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: [realizes the corrected fine]
Three... thousand... pounds.
Sorabjee:
India is rich, sir.
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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: [raises his glass of champagne]
The Queen!
Congregation: [raising their glasses; a servant accidentally spills champagne all over Emily]
The Queen!
Captain Gordon:
Christ!
Servant:
Oh! So sorry!
Captain Hewson: [chases and drags the servant outside the building]
You black dog! What the hell do you think you're doing?!
Captain Gordon: [follows suit; Hewson throws and brutally kicks the servant in the stomach]
Hewson! Hewson! Hewson!
Captain Hewson: [to the guards]
You, lift him!
Captain Gordon:
Hewson, that's enough!
Captain Hewson:
I'll teach you to touch a white woman, you black dog!
Servant: [pleading; Mangal steps in the whip's path]
Forgive me, sir! It was an accident!
Mangal Pandey:
Enough. The black dog will die.
Captain Hewson: [throws the whip in Mangal's face and prepares to head inside]
Miss Kent, on behalf of the...
Emily Kent:
It's not to me that you owe the apology, Captain Hewson.
Graham Kent:
Come inside.
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Introduction of Characters in Mangal Pandey
Captain William Gordon: [introducing Emily Kent and Mangal to each other]
This is Miss Emily Kent. Miss Kent, this is Mangal.
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Confrontation with a menacing adversary
Mangal Pandey: [stopping Captain Hewson from flogging a servant]
Enough. The black dog will die.
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