1. I do this for a good friend.Copy !req
2. And I hope you will agree
that there is no more holy thingCopy !req
3. in this world
than a friend in need.Copy !req
4. In my case, it is the estimable
Lady Jane FranklinCopy !req
5. who wishes to address you...Copy !req
6. under rather
urgent circumstances.Copy !req
7. Thank you, Mr. Dickens.Copy !req
8. Many of you will have
become aware, no doubt,Copy !req
9. of the mystery
beginning to surroundCopy !req
10. my husband's expedition
to the Arctic.Copy !req
11. The Admiralty are doing
what they can.Copy !req
12. But the urgency to find
my husband and his men,Copy !req
13. and the enormity
of that icy provinceCopy !req
14. in which they are lost...Copy !req
15. leads me here to you.Copy !req
16. Now, I know that many of you
are very generous patronsCopy !req
17. of charities and of the arts.Copy !req
18. I wonder
if you might be inducedCopy !req
19. to subscribe next,
not to another cultural society...Copy !req
20. but to a smart little ship.Copy !req
21. A ketch. Outfitted to venture
to that very same landCopy !req
22. into which my husband and more
than a hundred other good menCopy !req
23. have bravely sailed...Copy !req
24. and vanished.Copy !req
25. I feel it is certain that
Sir John and his lost heroesCopy !req
26. will be found, and soon,
by our intrepid rescue mission.Copy !req
27. Now, which of you good people
would like to seeCopy !req
28. your name published
among its patrons?Copy !req
29. I was going to start
pulling him by his feet.Copy !req
30. Why don't I give you a hand?Copy !req
31. I was... I was trying
to recognize if I knew him.Copy !req
32. Is this...?
Is this friend or...? Or...?Copy !req
33. Hey.Copy !req
34. That won't change
what we do for him.Copy !req
35. It's Mr. Honey, the carpenter.Copy !req
36. I recognize his neckerchief.Copy !req
37. - You all right, lad?
- Yes, sir.Copy !req
38. Francis, we can't possibly
bury them all.Copy !req
39. We've 32 dead
as well as 23 unaccounted for.Copy !req
40. Lieutenant Hodgson included.Copy !req
41. We're glassing every horizon.Copy !req
42. It may be that one or two
who ran out in the fogCopy !req
43. will still find their way back
to us like your ship's boy did.Copy !req
44. We've no sign of Dr. Goodsir?Copy !req
45. He'd never have gone off with
those men of his own volition.Copy !req
46. Do you imagine that this man
may return to us, Mr. Bridgens?Copy !req
47. If Private Heather remained
a mystery to the doctors,Copy !req
48. I have no hope of solving this.Copy !req
49. What explains this...
this similar state...Copy !req
50. when their injuries
could not be more different?Copy !req
51. All I can bring to mind
is the example of a diary...Copy !req
52. with all the entries removed.Copy !req
53. It's still a book, yes.Copy !req
54. But...Copy !req
55. blank pages now.Copy !req
56. We set sail from Greenhithe
three years ago...Copy !req
57. with 133 men aboard.Copy !req
58. Who could have imagined
such grief would come to us?Copy !req
59. We've no choice now but
to carry it with us as we go.Copy !req
60. To bring home
the names of our dead.Copy !req
61. So that their loved ones
can find solaceCopy !req
62. knowing that... friendship...Copy !req
63. and courage were with them
till the very end.Copy !req
64. So take up the word with me,
men.Copy !req
65. - South!
