND ME , GENTLEMEN ? $ LOYALTY . $ < MURMURS OF ASSENT - $ ' COLONEL ... COLONEL . ' $ VERY WELL . $ YOU WILL NOW RETURN TO YOUR QUARTERS . $ SILENTLY AND AT ONCE . $ YOU , MISTER HARPER , WILL REMAIN HERE . $ 07 COLONEL . $ 03 SO WILL YOU , MISTER DRAKE . $ 02 COLONEL . $ 03 THE REST OF YOU WILL REPORT TO ME , IN THIS MESS , AT EIG HT A.M. TOMORROW MORNING . $ THAT IS ALL . $ < THEY GO , COMING TO ATTENTION ' COLONEL ' . $ THE COURT EVAPORATES ... $ WOULD YOU BE GOOD ENOUGH TO WAIT IN MY OFFICE , LIONEL . $ I SHALL REQUIRE TO SPEAK TO YOU AFTER THIS . $ 04 YES , OF COURSE , COLONEL . $ < HE GOES . $ A PAUSE . > $ 03 WE SHALL RETURN TO YOUR PART IN THIS AFFAIR IN THE MORNIN G , MISTER HARPER . $ 07 COLONEL . $ 03 I AM TOLD , MISTER DRAKE , THAT YOU HAVE MADE AN ALLEGATI ON IN THIS ROOM TONIGHT , SO ... GROSS IN DETAIL , SO INSULT ING IN ITS IMPLICATION , THAT I CAN HARDLY BELIEVE THAT I HA VE HEARD THE DOCTOR CORRECTLY . $ 02 COLONEL - $ #92 $ 03 BE SILENT , SIR . $ YOU HAVE BEEN PERMITTED TO COME TO A REGIMENT OF THE VERY HI GHEST HONOUR AND INTEGRITY , MISTER DRAKE . $ A REGIMENT WHOSE HISTORY AND TRADITIONS STRETCH FAR BACK INT O THE PAST - FAR BEYOND THE LIFE-SPAN OF ANY SINGLE MAN ... $ AND YOU HAVE CHOSEN TO REPAY THIS PRIVILEGE WITH AN INSULT S O ... INTOLERABLE , SO ... WOUNDING - $ 02 PERMISSION TO SPEAK , COLONEL - $ 03 NO , SIR ! $ YOU HAVE NOTHING TO SAY TO ME . $ I AM BARELY ABLE TO BRING MYSELF TO SPEAK TO YOU . $ 02 BUT THESE ARE FACTS , COLONEL , WHICH I CAN PROVE TO BE T RUE . $ 03 YOU CANNOT PROVE AN IMPOSSIBILITY . $ 02 I AM SORRY , COLONEL , BUT - $ 03 NO , SIR ! $ THERE IS - NO OFFICER IN THIS REGIMENT - CAPABLE OF WHAT YOU HAVE SUGGESTED . $ < THE COLONEL IS STRUGGLING TO REJECT SOMETHING WHICH STRIKE S AT THE BASIC PREMISE OF HIS ENTIRE LIFE . > $ 07 COLONEL ... $ 03 NO , SIR ! $ 02 I BEG YOU TO ASK THE ADJUTANT , COLONEL - $ 03 I AM NO BETTER PLEASED WITH THE ADJUTANT THAN I AM WITH Y OURSELF IN THIS AFFAIR . $ 07 WITH YOUR PERMISSION , COLONEL . $ 03 WELL ? $ 07 I KNOW THAT I AM JUSTLY REBUKED ... $ 03 YOU ARE , SIR . $ 07 BUT I CANNOT IN HONOUR SAY OTHER THAN THAT I BELIEVE MIST ER DRAKE TO BE RIGHT IN THIS AFFAIR . $ < PAUSE . $ THE COLONEL IS SHOCKED . > $ 03 WHAT DID YOU SAY ? $ 07 THERE ARE CERTAIN FACTS , COLONEL , WHICH CANNOT BE DENIE D . $ 03 FACTS ? $ 07 YES , COLONEL . $ 03 YOU SPEAK TO ME OF FACTS ? $ #93 $ 07 ... I AM CONVINCED , COLONEL , THAT MRS HASSELTINE'S DRES S WAS CUT WITH A SWORD - $ 03 I AM NOT SPEAKING OF DRESSES - $ 07 AND THE DOCTOR HIMSELF HAS GIVEN EVIDENCE THAT MRS BANDAN AI WAS ATTACKED . $ < PAUSE . $ THE COLONEL KNOWS THIS TO BE TRUE . $ AND THAT IT WAS HIDDEN FROM HIM . > $ 03 THAT IS A MATTER THAT WILL BE LOOKED INTO . $ 02 WITH RESPECT , COLONEL , WHEN DID YOU FIRST HEAR OF THE A TTACK ON MRS BANDANAI ? $ 03 ... THAT IS NO CONCERN OF YOURS . $ 02 < ( HATING TO DO THIS ) > $ BUT IF YOU HAVE ALREADY BEEN - LIED TO ONCE , COLONEL - $ 03 < ( QUICKLY ) > $ I HAVE NOT BEEN LIED TO ! $ WE DO NOT - LIE TO ONE ANOTHER IN THIS MESS . $ GENTLEMEN DO NOT QUESTION THE HONOUR OF OTHER GENTLEMEN , MI STER DRAKE . $ 02 HE WILL ATTACK AGAIN , COLONEL . $ 03 ... WHAT ? $ 02 I AM CONVINCED THAT A MAN WHO HAS ALREADY ATTACKED TWICE , WILL ATTACK A THIRD TIME , COLONEL . $ AND THERE ARE LADIES HERE WHO NEED YOUR PROTECTION . $ 03 ... YOU HAVE NOT CONVINCED ME THAT THIS IS THE WORK OF ON E MAN ... LEAST OF ALL AN OFFICER OF THIS REGIMENT . $ 02 I BELIEVE THAT I CAN PROVE IT , WITH YOUR PERMISSION , CO LONEL . $ 03 ... HOW ? $ 02 BY RECALLING MRS HASSELTINE TO THE WITNESS CHAIR . $ 03 ... YOU ARE SUGGESTING THAT I SHOULD ALLOW THIS TRIAL TO CONTINUE ? $ 02 I AM SUGGESTING , WITH RESPECT , COLONEL , THAT I CAN BES T SERVE YOU AND THIS REGIMENT BY EXAMINING THIS MATTER HERE - WHERE I ALONE SHALL