01x02 - Hide in Plain Sight

[bunniefuu]

[crickets]

[suspenseful music playing]

[non-english speech]

[g*nshots]

Are you all right?

We're fine, Edward.

We're fine.

[music playing]

WOMAN: L.

CHILDREN: L.

WOMAN: I.

CHILDREN: I.

WOMAN: O

CHILDREN: O.

WOMAN: N.

CHILDREN: N.

Lion.

CHILDREN: Lion.

And the noise is?

[children imitate lion's roar]

WOMAN: And this is a snake.

And the noise? [children imitate snake hissing]

I thought you had forgotten.

I was waiting at the stables.

A local tribe att*cked the mission last night.

Victoria.

She didn't want the police to get involved.

Take over for me. Thank you.

I'd like you to speak to her.

Yes, of course.

I had a great horse for you.

Charlotte Elliot. You're very welcome.

It's a pleasure to meet you.

I wish it were under better circumstances.

I do hope there won't be any fuss.

No, of course not.

Now, Miss Elliott, were you alone when you were att*cked?

No, no.

Reverend, Herbert and John McAllister were with me.

Edward has been pastor here for the last five years.

And Mr. McAllister?

John is an old and dear friend of Edward's.

He's been visiting for the past two weeks.

Miss Fitzgerald speaks very highly of you, Miss Elliot,

and you seem to have won the trust of the community.

Well, I've been here now years.

It was quite a struggle at first.

Trust isn't something that's given easily.

But Edward and I have worked hard.

Strange, then, that you were att*cked.

Oh, no.

Disappointing.

What did they take?

The cross from the chapel.

Did you see who took it?

It was the Laibon from the Kipsigis tribe.

They view our evangelical work as a thr*at to their authority.

So that's why they stole the cross?

Yes, I imagine the Laibon wanted to prove that his power

is stronger than ours.

I could leave some police officers to keep watch,

or you might feel more comfortable in Nairobi.

If I left, what message would I be sending to the others?

That the Laibon is right, that his power is stronger?

I couldn't do that.

Perhaps you might send some officers to watch

over things for a few days.

Edward and I will be fine.

John's here as well.

We'll look after each other.

Charlotte--

I've been in the valley a long time we're well protected.

Joseph, Elizabeth, that's absolutely beautiful.

Should we put it at the altar?

[noisy crowd] - Gentlemen!

Gentlemen!

I am very sorry, but the Prince of Wales reception

is by invitation only, and guest list

has to be presented to the governor

for vetting by the end of the week.

Ah, Tyburn!

What do you call this, Scotland Yard time keeping?

I've been at the Valley Mission, sir.

They were att*cked, apparently by a local Laibon.

Good god.

Anyone hurt?

No.

The chapel was desecrated.

Miss Elliott has my deepest sympathies.

Try as she may to reform them, they remain savages at heart.

I suggest you send some tribal police into the bush,

round up the miscreants, fire off a few rounds,

teach the blighters a lesson.

Now for other matters.

The Prince of Wales arrives in a little over a week.

Now, despite my words on the subject,

I notice that native prostitutes are

still in evidence in the town.

I want the matter dealt with.

Round them up, charge them, or do you think it's beneath you?

No, not at all, sir.

I think it would be most inappropriate

if the Prince of Wales got a glimpse of the real Nairobi.

I would have dealt with it sooner,

but I've been a little under manned at present.

I have employed a new man to be your assistant.

Good chap, fine breeding.

Might even teach you a thing or two.

Sounds like a horse.

[whistle blowing]

Superintendent, my word.

How deliciously inconvenient of you.

Mr. de Ville.

[non-english speech]

She's quite gorgeous, don't you think?

She doesn't run to my tastes.

I'm surprised she runs to yours.

I don't see why I have to confine myself to the delights

of only half the human race.

Quite so, but I'm afraid your companion has to come with me.

Come on.

Come on.

[noisy chatter]

We have gathered up the women in twos, Superintendent.

The job's worth doing, Karinde.

I've decided that Joe does not anticipate

us doing our job quite so--

I think that's a detail Burkitt's overlooked.

[non-english speech]

What are they saying?

They said that for the superintendent,

they will offer him a discount.

[screaming]

[non-english speech]

You'd better have an explanation now.

She's my cousin, sir.

The ladies were obviously having a slow night.

I don't follow.

The prostitutes.

You didn't arrest any men, so they

can't have had any customers.

[LAUGHING] Oh, I see.

I wouldn't have thought they were hurting anyone.

Thank you.

Prostitution isn't illegal in Kenya.

It is according to Burkitt.

They've been brutalized by white men

for so long, they find it astonishing to be paid.

When they are, they're arrested.

Strange, don't you think?

Oh, you're a moralist, are you?

I have my own moral code.

Do you?

I do, yes.

You should try this.

It's ginger.

It's very good with vegetables.

- So that's what it looks like. - Yes.

Take some of this piece.

Ugly, isn't it?

So what brought your family to Africa?

Adventure, exile, freedom.

It's easier to understand why people stay.

Why do you stay?

I am an African.

I was born here.

This is where I belong.

There are no expectations of me.

I can be precisely what I wish to be without confronting

the disapproval of others.

Don't you ever want to go back to England?

[LAUGHING] No.

I don't need to go anywhere.

This is my home.

What about you?

Do you long to be in England?

No.

But England still feels like home to you?

It feels like where I'm from.

I just don't make any journeys anymore.

In that respect, we're very different.

Not alone, anyway.

[horn honks]

My car.

[WOMEN CHATTING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE]

[dramatic music playing]

Edward!

[non-english speech]

Edward!

[gavel banging]

Order!

[gavel banging]

There will be order in this court.

Superintendent, how are they charged?

Vagrancy, sir.

Vagrancy?

You sure?

Yes, sir.

Vagrancy.

Superintendent Tyburn, take a moment to reflect.

Consider your options.

Then and only then, let me know how you wish to charge them.

Sir?

Superintendent.

How they charged?

Vagrancy, sir.

Fine.

Stand back, superintendent.

Where were the women arrested?

In their homes, in Pumwani.

In their homes?

Yes, sir.

Superintendent, if they were found in their homes,

then by definition they are not vagrants.

Ah.

Yes of course.

