Dr. Syn, Alias the Scarecrow Page #2

independence, yes.

I can't deny you

sanctuary, Mr...

Bates.

Simon Bates, sir.

Mr. Bates. But it

would not be safe

for either of us

to hide you here.

You'll give me up?

No.

But, Mipps, take him

to Mrs. Waggett's inn.

My sexton will know

what to say to her.

She'll hide you till

the coast is clear.

You, say nothing.

Then, take this,

sir. I stole it

in my escape.

Stole it? Why?

I thought to get

it to someone

hereabouts.

A man I heard

about in prison,

I think they call

him the Scarecrow.

It concerns him.

I was going to trade it

to him in the hope that

he'd help me in return.

For all I hear,

I don't think

you'll find him.

Many have tried and

failed, Mr. Bates.

Aye, he's like

the devil himself

they say,

riding the marshes

like a ghost.

He comes and

goes, they say,

nobody knows where...

I'll deal with

this if I can.

But you must go,

and quickly.

Thank you, sir,

and God bless you.

Quickly.

"General Pugh.

Dispatch of troops,

"subjugate the

whole marsh area.

"Whatever means necessary."

Well, well, well.

I'm giving you fair

warning, Sir Thomas.

And if you're

Justice of

the Peace

in these parts,

you'll want to see

justice carried out.

Mine or any other.

And it hasn't been

up till now,

has it, eh?

Are you telling

me my duty, sir?

I'm a blunt man.

I say what's

in me mind.

You're the law

here and the law

is being flouted.

Revolutionaries

and smugglers

walking the roads.

Wasn't I robbed last night,

not ten miles from here,

in your district?

In your parish,

Parson.

Very well, then,

you wait and see

my justice.

I don't care for

your manner, sir.

There is a definition

of a gentleman that

says, "He is one who

"never wittingly

gives offense."

And what do you

think of that, sir?

(SCOFFS)

And my definition of

a good soldier, sir,

not having had my

commission bought for

me by a gentlemanly father,

but having made me

own way in the army,

is, "One who

achieves his aim

and gets results,

"in the end

justifies

the means."

KATE:
Father.

JOHN:
General.

And what means

do you intend

to use, sir?

My son, John,

General.

Know that everybody

has a price,

young man,

and for the price

of freedom from the

harrying of my troops,

someone will come

forward in the end

and inform against

this smuggling fellow,

this Scarecrow,

as he calls himself.

And I'll not only be

using troops, either.

What then, General?

I must warn you,

I'm afraid that the

men of this parish

are sturdy

independent folk.

They do not

frighten easily.

And their women?

Women, sir? Women?

You'll frighten

women?

I'll do whatever I think fit

to achieve my purpose here.

I think the women will

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