First time in India?
First time out of England.
I envy you. New horizons.
Those are the marabar caves,
about 20 miles from you at chandrapore.
I see.
Mrs. Moore returns on may the 12th,
and your return is open.
That is correct?
I'll be staying on.
Probably.
If you return with Mrs. Moore, let us know.
I will.
Now... Labels, stickers,
your ticket, Mrs. Moore's ticket.
You should have an interesting voyage.
The viceroy's onboard.
Tends to liven things up.
It's too bad of Ronny, not meeting us.
It's 1,000 miles.
We've come 5,000 miles to meet him.
"No more than two annas each."
Thank you.
Now...
Victoria station.
[Knock on door]
Oh, dear.
Don't worry.
Mrs. Moore?
Yes?
I'm Mrs. Turton.
My husband's the collector.
We gave our tickets
to the Indian gentleman.
The chief administrator of chandrapore?
Ronny's but a sahib.
You must be adela.
Yes, mum.
Please forgive us.
We've had a very trying day.
We wanted to welcome you--
we're off.
We must have a drink later.
Good-bye.
You and Ronny met in the Lake district?
Yes, we did.
We have very few secrets in chandrapore.
I'm an incurable romantic.
Miss Quested was with her aunt.
I was with Ronny.
You know, Mrs. Moore, Ronny's doing splendidly.
You'll be proud of him.
He's become a proper sahib.
Just the type we want.
When we get settled,
we look forward to meeting Indians you've come across,
socially, as friends.
Matter of fact, we don't come across them socially.
They're full of virtues, no doubt,
but, uh...We don't.
East is East, Mrs. Moore.
It's a question of culture.
Could Ronny really have become a sahib?
He could,
but that's why you've come here.
You'll find out soon enough.
She's a dreadful woman.
Yes.
We'd better go to sleep, my dear.
Hello, mother.
Where's adela?
Here.
I can't believe it.
Antony.
[Speaking hindi]
Antony will see to the baggage.
Forgive me,
but I'm part of the reception committee.
We had to welcome the great man back.
I had no idea he was so important.
[Horn honks]
[Honk honk]
[Honk]
[Honk honk]
Look out!
[Honk]
That was Turton.
Turton?
[Honk honk]
Mcbryde.
When he first came,
he was quite a good fellow.
[Honk honk]
But they all become exactly the same.
I give any englishman two years.
The women are worse.
I give them six months.
Ronny, was that a body?
Sorry. We'll soon be out of this.
Why do we spend so much time discussing the English?
Because we admire them, doctor sahib.
That is the trouble.
[Speaking hindi]
Tomorrow night.
English.
Here we are, then.
Very nice, dear.
Are those the marabar hills?
That's right.
With the caves?
I suppose so.
Tomorrow's a busy day.
Come on, let's have tea.
Yes.
Good night, mother.
[Knock on door]
Yes?
Good night, dear.
Good night.
Having listened to the evidence,
I find you guilty of cheating,
and sentence you to two months hard labor.
You may take the prisoner down.
Well, how did it all go?
We must've seen everything.
The church, the hospital,
the war memorial, the barracks.
Mr. Hadley was thorough.
Now you're off to the club.
Cucumber.
My dear,
life rarely gives us what we want
when we consider it appropriate.
Adventures do occur, but not punctually.
Doctor sahib, when will they get you married?
I have enough responsibilities, auntie.
We ask him to dinner,
avail ourselves of his professional skills,
and you always--
it's the least I can do.
And begum sahibah,
I beg you not to drink water from a tap.
Please to boil it.
And now we can eat.
Selim!
[Speaking hindi]
Why bring up this marriage question?
He sends the children most of his salary.
What more do you require?
[Speaking hindi]
This just arrived for you from major Callendar.
I must report to his bungalow posthaste.
And my bicycle has a puncture.
The major sahib left half an hour ago.
And left no message?
No message.
Mrs. Leslie, it is a Tonga.
Come.
Splendid.
Is this all right?
Never look a gift horse in the mouth.
Club!
Club, Tonga wallah!
Why doesn't the fool move?
I pay you tomorrow.
Ciao.
Will you please--
madam, this is a mosque.
You have no right here.
You should have taken off your shoes.
I left my shoes outside.
Then l...
I ask your pardon.
Let me go.
Madam...
I am right, am I not?
If I remove my shoes, I am allowed?
Yes, but few ladies take the trouble,
especially thinking no one will see.
God is here.
That is very fine.
May I know your name?
Mrs. Moore.
Oh.
I came from the club.
They're doing a rather tiresome musical play
I'd seen in london.
It was very hot.
I think you ought not to walk alone.
Bad characters and leopards are about.
Snakes, also.
You walk alone.
I come here often.
I'm used to it.
Used to snakes?
I'm a doctor.
Snakes don't dare bite me.
Please.
Mrs. Moore, I think you are newly arrived in India.
How did you know?
By the way you address me.
Look.
Sometimes I have seen a dead body float past
from benares.
But not very often.
There are crocodiles.
Crocodiles!
How terrible.
What a terrible River.
What a wonderful River.
Please may I ask you a question?
Why do you come to India?
I come to visit my son.
He's the city Magistrate.
Our city Magistrate is Mr. Heaslop.
He is my son.
I was married twice.
Your first husband died?
He did.
And so did my second.
Then we are in the same box.
Is the city Magistrate
the entire of your family?
I have a daughter in England
by my second husband.
Stella. She's an artist.
Mrs. Moore, like yourself,
I have also a son and daughter.
Is not this the same box with a vengeance?
Not called Ronny and Stella?
No, indeed. Agbar and jemila.
They live with my wife's mother.
And your wife?
In giving me a son, she died.
You have the most kind face
of any English lady I have met.
I think I better go back now.
* I've got this *
* Strange feeling *
* I've fallen in love *
* She's fallen in love *
* While I was freewheeling *
And...
Now.
* Hooray, hooray, hooray *
* It's a wonderful day today *
* But I know that at this juncture *
* I can't afford a puncture *
* And here is my Michael... **
I wish I were a member,
I could have asked you in.