I see your point, sir.

There is no case to answer.

Charges dismissed.

Corporal, tell the ladies to avoid further visits here,

they should refrain from doing business until after the Prince

of Wales visit.

Yes, sir.

And Karinde, I suggest you get your cousin

out of Nairobi right away.

Thank you, sir.

Superintendent.

Delightful to see you.

Valentine.

Come to arrest me again, have you?

No, no sir.

I've come to assist you.

Well, I must say, sir, you handled

that with commendable guile.

Didn't have much choice.

Burkitt had ordered me to arrest them,

the jail didn't have room.

He won't even notice.

Vagrancy?

It seems it was the wrong charge, sir.

Assistant Superintendent Valentine.

Sir.

Once you have acquaint yourself

with your surroundings, perhaps you would arrest these women

again, making particularly sure that you charge them

in the appropriate fashion.

Of course, sir.

Thank you, sir.

Just a minute, Tyburn.

Good stock.

Devonshire family.

His uncle fagged for a cousin of mine at Harrow before the w*r.

Wheels within wheels.

You're new here, Tyburn.

You might do well to a young Valentine.

He'll show you how we do things in Africa.

Sir.

[non-english speech] Constable Karinde

Miss Charlotte.

It's Corporal now.

Good.

This is my cousin, Wanjika.

Would it be possible, Miss, if she could

stay here and study with you?

She's a good girl and will work hard.

[non-english speech]

Of course.

Thank you, Miss.

[non-english speech]

You're very welcome.

I'm sorry.

I thought you must have come about our other new arrival.

Superintendent!

Superintendent!

I found her in an appalling condition.

She's so frightened.

[non-english speech]

She hasn't uttered a word.

She has been cursed.

It is the Laibon.

Or the devil.

I have seen it before, outside some

of the villages in Mombasa.

You don't really believe that, do you?

It doesn't really matter if I do.

It's whether she does.

If the Laibon can put her under a spell,

he doesn't need to tie her wrists.

Look at the marks.

Children, go back to class.

Superintendent. - This is Reverend Herbert.

Edward, please.

I'm sorry you've had to come all this way again.

That's quite all right.

Do you have any idea who she is?

One of our girls thinks she may have

worked at the Watcham's farm.

How far away is that?

Less than miles.

They're our nearest neighbors.

Do you want her to be examined by a doctor?

Oh, no.

I'll look after her.

If her condition deteriorates, I'll take her to Nairobi.

All right.

Corporal Karinde?

Miss Charlotte.

Your cousin's already been a great comfort to her.

I think she's settling in well.

Oh, that's good.

Edward, are you not going to introduce me to the officer?

Certainly.

John McCallister, Superintendent Tyburn from Nairobi.

How do you do?

Mr. McAllister, of course.

The visitor.

Yes.

I'm doing a spot of surveying for a French engineering

company, power generation opportunities,

that sort of thing.

Bringing light to the dark continent,

much like Edward and Charlotte.

Miss Elliott tells me you were present at the Laibon att*ck.

Yes.

Frightful business.

Caught us quite off guard, eh, Edward?

Indeed.

Have you had any more trouble from the Laibon?

No, Superintendent.

You're sure you don't want me to leave anyone with you?

I appreciate your concern, but really, we're fine.

Well, it was good to meet you.

Pleasure.

Afternoon, sir.

Ma'am.

I'm Superintendent Tyburn.

We're from the Kenyan police.

Matilda, we have guests.

We don't often get visitors from town.

Two gentleman callers is a special treat.

Thank you.

Avril!

Just give me a moment, Matilda.

Biscuits?

Thank you, thank you very much.

Oh, thank you.

The fabric is less dear if one buys a bolt.

You could have given more care to your choice.

To what do we owe the honor?

Are you familiar with the Valley Mission?

Of course.

Well they've found a girl there this morning.

She'd been beaten.

Oh my goodness.

How perfectly awful superintendent.

I'm so sorry to hear that.

Well, they tell me that she might have worked for you.

For us?

Well, what was her name?

I'm afraid we don't know.

She's unable to speak.

Dozens of girls have worked for us over the years,

but at the present time, we have no maid.

We can't afford it.

I don't know why we had to let them go.

Now Matilda, we'll be perfectly fine

once the crop is sold.

I'm simply making a point to the superintendent.

Well, perhaps if you have the time

you could come down to the mission and settle the matter.

Of course.

But Matilda has been unwell today.

I can't leave her on her own.

Perhaps tomorrow?

You mustn't fuss.

You make me sound like an invalid aunt.

Are they nice, the biscuits?

Oh, yes, yes.

Very nice.

Thank you.

There was a time, you know, when we wouldn't have

considered serving biscuits.

Would we, Avril?

Only cakes were good enough for us.

I hope you don't mind drinking coffee.

We tend to drink it instead of tea, for obvious reasons.

No, no, no.

I enjoy coffee.

Oh, I wish more people did.

We wouldn't be in the state we're in if more people did.

It's not a popularity of coffee.

It's the world economy.

What would I know about that?

I just know that things could be like they were

if people drank more coffee.

I'm afraid we haven't been much use

to you, Superintendent.

I'm so sorry.

No, no, that's perfectly all right.

How much does it cost to keep a house. servant?

A few shillings sir.

They get room and board, obviously.

They've not a single one, do they?

They don't have anybody working for them.

Strange, isn't it?

Somewhat strange, yes.

No, no, no, that boy, Cameron, is

far too close to the top table.

I think down here would be more appropriate.

Good afternoon, sir. You asked to see us.

Oh, Valentine.

I trust you've dealt with that matter.

What matter was that, sir?

Well, the prostitutes, of course.

Actually, sir, we--

We were called to the Valley Mission, sir.

A young girl has been badly assaulted.

Native girl?

Yes, sir.

Valentine, go and see to those women now.

Yes, sir.

If a native girl has been assaulted,

then it is a native matter, do you see?

Alert the tribal police.

It is not my remittance, and it is certainly not yours.

I'll try to remember that, sir.

Good.

Where's that man gone?

I haven't finished the Prince of Wales seating plan yet.

If you see him on your way out, send him to me, will you?

[yells]

Superintendent.

Miss Fitzgerald.

This is Mr. Drennan, Superintendent Tyburn.