- South!Copy !req
66. We march south.Copy !req
67. Prepare for departure, men.Copy !req
68. Burn our dead, Thomas.Copy !req
69. Let them be warm as they go.Copy !req
70. And the supplies
we cannot carry?Copy !req
71. If Hickey's band are waiting
us out to loot the camp?Copy !req
72. Some of the men with him
made their choice out of fear.Copy !req
73. I'll not take away any chance
they have to survive.Copy !req
74. We may meet them yet again.Copy !req
75. And if we do, I want them
to make a different choice.Copy !req
76. Leave our supplies
in a tidy pile.Copy !req
77. As an offering.Copy !req
78. I want the men with Hickey
to know that's how we meant it.Copy !req
79. More than God loves them.Copy !req
80. And pull!Copy !req
81. Men!Copy !req
82. Men!Copy !req
83. Men! Here!Copy !req
84. Lieutenant,
what a miracle!Copy !req
85. Drink. Drink up.Copy !req
86. Ah.Copy !req
87. The others?Copy !req
88. What's become of them?Copy !req
89. They've moved on.Copy !req
90. Have you hunted anything?Copy !req
91. There's no game here.Copy !req
92. But we have food.Copy !req
93. You...Copy !req
94. have things in hand, then?Copy !req
95. There's still a place
for you here.Copy !req
96. If you want it.Copy !req
97. One, two, three, heave!Copy !req
98. One, two, three, heave!Copy !req
99. Heave!Copy !req
100. Stop, lads!Copy !req
101. It's the heat that I can't...
I can't stand.Copy !req
102. Whoa!Copy !req
103. All right?Copy !req
104. Are you comfortable, James?Copy !req
105. I'm sorry.Copy !req
106. What in heaven for?Copy !req
107. How you were walking at all
will puzzle meCopy !req
108. the rest of my days.
You've got holes in you, James.Copy !req
109. That shot was fired
six years ago.Copy !req
110. It's going to murder me yet.Copy !req
111. But if it doesn't, it's going
to make that Chinese sniper storyCopy !req
112. you're so fond of recounting
a half hour longer to tell.Copy !req
113. Mr. Bridgens has dressed
your wounds.Copy !req
114. He thinks he can make up
a plaster tonight...Copy !req
115. that'll keep them shut till
we can get them healing again.Copy !req
116. Hm. There's time.Copy !req
117. There's time.Copy !req
118. I know your thoughts,
Lieutenant.Copy !req
119. I was thinking...Copy !req
120. about a wedding I attended...Copy !req
121. in which they served
an American ham, from Virginia.Copy !req
122. I've never tasted better.Copy !req
123. Then I was half right.Copy !req
124. What did you imagine
me thinking?Copy !req
125. We've eaten from
these tins of mysteryCopy !req
126. for years now, haven't we?Copy !req
127. Without ever really knowing
what was in 'em.Copy !req
128. Veal cutlets, tomato.Copy !req
129. Hm. What could that be?Copy !req
130. Really?Copy !req
131. Pieces of horse?Copy !req
132. A street dog?Copy !req
133. Does it matter now?Copy !req
134. No.Copy !req
135. All that matter is
we were willing to eat itCopy !req
136. and it served our needs.Copy !req
137. Is that about right?Copy !req
138. But our needs
have changed, Lieutenant.Copy !req
139. We need to ask ourselves...Copy !req
140. what are we willing
to eat next?Copy !req
141. I only hauled part of the day.Copy !req
142. My knees feel like
they've got glass in them.Copy !req
143. It'll get worse, this.Copy !req
144. How?Copy !req
145. For what should I prepare?Copy !req
146. To die, Mr. Gibson.Copy !req
147. Because all your joints
will soon feelCopy !req
148. as if they are full of glass.Copy !req
149. Elbows, neck.Copy !req
150. Your knuckles.Copy !req
151. The little joints in your toes.Copy !req
152. Oh, and your hips.Copy !req
153. I expect that will stop you
from sleepingCopy !req
154. from the moment it begins.Copy !req
155. Are you not well, Billy?Copy !req
156. It's in my knees a bit.Copy !req
157. Can he still haul tomorrow?Copy !req
158. I'd be very surprised.Copy !req
159. I can... I can...Copy !req
160. Hey, be calm, Billy.Copy !req
161. - Be calm.
