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Confrontation Over Opium Trade and Authority
Officer Lockwood
Seal the stock. Arrest this man.
Captain Gordon
Sergeant Major.
Sorabjee
Mr. Lockwood, you are. A man of high powers. But you've been here only a few days, sir. You must try to understand.
Officer Lockwood
Mr. Sorabjee, you are aware that the East India Company has a monopoly on the opium trade. It is obvious you have been indulging in your own private dealings.
Sorabjee
Mr. Lockwood, I am acquainted with you British, and I have had dealings for years with the Company officials. I will be very proud to make you part of our arrangements.
Officer Lockwood
Are you offering to bribe me, you blaggard?
Sorabjee
Sir, I have the deepest respect for you as a gentleman. I am simply trying to explain how trade works in India. It could be beneficial to you.
Officer Lockwood
You mistake me, sir. I'm here to bury corruption, not to fan it!
Sorabjee
Corruption is a strong word, sir. It is our custom, as Indians, to give small gifts. I must quieten your displeasure and pay a fine. 300 pounds in gold?
Officer Lockwood
Damn your eyes!
Sorabjee
Three thousand pounds. Now?
Officer Lockwood
Three... thousand... pounds.
[realizes the corrected fine]
Sorabjee
India is rich, sir.
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Introduction of Characters in Mangal Pandey
Captain William Gordon
This is Miss Emily Kent. Miss Kent, this is Mangal.
[introducing Emily Kent and Mangal to each other]
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Debate on Appearance and Identity
Graham Kent
Your mother must be turning in her grave. Look at you. Shame on you, Emily. Looking like a nautch girl.
Emily Kent
Really?! Do I look like a real nautch girl? Captain Hewson, you must know.
Graham Kent
Emily!
Captain Hewson
I am unfamiliar with the detail of the attire of dancing girls.
Captain Gordon
Miss Kent, the costume is perfect. Any nautch girl in India would blush with envy.
Emily Kent
So, you keep the company of nautch girls, Captain Gordon?
Captain Gordon
I pursue beauty wherever I can find it.
Graham Kent
Toast.
Lord Canning
The Queen!
[raises his glass of champagne]
Congregation
The Queen!
[raising their glasses; a servant accidentally spills champagne all over Emily]
Captain Gordon
Christ!
Servant
Oh! So sorry!
Captain Hewson
You black dog! What the hell do you think you're doing?!
[chases and drags the servant outside the building]
Captain Gordon
Hewson! Hewson! Hewson!
[follows suit; Hewson throws and brutally kicks the servant in the stomach]
Captain Hewson
You, lift him!
[to the guards]
Captain Gordon
Hewson, that's enough!
Captain Hewson
I'll teach you to touch a white woman, you black dog!
Servant
Forgive me, sir! It was an accident!
[pleading; Mangal steps in the whip's path]
Mangal Pandey
Enough. The black dog will die.
Captain Hewson
Miss Kent, on behalf of the...
[throws the whip in Mangal's face and prepares to head inside]
Emily Kent
It's not to me that you owe the apology, Captain Hewson.
Graham Kent
Come inside.
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Confrontation with a menacing adversary
Mangal Pandey
Enough. The black dog will die.
[stopping Captain Hewson from flogging a servant]
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