:59:03
May I inquire, sir, as to the nature
of your information?
:59:05
Oh, well, two years ago,
I was caught in a violent storm
in the Tasman Sea.
:59:10
We picked up a poor fellow,
badly battered and halfdrowned...
:59:13
- just off the coast of New Zealand.
- New Zealand?
:59:16
He said he was from the Britannia
and that she'd gone down with all hands.
:59:19
He died during the night, and our ship
combed the area the following day.
:59:22
You know, until I read that piece
in the paper about the message...
:59:25
in the bottle, I had no idea that
there were any survivors.
:59:27
But why wasn't the sinking reported
when you reached your destination?
:59:30
Well, I assumed that it was. I was only
a passenger on the ship, you know.
:59:34
Heavens. If he landed in New Zealand,
he must've been captured by the Maoris.
:59:38
I'll report this to the authorities
at once. Osborne!
:59:40
- I'm afraid it isn't as easy as that.
- Why ever not?
:59:43
You haven't had my experience
in dealing with our colonial government.
:59:46
Eventually, you learn to get along
in spite of them.
:59:49
They talk endlessly,
and they need authorization from London.
:59:53
You'll be lucky
if they're ready in a year.
:59:56
But anything could happen
to him in a year. What do you suggest?
1:00:00
Oh, I-I can't afford
to get mixed up in this.
1:00:03
I've told you all that I know, and--
and I've got my own estates to run.
1:00:08
Sir, the lives of three men
are at stake.
1:00:11
I'd like to speak
to this gentleman alone, please.
1:00:22
The trouble is,
New Zealand is not in the Indian Ocean.
1:00:26
There is something strange,
very strange.
1:00:28
I don't care what it is.
I've seen that man before.
1:00:31
- Oh, you're just imagining it.
- No, I'm not.
1:00:34
Anyway, I can't stand people
who look at me like that.
1:00:36
''Delightful child.''
''Gallant father.''
1:00:39
Perhaps it's a good sign that neither
of you take to him...
1:00:41
because it seems that everything else
that you've welcomed with open arms...
1:00:44
has turned out dead wrong.
1:00:52
Please understand I don't wish
to do anything against the law.
1:00:54
-Oh, certainly not.
-But at the same time, I don't intend...
1:00:56
to leave Captain Grant in the hands
of those bloodthirsty cannibals.
1:00:59
So, uh, I appeal
to you as a man with experience...