Pleasure How do you do, sir?

Will you join us for a drink?

No, thank you very much.

We've had rather a day of it.

I've been craving one of these since mid-afternoon.

Just leave it, will you please.

I flew Mr. Drennan from Tanganyika today.

What business are you in, Mr. Drennan?

Coffee?

Yes, I normally visit Nairobi around this time of year,

and I hire Miss Fitzgerald's planes to get me around Kenya.

Coffee buyers must be very popular at the moment.

Yes, they are I'm afraid.

The bottom's fallen right out of the market.

Most people are willing to sell at any price.

That's good news for our trading company,

but not so good news for farmers.

You based in England?

Yes, I am.

I'm on the south coast.

Dover Trading and Importers.

I mean, in fact, I'm going to be back there in a few days.

Give my regards to England.

I will do.

Miss Fitzgerald.

Are you sure you won't have a drink?

No, there's been more trouble with the mission, I'm afraid.

Another att*ck?

Yes, they found a young girl there this morning

She's in a terrible state.

She'd been badly assaulted.

Good god.

Did she say how it had happened?

No, she didn't, Mr. Drennan.

She was in such a state she couldn't even speak,

almost catatonic.

A call for you, sir.

A gentleman is most anxious to speak to you.

A bloody nuisance.

Will you both excuse me?

Which way?

Follow me, sir.

He seems, uh, interesting.

Yes, yes, he is.

[children singing]

Rock of ages, cleft for me.

Let me hide myself in thee.

Let the water and the blood

[singing continues]

[children laughing]

[non-english speech]

We'll see her later.

We'll see her later.

Shakes your belief in God, doesn't it, Edward, when

prayers are left unanswered.

[children singing]

Not a job for the faint hearted, sir.

What would you like me to do with them now?

[screaming]

I want you to bring Wanjika here so I

can ask her a few questions.

Yes, sir.

Thank you.

Did you hear anything?

Nothing.

I wish I had.

Where were you sleeping?

In the visitor's hut, next to Edward's.

What time did you find her body?

Early this morning.

I went to check her to see how she was.

Superintendent-- I can find no obvious cause for death,

no wound that would account for it.

Then why did she die?

Her heart seems to have simply stopped b*ating.

What, just through natural causes?

Maybe, but in one so young?

There is also bruising and torn tissue.

She was r*ped, Superintendent.

Last night?

No, it was discovered.

It would have been some days ago.

Why would her heart just stop b*ating?

Shock, fright, the revisiting of a traumatic experience?

As a result of seeing her attacker again?

Possibly.

Sir, no one has seen Wanjika.

Well, could she have gone back to Pumwani?

No, no.

She promised me that you would not go back to prostitution.

She was happy here with Miss Charlotte.

The body was found out here.

Yes.

Come have a look inside.

She didn't go quietly.

Chloroform.

[non-english speech]

Mr. Brennan?

Yes.

A message to you, Mr. Brennan.

Thank you.

Shall I live in hope, Thomas?

Sure you can.

Did you enjoy your evening?

As much as I remember.

I missed your company.

Well, perhaps another time.

A love letter?

No, on the contrary.

I rather suspect it's the end of an affair.

I know how to mend a broken heart.

Thomas?

Emma.

Are you ready?

Yes.

Happy flying.

[non-english speech]

Tyburn!

Tyburn!

It's bloody chaos!

Look!

It's becoming a village!

Why haven't you charged these women?

A girl at the mission was found dead this morning,

sir, and another abducted.

The death or abduction of a native girl

does not come under your jurisdiction.

Leave it to the tribal police.

What if the European was involved?

You have any evidence for such a supposition?

I found traces of chloroform in the hut.

Leave it to the tribal police.

Valentine!

Sir.

Charge those women before they start building huts.

How might I do that, sir?

Oh, don't disappoint me, Valentine.

Use that initiative they talk so much about in Mombasa.

[non-english speech]

Vagrancy?

Vagrancy.

How are they charged?

No visible means of support, your worship.

No visible means of support, sir.

You must produce five shillings each,

or I shall find that you have no visible means

of support and sentence you to be held for days in jail.

[angry chatter]

Shout and scream as much as you want, boy.

I'll show you what happens!

There's nothing the police can do.

No law.

Not even an officer can intervene.

[boy crying]

What do you think you're doing here?

I might ask you the same question.

The boy refuses to work.

How else am I to keep order?

Are you Theodore Watcham?

I am.

Well, the reason I'm here, sir,

is to investigate the death of a native girl

and the disappearance of another.

You really are new in Kenya, aren't you?

Natives die and disappear every day.

And now, if you'll excuse me, Superintendent, I

have a farm to run.

Superintendent.

You met Theodore.

He's not very sociable.

Good day.

Back so soon?

Is that poor girl any better?

No, I'm afraid she's dead.

I'd be grateful if you could attempt to identify her.

Do you really think she's one of our girls?

Well, you'll be able to tell me that, Miss Watcham

I'll go, Matilda.

There's no need for you to upset yourself.

Oh, for goodness sake, Avril.

You treat me like I'm a child.

Please, Matilda, there's no need for you to see--

Avril, if she's one of ours--

Oh, god forgive us!

Poor Mary!

She was one of ours.

Why did we let her go, Avril?

Why?

Mary was the last one we sent away.

Matilda's favorite.

She was a child.

One doesn't abandon a child.

It was his fault.

That is not true, Matilda.

We had to let her go.

Whose fault?

Theodore felt we couldn't afford to keep her.

When did she leave your service?

A few days ago.

What happened to the other girls you let go, Miss Watcham?

They returned to their villages, I presume.

We need to bury her, Charlotte.

She has no family.

Yes, of course we will.

Superintendent.

Can I have a word?

After you left this morning, I found this.

A button?

That's good.

Where did you find it?

Outside the hut where that poor girl was found dead.

I've wrestled with my conscience,

prayed for guidance.

I believe it belongs to John McAllister.

Are these all his belongings?

Yes.

Were you at school together?

Yes, Marlborough.

After which we went our separate ways.

He toured the world when I stayed in England.

My work finally brought me here to Africa.

We corresponded as much as possible over the years.

For the moment I think this should stay between us.

Yes, of course.