- Hm-mm.Copy !req
162. Hm-mm.Copy !req
163. We'll make the best
of a bad situation.Copy !req
164. Like we always have.Copy !req
165. I wouldn't either, Doctor.Copy !req
166. What's that, Mr. Gibson?Copy !req
167. Comfort us.Copy !req
168. Any of us.Copy !req
169. We're...Copy !req
170. Sir!Copy !req
171. The sweep party
has come in with a sighting.Copy !req
172. If Hickey's group's split,
they'll be trying to flank us.Copy !req
173. No, sir. It's the creature.Copy !req
174. They said they saw it lurching
around off to the west,Copy !req
175. down along the wrack.Copy !req
176. It came in then headed back
to the ice and disappeared.Copy !req
177. It didn't seem to detect us.Copy !req
178. Lurching, you say?Copy !req
179. Wounded, perhaps?Copy !req
180. It's been injured twice now.Copy !req
181. All this jostling around
is beginning to hurt him, sir.Copy !req
182. Camp here!Copy !req
183. We're fully through
with the salt meats now.Copy !req
184. What we have left,
beyond the tins,Copy !req
185. amounts mostly to biscuits...Copy !req
186. tea and chocolates.Copy !req
187. Sir...Copy !req
188. our pace has slowed...Copy !req
189. hauling some of the ill
in the boats.Copy !req
190. If we can extend
this temporary camp for...Copy !req
191. for more than a few days then...Copy !req
192. we can allow the ill
to rest here...Copy !req
193. while the bulk of us
proceed south.Copy !req
194. We can hopefully
find game and...Copy !req
195. and trek back for the othersCopy !req
196. once we have
something more to offer them.Copy !req
197. We send out
hunting parties every day.Copy !req
198. What you're suggesting
would be a death sentence...Copy !req
199. for those men.Copy !req
200. Some, surely.Copy !req
201. But not for all of us.Copy !req
202. As you said yourself, Captain,Copy !req
203. our journey is still
a long one.Copy !req
204. The men know how tired
they are.Copy !req
205. And they know why.Copy !req
206. It's a reasonable logic...Copy !req
207. and I don't fault anyone
for... following it.Copy !req
208. But I am going to make myself
perfectly clear.Copy !req
209. That is not our way.Copy !req
210. If we are to deposit anything
with a view to return...Copy !req
211. at some later date...Copy !req
212. they will be things...
not men.Copy !req
213. I'd rather we leave our tents
behind and sleep two to a sack,Copy !req
214. like the orphans we are,Copy !req
215. than leave one man alone
with last burdens.Copy !req
216. And I speak not only of James.Copy !req
217. I'll not leave any one of you
alone either.Copy !req
218. The hartshorn and camphor
is having very little effect, sir.Copy !req
219. I'm... I'm not Christ.Copy !req
220. My... My body...Copy !req
221. use it.Copy !req
222. Feed the men.Copy !req
223. Francis...Copy !req
224. God wants you to live.Copy !req
225. He wants you to live.Copy !req
226. The muscles are in spasm, sir.
They've gone rigid.Copy !req
227. Francis...Copy !req
228. Help me. Help me.Copy !req
229. Help me out of it.Copy !req
230. Are you certain... James?Copy !req
231. Hm? Are you certain?Copy !req
232. Leave us, Mr. Bridgens.Copy !req
233. Sir...Copy !req
234. if I may.Copy !req
235. Use this.Copy !req
236. His reflexes
will try to spit it out.Copy !req
237. You'll have to help it down.Copy !req
238. Like this.Copy !req
239. It was an honor
serving you, sir.Copy !req
240. You're a good man.Copy !req
241. There will be poems.Copy !req
242. Do you wish to speak, sir?Copy !req
243. I said a service with him
last night.Copy !req
244. Just the two of us.Copy !req
245. Let the others pray over him
if they like.Copy !req
246. Then hide him in the landscape,
Edward.Copy !req
247. Make him invisible.Copy !req
248. I don't want him found
and pawed.Copy !req
249. Yes, sir.Copy !req
250. If we'd had our wits about us,Copy !req
251. Chambers and I
would have taken a shot.Copy !req
252. How far out from camp was this?Copy !req
253. Not more than a mile now, sir.Copy !req
254. West of us again.
We were down wind.Copy !req
255. He's tracking us. Or trying to.Copy !req
256. Lieutenant Little,
gather the men.Copy !req
257. - We'll discuss the strategy.
- Sir.Copy !req
258. We need higher ground.Copy !req
259. Put all the sick
in the middle and...Copy !req
260. face it down with
all the ammo we've got.Copy !req
261. I've got a strategy, Francis.Copy !req
262. You cut inland a bit...Copy !req
263. and I drive it back out
onto the ice.Copy !req
264. - Not possible.
