1:01:02
and knowledge of local conditions
to help us before it's too late.
1:01:06
All right. I'll gather up some men
who know the Maoris...
1:01:09
and who can
handle any kind of situation.
1:01:11
By Jove, you mean we just, uh, go in
and have it out with them?
1:01:14
Oh, good heavens, no. We'll
take along some supplies to barter...
1:01:17
and then if Captain Grant and his men
are still alive, we'll buy them back.
1:01:20
Capital idea. I can't tell you
how grateful I am to you.
1:01:23
- I need hardly remind you that we must
be discreet about what we plan to do.
- Ooh, of course, of course.
1:01:28
- Don't want to be tied down
by a lot of confounded red tape, do we?
- No.
1:01:30
Just my son John and Captain Mangles.
Otherwise, not a word to a soul.
1:01:35
Yes, just as it should be.
1:01:39
Get this crate down
in the hull, would ya, lads?
1:01:45
Motley looking lot of fellows
you've got together.
1:01:49
Well, when you look for men
to go into Maori country...
1:01:51
you don't choose them
from among the socially elite.
1:01:54
Jolly well put.
But I must say, I didn't realize
you'd require quite so much merchandise.
1:01:59
Ooh, I'm afraid the days are gone
when one could impress the natives
with a handful of colored beads.
1:02:03
And if they choose
to sell their prisoners dearly...
1:02:05
we'd better be prepared.
1:02:08
I see.
1:02:13
John, you've got to tell me.
What's going on out there?
1:02:16
Ah, mademoiselle,
you are far too beautiful...
1:02:18
in the new gown to worry your
pretty little head about such things.
1:02:21
But what's in all those boxes?
1:02:23
I would've thought if my father wanted
you to know, he would've told you.
1:02:27
Every man out there looks like
a fugitive from the penal colony.
1:02:30
John, you've got to do something. Don't
let this man make a fool of your father.
1:02:36
Just because he called you ''a delightful
child'' and you don't like it...
1:02:39
you think he's trying
to make a fool of my father.
1:02:42
It is better that we think it, monsieur,
than to give him the opportunity
to prove it.
1:02:46
All right. Let me tell you something,
both of you.
1:02:48
Maybe my father
huffs and puffs a little bit,
and we've all smiled at him just in fun.
1:02:53
But I don't think anybody's going to
make a fool of him quite as easily as--
1:02:56
well, certain people I could name.