You've known Edward Herbert a long time.

You don't think what was involved in all this, do you?

I'd like to eliminate him from my investigation if I can.

You were at school together?

Yes.

Rugby?

That's right.

And you vouch for his character?

He wouldn't take another life.

Superintendent, if you have to eliminate Edward

from the investigation, I presume you'll

have to do the same for me.

That's right.

Thank you, Mr. McAllister. That'll do for now.

Well, well, well, sir.

So, a safari with the Prince of Wales.

That is, indeed, quite an honor, sir.

Yes, well, it's not official yet.

Best for all concerned if we keep it between us.

Absolutely, sir.

I understand Henratti has taken delivery of a new Holland

and Holland double r*fle.

The chap who ordered it has had a change of circumstances

and can no longer afford it.

I thought you and I could have a look at it tomorrow.

I'd be delighted, sire.

Absolutely delighted.

Well, if you'll excuse me, gentlemen.

Committee matters.

Sir.

You made a thorough search of the area around the hut,

didn't you? - Absolutely, sir.

Exactly as you saw.

Nothing except the traces of chloroform.

Edward Herbert gave me something he claims to have

found outside the hut-- a button from

one of McAllister's shirts.

A button, sir?

No, I wouldn't have missed that.

Really wouldn't.

You didn't miss it, because I don't think it was there.

I found the shirt.

The thread had been cut clean.

Now, if the button had come off in a struggle,

the thread would have been frayed

or the material would have been ripped.

I see, sir.

So what we're saying is that the Reverend

Herbert was trying to plant evidence

against his own dear friend?

I wonder why he wanted to frame an innocent man?

Wait, who said he's an innocent man?

He's a surveyor working for a French company,

yet there's no surveying equipment among his belongings.

I see. So they're both lying.

And they didn't go to school together.

What I don't understand is why a man like Edward

would hate him enough to implicate

him in such a serious crime.

I want you to find out about McAllister.

Very good sir.

Valentine, you've upset the policemen by putting

the women in their barracks.

Yes, sir.

The jail was full, and it was the only solution

that I could think of.

You'd better come up with another one quick.

Sir.

Good night.

[party music playing]

Don't You ever wonder what it would be like, Thomas?

Chico, I'm wondering right now.

I was an officer in the Gurkha serving

on the Northwest frontier.

We were sent to reconnoiter the movements

of some rebel Pathans, and we were ambushed.

I panicked and ran.

I kept running until I met you.

Everything about me is a fraud.

Even this.

The work you've done here redeems all that.

I'm a deserter, Charlotte, and deserters hang.

No one else need know.

John McAllister was one of my men.

I don't know how he found me, but he means to destroy me.

I would never, never allow him to do that.

He's blackmailing me.

I'm giving him every penny I have.

If he were to expose me, I couldn't bring that shame

on the mission, on you.

I have to leave.

I need you here.

If he ever hurt you, I--

Shh.

[banging]

Stay here.

Go back to your hut, Edward.

Go now.

No, you go, John.

Leave us alone.

Do what I tell you!

Go on.

Run!

Run!

Go on!

You're a coward, Edward.

You've always been a coward.

Go on before I hurt you.

Go on, you bloody coward!

Edward!

Edward!

[men scuffle]

[grunting]

Tell me honestly, Thomas.

Was I everything that you expected?

Yes, everything.

[noisy chatter]

Sir, the men are extremely unhappy.

I can see that.

Where's Valentine?

He's with Commissioner Burkitt, sir.

Good god.

Is that the price?

Feel the balance, sir, just feel the balance.

Exquisite.

You're paying for the finest craftsmanship.

The gentleman who owns a g*n like this-- well,

it's rather an exclusive club and money's not

really the point, is it, sir?

[screaming]

[fighting]

A box of amm*nit*on, please, Mr. Henratti.

[g*nsh*t]

Yes, sir.

This is the g*n for you.

[non-english speech]

I don't know how you managed with that caliber g*n,

but it's a superficial wound.

- You nearly missed. - Missed, sir?

That's how I meant to do it.

It's almost as if he's possessed.

Well, most of the crime by natives in this area, sir,

is motivated by fear of the Laibon.

Superintendent!

Here!

So, for this fellow not to do as the Laibon says

would be madness.

Sir, we've had a message from the mission.

There's been another att*ck. - Let's go.

Take the doctor to Miss Fitzgerald.

See if she'll fly him there.

I removed an arrow from his shoulder.

The tendons are damaged, but he should be fine.

Anyone else injured?

I'm afraid so.

- I'll wait for you outside. - No, no.

Please stay.

You're all right, Karinde.

I just need to take his statement.

Reverend Herbert.

I was in the chapel when I heard shouting.

I went out to see what the commotion was

and found several natives trying to steal from the food stores.

Charlotte had been struck.

I tried to stop them.

There was a struggle, and I was hit by an arrow.

Did you see Mr. McAllister?

No.

I called out for him and he shouted back, but then silence.

And by the time I found his body, the natives were gone.

How many attackers were there?

Perhaps a dozen.

Thank you.

Where were you when the Reverend was

in the chapel, Miss Elliott?

I was in my hut.

I heard voices.

I went outside.

I'm sorry, that's all I remember.

The next thing I saw was Edward with the arrow in his shoulder.

So you didn't see who k*lled Mr. McAllister?

It was the Laibon who stole the cross from us.

Are you certain?

Yes.

Thank you, Reverend.

They'll be staying with me, should you

wish to talk to them further.

Miss Fitzgerald.

Bye bye.

You think he was lying, don't you?

Yes, I rather think he was.

There's no evidence of an att*ck at the mission,

and there's certainly no arrows that have missed their mark.

You ever miss your target when you sh**t?

Never, sir.

Well, maybe the natives are as good a sh*t as you are.

McAllister wasn't armed.

If there were a dozen natives, I'm

wondering why they felt so threatened

that they had to k*ll.

Unless the Laibon ordered the att*ck.

Well he could have been armed, and they

could have stolen his g*n.

What makes no sense to me at all is McAllister was impaled

by a spear, Reverend Herbert had a arrow in his shoulder,

and Charlotte Elliott was knocked senseless by a blow

to the head.

Why didn't they steal the food?

Yes.