- Yeah, it is.Copy !req
265. I smell like
a thousand-year-old armpit.Copy !req
266. I mean permission not granted!Copy !req
267. I'm not saying goodbye
to two friends in one day.Copy !req
268. Between me and you,
Francis, I'm done for.Copy !req
269. If you need to ride
in a damn boat,Copy !req
270. I'll put you there myself!Copy !req
271. Mr. Weeks can make another one.Copy !req
272. They're going to have to cut it
a lot higher this time.Copy !req
273. And that's only
for the time being.Copy !req
274. Best not make me or Mr. Bridgens
go through that, shall we?Copy !req
275. Bleeding hell, Thomas.
Why didn't you speak up?Copy !req
276. I kept it tidy. No one could
have done a better job.Copy !req
277. Jesus Christ!Copy !req
278. God!Copy !req
279. Francis, we both know
what's coming for me now!Copy !req
280. At least love me enough
to admit it.Copy !req
281. What do you need?Copy !req
282. I've got half a pouch...Copy !req
283. for my last smoke.Copy !req
284. That'll do for me.Copy !req
285. But I'll take some forks
off you and the men.Copy !req
286. - 40 or 50.
- Forks?Copy !req
287. Aye, and a piece of rope.Copy !req
288. Enough to go round me
a few times.Copy !req
289. - F...?
- 15 feet should do it.Copy !req
290. You're mad.Copy !req
291. Come on, lads, push it!Copy !req
292. Man down!Copy !req
293. Henry. Henry.Copy !req
294. John.Copy !req
295. Can I sleep?Copy !req
296. Yes.Copy !req
297. Yes.Copy !req
298. Help me get him up.Copy !req
299. Hold on, Henry.Copy !req
300. No. No.Copy !req
301. Can someone...
tell me, please...Copy !req
302. if they also see that bird?Copy !req
303. They've made camp again.
About six miles away.Copy !req
304. There was a friendly face
among them.Copy !req
305. They're pitching
all their tents now.Copy !req
306. They must plan
to be there a while.Copy !req
307. Make our camp here, then.Copy !req
308. In the bosom of this hill.Copy !req
309. Stay here, Sergeant.Copy !req
310. Mr. Goodsir.Copy !req
311. I'll not do this.Copy !req
312. It's why you were brought.Copy !req
313. You're an anatomist.Copy !req
314. You've cut up more bodies than
you can probably now remember.Copy !req
315. 20. I've performed on 20.Copy !req
316. Why?Copy !req
317. And don't say,
"For my education."Copy !req
318. You did so for
the greater benefit of others.Copy !req
319. For the sick.Copy !req
320. For the dying.Copy !req
321. In hopes of helping them.Copy !req
322. That is exactly
where we are now.Copy !req
323. You've murdered this man...
whom you now wish to eat,Copy !req
324. and you're unwilling to butcher
his flesh yourself.Copy !req
325. But you will have to.Copy !req
326. We do not know which parts...Copy !req
327. Yes, you do. Of course you do.Copy !req
328. If... If I'm reading right
your accent, Mr. Hickey,Copy !req
329. you grew up in a home
where you'd have to useCopy !req
330. every part of any meat or fowl
your mam could procure.Copy !req
331. So if you want to eat
your friend...Copy !req
332. you're going to have
to cut into him yourself.Copy !req
333. Do not ask me again.Copy !req
334. I am now deciding...Copy !req
335. which parts
of Lieutenant Hodgson...Copy !req
336. I will cut into first...Copy !req
337. for every hour you refuse
to apply yourself to this.Copy !req
338. You will stand apart no longer.Copy !req
339. I'll give you some advice.Copy !req
340. Don't indulge your morals
over your practicals.Copy !req
341. Not now.Copy !req
342. Don't you also want to live?Copy !req
343. Sit with it an hour...Copy !req
344. and then...
we'll consider your choice made.Copy !req
345. I'm not troubling any of you.Copy !req
346. - Stand up, Lieutenant!
