The Purple Plain Page #6

Hallelujah

Hymns of praise

then let us sing

Hallelujah

Unto Christ, our heavenly king

Hallelujah

Who endured the cross and grave...

What is it?

Jap bombers.

They're trying to find the airstrip.

There's too much light here.

You shut the door.

But the pains that He endured

Hallelujah

There's quite a bunch of them.

The children will be frightened.

l ought to get down to the dispensary.

Come on, then.

Look out!

Look out!

Anna!

Anna?!

Anna!

Are you all right?

Yes. Yes, l'm all right.

Are you sure?

- Are you all right here?

- Yeah, all right.

Come along, then.

We'll be needed in the village.

Dorothy's looking after your mother.

Come on, Mr. Phang!

Anna, you'd better get in there

and help out. l'll be in in a minute.

You two better go and collect the casualties

and bring them along here.

- What's this? What's going on?

- Escape from the Japanese.

The Japs aren't coming back here.

These people don't know that.

They've been bombed before.

Will you please attend

to this one, Doctor, now.

- l'll finish that dressing.

- Right.

Anna, you'd better go back

to the bungalow and lie down.

l'm all right, Doctor.

No, you're not.

You're still suffering from shock.

Now do as l say, please.

Give me that.

l told her to go back to the bungalow.

She's still suffering from shock.

- She got caught up in the crowd.

- l'm all right.

You lie down here for a while.

Put that blanket over her, will you?

l must be getting back.

That last lot sounded as if it was

near the camp. l'll be needed there.

l'd better go, too.

There's nothing you can do there,

but there's a lot you can do here.

- l'll call over for you in the morning.

- Right.

Mr. Forrester.

Would you hold her

while l finish bandaging?

Surely.

Excuse me if l ask you

a personal question, Mr. Forrester,

but are you married?

No.

l'm glad.

- Do you hear?

- Yes, l hear.

They are not like us, made of ice.

They get rid of their sorrow

and their fear.

They don't leave it inside, Mr. Forrester,

as you or l might, to rot.

That'll be all, Mr. Forrester.

lf you wouldn't mind

taking her over to the other children,

l'll see about getting Anna

something hot to drink.

The doc's here now.

l'll have to go over to the camp.

Please don't go for a moment.

l have something to tell you.

- You were going to tell me something.

- lt wasn't much.

Tell me.

lt was something to give you.

Open it. lt's for you.

lt's for you.

You have no one to give it to?

No.

l'm glad, because now

you can keep it for me.

- l can't say anything.

- Don't say anything.

There's nothing to say.

lt's only a little thing

for you to keep for me, that's all.

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