You're getting along well with Burkitt, then?

I hardly noticed.

Did he buy that g*n?

Absolutely.

Wanted to impress the Prince of Wales.

Of course he did.

Actually he got a very good price.

The chap who ordered it went bankrupt.

He made some very bad investments.

He had a big stake in that importing firm

on the south coast that went under.

South Africa?

No, England actually.

Dover, I think.

Dover?

[non-english speech]

What is it, Karinde?

The chief wonders if this is all of the women.

Well, it's all of them that were arrested.

He says that eight young women have

disappeared in recent months.

That's a total of between the two villages.

Yes, sir.

Well it's always possible they've

embarked on the same career as the ladies we're returning.

I mean, it is the fastest way to earn money around here.

How old are they?

Very young, mostly to years.

And sir, the girls that worked for the Watchams,

they were Kipsigis.

They have not returned to the village.

- How do you know that? - I made inquiries.

The Laibon has put a course on the Watcham Farm

until they have returned.

How close are we to the Watcham farm?

Less than miles.

And the mission is about the same?

Yes, sir.

The dead girl worked for the Watchams, the other girls

disappear.

Wanjika vanishes from the mission.

The Laibon att*cks but not for food.

Reverend Herbert won't tell me the truth,

neither will McAllister.

So what do we do now?

I don't know, sir, it's a tricky one.

I don't know, sir.

I think you do, Karinde.

You go and ask him where we can find the Laibon.

Sir, the Laibon is a very powerful man.

For sure, Karinde.

Go and ask him.

His magic is very strong.

It will be funny hard to put a curse on someone

from a jail cell.

I'm intending to arrest him, Corporal,

but we can't do that until we find him, now can we?

I'm really not sure that is a terribly good idea, sir.

Among the Kipsigis, the Laibon is viewed as a god.

Not my god.

They're originally from the Maasai tribe.

They expelled them because of the sway

that they hold over their people.

I think, sir, if you go in and arrest him,

you're just going to provoke them.

Karinde.

[sighs in resignation]

[non-english speech]

And you can tell the chief I don't

blame the Laibon for hiding.

He's obviously afraid of me.

Tell him, Corporal!

[non-english speech]

Do you think it was wise to announce

your interest in the Laibon quite so publicly?

If we hunted him every day for the next year,

would we find him?

It's unlikely.

Much easier for him to find us, wouldn't you say?

No doubt, sir, if he was so inclined.

I'm relying on his vanity to make him so inclined.

Hello?

[quiet singing]

La, la, la, la la.

La, la.

It's rather lonely in here, don't you think?

It used to be a hive of activity.

The chatter as they would clean and polish.

It's all going to be better now.

Oh, good.

Mr. Drennan will make it better.

Theodore got a good price.

Everything will be as it was.

What are you doing here?

I just wanted to ask Miss Watcham a few questions.

Can't you see she's not well?

I'll answer any questions you might have.

Excuse me.

[soft humming]

You let the girls go.

Why was that?

Theodore felt that we had to.

We have to borrow from the bank to plant.

The bank expects to be repaid.

The girls who worked for you never

returned to their village.

Perhaps they found other families to work for.

Did you know that the Kipsigis Laibon had

put a curse on you and your sister

and your brother, Miss Watcham?

You hardly expect me to believe their juju magic,

do you Superintendent?

The dead girl, Mary, her wrists were bound

and she'd been brutally r*ped.

Now I think I'd put a curse on the man who did that.

What are you suggesting?

Where is your brother, Miss Watcham?

I resent your implication, Superintendent.

He's out in the fields working.

Where would you expect him to be?

Whoever r*ped her went back to k*ll her and succeeded.

Now your farm is fairly close to the mission,

and other young women from the area have disappeared.

So you will forgive me if I'm just a little suspicious.

Theodore would never hurt Mary because he would never hurt us.

I'll tell my brother that you came by.

Thank you.

Is everything going to be all right, Avril?

Of course it is.

Perhaps we could go into town. Perhaps go dancing.

Perhaps we could.

It

Would you like to go dancing?

Would you?

I used to cut a bit of a dash.

Do you remember?

I remember.

Sir.

Let's go, Karinde.

Sir?

You've got a choice.

You can come willingly or I can order you.

It's entirely up to you.

Now, Corporal.

Don't use that unless you absolutely have to.

I want him alive.

[non-english speech]

What's he saying?

He says your gods are weak theirs are strong,

and we should leave immediately, sir.

Perhaps it's good advice.

Tell him he's under

[non-english speech]

[laibon laughs]

Car, Karinde.

Any time soon.

Go, Karinde!

[non-english speech]

He says you will not stop him.

Then I think we'll have an interesting stalemate

on our hands.

[laibon laughs]

[non-english speech]

Karinde?

He has placed a curse on you.

I can't make sense of it.

The spear had traces of poison on it

as did the tissue around the point of entry,

but I could find no traces of poison on any of the organs.

So he was already dead when he was stabbed by the spear.

That was the conclusion I reached.

So what k*lled him?

I looked at the wound again, but I could find

no answer to that question.

I don't know.

Where are his clothes?

Powder burns.

He was sh*t at relatively close range.

Probably four or five feet, depending on the w*apon used.

He was sh*t, and then stabbed with a spear?

To disguise the b*llet's entry wound.

Are Miss Elliott and Reverend Herbert lying?

[non-english speech]

Good day, Reverend.

Superintendent, I have some great news for you.

It should make you extremely happy.

I've managed to apprehend the Laibon who m*rder*d McAllister.

Well, that is good news.

I'd like you to come to the police lines with me

and identify him.

Now?

No time like the present.

I see.

I'm amazed you were able to find him.

Fortune is on our side.

So it seems.

Your testimony is vital to us.

We've been unable to find any physical evidence to support

your version of events.

But if there's no physical evidence,

it seems rather pointless for me to identify him.

Not at all.

On your word alone, I'm certain the jury will convict

and we'll see him hanged.

Shall we go, Reverend?

Reverend Herbert is here to identify the prisoner.

Yes, sir.

Superintendent, I can't be entirely sure I saw

the Laibon actually k*ll John.

When we spoke before, you said it was the same man

who stole the cross.

Now, unless I'm mistaken that was the Laibon.