- You'll break my hand that way!Copy !req
347. Let him be! Let him be!Copy !req
348. Give me 40 minutes!Copy !req
349. Mr. Goodsir!Copy !req
350. Come out!Copy !req
351. Dr. Goodsir?Copy !req
352. Dr. Goodsir.Copy !req
353. One summer...Copy !req
354. when I was seven...Copy !req
355. my parents sent me
to live with two aunts...Copy !req
356. in Oxfordshire.Copy !req
357. I did not want to go.Copy !req
358. The elderly have that effect
on children.Copy !req
359. But they loved me...Copy !req
360. and I... grew to love them.Copy !req
361. They were... Papists.Copy !req
362. I came to find, devout.Copy !req
363. Each Sunday, they would
leave me with a housemaid...Copy !req
364. while they attended
a Catholic Mass.Copy !req
365. I was frightened for them.Copy !req
366. I'd been told they were doing
some great unforgivable thing.Copy !req
367. Then, one morning,
they took me with them.Copy !req
368. I was shaking.Copy !req
369. The service was not the...Copy !req
370. howling spectacle of sin
I'd imagined, but...Copy !req
371. It was beautiful.Copy !req
372. The singing... sounded
delivered by angels themselves.Copy !req
373. When it came time
for the Eucharist, I...Copy !req
374. found myself moved
to step forward.Copy !req
375. My aunts were surprised,
but pleased, I could see.Copy !req
376. I took the wafer
on my tongue...Copy !req
377. drank from the chalice.Copy !req
378. I felt clean.Copy !req
379. With the body and blood
of Christ within me...Copy !req
380. I felt forgiven
of every poor, weak...Copy !req
381. or selfish thing
within my soul.Copy !req
382. It was a perfect moment...Copy !req
383. in a whole... imperfect life.Copy !req
384. The next week...Copy !req
385. when it came time
to dress, I...Copy !req
386. I pretended to be ill.Copy !req
387. They knew I was pretending.Copy !req
388. To this day,
I don't know why I did it.Copy !req
389. They never asked me
to join them again.Copy !req
390. We never spoke of it.Copy !req
391. It was the last, and only, timeCopy !req
392. I stepped into a Papist church.Copy !req
393. But, tonight...Copy !req
394. when I close my eyes...Copy !req
395. I'm there.Copy !req
396. If I were a braver man...Copy !req
397. I'd kill Mr. Hickey, though
it would mean my death too.Copy !req
398. But I'm hungry.Copy !req
399. I'm hungry, and I want to live.Copy !req
400. Where?Copy !req
401. It's got Crozier's group
a very scant few miles ahead of here.Copy !req
402. And ours
a very few miles behind.Copy !req
403. It'll find one of us or the other.
I have no doubt about it.Copy !req
404. Can we bait it?
In their direction.Copy !req
405. We should return to the ships.
I've seen the charts, Cornelius.Copy !req
406. We're barely
a quarter of the way.Copy !req
407. We've seen more signs of melt.
Mr. Des Voeux sighted birds.Copy !req
408. If we head back immediately,
we can be assuredCopy !req
409. of getting back
to Terror and ErebusCopy !req
410. before they have enough
open water to leave.Copy !req
411. We can keep a loyal crew.Copy !req
412. We can head away from this
place, away from this devil.Copy !req
413. Well, you finally sound
frightened, Solomon.Copy !req
414. We don't want to meet
this thing again.Copy !req
415. We can't beat it.Copy !req
416. That's a queer melody
for a Marine.Copy !req
417. I saw that thing
murder Mr. Collins.Copy !req
418. You've told me.Copy !req
419. I didn't tell you all.Copy !req
420. I haven't told anyone all.Copy !req
421. Do you believe a man
has a soul?Copy !req
422. How have you come
to that belief?Copy !req
423. Have you seen one?Copy !req
424. I have.Copy !req
425. I saw Mr. Collins's soul.Copy !req
426. I know that's what it was.Copy !req
427. And I watched that creature...Copy !req
428. ingest it.Copy !req
429. Feed on it.Copy !req
430. Watched it happen from...Copy !req
431. a few yards away.
