Ali and Nino Page #5

You really want to do this?

Do you?

Are you prepared to marry a fallen woman?

Are you prepared to stay here?

This hut? Won't you be bored?

No.

What is your name?

Ali Khan Shirvanshir. Son of Safar Khan.

Your religion?

Shia Muslim.

What's your wish?

To take this woman as my wife.

What is your name?

Princess Nino Kipiani.

Your religion?

Georgian Orthodox.

What is your wish?

To be this man's wife.

Do you wish to retain your religion?

Yes, I do.

Please, sign here.

What... what name should I sign?

Your new name.

My dear parents, please don't worry about me.

Ali and I are married, and everything

has turned out for the best.

Life is simple in the mountains.

We raise chickens,

and we grow our own vegetables.

We work all day and play

a full part in the life of the village.

We have none of the comforts of the city.

But I can honestly say

I have never been so happy in my life.

With all my love, Nino.

I need something warm.

Something warm. Something warm.

My father suggests we make our way to Sweden.

Neutral country.

Does he suggest how we might

get there in the middle of a war?

They pay no attention.

When you write back,

tell them we are living the way

most people live in our country.

And it makes sense.

It belonged to Ali's mother.

Thank you so much, Safar Khan.

Thank you.

Do you fetch the water from the well

every morning, my child?

And do you do all the cooking?

Yes, I do.

Thank you.

I approve of your wife, Ali Khan.

But...

she is a very bad cook.

Safar Khan, can I tempt you to some more?

No, thank you. Delicious.

I couldn't.

How's life in Baku?

All is much the same, except...

the streets are rather chaotic

because our Russian governor has run away.

Why would that be?

The czar abdicated.

What?

Yes.

So the Russians have all left the city.

And our soldiers are back from the front,

released from their oath to the czar.

But what about the Nakhararyans?

The entire Nakhararyan family

has fled to Moscow.

And my family?

I believe they have

very sensibly gone to Tbilisi.

Does that mean we can go back?

I see no objection.

We've been happy here. Do we have to leave?

This is the best chance we'll ever have

to take our independence.

Was it like this when you left?

No.

The revolution in Russia

has caused chaos everywhere!

The Russians may have gone,

but we are still in danger.

Brothers, come closer, please.

I want to make the situation clear to you.

Our town is surrounded by deserters

from the czar's armies.

They're going village to village

killing everyone in their path.

They've set fire to the oil fields

and are almost upon us,

desperate and resolved to loot and

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