Everything happened so quickly.

Well, the mission was att*cked.

A group of a dozen natives led by the Laibon

were trying to steal food from your store.

Yes, yes, I think so.

Earlier you were certain.

Well I'm not certain now.

Have a good look at the prisoner

and then you can decide if you're certain or not.

Forgive me, I still feel a little--

I have evidence that John McAllister was sh*t.

Do you have any idea who might have sh*t him?

I did.

Reverend Herbert, I arrest you for the m*rder

of John McAllister.

Superintendent!

Take him to the cells.

[crackling sound]

It's absolutely ridiculous.

Someone must have let him out.

Men do not disappear into thin air.

Well I wouldn't think for one minute,

sir, that it was Karinde, but I couldn't be sure that it wasn't

one of the other local police.

I mean they are all terrified of the Laibon.

Well, if you're right, Valentine, god

help the man who did it!

[thundering]

[suspenseful music]

[yelling]

Sir!

Are you all right, sir?

Hmm?

I'm fine.

Are you sure?

I'm fine.

The cable you were expecting, sir.

You're not a minister, are you, Mr. Herbert?

The Evangelical Union has no record of your ordination.

No.

Why did you k*ll John McAllister?

Does it matter?

- Yes it does. - He struck her.

I-- I lost control.

You sh*t him and made it look like a native att*ck?

Yes.

Where was the g*n?

What do you mean?

Did you go back and get it or did you bring it with you?

- I had it with me? - Why?

What do you mean?

How did you know he was going to strike her?

I didn't, but--

Miss Elliott said she went out to investigate voices.

Was that you and McAllister?

Yes, yes it must have been.

What were you talking about?

I don't remember.

You lied to me about being old school friends with McAllister,

didn't you?

Why was he at the mission?

He wasn't a surveyor.

I told you, I k*lled him. Isn't that enough?

What did he want from you?

He had some-- some sort of hold over you, didn't he?

You tried to implicate him in the death of the native girl.

Did you r*pe and m*rder the girl?

Is that what McAllister knew?

No.

Did Miss Elliot help you plan the m*rder?

No, no. She had nothing to do with it.

Did she help you cull the story of the native att*ck?

No, no.

I told her that's what had happened.

And she believed you?

Well, It had happened before.

She had no reason to doubt me.

I've admitted I k*lled McAllister.

I've told you Charlotte had nothing to do with it.

Oh!

Perhaps you should see Dr. Mueller, sir.

No, I'm all right.

Perhaps it's malaria, sir.

That reverend is not telling us the truth.

We need to find the m*rder w*apon, Valentine.

[music playing]

[non-english speech]

[laughing]

We found it.

We found a g*n.

You all right?

Yes, Valentine.

We found this up there.

It was buried on the hill.

And I think it's been discharged recently.

Did it fire this b*llet?

Caliber matches.

Why did you confess, Edward?

Charlotte, please, let me do this for you.

I remember.

I remember I had a g*n.

I k*lled him, didn't I?

Why are you lying?

They need you.

There's so much more for you to do here.

Edward--

They will look into my past, find out who I am,

and they will hang me.

At least let me give you your freedom.

Let me do something worthwhile.

I'm prepared to die.

I have to live with myself.

Do you understand that?

[car engine]

One for each of you.

Take them, please.

[gasps]

Oh, Avril, look at this.

It's beautiful.

Oh, Avril, feel it, how soft it is.

Thank you.

A new dress.

Open yours, Avril.

Please, Avril.

Go inside, Matilda.

Try it on.

Model it for me.

Where did the money come from, Theodore?

I sold the coffee to Mr. Drennan.

Coffee hasn't been picked.

There are no men to pick it.

So why would Drennan give you money?

Don't think that I don't know, Theodore.

I know.

How do I look?

Lovely.

We should go into town, Avril.

Parade ourselves at the Cafaro.

Yes, we will.

Dance with me.

[singing] Ain't misbehaving all by myself.

Doo doo doo doo doo, doo doo doo doo, doo doo.

Doo doo doo, doo doo doo doo, doo doo doo.

doo doo doo doo doo, doo doo doo doo doo doo

[chatter]

Examine the r*fle for fingerprints.

Sir, does the Gong room mean anything to you?

It's a guestroom at the Cafaro club.

A little expensive for you, Valentine.

[phone dialing]

[ON PHONE] Yes, hello.

I'd like to speak to you guest, please,

staying in the Gong room.

No, no, that's fine.

Thank you very much.

No, I'll call again later.

Thank you.

Bye bye.

It's Drennan's room, sir.

- What? - At the Cafaro club.

I found it in McAllister's belongings.

Drennan?

Excuse me, Albert.

Charlotte's gone.

When did you last see her?

This morning before I left the house She took my r*fle.

She was so agitated about Edward.

I should never have left her alone.

Miss Charlotte called by while you were out, sir.

What did she want?

To speak to Reverend Herbert.

And did she?

There's only one place she would have gone.

[animals bleating]

[car engine]

Hallowed be thy name, they kingdom come.

Our father, which art in heaven, hallowed be thy name,

thy kingdom come.

Our father who art in heaven--

Albert--

--hallowed be thy name.

Thy kingdom

[g*n cocks]

No, no, no.

Miss Elliott?

This is what I am.

I've tried to help people understand good, understand

redemption, offer them hope.

Only bear false witness against them.

su1c1de is a sin, Miss Elliott.

One amongst many.

There's no need to take your own life.

My life is of no consequence.

I've already lost my soul.

Edward has confessed.

He's told me that you had nothing

to do with McAllister's death.

Oh, but I did.

You helped him?

I did it.

I k*lled him.

Edward's lying to protect me.

Please leave me be.

If you k*ll yourself, I'll be forced to accept Edward's

confession, and then he'll be convicted

for McAllister's m*rder.

Is that what you want?

I thought--

I thought you accepted a person's dying words as true.

No, Miss Elliott.

Charlotte.

[crying]

[non-english speech]

Wait!

Wait!

Wait for me!

[non-english speech]

Thank you.

Superintendent?

What happened?

You collapsed.

I can find nothing wrong with you.

Good.

On the contrary, that's bad.

If I can't find a cause I can't treat it.

There's nothing to treat.

