In Search of the Castaways Page #2

The way he makes his letters.

Just more clever

than the rest, that's all.

When you consider the odds,

it'd be fantastic, finding the bottle.

But this business about it being

swallowed by a shark...

Well, what would

my father have to do,

come back here himself and say,

"I wrote the note. Come and find me"?

Did I understand you to say

you came from Plymouth?

Tell Osmond to get cabins ready.

We'll drop them off there.

- Very well.

- But what about Paganel?

We can't go off

and leave him.

Now, my dear, I'm only doing

what's best for you.

[Speaks French]

How'd he get past you

in the first place?

How did he get past you,

if it comes to that?

- Wait...

- [horse whinnies]

Here's his lordship's wine.

- [Guard] And about time too.

- A bit late, aren't you, Charlie?

It'll be a pretty rough trip

if his lordship doesn't get his wine.

Follow me, please.

This way, miss. Cabin number five,

on the starboard side.

'Course,

Fitchet's a lot older than you.

Maybe not actually

in years, but...

Oh, he's been around more.

I don't know what

you mean by that.

There's probably

nobody else in the world my age

who's made as many trips

to the Mediterranean.

Well, that's just it.

I mean...

...have you ever been to...

...South America,

for instance?

As a matter of fact, no.

- [Mary] Pacific Ocean. Ever seen that?

- It's only an ocean.

You should have waited

and had breakfast with my father.

He'd have to give the order

to change course for South America.

Oh, he would go.

Nothing could stop him.

If it were for something

you could believe in,

and not this...

note in a bottle.

Let me ask you something.

If you were a castaway

and you had a bottle,

would you put a note in it

and throw it into the sea?

Oh, I don't think so.

After all,

it's such a small chance.

- Isn't it?

- What would you do then?

Just sit there with the empty bottle

until you died or something?

All right,

I suppose I would try it.

But I wouldn't expect someone

to find it inside a shark.

Well, if that's

where they did find it,

you wouldn't expect them to just

forget about you, would you?

[John] You never saw

that Frenchman before,

until he showed up with the bottle,

and yet you believe every word he says?

And no matter what he says,

you and your father

refuse to believe him.

Suppose I'd told you

I'd found a bottle with a note in it.

- Would you believe me?

- Well, did you?

- Yes.

- And what did it say?

It said...

..."Disregard first message."

I suppose you think

that's funny, don't you?

You've got your father,

so to you this is just a big joke.

Wait a minute.

I'm not making a joke of it.

I'm trying to show you.

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