Indians are not allowed.
Oh.
Good night.
There you are.
What have you been up to?
I'll tell you later.
I had an adventure
and saw the moon in the ganges.
Mrs. Moore, miss Quested.
Have a drink.
Have two drinks.
Very kind.
My wife's on stage,
and Ronny's holding the fort for major Callendar.
His Indian assistant didn't arrive on time.
I'm sorry about the show.
What else can we do for you ladies?
I'm longing to see something of the real India.
Fielding, how is one to see the real India?
Try seeing Indians.
Who was that?
Our schoolmaster, government college.
As if one could avoid seeing them.
I've scarcely spoken to Indians.
Lucky you.
If you really want to meet our aryan brothers,
how about a bridge party?
Not the game.
A party to bridge the Gulf between East and West.
We could produce any type you like--
hindus, moslems, sikhs, even parsis.
* God save our gracious king *
* Long live our Noble king *
* God save the king *
* Send him victorious *
* Happy and glorious *
* Long to reign over us *
* God save the king **
** [ "tea for two" ]
To work, Molly, to work.
I never thought they'd turn up.
They hate it, too.
[Speaking hindi]
Please tell these ladies
I wish we could speak their language.
Perhaps we speak yours a little.
Fancy, she understands.
Piccadilly. Hyde park corner.
Yes, indeed.
Thornton road.
Marble arch.
She knows Paris, also.
They passed Paris on the way.
My only consolation
is that Mrs. Turton will soon be retired
to a villa in wales.
Who is that man talking to adela?
That's Fielding.
Runs government college.
I don't understand people inviting guests
and not treating them properly.
You and Mr. Turton are the only people
who have been friendly.
It makes me quite ashamed.
It's awkward at the club.
I envy you being with Indians.
If you'd care to meet some,
it's easily arranged.
I'd love to.
I'm sure Mrs. Moore would, too.
A hindu professor at the college
will tell you about reincarnation and destiny.
I'd like that.
Do you know Dr. Aziz?
We've actually never met.
Mrs. Moore says he's charming.
We'll invite him, too.
Good.
Oh, dear.
This is for Mrs. Turton.
This is one of the most unnatural affairs
I have ever attended.
Yes, it's unnatural.
Now you see.
I don't see why you all behave so unpleasantly
to these people.
We're not here to be pleasant.
What do you mean?
India isn't a drawing room.
We're here to do justice and keep the peace.
I'm not a missionary or sentimental socialist.
I'm a civil service member.
It's that's simple?
What do you want me to do?
Sacrifice my career?
Lose the power I have for doing good here?
Good? You're speaking about power.
This entertainment is an exercise in power
and the subtle pleasures of personal superiority.
** [ "god save the king" ]
God put us on earth
to love and help our fellow men.
Yes, mother.
Mr. Fielding?
Oh, hello. Is that Dr. Aziz?
Yes.
I'm afraid I am early.
That's fine. Won't be a jiffy.
Make yourself at home.
May I really, Mr. Fielding?
It's very good of you.
Mr. Fielding?
Yes?
I have long been wanting to meet you.
I've heard about your kind heart
and your sociability.
My dear fellow.
And I have seen you in the bazaar.
Ah.
* Dee Dee Dee Dee *
* Dee Dee Dee Dee Dee Dee *
* Da da da Dee da Dee *
* La dum *
* La da da da da de e da da da dum *
* La da da Dee Dee Dee Dee Dee *
* The sun whose Ray s are all ablaze *
* With every living glory *
* Doth not deny his majesty *
* He's going to tell a story **
I say, Mr. Fielding.
Yes?
Before you come out, guess what I look like.
You're about 5'9" tall.
Jolly good.
I can see that much through the glass.
Blast!
Anything wrong?
I've just broken my back collar stud.
Oh. Take mine.
Have you a spare?
Yes, yes. One minute.
Not if you're wearing it.
No, in my pocket.
Nobody carries a spare in his pocket.
I always, in case of emergency.
Here it is.
Many thanks. How do you do.
Sit down while I finish dressing,
if you don't mind the unconventionality.
Not at all.
I always thought englishmen kept their rooms tidy.
Everything arranged on shelves is what I thought.
There are two English ladies
coming to tea to meet you.
You know one of them.
I know no English ladies.
Not Mrs. Moore?
Mrs. Moore?
And miss Quested, her companion.
Is she an old lady?
She's a young lady. And she wants to see India.
[Speaking hindi]
They're here, or will be shortly.
I've also asked our Professor of philosophy,
narayan Godbole.
The inscrutable brahmin.
His food will be ok. He's orthodox.
Oh.
Must have been an audience hall once.
Do you remember the tank in our mosque?
Yes.
Come and see.
By skillful arrangement of our emperors,
the same water fills this tank.
My ancestors loved water.
We came from the desert
over the himalayas from persia and Afghanistan.
We created fountains and gardens and--
ah, Godbole.
You know Dr. Aziz,
and here are Mrs. Moore, miss Quested.
We didn't realize you were here.
The sun will soon drive us into the shade.
I was enjoying the water.
Would you like our tea served inside or out?
Dr. Aziz, could you explain
a disappointment we had this morning?
I'm afraid we may have given some offense.
That is impossible.
May I know the facts?
An Indian couple we met at the club
were to collect us in their carriage today.
It never came.
They put off going to Delhi to entertain us.
I wouldn't worry.
I think, perhaps, they grow ashamed of their house.
That is why they did not send.
That's very possible.
I hate mysteries.
I rather like mysteries.
But I dislike muddles.
Mystery is a high-sounding term for a muddle.
We know India's a muddle.
Agreed, sorry to say.
There will be no muddle when you come to my house.
That would be nice.
Yes, indeed. Please give me your address.
Yes?
I have a better idea.
Let me invite you to a picnic at marabar caves.
This will be a magnificent outing.
One is transported by mountain railway
2,000 feet above the plain.
The caves are a wonder of India.
They have a reputation.
Doctor, how many caves are there?
I'm not exactly sure.
I've never been there myself.
My dear chap.
Professor Godbole, have you seen the caves?
Oh, yes.