SUFFER IF I AM MISTAKEN - RATHER THAN IN THE PUBLIC FORUM TO WHICH YOU WOULD BE COMPELLED , COLONE L . $ < COLONEL LOOKS AT HIM . $ PAUSE . > $ #94 $ 03 YOU ARE SAYING TO ME THAT YOU ARE PREPARED TO STAKE YOUR HONOUR ON THIS ? $ 02 I HAVE NO OTHER MEANS OF RETRIEVING MYSELF BEFORE YOU , A ND BEFORE THIS REGIMENT . $ 03 I SEE . $ < ( PAUSE . ) > $ AND YOU , MISTER HARPER ? $ ARE YOU WILLING TO STAKE TWELVE YEARS OF SERVICE ON THE OUTC OME OF THIS TRIAL ? $ 07 < ( PAUSE ) > $ I MUST ABIDE BY WHAT I HAVE SAID TO YOU , COLONEL . $ 03 VERY WELL . $ YOU LEAVE ME NO ALTERNATIVE . $ I GIVE YOU TWENTY-FOUR HOURS IN WHICH TO PROVE YOUR THEORIES CORRECT . $ SHOULD YOU FAIL , YOU WILL NOT EXPECT TO REMAIN WITH THIS RE GIMENT . $ I SHALL , OF COURSE , MYSELF BE PRESENT , TOMORROW NIGHT . $ GOOD NIGHT TO YOU . $ 07 GOOD NIGHT , COLONEL . $ < HE GOES . $ A PAUSE . $ HARPER GATHERS HIS PAPERS . > $ WE HAVE HURT A MAN WHOM I GREATLY ADMIRE . $ 02 I DO NOT KNOW HOW WE CAN FAIL TO GO ON DOING SO . $ 07 I TRUST YOU ARE AWARE THAT I KNEW NOTHING OF THIS . $ 02 I AM ... YES . $ THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING ME , MISTER HARPER . $ 07 IT IS NECESSARY , AT ALL TIMES , TO SUPPORT ... THE HONOU R OF THE REGIMENT . $ 02 YES . $ 07 WELL ... I WILL SAY GOOD NIGHT TO YOU . $ 02 GOOD NIGHT , SIR . $ 07 GOOD NIGHT . $ < ( HE GOES . ) > $ < LIGHTS FADE - PRADAH SINGH AND WAITERS ENTER . $ ONE WAITER SETS A CHAIR FOR THE COLONEL DOWN RIGHT AND MOVES THE PROSECUTION TABLE AND CHAIR UPSTAGE . $ ANOTHER WAITER SETS TWO CHAIRS UP LEFT FOR THE DOCTOR AND RO ACH . $ ANOTHER WAITER SETS MRS HASSELTINE'S DRESS UNDER THE DEFENCE TABLE . $ LIGHTS UP . > $ #95 $ < SCENE TWO > $ < THE MESS . $ THE NEXT NIGHT , ABOUT 11.30 . $ WIMBOURNE , V.C. OFFICER OF THE WEEK , WITH SWORD , COMES ON WITH SECOND-IN-COMMAND , ROACH . > $ 05 FORGET ABOUT IT , LIONEL , STOP WORRYING . $ 04 I CAN'T , ALASTAIR . $ THIS IS A WRETCHED BUSINESS AND NOW IT 'S WHOLLY OUT OF HAND . $ BESIDES , I FEEL RESPONSIBLE . $ 05 YOU , WHY ? $ 04 IF ONLY I HAD DEALT WITH THE MATTER AT THE TIME . $ 05 I SWEAR TO GOD , LIONEL , YOU COULD FIND A WAY TO BLAME Y OURSELF FOR ANYTHING THAT HAPPENS IN THIS REGIMENT . $ 04 IN ANY CASE , THIS KIND OF TRIAL IS A TERRIBLE MISTAKE , AND NOW THE COLONEL HAS INVOLVED HIMSELF PERSONALLY . $ < ( PAUSE . ) > $ I 'M GOING TO TELL HIM WHAT I THINK . $ 05 NO , LIONEL . $ TAKE MY ADVICE ? $ THIS IS NOT THE MOMENT . $ YOU CAN ONLY MAKE MATTERS WORSE , WHY NOT WAIT AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS TONIGHT ? $ 04 ... ALL RIGHT , ALASTAIR , IF YOU THINK SO . $ 05 I DO . $ I DO . $ 04 IT 'S NEARLY MIDNIGHT , I 'D BETTER FETCH HIM . $ 05 GO ON THEN ... AND STOP WORRYING . $ < ROACH GOES . $ WIMBOURNE SITS ON TABLE , THINKING . $ MRS HASSELTINE COMES ON TO VERANDA . > $ 15 ALASTAIR ... $ ALASTAIR ... $ 05 WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE ? $ 15 I MUST SPEAK WITH YOU . $ < THE WHOLE SCENE IS MADE DOUBLY URGENT BY THE NEED FOR QUIE TNESS . > $ 05 WHAT THE DEVIL 'S THE MATTER ? $ YOU SHOULDN'T BE HERE . $ 15 I 'VE BEEN CALLED AGAIN FOR TONIGHT . $ #96 $ 05 ... SO HAVE I . $ 15 YOU ? $ 05 ... YES . $ 15 THEN THEY MUST KNOW ... $ 05 OH , FOR GOD'S SAKE ... $ 15 BUT THEY MUST , ALASTAIR ! $ 05 LISTEN TO ME . $ NOBODY KNOWS ANYTHING ! $ NOBODY WILL DISCOVER ANYTHING ! $ JUST AS LONG AS YOU REMAIN SILENT . $ < PAUSE . > $ 15 I DON'T KNOW THAT I AM ANY LONGER PREPARED TO . $ 05 WHAT THE HELL DOES THAT MEAN ? $ 15 I HAVE BEEN HUMILIATED ONCE BECAUSE OF YOU , ALASTAIR . $ I DO NOT INTEND TO BE HUMILIATED AGAIN ! $ 05 LISTEN TO ME ! $ YOU ARE THE LAST PERSON HERE WHO CAN AFFORD TO TELL THE TRUT H ! $ REMEMBER THAT ! $ 15 OH ... $ WHAT DOES THAT MEAN ? $ 05 YOU OWE US EVERYTHING , MARGE ! $ YOUR HOUSE , YOUR SERVANTS , YOUR LAND , EVERYTHING ! $ WITHOUT THIS REGIMENT , YOU ARE NOTHING . $ 15 I SEE . $ THANK YOU FOR REMINDING ME OF MY PLACE IN THIS COMMUNITY . $ 05 MARGE , YOU KNOW DAMN WELL ... $ 15 AND IN YOUR ESTIMATION . $ 03 < ( OFF ) > $ VERY WELL . $ GENTLEMEN ,I AM READY . $ < HE GOES VIA CARDROOM . $ SHE VIA VERANDA . $ THE COLONEL COMES ON , WITH ROACH AND DOCTOR . $ THEY GO TO APPOINTED CHAIRS . $ THE COURT FILES ON . $ DRAKE AND MILLINGTON ON FROM DOWN LEFT . > $ 07 BE SEATED , GENTLEMEN . $ < THEY SIT . > $ THIS COURT IS NOW IN SESSION . $ MISTER DRAKE . $ 02 < ( RISES ) > $ I CALL MRS HASSELTINE , MISTER PRESIDENT . $ 07 MISTER HUTTON . $ 13 YES , SIR . $ #97 $ < HUTTON GOES OFF . $ DEAD SILENCE . $ HE RETURNS WITH MRS HASSELTINE . $ ADJUTANT ALONE RISES . > $ 13 WOULD YOU COME IN PLEASE , MA'AM . $ 07 BE SEATED , MA'AM , PLEASE ... $ 15 ... THANK YOU . $ < ( SHE SITS . ) > $ 07 MISTER DRAKE . $ 02 MRS HASSELTINE . $ WHEN I QUESTIONED YOU EARLIER , YOU TOLD ME THAT YOU HAD BEE N ATTACKED BY MISTER MILLINGTON - THAT YOU HAD STRUCK HIM DO WN WITH ... SOMETHING - AND THAT YOU HAD RUN INTO THIS MESS FOR FEAR THAT HE MIGHT ATTACK YOU AGAIN ? $ 15 YES . $ 02 IS THERE ANYTHING YOU WISH TO ADD TO THAT STATEMENT , MA' AM ? $ 15 NO . $ 02 IS THERE ANYTHING YOU WISH TO RETRACT FROM IT ? $ 15 NO . $ 02 YOU ARE CERTAIN ? $ 15 I AM . $ 02 ... VERY WELL . $ < DRAKE CROUCHES BY HIS TABLE WHERE THE DRESS HAS BEEN SET . $ HE RISES WITH THE DRESS HELD BY THE SHOULDERS . $ HE HOLDS IT OUT . > $ 02 DO YOU RECOGNIZE THIS , MA'AM ? $ < IT IS A TREMENDOUS SHOCK TO HER . $ SHE STARES AT IT . > $ YES , THE INDIAN WOMAN THOUGHT IT TOO VALUABLE TO BURN . $ < ( EXTENDS THE SKIRT . ) > $ I SHOULD LIKE YOU TO LOOK AT THE SKIRT , MA'AM . $ < SHE STARES AT IT . $ JERKS HER HEAD ROUND TO LOOK UP AT THE COURT . > $ I HAVE ALREADY EXPLAINED TO THE COURT , THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS SWORD-CUT . $ 15 ... I DON'T UNDERSTAND YOU . $ 02 VERY WELL . $ < ( HE THROWS DRESS UPSTAGE . ) > $ WOULD YOU PLEASE LOOK BEHIND YOU , MRS HASSELTINE ? $ 15 ... WHAT ? $ 02 TURN AROUND . $ LOOK BEHIND YOU . $ 15 ... WHY ? $ #98 $ 02 ARE YOU AFRAID TO ? $ < VERY SLOWLY , SHE TURNS . $ THERE IS SOMETHING STRANGE ABOUT THIS . > $ WHAT DO YOU SEE , MRS HASSELTINE ? $ 15 ... THE PLAIN . $ 02 AND FARTHER TO YOUR LEFT ? $ 15 ... THE COURT . $ 02 AND AGAIN FARTHER ... ? $ 15 ... A WALL . $ 02 WHAT ELSE , MRS HASSELTINE ? $ < ( PAUSE . ) > $ WELL ... ? $ 15 ... A SHOWCASE . $ 02 WHAT IS IN THE SHOWCASE ? $ 15 ... A TUNIC . $ 02 WHOSE , MRS HASSELTINE ? $ < SHE MAKES A GESTURE , ALMOST WEARY , OF PUTTING HER HANDS TO HER HEAD . $ LOWERING THEM SHE TURNS SLOWLY TO DRAKE . > $ 15 YOU KNOW ... ? $ 02 < ( GENTLY ) > $ YES , MA'AM , I KNOW WHO WAS THERE THAT NIGHT ... $ < SHE LOWERS HER HEAD . > $ I HAVE NO WISH TO DISTRESS YOU , MRS HASSELTINE . $ I SIMPLY WANT YOU TO TELL US THE TRUTH . $ WILL YOU DO THAT , MA'AM ? $ 15 YES ... $ 02 WERE YOU ATTACKED BY CAPTAIN SCARLETT ? $ 15 ... YES , I WAS . $ 02 I AM SORRY , MA'AM ... $ 03 MISTER DRAKE ... $ 02 WITH RESPECT , COLONEL , I BELIEVE THAT ALL WILL BECOME P LAIN IN A MOMENT OR TWO . $ IF YOU WILL PERMIT ME TO CONTINUE . $ 03 ... VERY WELL . $ 02 ... I MUST ASK YOU FIRST , MA'AM , WHETHER MISTER MILLING TON ATTACKED YOU IN ANY SERIOUS SENSE AT ALL ? $ 15 < ( ALMOST AMUSED ) > $ HE HASN'T THE ... VIOLENCE IN HIM , MISTER DRAKE . $ 02 HE DID NOT ASSAULT , OR ... ? $ 15 HE BEGGED ME TO CRY OUT . $ HE BEGGED ME TO ACCUSE HIM . $ HE WAS UNABLE TO HARM ME HIMSELF . $ #99 $ 02 ... DO YOU STILL WISH TO BRING A COMPLAINT AGAINST HIM ? $ 15 OF WHAT ? $ INHERENT GENTLENESS ? $ 02 THAT , SURELY , IS NO CRIME . $ 15 YOU THINK NOT , MISTER DRAKE ? $ THEN YOU ARE IN THE WRONG PLACE . $ HE IS THE ONLY GENTLE MAN I HAVE MET IN ALL MY YEARS WITH TH IS