I'm not mistaken.Copy !req
432. It breathed that man's soul in.Copy !req
433. Oh!Copy !req
434. If it's following
the Captain's group now,Copy !req
435. let's take that opportunity
and get as many milesCopy !req
436. between us as we can.Copy !req
437. Get back to the ships and
be there when the leads open.Copy !req
438. Not here. Not here.Copy !req
439. This does mean a new plan.Copy !req
440. Can you signal
to our friend ahead?Copy !req
441. Yes.Copy !req
442. The C the C,Copy !req
443. the open C.Copy !req
444. It grew so fresh.
The ever free.Copy !req
445. The ever free. The ever free.Copy !req
446. Without it...Copy !req
447. Without it...Copy !req
448. Guard it
or run to the Earth...Copy !req
449. above the regions round.Copy !req
450. I love the C.Copy !req
451. I love the C.Copy !req
452. Mr. Bridgens.Copy !req
453. He's been
up there since morning.Copy !req
454. What's he doing?Copy !req
455. Listening to his thoughts.Copy !req
456. Does he know yet
we got his message through?Copy !req
457. He's not been down.Copy !req
458. And I dare not go up.Copy !req
459. Are we waiting
for his permission?Copy !req
460. No.Copy !req
461. But we need the boat.Copy !req
462. And so we need enough men
with us to haul it.Copy !req
463. This needn't be
a second mutiny.Copy !req
464. He'll see reason.Copy !req
465. I'd rather take our chances
without the boatCopy !req
466. and get there much faster.Copy !req
467. We can beat the thaw
and get across the ice back to the ship.Copy !req
468. We'll do what we have to do,
Tommy.Copy !req
469. But we'll do it tomorrow.Copy !req
470. At ease, Jopson.Copy !req
471. At ease.Copy !req
472. Something I can do for you, sir?Copy !req
473. Yes.Copy !req
474. You can lie there,
not feeling well...Copy !req
475. while I try
and cheer you up...Copy !req
476. by telling you the story
of the timeCopy !req
477. anyone ever let me ride a cow.Copy !req
478. I know that story ends with you
head first in a compost heap.Copy !req
479. Mm-hm.Copy !req
480. Well, would you like
to hear it or not?Copy !req
481. Yes.Copy !req
482. The cow in question...
it belonged to a neighbor.Copy !req
483. - Foley.
- Yes.Copy !req
484. Coilin Foley.Copy !req
485. He used to kick that cow
when he wanted it to move.Copy !req
486. It never wanted to move.Copy !req
487. She just stood in
her grass meadow all day long.Copy !req
488. Which is why
us children thoughtCopy !req
489. she'd be a safe one
to climb up.Copy !req
490. So, the first trick was...
getting on top of the thing.Copy !req
491. - You're certain of this?
- Saw it, sir.Copy !req
492. Through the glass. It's there.Copy !req
493. How wide
would you guess it to be?Copy !req
494. Wide enough for our boats.
Yes, sir.Copy !req
495. Weeks.
This could save us weeks of travel.Copy !req
496. If the ice opens up enough, we could
row across the strait and into the river.Copy !req
497. - Shall we scout it properly?
- Without delay.Copy !req
498. Sir!Copy !req
499. Bobby!Copy !req
500. There's no need
for any violence.Copy !req
501. It's you we were sent for,
Captain.Copy !req
502. Only you.Copy !req
503. Then drop your arms.Copy !req
504. We'll not fire on you
and you'll not fire on us.Copy !req
505. Magnus!Copy !req
506. Hold your fire, damn you!Copy !req
507. You did well.
You did so well, son.Copy !req
508. Go on.Copy !req
509. Go be with your brother now.Copy !req
510. Stand up, please.Copy !req
511. I'll come with you.Copy !req
512. Sir.Copy !req
513. And you'll let
the rest of these men go.Copy !req
514. You have our word.Copy !req
515. We will, however,
take your arms.Copy !req
516. Gun down, Edward.Copy !req
517. Come back for Hartnell's body.Copy !req
518. Bury him.Copy !req
519. Then keep moving South
as planned.Copy !req
520. Don't wait for me.Copy !req
521. If I can, I'll catch up.Copy !req
522. Sir.Copy !req
523. You are to lead
the men forward, Edward.Copy !req
524. You and the others will live.Copy !req
525. I understand the order, sir.Copy !req
526. Let me hear it.Copy !req
527. We will live.Copy !req
528. What in the name of God
took you so fucking long?Copy !req