Could you tell us something about them?
With pleasure.
Only a few have been opened,
perhaps seven or eight.
And?
There is an entrance which you enter.
And through this entrance--manmade--
there is a circular chamber.
Big?
Not big.
Immensely Holy, no doubt.
Oh, no, no.
Ornamented in some way?
They are all the same.
Empty and dark.
There must be something to account for their reputation.
Indeed.
Well, well.
Mr. Fielding,
I should like to see something of the college.
Don't you come, adela.
I know you hate institutions.
You know, miss Quested,
when I first saw Mrs. Moore,
it was in the moonlight.
I thought she was a ghost.
A very old soul.
An old soul?
In the hindu sense.
Someone who's been here many times before.
Mrs. Moore, a reincarnation?
Quite so.
Please go on, Professor.
Ah, yes.
It is philosophy of some complication.
But in simple terms?
In simple terms,
life is a wheel with many spokes.
A continuous cycle of life, birth, death, and rebirth
until we obtain nirvana.
I have contrived a dance based on this philosophy.
Do you dance, Professor?
Oh, yes.
Adela.
Ronny, you're early.
Let me introduce Professor Godbole.
And that--
where's Fielding and my mother?
What are you doing?
They're seeing the college.
We're eating water chestnuts.
We're leaving at once.
We can't leave like this.
It's perfectly all right.
Vera!
Fraulein!
That picnic will never come off.
Just like that fiasco this morning.
He'll forget he invited you.
I think you're wrong.
His collar climbs up.
I like Dr. Aziz.
Aziz forgot his back collar stud.
There you have the Indian.
He's probably forgotten where the caves are.
You've been there?
No, but I know about them, naturally.
Naturally.
I cannot have this quarreling.
I don't know why I get so head up.
I was taking us to see a polo game.
Not for me, dear.
You and adela can watch the polo.
Ronny...
Yes?
I want to say something.
Yes?
Something important.
Ronny...
I've finally decided...
We're not going to be married.
You never said we would be married,
but coming out was a good idea.
We're being awfully English about this.
I suppose that's all right.
As we are English,
yes, I suppose it is.
Let's go for a drive.
Back to the bungalow.
Why?
We should tell your mother.
Talk about our plans.
I don't want to upset her more.
And besides,
you're going on that expedition.
Yes.
Why did you undertake such an extravagance?
To avoid asking them to my house.
Which you had already done.
We must put our shoulders to the wheel.
My wife will supply plates, knives, forks.
There's the alcohol.
Whiskey sodas for Mr. Fielding.
Ports for the ladies.
And food.
The English are big eaters.
And Professor Godbole?
He eats more.
And only vegetables, fruits, and rice.
Only if cooked by a brahmin.
He'll throw up any beef.
The English can eat mutton.
Even ham.
Ham?
Are you suggesting I offer ham?
Enough.
English ladies cannot sit upon the ground.
You take chairs and tables.
You will need servants.
And there is transport after the train journey.
The caves are a distance from the station.
The train leaves before dawn.
You must take precaution for punctuality.
Better spend the night there.
What was that?
Nothing.
It happens before the hot weather.
Generally, dust and thunder.
I'm off to bed.
Mother, I made myself ridiculous this afternoon
because I wasn't sure of myself.
I'm sorry.
Very nicely said.
Thank you, dear.
I have no right
to tell you what you cannot do.
See India as you like.
Too much fuss is made about marriage.
Century after century of carnal embracement,
and we're still no nearer
understanding one another.
Good night.
[Bicycle bell rings]
Adela...
Are you all right?
Yes, of course.
Well, what happened?
Nothing.
I want to take back what I said at the polo.
Oh, Ronny.
I'm such a fool.
It's a funny thing.
I don't feel a bit excited.
Nothing's really changed, has it?
I feel perfectly ordinary.
It's the best feeling to have.
I suppose so.
I'm sorry to have been so difficult.
I shouldn't worry.
It's partly to do with this country.
And the odd surroundings.
Do you mean that my bothers are to do with India?
India forces one to come face to face with oneself.
It can be rather disturbing.
Odd.
It must be very cold in England.
Now, we must go back.
You must dance with Ronny.
It will serve as a notice of intent.
Hello.
[Thunder]
Hassan.
[Speaking hindi]
It's going to be hot.
Your famous hot weather.
Mother.
You two go ahead.
We've just heard the good news.
Let me shake your hand.
Mr. Fielding.
I'm Dr. Lal.
How do you do?
Just checking on doctor sahib.
Major Callendar's orders.
And?
A slight fever.
Change of season.
You must get well quickly.
There's talk of cholera in the city.
There's always talk of cholera.
Hello. Can I come in?
Mr. Fielding!
Yes. Please come in.
Ah.
Hamidullah.
Mr. Fielding. How nice.
And how's the patient?
We're deeply touched that Mr. Fielding would visit our friend.
Don't talk like that.
He doesn't want it.
And he does not need three chairs.
Well, are you ill or aren't you?
Major Callendar told you I'm shamming.
Well, are you?
The hot weather is coming.
I have a fever.
Sit down! All of you.
Mr. Fielding, excuse me. A question.
Carry on.
Nothing personal. We're delighted you are here,
but how is England justified in holding India?
Unfair political question.
No. Personally, I'm here because I need a job.
Qualified Indians also need jobs.
I got in first.
And I'm delighted to be here.
And those who aren't delighted to be here?
Chuck them out.
Indians are also saying that.
[Speaking hindi]
Mr. Fielding.
What are you doing out here?
Please come back.
Of course.
Here you see
the celebrated hospitality of the East.
Look. Look at the mess.
Look at the flies.
Look at the plaster coming off the wall.
Oh, please.
Here is my home,
where you're insulted by my friends.
That was fair enough.
Get back into bed.
Then you must be off.
You should rest.
I can rest all day,
thanks to Dr. Lal,
major Callendar's spy.
Major Callendar doesn't trust anyone,
English or Indian.
That's his character.
I wish you weren't under him,
but you are.
There we are.
Try sleeping for a bit.
Before you go,
please open that drawer under the clock.