REGIMENT . $ 02 YOU WITHDRAW THE CHARGE BEFORE THIS COURT AGAINST HIM ? $ 15 I DO , YES . $ 02 YOU MAKE NO COMPLAINT OF ANY KIND ? $ 15 NONE WHATEVER . $ 02 THANK YOU , MA'AM . $ I MUST NOW ASK YOU ABOUT THE NIGHT OF THE SEVENTEENTH . $ 15 ... HE CAME SO SUDDENLY . $ OUT OF THE DARKNESS . $ MY NAME . $ AND THEN ... $ NO FACE . $ THE LIGHTS ON THE PLAIN . $ NO FACE ... $ < ( ABSOLUTELY STILL , CALM . ) > $ 02 ... HE HAD A SWORD ? $ 15 I TRIED TO RUN . $ BUT I FELL . $ HE ... $ HE CUT ME . $ AND THEN ... HE SAID ... $ 02 ... WHAT DID HE SAY , MA'AM ? $ 15 HE LAUGHED AND SAID ... $ ' A POINT , MARGE . $ A VERITABLE POINT ' ... $ < SHE COVERS HER FACE WITH ONE HAND - NOT WEEPING . $ THE COLONEL LOWERS HIS HEAD . > $ 02 I AM SORRY TO PERSIST IN THESE QUESTIONS , MA'AM . $ BUT YOU HAVE ONLY TO TELL US WHO HE WAS ... $ 15 I DON'T KNOW WHO HE WAS ... $ 02 BUT YOU MUST , MA'AM ... $ 15 I DON'T , MISTER DRAKE ... $ 02 THEN WHY DID YOU ACCUSE MISTER MILLINGTON , MA'AM ? $ 15 I HAD TO DO SOMETHING . $ 02 WHY , MRS HASSELTINE ? $ UNLESS YOU RECOGNIZED YOUR ATTACKER AND KNEW THAT YOU COULD NEVER ACCUSE THAT MAN ? $ 15 I ONLY KNEW ... $ 02 WHAT MAJOR WIMBOURNE CHOSE TO TELL YOU ? $ #100 $ 15 I HAVE NOTHING TO SAY . $ NOTHING . $ 02 BUT ... HIS VOICE , MA'AM . $ YOU MUST HAVE RECOGNIZED HIS VOICE . $ 15 IT WAS THE VOICE OF JOHN SCARLETT ... $ 02 BUT JOHN SC ... $ 15 < ( TERRIBLE AMUSED WEARINESS ) > $ DON'T YOU UNDERSTAND , MISTER DRAKE ? $ IT DOESN'T MATTER WHICH ONE OF THESE MEN IT WAS . $ THEY ARE ALL THE SAME . $ STUPID , CRUEL MEN , WHO TREAT PIGS AND WOMEN AS THOUGH THEY WERE OBJECTS ... $ 03 < ( RISES ) > $ MRS HASSELTINE , YOU ARE OVERWROUGHT . $ 15 COLONEL . $ DO YOU NOT YET KNOW WHAT YOU ARE SIRE TO ? $ THEY ARE ALL JOHN SCARLETT . $ EVERY ONE OF THEM . $ 03 THAT WILL BE ALL , MA'AM . $ 15 YES . $ < ( NODS . ) > $ OH , YES . $ < ( CROSSES TO EXIT . ) > $ IT HAS TAKEN ME TOO LONG TO ACCEPT WHAT I HAVE ALWAYS KNOWN . $ YOU ARE SCUM . $ < SHE GOES . $ SILENCE . > $ 03 MISTER DRAKE . $ EXPLAIN . $ 02 COLONEL , THERE IS AN OFFICER IN THIS REGIMENT , WHO DRES SES IN THE UNIFORM WORN BY THIS REGIMENT UNTIL SHORTLY AFTER THE MUTINY ; AND IN THAT FASHION ATTACKS WOMEN . $ 03 YOU MUST BE MISTAKEN . $ 02 IT IS A FACT , COLONEL . $ AS YOU HAVE JUST HEARD CONFIRMED BY MRS HASSELTINE . $ 03 NOBODY DRESSED IN THAT MANNER ON THE NIGHT OF THE SEVENTE ENTH . $ 02 NO , COLONEL . $ 03 WELL , THEN ? $ 02 IT APPEARS THAT IT IS NOT ALWAYS NECESSARY . $ 03 FOR WHAT ? $ 02 THE IMPERSONATION . $ 03 WHY WOULD ANYONE WANT TO IMPERSONATE JOHN SCARLETT ? $ 02 WITH YOUR PERMISSION , COLONEL , I SHOULD LIKE TO ASK MAJ OR WIMBOURNE . $ 03 VERY WELL . $ CALL HIM . $ #101 $ < COLONEL SITS . > $ 07 MISTER BOULTON . $ < BOULTON GOES TO CARDROOM AND RETURNS WITH WIMBOURNE , V.C. > $ 11 WOULD YOU COME THIS WAY , PLEASE , SIR ? $ 05 ABOUT BLOODY TIME ! $ < ( ATTENTION TO COLONEL . ) > $ COLONEL , SIR . $ 07 BE SEATED , SIR , PLEASE . $ 05 ALL RIGHT ... $ WELL ? $ < DRAKE IS NOT IMPRESSED BY ANGER - HE IS AS COLDLY ANGRY HI MSELF . > $ 02 MAJOR WIMBOURNE , SIR . $ WHAT HAPPENED TO MRS BANDANAI ? $ 05 HOW THE HELL SHOULD I KNOW ? $ 02 SIX MONTHS AGO MRS BANDANAI WAS ATTACKED IN A PARTICULAR MANNER AND IT WAS YOU WHO TOOK HER TO THE HOSPITAL . $ 05 OH , REALLY . $ 02 YOU WERE SEEN , SIR . $ 05 BY WHOM ? $ 02 THE ORDERLIES ON DUTY - $ 05 I SEE ... WOGS ... $ 02 AND BY THE DOCTOR . $ 05 ... DID HE SAY THAT ? $ 02 DO YOU DENY IT ? $ 05 WHY SHOULD I DENY IT ? $ 02 YOU DID TAKE HER TO THE HOSPITAL THEN ? $ 05 ALL RIGHT - YES I DID . $ 02 HOW DID THAT COME ABOUT ? $ 05 I FOUND HER . $ 02 WHERE , SIR ? $ 05 WHAT THE DEVIL DOES IT MATTER WHERE ? $ 02 IN YOUR BUNGALOW , SIR ? $ IS THAT WHERE YOU FOUND HER ? $ 05 WHAT IF I DID ? $ 02 HOW DID SHE COME TO BE THERE ? $ 05 I HAVEN'T THE FAINTEST