You've been unconscious, Superintendent,

for nearly five hours.

I needed to sleep.

It wasn't sleep.

You were agitated, fitful.

I'm not now.

[upbeat music playing]

[knocking]

Superintendent.

Mr. Drennan.

Oh, I'm sorry.

I was just resting before dinner.

Do come in.

Thank you.

That looks painful.

Oh, yes.

Yes.

Calling card of a disgruntled coffee farmer.

He didn't appreciate the price I offered him.

Would you like me to press charges?

Oh, no, no no.

I don't want to press charges, Superintendent,

but thank you for your concern.

Would you mind if I had a glass of water?

No, no, no. Please, help yourself.

So, how can I help you?

Do you know John McAllister?

Who?

John McAllister.

McAllister.

McAllister.

Is he a coffee farmer?

No.

In fact, I don't know very much about him at all other

than he's dead. - Oh my gosh.

I'm sorry to hear that.

We found the name of your room in his possessions.

Oh, well perhaps he was given it by one

of the other coffee farms.

He was staying at the mission.

I really don't know what to say.

Can you account for where you were two nights ago,

Mr. Drennan?

Yes, I was here.

Can anyone vouch for you?

Superintendent, are you suggesting

that I'm in some way connected with this man's death?

No, not at all.

I just want to eliminate you from my inquiries.

Superintendent, this is very embarrassing for me.

I trust I can count on your discretion?

Are you surprised, Superintendent?

Was he with you the entire night?

What fun would only part of the night be?

Reverend Herbert's fingerprints cannot

be found on the r*fle, sir.

And Miss Elliott's?

Yes, sir.

Many good clear sets of prints.

You mean there's somebody else's?

Another set of prints, sir, that I cannot identify,

overlaying Miss Elliott's in some places.

Was one of those places in the trigger position?

Yes, sir.

So they both confessed to a m*rder they didn't commit.

Then who did it?

I don't know.

It could be Theodore Watcham.

Then I suppose we should release them.

[music playing]

Matilda.

Avril!

Avril isn't it lovely here?

Matilda, let's go home.

Oh, Avril, there's Mr. Drennan.

I must thank him.

Don't laugh at her.

Matilda, please.

I just didn't feel comfortable here.

Mr. Drennan!

Why, Avril?

We belong with these people.

This is where we should be.

Theodore sold the crop.

You said everything would work out and it has.

Matilda, please.

For me.

Where are you taking me, Avril?

Matilda, you don't understand what's happened.

No!

No, no, no, Avril--

- Stop it! - Say it!

Say it's not true!

Matty, stop it, now!

No!

- Just stop that noise at once! - No!

No! It can't be true!

Avril, no.

No!

Stop it!

Good girl.

Now just stay here.

Stay here.

Miss Elliott.

I'm releasing you both into Miss Fitzgerald's custody.

I'd like to speak to the superintendent.

That's all right, Valentine.

It's about my brother, Theodore.

Well Miss Watcham-- [g*nsh*t]

[screaming]

Valentine.

Avril!

Avril!

Karinde, take five men down to the crossroads.

[non-english speech]

[SINGING SOFTLY] Ain't she sweet

See her walking down the street.

Oh, I ask you very confi--

[crying]

Cover the porch, Valentine.

Karinde.

OK.

Have a look out there and tell me what you see.

The Laibon, about eight men, and they're armed.

[laughing]

I appreciate your sense of humor, sir.

Not sure this is a laughing matter.

Hold your fire.

Karinde, hold your fire.

g*ns down.

Come with me, Karinde.

[tribesman chanting]

Tell him I mean no harm.

Ask him why he's attacking these people.

[non-english speech]

He says he means to steal from the Watcham's farm, sir.

Tell him he mustn't steal.

Go on.

[non-english speech]

He says he has to steal to make his tribe even

for the white man's theft.

Theft of what?

[non-english speech]

His people, sir.

She loved me, you know.

It's a blessing to be loved the way she loved me.

What was she coming to tell me, Miss Watcham?

She looked after me.

I was never afraid.

It's so easy to be afraid.

She wanted to tell me something about your brother,

Miss Watcham.

What would that have been?

I never liked him, not from the moment I met him.

She wouldn't come to Africa without him.

So they weren't sisters.

Theodore was Avril's brother.

They wanted their relationship kept secret.

I wouldn't have thought this was the place to keep a secret.

They managed.

Well, perhaps if you ask her, hmm?

Matilda--

I'll miss her.

I'll miss her so badly.

Yes.

Matilda, where's Theodore?

Gone.

He took the girls and left.

What girls?

Our girls.

He said he sent them away, but he didn't he took them.

Sold them like crop.

Avril was so angry.

Where did he take them to?

Away.

We had money again.

Things could have been like they were.

[SINGING SOFTLY] Just cast an eye in her direction

Oh me oh my ain't that perfection.

It's Watcham.

I don't follow, sir.

The girls at his farm, the Kipsigis, Wanjika, all of them.

They're all from the same area.

He's abducting them and selling them.

Probably into Arabia.

That's why the Laibon put a curse on them.

You believe he k*lled McAllister?

McAllister could have been working the scheme with him.

That's why he was at the mission.

He had access to young women that wouldn't

have a family to miss them.

When they had a falling out, Watcham k*lled him.

I presume he accounted for the income

by saying that he'd sold the coffee crop.

No one will be any the wiser.

Except that the native workers wouldn't join in the harvest

because they were frightened of the Laibon's curse.

Of course, and that's how Miss Watcham knew.

Extraordinary.

If you were going to smuggle women out of Kenya,

how would you do i?

Where would I be starting from, sir?

Somewhere between the Valley Mission and the Watcham farm.

Now, you wouldn't risk going by rail to Mombasa.

Would you drive overland?

Wouldn't imagine I'd go via Mombasa at all, sir.

Far too visible, and the harbour there

is extremely well policed.

If he were starting near the Valley Mission,

he would probably go east to the Tana River

and then drop down to a place called Lamu.

Now, there are various inlets near Lamu,

and the Dow could wait without attracting too much attention.

My only concern is that should he make it to the coast,

we are unlikely to catch him before he sets sail.

We can't let him reach the coast then, can we?

[airplane engine]

Tana River!