There's a gray cardboard folder.
That's right.
Open it.
She was my wife.
You're the first englishman she's ever come before.
Now put her away.
I don't know why you pay me this great compliment.
It is nothing.
She was not a highly-educated woman,
or even beautiful,
but I loved her.
You would have seen her anyhow.
Would you have allowed me?
I would have told her you were my brother.
Would she have believed you?
Of course not.
Put her away.
She is dead.
I showed her to you
because I have nothing else to show.
Mr. Fielding.
Why are you not married?
The lady I liked wouldn't marry me.
That was a long time ago.
Before the war.
You haven't any children?
None.
Excuse the following question.
Have you any illegitimate children?
No.
Then your name will die entirely out.
Right.
This is what an oriental will never understand.
You have far too many children anyway.
Why don't you marry miss Quested?
I can't even if I wanted to.
She's engaged to the city Magistrate.
Oh.
So no miss Quested for Mr. Fielding.
But she's not beautiful,
and she has practically no breasts.
For a Magistrate,
they may be sufficient.
For you, I'll arrange breasts like mangoes.
No, you won't.
Once I took sick leave and went to Calcutta.
There are girls there with--
I'll tell major Callendar you've recovered remarkably.
I have.
Tell your chap to bring my horse.
I told him not to,
but now I'll release you.
Hassan!
[Speaking hindi]
This marabar expedition will cost a lot.
Should I help you call it off?
No. Arrangements are almost complete.
I shall know exact date tomorrow.
Good. Don't leave it too long.
Whew.
Hassan?
[Speaking hindi]
[Train whistle]
You've come after all.
I was afraid... How kind.
I'm never my best this time of the morning.
We're here anyway.
Yes. Excuse me.
[Speaking hindi]
This isn't all for us?
For this great occasion,
I've had help from my friends.
You'll not need your servant?
No, indeed.
Then we'll all be moslems together.
I don't like him at all.
Antony, you can go now.
Master told me to stay.
Mistress tells you to go.
Master says, "keep near ladies all morning."
Please go.
What's that for?
A surprise. You will see.
Come, come, come. Please come.
You're traveling first-class.
You will like that?
It will be a new experience.
Where's Mr. Fielding?
He'll be here.
Englishmen never miss a train.
Mr. Fielding!
I'm awfully sorry, Aziz.
Oh, Mr. Fielding.
You...You have destroyed me!
Godbole's prayers went on forever.
Jump on! Jump!
I must have you.
I'm sorry. It's no good.
We'll join you somehow.
Mrs. Moore, our expedition is ruined.
Nonsense. We shall now all be moslems together.
Dear Mrs. Moore.
Go back to your carriage.
You make me quite giddy.
Poor Aziz. We must get hold of a car.
Can you think of anyone?
Is anything the matter?
You saw the Gate shut against us.
Yes.
Tuesday is not a wise day
to undertake such a journey.
Extremely inauspicious, Mr. Fielding.
Godbole.
I wouldn't have missed this for anything.
[Speaking hindi]
Oh. Thank you.
[Speaking hindi]
He's a relief after antony.
Rather a strange place to do the cooking.
I'm embarrassed when people I dislike are good to me.
Mrs. Callendar's visiting a clinic.
She says the road goes to below the caves.
We better leave in half an hour.
Miss Quested!
Oh, no!
Is Mrs. Moore awake?
Yes...
But please...
Go in!
Don't worry, miss Quested. Look!
I am Douglas Fairbanks!
What's going on out there?
Oh.
Oh! Mrs. Moore.
We're almost there.
I'll explain the ladder.
It's your big surprise.
You cannot imagine how you honor me.
I feel that I'm journeying back into my past
and that I'm a mogul emperor.
Sometimes I shut my eyes and dream
I have splendid clothes again
and that I'm riding into battle behind alamgir.
He, too, rode an elephant.
Horrid, stuffy place, really.
Well, everything is very well arranged.
Here, ladies, is your port.
The best caves are higher up
under the kawa dol.
We start with this.
The guide says everyone go in quietly.
All sounds make an echo.
Many sounds create inharmonious effect.
I hope I'll be all right.
I made a fool of myself with Ronny's father
in the chamber of horrors.
What horrors?
The wax museum.
He was very conventional,
which made it worse.
This was not Stella's father?
No, no.
He was very unconventional.
My goodness, me.
[Speaking hindi]
Come. Come.
[Speaking hindi]
[Baby cries]
[Echo]
Shh.
Kawa dol!
[Echo]
[Echo returns]
Mrs. Moore!
[Echo]
Please. Please!
Are you all right?
Yes, yes.
Are you sure?
Yes.
Godbole never mentioned the echo.
No, and far too many people.
Would you like something to drink?
Oh, thank you.
I suppose...
Like many old people,
I sometimes think
we are merely passing figures...
In a godless universe.
Get me some water.
Oh.
There you are.
Thank you, my dear.
I didn't know you'd gone.
There, now.
We should move on
before the sun gets too high.
Do forgive me, Dr. Aziz.
I'm rather tired.
I think I'll stay here.
You two will get on better without me.
Dear Mrs. Moore, nothing to forgive.
You're right. It's quite a climb.
I'm glad you're not coming.
Because you're treating me
with true frankness, as a friend.
Iamyour friend.
So may I make a suggestion?
Of course.
Don't take so many people this time.
It does get rather crowded.
Exactly. We shall take just the guide.
Right?
Quite right.
And enjoy yourselves.
It's almost a mirage.
Dr. Aziz,
may I ask you something rather personal?
You were married, weren't you?
Yes, indeed.
Did you love your wife when you married her?
We never set eyes on each other
until the day we were married.
It was arranged by our families.
I only saw her in a photograph.
What about love?
We were man and woman.
And we were young.
Dr. Aziz,
did you have more than one wife?
One.
One, in my case.
I'll be back in a moment.
[Speaking hindi]
Miss Quested!
Miss Quested?
What's happened?
Elephant taking bath, mem-sahib.
Something else.
Miss Quested!
[Car horn honks]
[Honk honk]
Morning, Mrs. Moore.