IDEA . $ #102 $ 02 HAD YOU NOT ASKED HER TO SPEND THE EVENING WITH YOU ? $ 05 THAT 'S NO CRIME . $ 02 I DIDN'T SAY IT WAS , SIR . $ 05 ALL RIGHT - YES - YES I DID . $ < COLONEL REACTS . > $ 02 THEN HOW DID YOU COME TO FIND HER , SIR ? $ HAD YOU GONE OUT FOR A WALK ? $ 05 I 'D BEEN DOWN TO THE PICQUETS . $ 02 THE PICQUETS ? $ 05 I WAS OFFICER OF THE WEEK . $ 02 I SEE . $ AND WHEN YOU CAME BACK , YOU 'FOUND ' THAT SHE 'D BEEN ATTAC KED ? $ 05 YES . $ YES , SHE HAD . $ 02 HOW , SIR ? $ IN WHAT WAY ? $ 05 I DON'T KNOW . $ I WASN'T THERE . $ 02 WAS SHE BLEEDING , SIR ? $ 05 THERE WAS BLOOD ON THE FLOOR . $ 02 WHERE WAS SHE BLEEDING FROM ? $ 05 I DON'T KNOW . $ I DIDN'T EXAMINE THE WOMAN . $ I TOOK HER TO THE HOSPITAL . $ < SLIGHT PAUSE . > $ 02 DID YOU REPORT THIS ATTACK TO THE COLONEL , SIR ? $ 05 NO . $ 02 WHY NOT ? $ 05 I DIDN'T THINK IT NECESSARY ... THERE SEEMED NO POINT IN ... MAKING TROUBLE ... FOR SOME ... $ 02 WOG ? $ 05 YES . $ 02 AND SO BY AVOIDING TROUBLE THEN , YOU SIMPLY MADE IT LATE R ? $ 05 WHAT DOES THAT MEAN ? $ 02 YOU ARE AWARE THAT MRS HASSELTINE HAS BEEN ATTACKED ? $ 05 THAT 'S A DIFFERENT THING ENTIRELY . $ 02 I DON'T THINK SO , SIR . $ NEITHER DOES THE DOCTOR . $ NOR DOES MRS HASSELTINE HERSELF . $ #103 $ 05 I DON'T BELIEVE YOU . $ 02 THEY HAVE BOTH GIVEN EVIDENCE BEFORE THIS COURT , SIR . $ MRS HASSELTINE WENT FURTHER . $ SHE IDENTIFIED HER ATTACKER . $ 05 ... MISTER MILLINGTON . $ 02 NO , SIR . $ CAPTAIN JOHN SCARLETT . $ 05 THAT 'S RIDICULOUS ! $ JOHN SCARLETT 'S DEAD . $ 02 I DON'T THINK SO , SIR . $ 05 WELL , I OUGHT TO KNOW ! $ I BROUGHT IN HIS REMAINS MYSELF . $ 02 YES , SIR , YES , YOU DID . $ 05 WELL ... THEN ! $ 02 I HAVE BEEN ASKING MYSELF , SIR , WHAT MANNER OF MAN COUL D HAVE BEEN RESPONSIBLE FOR ATTACKS OF THIS KIND . $ I SHOULD SAY IT WAS THE WORK OF A SPORTSMAN , WOULDN'T YOU ? $ A MAN WHO ENJOYS HIS SPORT . $ 05 WHY ASK ME ? $ 02 WELL , WHO IS THE CHAMPION AT ' MAKING A POINT ' IN THIS MESS , SIR ? $ 05 THERE IS NO CHAMPION . $ 02 THE ACKNOWLEDGED MASTER , THEN . $ THE OUTSTANDING SPORTSMAN . $ THE MAN WHO SCORED TWO GOALS AGAINST THE LANCERS IN THE FINA L CHUKKA ? $ 05 THAT WAS ME . $ 02 EXACTLY , SIR . $ INDEED IT WOULD BE FAIR TO SAY THAT YOU EPITOMIZE EVERYTHING THAT IS MOST ADMIRED IN THIS REGIMENT . $ YOU ARE AGGRESSIVE , BOLD , FEARLESS ... $ 05 YOU DON'T THINK I DID IT ? $ 02 WHY NOT , SIR ? $ 05 NOT ME ? $ 02 I SHOULD BE INTERESTED TO HEAR YOUR REASONING , SIR . $ < BUT WIMBOURNE THROWS BACK HIS HEAD AND ROARS WITH LAUGHTER , REAL , FREE LAUGHTER . > $ I 'M GLAD YOU FIND IT AMUSING , SIR . $ 05 WHY DON'T YOU EXAMINE YOUR OWN EVIDENCE , LADDIE ? $ 02 WHAT ? $ #104 $ 05 < ( ENJOYING HIMSELF HUGELY ) > $ I WAS RIGHT , SMACK , BANG IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PLAIN WHEN M ARJORIE WAS ATTACKED . $ I WAS DANCING WITH MRS FORSTER . $ EVERYBODY SAW ME ! $ 02 I DON'T BELIEVE YOU ! $ 05 WELL , ASK HIM . $ ASK FOTHERGILL . $ HE TOOK THE DEPOSITIONS . $ IT 'S ALL WRITTEN DOWN ! $ 02 ... BUT THAT CAN'T BE TRUE . $ 05 < ( TURNS ) > $ MISTER HARPER - ASK HIM . $ 07 MISTER FOTHERGILL ? $ 08 < ( RISES ) > $ IT 'S TRUE , MISTER HARPER . $ I SAW MAJOR WIMBOURNE MYSELF . $ AND BOTH THE DOCTOR AND MRS FORSTER HAVE SWORN TO IT IN THEI R DEPOSITIONS ... $ 05 < ( LAUGHING ) > $ ANY MORE BRIGHT IDEAS , LADDIE ? $ < A SILENCE . $ DRAKE IS STUNNED . > $ 02 BUT ... IF IT WASN'T YOU ... $ 05 WHO WAS IT THEN ? $ MAJOR ROACH ? $ 02 HE WAS INSPECTING THE PICQUET ... $ 05 THAT 'S RIGHT , I SAW HIM . $ I RAN RIGHT PAST HIM . $ WAS IT THE DOCTOR , THEN ? $ 02 HE WAS WITH MAJOR FORSTER ... $ 05 AND I WAS WITH MRS FORSTER . $ SO YOU 'RE RIGHT BACK WHERE YOU STARTED , AREN'T YOU ? $ 02 I DON'T UNDERSTAND ... $ 05 WE SEEM TO HAVE RUN OUT OF OFFICERS . $ 02 < ( QUIETLY TO WIMBOURNE ) > $ YOU KNOW , SIR . $ 05 WHAT ? $ 02 YOU KNOW WHO CAPTAIN SCARLETT IS . $ 05 HE 'S DEAD . $ 02 SIR . $ IF YOU DO NOTHING , THIS MAN WILL ATTACK AGAIN . $ 05 < ( SLIGHT HESITATION ) > $ THEN I MUST REMEMBER TO STAND WITH MY BACK TO THE WALL , MUS TN'T I ? $ 02 SIR ... $ 05 < ( RISES : TURNS AWAY ) > $ I CANNOT HELP YOU , MISTER DRAKE . $ 02 MISTER PRESIDENT , I WISH TO RECALL THE SECOND-IN-COMMAND . $ #105 $ 07 WHY ? $ 02 BECAUSE HE WAS THE LAST ONE TO SEE MRS HASSELTINE BEFORE SHE WAS ATTACKED ... THERE IS SOMETHING HERE THAT I HAVE MIS SED ... THE MAN THAT HE ALMOST SAW ... $ 04 THAT WAS JUST AN IMPRESSION , MISTER DRAKE . $ 02 IT 'S ALL THAT WE HAVE GOT , SIR . $ 07 COLONEL ? $ 03 < ( SITTING LIKE A STONE ) > $ LET HIM . $ 04 < ( C RISES ) > $ VERY WELL , COLONEL . $ 07 THANK YOU , MAJOR WIMBOURNE . $ 05 I AM SORRY , COLONEL . $ THERE IS NOTHING FURTHER THAT I CAN TELL THIS COURT . $ 03 DO NOT GO FAR , ALASTAIR . $ 05 NO , COLONEL . $ < ( HE GOES . ) > $ 07 MISTER DRAKE . $ 02 SIR . $ I WANT TO GO BACK TO THAT MOMENT WHEN YOU ENTERED THE FOLLY , SIR ... $ 04 VERY WELL ... $ 02 NOW IT IS DARK ... $ YOU HAVE JUST SENT MISTER HART TO INSPECT THE NATIVE QUARTER S ... $ THE ORCHESTRA IS PLAYING ON THE PLAIN ... $ YOU HEAR VOICES ... $ MISTER MILLINGTON PLEADING , MRS HASSELTINE , ANGRY ... $ YOU STEP IN AMONG THE TREES ... $ 04 ... YES ... $ 02 YOU CAN'T SEE ANYTHING CLEARLY ... BUT THERE IS SOMEONE . .. VERY CLOSE TO YOU , SIR ... YOU CAN SENSE HIM ... YOU CAN FEEL HIM WATCHING YOU ... $ 04 I CAN , YES ... $ 02 WHERE IS HE , SIR ... ? $ WHERE IS HE ? $ 04 HE IS ... BEHIND ME ... $ 02 SO YOU TURN ... $ < ROACH HALF TURNS . $ PAUSE . > $ 04 ... IT 'S NO USE , MISTER DRAKE . $ I CAN SEE NO ONE . $ 02 THINK , SIR . $ THINK ! $ 04 ... IT WAS JUST AN IMPRESSION ... $ 02 NO , SIR , IT WAS A REAL PERSON , SIR ... $ IT WAS CAPTAIN SCARLETT ... $ #106 $ 04 ... I AM SORRY , MISTER DRAKE ... $ < DRAKE BOWS HEAD IN DEFEAT AND TURNS AWAY . > $ 02 I SEE , WELL ... THANK YOU , SIR . $ THANK YOU . $ 04 I AM SORRY , MISTER DRAKE . $ I REALIZE NOW HOW CLOSE I MUST HAVE BEEN TO SEEING HIM . $ 02 < ( TIRED SMILE ) > $ WE ARE ALL CLOSE TO DOING THAT , SIR . $ BUT NOT QUITE CLOSE ENOUGH . $ 07 ... HAVE YOU ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS , MISTER DRAKE ? $ 02 NO , MISTER PRESIDENT . $ I AM SORRY , COLONEL . $ I HAVE FAILED YOU . $ 03 < ( RISES . $ TRAGIC DIGNITY ) > $ NO , MISTER DRAKE . $ YOU HAVE FAILED NEITHER ME , NOR YOURSELF . $ BE SEATED , PLEASE . $ < HE SITS . $ FROM NOW ON THE STRICKEN FIGURE OF THE COLONEL DOMINATES THE SCENE . > $ LIONEL , WOULD YOU BE GOOD ENOUGH TO SEND MAJOR WIMBOURNE TO ME . $ 04 COLONEL . $ < HE GOES . $ DRAKE SITS , DEFEATED . > $ 03 MISTER HARPER . $ THE PURPOSE OF THIS COURT IS TO PRONOUNCE ON THE GUILT OR OT HERWISE OF MISTER MILLINGTON . $ AS THE CHARGE AGAINST HIM HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN , THAT WILL NOT LONG DELAY YOU . $ 07 I CAN ONLY INSTRUCT YOU , GENTLEMEN , TO VOTE NOT GUILTY . $ MISTER TRULY . $ 10 NOT GUILTY , MISTER PRESIDENT . $ 07 MISTER WINTERS . $ 12 NOT GUILTY . $ 07 MISTER HART . $ 09 NOT GUILTY . $ 07 MISTER BOULTON . $ 11 NOT GUILTY . $ 07 THE PRESIDENT ALSO VOTES NOT GUILTY . $ MISTER MILLINGTON , RISE , PLEASE . $ < MILLINGTON STANDS . > $ YOU HAVE BEEN FOUND NOT GUILTY BY THIS COURT . $ YOU ARE CLEARED ABSOLUTELY AS TO HONOUR AND INTEGRITY . $ #107 $ YOU ARE FREE TO RETURN TO YOUR DUTIES . $ THAT IS ALL . $ THIS COURT IS DISSOLVED . $ 03 MISTER MILLINGTON . $ YOU HAVE BEEN UNJUSTLY TREATED BY THIS REGIMENT . $ YOU HAVE YOURSELF BEHAVED WITH SOME STUPIDITY . $ I TRUST WE MAY NOW SEE A NEW BEGINNING . $ 01 ... YES , COLONEL . $ 03 < ( NODS ) > $ VERY WELL . $ I WELCOME YOU TO THIS REGIMENT . $ 01 THANK YOU , COLONEL . $ < A PAUSE . $ COLONEL TURNS AWAY . > $ 