A Passage to India

First time in lndia, Miss Quested?

- 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 the Rawalpindi

on May 1 2th and your return is open.

That is correct?

I'll be staying on... probably.

If you decide to return with Mrs Moore,

let us know as soon as possible.

I will.

Now, labels, stickers,

your ticket, Mrs Moore's ticket.

You should have an interesting voyage.

The viceroy's on board.

Tends to liven things up.

(military band plays)

(cheering)

Ugh.

I do think it's too bad of Ronny

not to be here to meet us.

- It is nearly a thousand miles.

- We've come 5,000 miles to meet him.

"No more than two annas each."

Thank you. Thank you.

Now... Victoria Station.

(knocking)

- Oh, dear.

- Don't worry.

- Mrs Moore?

- Yes.

I'm Mrs Turton.

My husband's the collector.

Oh... We gave our tickets

to the lndian gentleman.

The chief administrator of Chandrapore.

Ronny's "Burra Sahib".

You must be Adela.

Yes.

Please forgive us, Mrs Turton.

We've had a very trying day.

We just wanted to welcome you

to the fold and to say... We're off.

We must have a drink or something later,

when you've recovered. Goodbye.

I believe you and Ronny met

in the Lake District, Miss Quested?

- Yes, we did.

- You must forgive me.

We have very few secrets in Chandrapore.

And I'm an incurable romantic.

Miss Quested was with her aunt

and I was with Ronny.

You know, Mrs Moore, Ronny's

doing splendidly. You'll be proud of him.

I'll second that.

He's become a proper sahib.

Just the type we want, if I might say so.

(train rumbles)

You know, Mr Turton,

when we get settled in,

we look forward to meeting some of

the lndians you come across socially

as friends.

Well, as a matter of fact,

we don't come across them socially.

They're full of all the virtues,

no doubt, but 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.

(coughing)

Hello, Mother! Where's Adela?

Here.

I can't believe it.

Antony!

(speaks Urdu)

Antony will see to the baggage. Forgive

me, I'm part of the reception committee.

Guards! Attention!

Sorry to desert you. We had to

welcome the great man back.

- I'd no idea he was so important.

- You hadn't?

(car horn)

(car horn)

(hoots repeatedIY)

Look out!

(car horn)

- That was Turton.

- Turton?

(car horn)

McBryde. When he first came, Hamidullah

said he was quite a good fellow.

But they all become exactly the same.

I give any Englishman two years.

- The women are worse.

- I give them six months.

Ronny, is that a body?

Yes. I'm 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.

Tomorrow night!

English!

- Here we are, then.

- Very nice, dear.

- Are those the Marabar Hills?

- That's right.

- With the caves?

- I suppose so.

Look, you've got a busy day tomorrow.

Then we have a show at the club.

- Come on. Let's have tea.

- Yes.

(RonnY) Good night, Mother.

- (knocking)

- Yes?

- Good night, dear.

- Good night.

Having listened to the evidence,

I find you guilty of cheating

under Section 41 5

of the lndian Penal Code

and sentence you

to two months' hard labour.

You may take the prisoner down.

- Well, how did it all go?

- We must have seen everything.

Yes, the church, the hospital,

the war memorial, the barracks.

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