Mr. Fielding.
So sorry about this morning.
Everything going well?
Have you seen miss Quested and Dr. Aziz?
No. I've just walked up from the road.
I'm dying for a drink.
Good lord!
[Speaking hindi]
Oh, Mr. Fielding,
I'm so glad you're here.
I was coming over to you.
Nothing wrong?
Not exactly.
They left with the guide an hour ago.
I'm sure they'll be back soon.
Not to worry.
Fielding!
Fielding.
Fielding, I've so wanted you.
Where's miss Quested?
What is it?
She went down the road.
I think she met Mrs. Callendar's car.
It was her car. She drove me.
Why did she go off with Mrs. Callendar?
I don't know.
But when did you part with her?
I don't understand.
Nor do l.
I went round the corner
to have a cigarette.
And?
When I returned, the guide couldn't remember
which cave she'd entered.
I looked in all the caves.
When I came out, I saw these.
And then...
I think it was then-- I heard the car.
I ran to the edge,
and saw miss Quested getting in.
Then she drove away with Mrs. Callendar.
That's all.
These...
I think we'd all better go back.
Oh, Mrs. Moore...
A great day is in tatters.
I will never forgive myself.
[Speaking hindi]
Aziz is an innocent.
Something else must have happened.
Of course something else happened.
This is a dangerous place for new arrivals.
I can't get my clothes off.
Calm down, dear.
Rest on your back.
You'll be better very soon.
Now...
After we've seen off Mrs. Moore,
I'm taking you back for a stiff drink.
Here we are.
Quite a crowd.
Dr. Aziz, it's my duty to arrest you.
What is this?
Sir, I'm instructed not to say.
Produce your warrant.
Sir, no warrant is required
under these particular circumstances.
Please refer to superintendent McBryde.
We certainly will.
I'm sure it's some ridiculous mistake.
Dr. Aziz, will you please come?
A closed conveyance is in the yard.
For God's sake!
Never, never act the criminal.
Mcbryde's a decent fellow.
We'll see him together.
My children, my name!
Nothing of the sort.
What is that?
I've got a car waiting.
That's Dr. Fielding's and Dr. Aziz' car.
Come along. I'll explain everything.
I can't leave without speaking to him.
Come along, mother.
Make way, please!
Come on.
Take my arm. I'll see you through.
Fielding!
I want a word with you.
Please! Please don't leave me!
I have to go.
I'll be with you as soon as possible.
Mother, come along!
I will not.
Something very terrible is happening.
Absolutely impossible.
Grotesque.
I'm afraid not.
Who brings this infamous charge?
Mrs. Callendar,
who witnessed the girl's flight down the ravine.
And the victim herself.
Miss Quested accuses Dr. Aziz of attempted rape?
Yes.
Then she's mad.
I cannot pass that remark.
I'm sorry, sir.
But the charge must rest on some misunderstanding.
It'll be cleared up.
It does indeed rest on a misunderstanding.
In my 25 years experience here,
I've never known anything but disastrous results
when English and Indians attempt to be intimate.
I hate these damned festivals.
I always have a feeling
they might go over the top.
You have a visitor.
Think I'll be off.
See you tonight.
She hit him...
With these.
That's how she escaped.
If he had assaulted her,
he'd scarcely bring the evidence back.
Doesn't surprise me.
I don't follow.
When thinking of crime,
you think of English crime.
The psychology's different here,
particularly with women.
I've gone through his wallet.
Here's a letter
from a friend who apparently keeps a brothel.
I don't want to hear his private letters.
That will be quoted in court.
Aziz was going to see tarts in Calcutta.
You may have the right to throw stones at him,
but I haven't.
Tell them to wait.
It starts already.
Vakil hamidullah and mahmoud Ali.
Legal advisers to the prisoner.
Where's miss Quested?
Staying with the Callendars
until she's out of danger.
She has a fever.
Hundreds of cactus spines
are embedded in her arms and legs.
There's a danger of them entering the blood stream.
Her scramble down that ravine was so precipitant.
It started an avalanche of stones.
Mrs. Callendar thought work was going on.
She'd got among some cactuses
and was beginning to panic.
I suppose I can't see miss Quested.
She's under heavy sedation.
Callendar's proposed to keep her like that for days.
He's worried about shock.
I see.
But afterwards.
Why do you want to see her?
I want to ask if she's certain it was Aziz.
Callendar could ask her.
I want someone who believes in him to ask her.
What difference would that make?
She's surrounded by people who don't trust Indians.
I don't want to be an alarmist,
but I think the situation will become nasty
within a few weeks.
I would think so.
May I see Aziz?
Only on a Magistrate's order.
To whom do I apply?
The city Magistrate.
Nothing else excepting clothes.
But these were under the bed.
Very useful, haq.
Thank you, sir.
There is also that.
That's his wife.
How do you know that?
He showed me that photograph.
She's dead.
I see.
I must press on with the report.
See you at the club on Saturday.
Turton wants us all there.
You're very good to greet us publicly.
Did Mr. McBryde say anything
when my card came in?
No.
Did my bail application annoy him?
What does it matter?
I might prejudice him against Aziz.
This is no way to think.
Everything must be based on Aziz's innocence.
Are you against your own people?
It would seem so.
We'd better go somewhere else.
We've been thinking
about who should be counsel for defense.
You surely.
We need someone who cannot be intimidated.
Have you heard of Amritrao?
Amritrao? The Calcutta man?
A high reputation.
Notoriously anti-british.
Freedom movement.
Amritrao would be regarded as a political challenge.
When I saw my friend's papers
carried in by that inspector,
I knew Amritrao was our man.
Let's not go too fast. We'll win.
There's nothing else we can do.
She'll never substantiate the charges.
She's been complaining about an echo in her head.
What about the echo?
She can't get rid of it.
I don't suppose she ever will.
Back in a moment.
Mother, that was unkind.
Unkind?
What about poor Dr. Aziz
and those terrible police?
Mother, quiet. Please.
I won't be quiet.
Aziz is innocent.
You don't know that.
I know about people's characters.
It's not the thing he would do.
The case must come before a Magistrate.