[dramatic music playing]

Tell Valentine he's got three hours before the launch passes.

You'd better go.

There's not much time.

Albert!

Take care.

[airplane engine]

What are you doing here?

I thought you were going to bring the men.

They're on their way.

Karinde is seeing to it, and I wasn't

sure if we'd make it on time.

And I was worried.

There was no need to worry about me, Valentine.

I can take care of myself.

I wasn't worried about you in particular, sir.

More about how cross you would be if we were late.

I expect you could use another g*n.

Ah, she wouldn't listen to me, sir.

She insisted on staying.

Now Miss Fitzgerald, I can't allow that.

I'm not asking you permission.

Do we have a plan at all, Albert?

They'll have to slow down to negotiate the bend.

And then?

I was rather counting on superior force

to compel them to let us board.

Well I could sh**t directly the waterline,

and that would compel them to sink.

But if the women are shackled, they'll drown

before we can get to them.

No, we need to ground the launch.

We secure the rope to the bank, swim out with it,

secure it to the anchor chain of the bow,

and then use the rope to drag the launch to ground.

That's good.

That might work.

You're going to do that, then? - No, sir.

Not me. I can't swim.

EMMA FITZGERALD: They're coming!

I've alerted the King's African r*fles

and the coastal watch, so they may be able to intercept

the Dow should we fail.

Good.

At least there's a glimmer of hope.

Aren't you going to say anything?

Best of luck, sir.

Thank you.

[dramatic music playing]

[g*n cocks]

I trust you are familiar with that w*apon, Miss Fitzgerald?

[women screaming]

Machete!

Give me a machete!

[g*n cocks]

[g*nsh*t]

[SCREAMING AND COMMOTION ON BOAT]

[g*n cocks]

[g*nsh*t]

You obviously are.

[g*nshots]

[women screaming]

Where is he?

I can't see him.

[screaming continues]

[g*nshots]

[coughing and spluttering]

Thank you.

I thought I'd lost you!

Don't sh**t him!

He saved my life.

Who did?

The Laibon.

We can thank him later.

Yes, of course, he did.

[women screaming]

I have him.

I want him alive, Valentine.

Of course.

I shall simply incapacitate him.

[boat shutters]

[g*nsh*t]

Is he alive?

I wouldn't have thought so.

[non-english speech]

Give yourselves up and no one else will be injured.

Wanjika.

Wanjika!

[non-english speech]

Particularly nasty, this sl*ve business.

Yes, sir.

Never had much truck with the Watchams.

Sisters are rather sinister by all accounts.

And as for the brother, I am continually surprised by what

a man will do for money.

It's a shame he's dead.

I would have liked to have seen him hanged.

Valentine, Tyburn, well done.

Thank you, sir.

I imagine you'll be off on safari shortly, sir.

King George has been taken ill.

The Prince has canceled his visit.

Still, there will be other safaris.

Good day, gentlemen.

Sir!

What is it?

Theodore Watcham's fingerprints.

What about them?

From the corpse, sir.

They don't match those on Miss Charlotte's g*n.

Huh.

If Watcham didn't k*ll McAllister, sir, who did?

Sir?

Mr. de Ville.

Superintendent.

Have you seen Drennan?

Who?

His light has dimmed.

Wouldn't have thought you remember much about your night

with him, though, Mr. de Ville.

You were chloroformed.

He used your bed as an alibi.

I recognized the smell.

[grunting]

[glass shatters]

I want to see my solicitor now.

You used the guise of a coffee buyer

to abduct young native women and sell them for sex, didn't you,

Mr. Drennan?

I have nothing to say.

On the night McAllister d*ed, you went to the mission.

You had an argument.

When Miss Elliott came to investigate,

you hit her, took the g*n, and sh*t McAllister.

McAllister worked for you, didn't he?

I've already told you, Superintendent, I

have nothing to say.

You used Mr. de Ville as an alibi.

But then you needed help to transport the women,

so you enlisted Theodore Watcham.

He'd already supplied you and McAllister with a steady stream

of house girls, hadn't he?

How do you intend to prove all of this, Superintendent?

But you couldn't help sampling the goods, could you,

Mr. Drennan?

Whatever it was you did to Mary, when she saw you again

it scared her to death.

Avril Watcham was coming to report her brother's

involvement in the scheme.

You saw Avril and Matilda at the Cafaro Club.

You followed them and sh*t Avril before she could speak to me.

But you have no witnesses for any of this, Superintendent.

Corporal Karinde.

It's all right.

A native girl?

[laughs]

That's your witness, Superintendent?

[laughs]

Charge him, Valentine.

Just get him out of my sight.

A native girl.

[laughs]

[g*nsh*t]

Please come in.

It was my first command, and I deserted my men under fire.

John McAllister was one of those men.

I told Charlotte what he was doing to me,

and I thought she k*lled him.

I never understood how he found me until I

heard Thomas Drennan's name.

Drennan, you see, was a fellow officer,

a witness to my cowardice.

I must caution you that desertion in time of w*r

is a capital offense.

He's prepared to hang for a crime he thought

Charlotte committed.

Does a coward do that?

I'm talking about the w*r.

You fought in the w*r.

You know how hideous and immoral it is.

He ran.

That's exactly my point.

But he's doing good now.

Give him that chance.

He was an officer.

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Miss Fitzgerald, I have to see justice done.

What justice is there in taking him

from the people who need him?

He put men's lives at risk.

You were given a second chance by coming here to Kenya.

Let Edward have his.

Let him go back to the mission.

Let him do something with his life to redeem himself.

You believe in redemption, don't you?

When you visited Drennan, sir, you said he'd been beaten.

I was wondering who actually att*cked him?

The Laibon.

So why did he lie about it?

Because he didn't want me to know.

Know what, sir?

About the connection the Laibon

had made between Theodore Watcham,

McAllister, and himself.

I see.

Anyway, he saved my life.

Who did?

The Laibon.

And when was that, sir?

At the Tana River.

I didn't think he was there, sir.

Yes, he was.

You just didn't see him.

Right.

She's not fit to stand trial, sir.

That's for the court to decide.

Let's hope they agree with you.

The magistrate is waiting.

Would you please take the prisoner to face her charges?

Very good, sir.

Sir, Edward Herbert.

No charge to answer.

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