Captain Blood Page #6

But you'd hardly know about that.

You've probably never had the gout.

-Good afternoon, Miss Bishop.

-Good afternoon.

15-2, 15-4, and a pair are six.

-Another?

-What else is there to do...

ever since you ruined the Governor's foot

and our reputations with it?

-I ruined the Governor's foot?

-I tell you, Doctor, you're methods are--

-Someone coming.

-A patient?

A patient!

-I beg your pardon, Doctor. I'm so sorry.

-lt's all right.

Come in.

Good afternoon, colleagues. Dr. Bronson.

-Dr. Whacker.

-Good afternoon.

How's business, my friends?

-Terrible.

-Good.

-Terribly good.

-That relieves me.

I had heard that things

were not altogether....

ldle gossip, obviously.

You intend to remain here?

Remain here? Why not?

lt's queer.

There are you, free to come and go as

you please, and you choose to stay here.

While I, who hate this pestilential island....

Such are the quirks of circumstance.

I must be running along, gentlemen.

Good day, gentlemen.

lt's pleasant to see

everything so prosperous with you here.

-Not so hasty.

-Just a moment.

There's something I'd like to ask you.

Well, gentlemen?

Have you been thinking of leaving us,

Doctor?

Leaving? Now, Doctor.

How could a slave think of leaving?

Or even if he were fool enough to try,

by what means could he hope to escape?

And where, for example,

could he raise the few pounds necessary...

to purchase even a small boat?

-We might supply it.

-You?

-Now, gentlemen.

-Now, let's talk this thing over.

Now, if you'll just sit down here.

Now then, how much will you need?

20 might buy a small wherry,

10 more might equip it.

He's right.

-He means--

-You needn't tell me what he means.

I know two Christian gentlemen

when I see them.

Two men whose hearts are bleeding

for a brother doctor in distress.

But it's too much to ask,

too noble a gesture to hope for.

No, my good man, not at all.

But who would buy the boat?

We would not dare,

and you, a slave, you could not.

True.

That would be my part. To find someone.

A man as eager to escape as I.

-A man held here for debt, say.

-Then it's a bargain?

Gentlemen,

you've opened for me the gates of hope.

Doctor.

-My dear colleague.

-Gentlemen.

Now we have him.

We've only to get him involved

and reveal his plan.

He'll steal very little of our business

when he's in irons.

Gentlemen.

There's one thing slipped

my mind entirely.

Simple-minded men might think this

an opportunity for trickery...

but brilliant men like yourselves

will remember in what favor I stand...

with the Governor

in contrast to some others...

and how little their words

would weigh against mine.

Heigh-ho for the Governor's foot!

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