The machinery is started.
Yes.
She has started the machinery.
It will work to its end.
[Speaking hindi]
Ah, Godbole.
You're in a hurry.
I must change and return to town.
May I speak to you for a moment?
Come in if you don't mind me changing.
I wanted to apologize for this morning.
It's all right.
I hope the expedition was successful.
You haven't heard, then.
Oh, yes.
Aziz has been arrested.
That's all around the college.
An expedition where that occurs
can't be called successful.
I cannot say. I was not there.
No.
I must not detain you,
but I have a private difficulty
on which I require your help.
I'm leaving your service shortly, as you know.
I'm returning to the place of my childhood
to take charge of education there.
I wanted to start a school that will be like this.
What I need advice for is
what name should be given to the school?
A name for the school?
A suitable title.
Do you know Aziz is in prison?
I meant that when you're less worried,
you might think the matter over.
I thought, with your permission,
of the Richard Fielding High School.
Failing that, king emperor George v.
Godbole, let me ask you something.
I was under the impression that you liked Aziz.
Certainly.
How can you be indifferent?
Don't you care what happens to him?
It's inconsequential whether I care.
The outcome is already decided.
Destiny. Karma.
We're part of a pattern we cannot perceive.
Why did Mrs. Moore bring miss Quested to chandrapore?
To marry the city Magistrate.
Yes.
Or to go to the marabar with Dr. Aziz.
Or perhaps to meet you.
At this moment my only interest is to do something for Aziz.
Nothing you do will change the outcome.
Do nothing. Is that your philosophy?
My philosophy is you can do what you like.
The outcome will be the same.
Did you get bail?
They're afraid your presence
might incite further trouble.
Even riots.
We've just received a telegram from Calcutta.
From Calcutta?
Amritrao is going to defend you.
Amritrao?
Read.
What is disbursement?
Fee. He will not accept a fee.
Good evening.
[Shouting]
There's no cause for alarm.
I want everything to proceed as usual.
So don't start carrying arms about.
Ladies, don't go out more than you can help.
Don't talk before your servants.
One isolated Indian has attempted...
Has been charged with an attempted crime.
He'll be tried.
[Drums beating]
Those drums are merely the festival, of course.
No doubt, they'll be banging
throughout the night.
Apologies, everyone.
Heaslop's behind me.
I want to say something before he comes in.
He needs all our support.
He blames himself
for allowing such an expedition,
for giving the wretch leave.
It's been an unsettling experience
for his mother.
The good news is the victim's improved.
Heaslop, come in.
Good to have you with us.
Do sit down. Please.
Up here, Ronny. Come join us.
Thank you, sir.
Please. Do sit down.
Some of us never got up.
We were delighted to hear the report of miss Quested.
I didn't mean to interrupt the meeting.
I said earlier that you'd refused bail.
I was about to add that there's a member present
who's in contact with the prisoner's defense.
One can't run with the hare
and hunt with the hounds.
Not in this country.
I would like to say something.
Please do.
I believe Dr. Aziz is innocent.
I shall await the verdict of the court.
If he's found guilty,
I'll resign from the college
and leave India.
I resign from the club now.
We mustn't forget that she's old.
Old people never take things as one expects.
They can cause a great deal of trouble.
Are you all right, mother?
I'm just having a little rest.
It's very hot.
I wish you wouldn't undertake such a journey
at this time of year.
Stay until the monsoon.
It's very close.
So much to do.
So little time to do it.
To do what, mother?
Settle things up.
See Stella.
Get away from all this muddle and fuss
and into some cave of my own, some...
Some shelf.
Meanwhile, the trial is coming on.
I don't want anything to do with it.
You're an important witness.
You dropped off after the first cave
and let adela go with him.
He frightened you with that echo.
Mumbo jumbo, but very effective.
You'll never understand the nature of that place.
Nor will anyone else in that ridiculous court.
I don't wish to discuss it further.
Will you at least stay for our marriage?
You're getting married?
Of course. Why do you ask?
I wondered.
All this rubbish about love.
Love in a church or cave.
As if there was a difference.
I held up from business over such trifles.
I don't understand you.
I've never understood you
any more than you've understood me.
What about adela?
I like adela.
She has character.
Then don't you want to help her?
Nothing I say or do will make the least difference.
If that's really how you feel,
you must go.
Good-bye.
Mustn't upset yourself, my dear.
The verdict's a foregone conclusion.
It isn't that.
I'm all right, really.
You won't be called until tomorrow.
Mcbryde will take most of the morning.
Amritrao will be up to his tricks.
Come along, dear. We're there.
What are you doing here?
I'm an interested party.
I've handed over to my deputy.
Who's your deputy?
[Gavel pounding]
Das is a good man, Mrs. Turton.
Thank you, sir.
On April 3rd of this year,
miss Quested and Mrs. Moore
were invited to a tea party
at the House of government college's principal.
Here, the prisoner first met miss Quested,
a young girl fresh from England.
Until this party,
the prisoner had never been so close
to an English girl.
In consideration of the ladies present,
I'll merely allude to the fact
that he's a widower living alone.
In presenting our evidence,
I'll provide ample proof of his state of mind.
Before going through the history of this appalling crime,
I want to state
what I believe to be a universal truth--
the darker races are attracted to the fairer,
but not vice versa.
Even when the lady is less attractive than the gentleman?
Order!
Uhh.
Uhh!
[Heart pounding]
I must warn the public
and certain members of the defense
that the insulting behavior and rowdiness
which marred yesterday's proceedings
will not be tolerated.
Well said. Quite right.
Mr. McBryde.
Thank you.
I'll begin by reminding you of my contention
that prisoner proposed the expedition to the caves
with the premeditated intention
of making advances to miss Quested.
I've visited the marabar during the last few days.
It's an inaccessible place,
entailing considerable planning and expense
to get there.
The caves themselves are dark, featureless,
and without interest.
Well, except for a strange echo.
A curious place for an elaborate picnic.
The servants were supplied
by prisoner's Indian friends,
except for the witness antony.
Antony received explicit instructions from Mr. Heaslop
to stay with the ladies at all times,
yet he remained behind.