07 I CONGRATULATE YOU , MISTER MILLINGTON . $ < GENERAL CONGRATULATIONS . > $ 03 LEAVE US NOW , PLEASE , GENTLEMEN . $ MISTER DRAKE , YOU WILL REMAIN . $ < ALL ' COLONEL ... GOOD NIGHT , COLONEL ' , ETC . $ AS THEY LEAVE THEY CLUSTER ROUND MILLINGTON SHAKING HIS HAND , CONGRATULATING HIM . > $ 09 COME OVER TO MY QUARTERS , WE 'LL HAVE A PARTY , I 'VE GO T A COUPLE OF BOTTLES ... $ 07 QUIETLY , GENTLEMEN . $ < THEY TURN TO GO , MILLINGTON TURNS BACK . > $ 01 WITH YOUR PERMISSION , COLONEL . $ 03 VERY WELL . $ 01 THANK YOU , ARTHUR . $ 02 YOU HAVE NOTHING TO THANK ME FOR . $ 01 I HAVE A BOURGEOIS PRINCIPLE TO THANK YOU FOR . $ < DRAKE SMILES AND THEY SHAKE HANDS . > $ WE MAY SEE YOU LATER , THEN . $ 02 PERHAPS ... $ 01 GOOD NIGHT , ARTHUR . $ 02 GOOD NIGHT , MILLINGTON . $ 01 COLONEL . $ 03 MISTER MILLINGTON . $ < THEY GO , CROWDING ROUND MILLINGTON . > $ 07 I AM SORRY , COLONEL . $ 03 NO , MISTER HARPER . $ YOU HAVE BEHAVED AS I SHOULD EXPECT OF YOU . $ #108 $ WITH EXEMPLARY COURAGE AND FAIRNESS . $ YOU HAVE DONE WELL . $ 07 ... I WOULD THAT WE HAD DONE LESS WELL . $ GOOD NIGHT , COLONEL . $ 03 GOOD NIGHT ... $ < ADJUTANT GOES . > $ 02 I TOO , TAKE LITTLE PLEASURE IN WHAT I HAVE DONE , COLONE L . $ 03 YOU HAVE DONE WHAT NEEDED TO BE DONE . $ I HAVE THIS MORNING RECEIVED YOUR LETTER OF RESIGNATION . $ DO YOU WISH ME TO ACCEPT IT , OR TO TEAR IT UP ? $ 02 I SHOULD LIKE YOU TO ACCEPT IT . $ I AM SORRY , COLONEL . $ I FIND THAT I CANNOT ... PUT MY HONOUR ON TO A REGIMENT . $ OR ON TO A MAN . $ IT IS WHAT I AM ... WHAT I DO . $ 03 IN A REGIMENT , IT IS NECESSARY TO HOLD ONE'S HONOUR IN T RUST . $ 02 I UNDERSTAND THAT , COLONEL . $ 03 VERY WELL . $ I ACCEPT YOUR LETTER OF RESIGNATION , MISTER DRAKE ... WITH REGRET . $ < WIMBOURNE ENTERS , COLONEL SEES HIM . > $ GOOD NIGHT , MISTER DRAKE . $ AND THANK YOU . $ 02 GOOD NIGHT , COLONEL . $ < ( HE GOES . ) > $ 03 ALASTAIR ... $ 05 I COULDN'T TELL YOU , BEN . $ YOU 'D HAVE BEEN OBLIGED TO TAKE OFFICIAL ACTION . $ THE REGIMENT COULD NEVER HAVE SURVIVED THE SCANDAL . $ WHAT WE HAVE HIDDEN HAS BEEN HIDDEN TOO LONG . $ 03 I WANT THE MATTER ENDED NOW . $ 05 VERY WELL . $ LEAVE IT TO ME . $ IT IS A MATTER OF HONOUR . $ IT WILL BE SETTLED IN THE TRADITIONAL MANNER . $ < PAUSE . > $ 03 A MATTER OF HONOUR ! $ 05 IT IS NOT AS YOU THINK , BEN . $ 03 OH , YES . $ I AM THE REGIMENT . $ WHAT I HAVE ALLOWED TO HAPPEN , IS WHAT I AM . $ IT IS AS WELL MY TIME HERE IS NEARLY DONE . $ YOU WILL NOT AGAIN SPEAK TO ME OF HONOUR . $ < ( HE GOES . ) > $ < WIMBOURNE STANDS . $ SUDDENLY HE STIFFENS . $ HE HAS THOUGHT OF SOMETHING . $ #109 $ HE MOVES WITH ANIMAL STEALTH TO THE VERANDA . $ HE REACHES UP AND TURNS DOWN THE LAMP . $ THE STAGE GROWS DARKER . $ SLOWLY HE LOOKS INTO THE NIGHT . $ THE SOUND OF HUNTING CRIES , LAUGHTER ; BUT STRANGE , NOT RE AL , ECHOING DISTANT , AS THOUGH REMEMBERED . $ WIMBOURNE RETURNS FROM THE VERANDA AND MOVES THE PROSECUTION TABLE ON STAGE , BRINGS A LIGHTED OIL LAMP AND PLACES IT ON TABLE . > $ 05 < ( CALLS ) > $ PRADAH SINGH . $ 14 SAHIB ? $ 05 GET THESE LAMPS OUT . $ QUICKLY . $ < PRADAH SINGH BEGINS TO GO ROUND THE ROOM TURNING DOWN THE LAMPS . $ THE STAGE GROWS DARKER YET . $ ONLY THE TABLE LAMP REMAINS ON . $ 14 IS THERE ANYTHING FURTHER , SAHIB ? $ 05 DON'T COME BACK . $ 14 NO , SAHIB . $ < ( HE GOES . ) > $ < WIMBOURNE SITS AT TABLE , GETS GUN OUT OF HIS HOLSTER , AN D BEGINS TO LOAD IT . $ DRAKE ENTERS IN THE SHADOWS , FROM THE CARDROOM . > $ 02 WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO ... ? $ < WIMBOURNE LOOKS UP . $ PAUSE . > $ 05 YOU 'VE BEEN VERY ANXIOUS TO MEET CAPTAIN SCARLETT , HAVE N'T YOU , MISTER DRAKE ? $ NOW YOU SHALL . $ 02 ... WHAT ? $ 05 HE 'S OUT THERE NOW . $ WHEN I TURN DOWN THIS LAMP , HE 'LL COME IN . $ 02 < ( STARES AT GUN ) > $ ... BUT , WHY ? $ 05 BECAUSE HE ALWAYS DOES . $ WE TALK TOGETHER , MISTER DRAKE . $ HE LIKES TO HAVE SOMEONE TO TALK NO . $ 02 BUT , SIR , YOU CAN'T ... $ 05 YOU 'RE VERY KEEN ON TELLING US WHAT WE CAN AND CAN'T DO , AREN'T YOU , MISTER DRAKE ? $ AND YOU KNOW NOTHING . $ NOTHING ! $ 02 ... BUT ... SIR ... $ 05 NO ! $ YOU THINK THIS IS ABOUT HONOUR ... $ #110 $ 02 ISN'T IT ? $ 05 NO . $ IT IS ABOUT ... COMRADESHIP . $ FRIENDSHIP . $ < WIMBOURNE HESITATES , THEN TURNS DOWN THE TABLE LAMP . $ INTENSE BRIGHT MOONLIGHT ON THE VERANDA FALLING FROM BACK TO WARDS STAGE . > $ NOW YOU WILL WAIT IN THERE . $ YOU MAY WATCH IF YOU WISH . $ BUT YOU WILL NOT INTERVENE . $ DO YOU UNDERSTAND ME ? $ 02 BUT , SIR ... ! $ 05 BE QUIET . $ DO WHAT YOU 'RE TOLD . $ < A VOICE BEYOND THE MOONLIGHT . $ ONE WE HAVE NOT HEARD . $ CAPTAIN SCARLETT . > $ 21 ALASTAIR ! $ ARE YOU THERE , YOU OLD ROGUE ? $ 05 GET IN THERE - QUICKLY ! $ 02 ... BUT ... $ 05 < ( PUSHING HIM ) > $ GET IN THERE ! $ < DRAKE IS FORCED JUST INSIDE CARDROOM ARCH . > $ 21 < ( ENTERING ON VERANDA ) > $ ALASTAIR , ARE YOU THERE ? $ 05 I 'M HERE , JOHN . $ < WIMBOURNE BY TABLE , THE GUN HIDDEN AT HIS SIDE . $ INTENSE MOONLIGHT . $ AN APPROACH . $ BOOTED FEET ON THE VERANDA . $ A COMMANDING , FACELESS FIGURE STEPS INTO VIEW . $ THE BRIGHT MOONLIGHT , COMING FROM BEHIND , HIDES HIS FACE . $ HE WEARS A SHIRT AND BREECHES FROM THE 1857 UNIFORM . $ THE BOOTS ADD INCHES TO HIS HEIGHT . $ THE VOICE IS AMUSED , HARSH . > $ 21 WELL , TURN UP THE LAMP , YOU SILLY BUGGER . $ < WIMBOURNE TURNS UP LAMP . > $ 21 THAT 'S BETTER . $ NOW WE CAN SEE WHAT WE 'RE DOING . $ < SCARLETT CROSSES TO SHOWCASE , OPENS IT TO TAKE OUT AND PU T ON UNIFORM JACKET . $ HE HAS THE FACE OF ROACH . $ YET IN ALL RESPECTS HE IS ANOTHER MAN . $ 05 YOU WON'T BE NEEDING THE JACKET TONIGHT , JOHN . $ YOU WON'T BE GOING ANYWHERE TONIGHT . $ 21 < ( LAUGHS ) > $ WHY NOT ? $ BECAUSE OF THAT LITTLE SWINE , LIONEL ROACH ? $ THAT WAS A CLOSE CALL , WHEN HE STARTED TALKING ABOUT THE MA N HE ALMOST SAW . $ HE DAMNED NEARLY DID SEE ME TOO , THE LITTLE RUNT . $ #111 $ DAMNED NEARLY GAVE ME AWAY . $ 05 THAT LITTLE RUNT , AS YOU CALL HIM , NEVER FOUND IT NECES SARY TO ATTACK WOMEN . $ 21 OH , COME ON , ALASTAIR . $ BIT OF SPORT ! $ RIGHT IN YOUR COUNTRY , THAT IS . $ 05 NO , JOHN . $ 21 < ( FIERCELY ) > $ WELL NO MATTER ! $ I 'M GETTING STRONGER , ALASTAIR ... I 'VE ALMOST TAKEN OVER FROM THAT LITTLE SWINE ONCE FOR ALL ... $ 05 THAT 'S WHY ME MUST BE RID OF YOU NOW . $ 21 WHAT ... ? $ < WIMBOURNE FIRES . $ THE CASE SHATTERS . $ THE DUMMY PLUNGES OUT . $ SCARLETT JERKS AS THOUGH SHOCKED , PUTS HAND TO HEAD IN CONF USION , BECOMES ROACH AGAIN , LOOKS AT WIMBOURNE , RECOGNIZE S HIM . > $ 04 < ( PUZZLED ) > $ ALASTAIR ... ? $ 05 LIONEL ... $ LOOK ... $ < ( HE POINTS TO SHOWCASE . ) > $ < ROACH TURNS , LOOKS AT THE DUMMY , STARES AS THOUGH AT HIS OWN DEAD BODY . > $ 04 NO ! $ NO ! $ < ( TEARS JACKET FROM HIMSELF , THROWS IT TO FLOOR . ) > $ OH , GOD ! $ I SAW HIM ! $ ALASTAIR , I SAW HIM ! $ < WIMBOURNE MOVES CENTRE TO JOIN ROACH . > $ 05 I KNOW . $ 04 ... WHAT 'S WRONG WITH ME ? $ 05 I DON'T KNOW . $ IT 'S ... AS THOUGH YOU WERE ... POSSESSED BY HIM . $ AS THOUGH THERE WERE ... TWO ... $ 04 ... IT WAS ME . $ 05 NO ... $ IT WAS ... YOU WERE ... SCARLETT ... $ 04 < ( SITS ) > $ OH , GOD . $ IT WAS ME . $ 05 LIONEL ... $ TOO MUCH DAMAGE HAS BEEN DONE . $ I CAN NO LONGER PROTECT YOU ... $ < ( HE PLACES GUN ON TABLE . ) > $ DO YOU UNDERSTAND ME ? $ 04 < ( PUTS HIS HAND ON GUN ) > $ ... I UNDERSTAND . $ < PAUSE . $ WIMBOURNE PUTS HIS HAND ON THE LAMP AND VERY SLOWLY BEGINS T O TURN IT DOWN . > $ #112 $ 05 ... I WILL TELL THE COLONEL THAT - CAPTAIN SCARLETT - IS DEAD . $ < THE LAMP IS OUT . $ WIMBOURNE SLOWLY LEAVES THE ROOM . $ A SHOT IN THE DARKNESS . > $ < CURTAIN > $