Yesterday you heard him admit
that he'd accepted money from the prisoner
minutes before the train's departure.
That brought us to Mr. Fielding.
We are asked to believe that he missed the train
because another friend of the prisoner,
Professor Godbole, was saying his prayers.
Prayers.
After a most unpleasant altercation,
I withdrew my hypothesis
that similar persuasion contributed
towards this excess of religious zeal.
I object, sir.
Mr. McBryde is blatantly using this opportunity
to repeat the slander.
Objection sustained.
Ha!
Order!
Prisoner had yet to dispose of a third impediment.
The lady in question suffered
from what is known in medical parlance
as claustrophobia.
Prisoner entered the first cave with miss Quested and the guide
leaving this elderly lady in the rear
where she was crushed by servants and villagers.
Mrs. Moore.
That's Mrs. Moore!
Quiet!
Are you accusing my client
of attempted murder, too?
Who is this lady?
We met in the mosque. Mrs. Moore.
Mrs. Moore?
You speak of Mrs. Moore?
I won't be calling her.
Because you can't!
She was smuggled abroad
because she was on our side!
She could prove his innocence!
Neither side called her.
Neither may quote her.
She was kept from us!
This is English justice?
This is your british raj?
Give us Mrs. Moore for five minutes.
For anyone interested,
my mother should be reaching aden
at noon today, their time.
Banished? By you?
This is no way to defend your case!
I'm not defending a case!
You're not trying one!
We're both slaves!
Unless you sit down,
I'll have to exercise my authority.
Do so! This trial is a farce!
I'm going!
I'm throwing my career!
Mrs. Moore!
Where are you?
We want Mrs. Moore!
Mrs. Moore! Mrs. Moore!
Order!
Farewell, my friend!
Mrs. Moore! Mrs. Moore!
Suno!
They have taken Mrs. Moore!
Mrs. Moore kolegge!
Mrs. Moore!
Isn't it strange?
Mrs. Moore!
Rather wonderful.
I knew they'd try something like this.
Quiet, please!
Poor old das.
Quiet!
Order!
I apologize for my colleague.
He's an intimate friend of our client.
His feelings have carried him away.
He will have to apologize in person.
Exactly, sir. He must.
I must repeat, that as a witness,
Mrs. Moore does not exist.
Neither you nor Mr. McBryde
may surmise what that lady would have said.
She is not here,
and consequently, she can say nothing.
"Thou knowest the secrets of our hearts.
"Shut not thy merciful ears to our prayer.
"We commit her body to the deep
"to be turned into corruption,
"looking for the resurrection of the body
"when the sea gives up her dead.
"I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me,
blessed are the dead which die in the lord."
I now call upon miss Quested.
Place your hand on the book.
And nothing but the truth.
Quiet, please.
Silence!
Now, miss Quested,
I would like to take you back to the moment
when you left that first cave
and found Mrs. Moore collapsed in her chair.
Are you with me?
Yes.
Did she offer any explanation?
She said she was upset by the echo,
and that she was tired.
Taking advantage of her distress,
prisoner instructed the servants to remain behind
and took you alone with the guide.
Yes, but at Mrs. Moore's suggestion.
I don't follow.
She'd been worried by the crowd and the stuffiness.
And was concerned you might be subjected to the same ordeal.
No. She wanted us to enjoy ourselves.
She said so.
She likes Dr. Aziz.
Yes, I think I understand.
Mr. Fielding said Mrs. Moore
was what he described as "charmed" by him.
It was more than that.
She liked him.
You'd met him twice before the crime.
Yes.
So that might be an impetuous assessment.
Possibly.
She's like that.
You heard earlier
the slur cast on british justice by the defense.
You must tell the truth, painful as it may be.
I was brought up to tell the truth.
Of course.
Sorry.
That's quite all right.
Now, miss Quested,
you went off up the slope
with the prisoner and the guide.
Yes.
Take your time,
and cast your mind back.
Miss Quested?
Miss Quested.
We were going up the slope.
Is something wrong?
I think it may have partly been my fault.
Why?
We'd stopped to look out over the plain.
I could hardly see chandrapore,
except through Mr. Heaslop's binoculars.
I asked Dr. Aziz
if he loved his wife when he married her.
I shouldn't have.
Then why did you?
I was thinking of my own marriage.
Mr. Heaslop and I had only just become engaged.
Seeing chandrapore so far away...
I realized I didn't love him.
Quiet, please.
Quiet.
Miss Quested, you and the prisoner
continued up to the caves.
Yes.
And the guide?
- He'd gone ahead. - Sent on ahead?
No. He was waiting for us.
When you arrived, prisoner spoke to him?
I don't know if he did.
He left you and went toward him.
Yes.
And what did you do?
I waited.
You said just now,
"it may have been partly my fault."
Why?
I'd asked him about love.
And had thereby introduced a feeling of intimacy?
That is what I meant.
Thank you.
Mr. McBryde?
Please tell the court exactly what happened.
I lit a match.
Miss Quested!
[Footsteps approaching]
Miss Quested.
And the prisoner followed you.
Miss Quested, the prisoner followed you, didn't he?
Could I have a minute before I answer that?
Certainly.
I'm...
I'm not... Quite sure.
I beg your pardon.
You were in the cave.
The prisoner followed you.
What do you mean, please?
No. What is that?
What are you saying?
I'm afraid I've made a mistake.
What nature of mistake?
Dr. Aziz...
Never followed me into the cave.
I'll read the deposition you signed
when you returned with Mrs. Callendar.
You cannot quote it.
I was speaking to the witness.
And the public will be silent!
Miss Quested,
address your remarks to me.
And remember, you speak on oath.
Dr. Aziz...
I stop these proceedings on medical grounds.
Please sit down!
You withdraw the accusation, miss Quested?
Answer me.
I withdraw everything.
Quiet!
The prisoner is released
without one stain on his character!
Dr. Aziz is free!
Are you mad?
No.
[Thunder]
Aziz!
Bitch.
What do you think you've been doing?
Yahoo!
Miss Quested.
Where are you going?
I don't know.
You can't wander about like this.
Who did you come with?
I shall walk.
What madness!
This could turn into a riot.
We'll find my carriage.
It's closed.
Richard!
I'm coming back!
Stay with him.
Please.
I can't leave you here.
Anything could happen.
There we are.
Congratulations, sir.
Thank you very much.
Make way, please.
Thank you. Thank you.
Where shall he take you?
I don't know.
What do you mean?
Get in.
Yea!
That was Mr. Fielding!
And Mrs. Moore!
Mrs. Moore! Mrs. Moore!
Why did you make such a charge
if you were going to withdraw it?
I ought to feel grateful.
I don't expect gratitude.
Did you do it out of pity?
My echo's gone.
I call the noise in my head my echo.
Had it since the cave.
Might the whole thing have been an hallucination?
I have a hunch that McBryde exorcised you.
He took you back step by step into that cave.
And you broke down quite suddenly.
I thought I'd seen a ghost.
No, no.
Mrs. Moore believes in ghosts.
Well, she's old.
It's difficult as we get older
not to believe that the dead live again.
Because the dead don't live again.
I fear not.
So do l.
Ranjit!
He must be out, but I can make tea.
Forgive me a moment.
Oh, dear.
"Annie Blair, fellow passenger."
I shall never see her again.
Ah, Godbole.
The boys said you were back.
I'm leaving for kashmir tomorrow morning
to take up my duties
as minister of education.
I came to say good-bye.
Yes?
Uh...Come in.
Thank you. Thank you.
Miss Quested.
I want to give you my address
and extend an open invitation to visit.
Have you seen the himalayas?
No.
Miss Quested's just had some bad news.
Oh, I am sorry.
Mrs. Moore.
Yes.
Addressed to you?
Yes.
Why did this lady send to you?
I don't know.
Mr. Fielding--
under the circumstances,
I don't think we should discuss it.
I'm sorry, Godbole,
but miss Quested's extremely upset.
Of course. Nevertheless--
I presumably came up
in a casual shipboard conversation.
Heaslop will undoubtedly hear from the company.
I see.
I shan't tell Aziz until tomorrow.
Hamidullah's probably celebrating tonight,
and it'll only upset him.
You've heard about the damages?
Damages?
Amritrao's asking 20,000 rupee in damages from, uh...
20,000?
And costs.
Who could have foretold
that Aziz would be saved by his enemy?
What now, Mr. Fielding?
Aziz.
Come in.
Well...
What a wonderful day for you.
I am an Indian at last.
Where did you take her?
I took her back to the college.
Why?
After this morning, she'd nowhere else to go.
No?
Heaslop... The Turtons...
The entire british raj was pushing her on.
When she saw she was wrong, she stopped.
I wouldn't have had the courage.
[Speaking hindi]
Do you mind if I sit?
Please.
What are your plans now?
Hamidullah's giving me a victory party.
Good.
But I meant later.
I shall look for another job...
Hundreds of miles away
in an Indian state
out of british India.
And you?
I shall probably go to England.
Will you and she be on the same boat?
No. I couldn't go until the end of next term.
Miss Quested simply needs a passage.
I see.
Look...
I'm looking.
Godbole says Amritrao's asking 20,000 rupees damages.
And costs.
Getting the worst of both worlds will ruin her.
And me.
Prison,
my private letters read in court,
my wife's photograph fingered by McBryde.
All because an English girl got too much sun.
I know.
And I know your next question.
Will I let her off paying...
20,000 rupees?
Right?
Then if I agree,
the English can say,
"this Indian almost behaved like a gentleman.
But for his color, we might let him join the club."
Is that why you came here to see me?
Answer me.
In the end, you English always stick together.
I'll have nothing more to do with any of you.
Any of you!
Tell her to keep the money.
Tell her to buy herself a husband!
Tell her--
[knock knock]
Look!
Are you coming with me?
I don't think so.
Aziz!
[Speaking hindi]
This is a great honor, Professor.
Anything wrong?
No, no.
They arrive at the state guest house this afternoon.
How long have you known they were coming?
One month, possibly two.
Why did you not tell me?
You were not ready to hear it.
What does that mean?
Mr. Fielding wrote you letters,
and you tore them up.
I did.
That is my point.
"Dear Aziz, I have news for you.
I'm going to marry someone you know."
The end of a foolish experiment.
I've made a new life here.
Away from the English.
I shall be going to the guest house.
But my religious duties
will be claiming my full attention
for the next three days.
He's come all this way to find you.
Can't you let bygones be bygones
and show them around?
I've had enough of miss Quested!
Let's stop for a moment.
We must be getting on.
[Speaking hindi]
Hello!
Aziz.
We are here, sahib.
Well, here you are at last.
I've been looking for you everywhere.
[Speaking hindi]
Your children?
Yes.
I suppose Godbole told you I was here.
He never tells anyone anything unless he must.
His only information was the king George v High School
was destined not to be.
I was supposed to inspect it.
Anyhow, here I am.
I've been visiting schools all over the country.
We called in at chandrapore.
Your bungalow's been turned into a shop.
Turton's retired.
Callendar's been given the push.
And hamidullah sends his salaams.
He told me you'd moved here.
So I wrote care of Godbole.
Why didn't you answer my letters?
You married my enemy.
Stole my money.
Aziz, I'm going to surprise you.
What do you mean?
My wife is Mrs. Moore's daughter.
Stella?
Stella.
Miss Quested introduced us.
Oh, what a blunder.
Where is she?
At the guest house.
You'll meet her tomorrow.
She mustn't do too much now.
She's carrying your child?
Yes.
So after all, your name will not die out.
That's right.
Oh, Mrs. Moore.
Mrs. Moore!
And Stella believes
the evil of the marabar has been wiped out,
and so do l.
Dear miss Quested...
Tonight is the festival of light,
and I'm writing this to ask you to forgive me.
It's taken me all this time
to appreciate your courage.
Because of you,
I'm happy here with my children
instead of in prison.
And because of you,
I want to do kind actions all around.
Richard and Stella left this morning.
Good-bye.
I do not think I will ever see them again.