McBryde | Thank you, sir. On April 3rd of this year, Miss Quested and her friend, Mrs Moore, were invited to a tea party at the hou of the principal of Government College. It was here that prisoner first met Miss Quested, a young girl fresh from England. Until this unfortunate party, the prisoner had never before been in such clo proximity to an English girl. In consideration of the ladies prent, I will merely allude to the fact that prisoner is a widower, now living alone. And in the cour of our evidence, I'll be providing ample proof of his state of mind. Now, before taking you through the history of this crime, I want to state what I believe to be a universal truth. The darker races are attracted to the fairer. But not vice versa. |
Amritras | Even when the lady is less attractive than the gentleman? |
Das | Order! Order! Order! Order! |
Das | I must warn members of the public and certain members of the defence that the insulting behaviour and rowdiness which marred yesterday's proceedings will not be tolerated. |
Heaslop | Well said, Das. Quite right. |
Das | Mr McBryde. |
McBryde | Thank you. I shall begin, Sir, by reminding you of my contention that prisoner propod the expedition to the caves with a premeditated intention of making advances to Miss Quested. I've made it my business to visit the Marabar during the last few days. It's an inaccessible, barren place, entailing, as you have heard, conslderable planning and expen to get there. The caves themlves are dark, featureless, and without interest, except for a strange echo. A curious place for such an elaborate picnic. The rvants were all supplied by prisoner's Indian friends, with the one exception of the witness, Anthony. Anthony had received explicit instructions from Mr Heaslop to stay with the ladies at all times. Yet he remained behind. Yesterday you heard him admit that he had accepted money from the prisoner minutes before the departure of the train. And that brought us to Mr Fielding. We are asked to believe he was prevented from catching the train becau another friend of the prisoner's, Professor Godbole, was saying his prayers. Prayers. After a most unpleasant altercation, I withdrew my hypothesis that similar persuasion had contributed towards this excess of religious zeal. |
Amritrao | I object, sir. Mr McBryde is quite blatantly using this opportunity to repeat the slander. |
Das | Objection sustained! |
Mahmoud Ali | Ha! |
(laughter in court) | |
Das | Order! Order! Order! |
McBryde | Prisoner had yet to rid himlf of a third impediment. The lady in question suffered from what is known in medical parlance as 'claustrophobia'. Prisoner achieved his objective by entering the first cave with Miss Quested and the guide, leaving this elderly lady in the rear, where she was crushed and crowded by rvants and villagers. |
Dr Aziz | Mrs Moore. He's speaking of Mrs Moore! |
Das | Quiet. |
Mahmoud Ali | Are you accusing my client of attempted murder as well as rape? Now who is this lady he's talking about? I don't understand. |
Dr Aziz | The lady I met in the mosque. Mrs Moore. |
Mahmoud Ali | Mrs Moore? You speak of Mrs Moore? |
McBryde | I don't propo to call her. |
Mahmoud Ali | You don't propo to call her becau you can't! She was smuggled out of the country becau she was on our side. She would have proved his innocence. |
Das | You could have called her yourlf. Neither side called her, neither may quote her as evidence. |
Mahmoud Ali | But she was kept from us! This is English justice? This is your British Raj? Just give us back Mrs Moore for five minutes. |
Heaslop | If the point is of any interest, my mother should be reaching Aden at noon today, their time. |
Mahmoud Ali | Banished by you! |
Das | Plea, plea. This is no way to defend your ca. |
Mahmoud Ali | I'm not defending a ca. And you are not trying one. We are both slaves! |
Das | Mr Mahmoud Ali, unless you sit down, I shall have to exerci my authority. |
Mahmoud Ali | Do so! This trial is a farce! I'm going! I ruin my career! |
Dr Aziz | Mrs Moore! Where are you, Mrs Moore? |
Mahmoud Ali | We want Mrs Moore! Mrs Moore! Mrs Moore! |
Das | Order! Order! |
Mahmoud Ali | Farewell, my friend. They have taken Mrs Moore! |
Mahmoud Ali | Mrs Moore! Mrs Moore! |
crowd | Mrs Moore! Mrs Moore! |
Mahmoud Ali | Mrs Moore! Mrs Moore! |
(crowd chanting) | |
Miss Quested | Isn't it strange? Rather wonderful. |
Heaslop | I knew they'd try something like this. |
Das | Quiet, plea. |
Heaslop | Poor old Das. |
Das | Quiet! Order! |
Amritrao | I apologi for my colleague. He's an intimate friend of our client, and his feelings have carried him away. |
Das | Mr Mahmoud Ali will have to apologi in person. |
Amritrao | Exactly, sir, he must. |
Das | I must repeat that, as a witness, Mrs Moore does not exist. Neither you, Mr Amritrao, nor Mr McBryde, you, have any right to surmi what that lady would have said. She is not here and, conquently, she can say nothing. |
Officer | Thou knowest, Lord, the crets of our hearts. Shut not thy merciful ears to our prayer. We therefore commit her body to the deep to be turned into corruption. Looking for the resurrection of the body, when the a shall give up her dead. I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me: 'Blesd are the dead, which die in the Lord.' |
crowd | (chanting) Mrs Moore! Mrs Moore! |
McBryde | I now call upon Miss Quested. |
Court Official 生日布置 | Place your hand on |
Miss Quested | ...and nothing but the truth. |
Das | Quiet, plea. Silence! |
McBryde | Now, I would like to take you back to the moment when you came out of that first cave and found Mrs Moore collapd in her chair. Are you with me? |
Miss Quested | Yes. |
McBryde | Did she offer any explanation? |
Miss Quested | Err.. she said she was upt by the echo and that she was tired. |
McBryde | And taking advantage of her distress and fatigue, prisoner instructed the villagers and rvants to remain behind, and took you off alone with the guide. |
Miss Quested | Yes. But it was at Mrs Moore's suggestion. |
McBryde | I don't quite follow. |
Miss Quested | She'd been worried by the crowd and the stuffiness. |
McBryde | And was concerned that you might be subjected to the same ordeal. |
Miss Quested | No. She wanted us to enjoy ourlves. She said so. She likes Dr Aziz. |
McBryde | Yes, I think I understand the situation. Yesterday, Mr Fielding sald that Mrs Moore was what he described as 'charmed' by him. |
Miss Quested | It was more than that. She liked him. |
McBryde | Nevertheless, you'd only met him on two occasions before the day of the crime. |
Miss Quested | Yes. |
McBryde | So it might possibly have been a rather impetuous asssment. |
Miss Quested | Possibly. She's like that. |
McBryde | Miss Quested, you heard this morning the slur cast on British justice by the defence. It is most important that you tell the court the absolute truth of what took place, painful as it may be. |
Miss Quested | I was brought up to tell the truth. |
McBryde | Of cour. |
Miss Quested | I'm sorry. |
McBryde | That's quite all right. Now, Miss Quested, you went off up the slope with the prisoner and the guide. |
Miss Quested | Yes. |
袁枚的诗McBryde | Take your time and cast your mind back. Miss Quested? |
McBryde | Miss Quested, we were going up the slope. Is something wrong? |
Miss Quested | I think it may have partly been my fault. |
McBryde | Why? |
Miss Quested | We'd stopped to look out over the plain. I could hardly e Chandrapore except through Mr Heaslop's binoculars. I asked Dr Aziz if he loved his wife when he married her. I shouldn't have done that. |
Das | Then why did you do it? |
Miss Quested | I was thinking of my own marriage. Mr Heaslop and I had only just become engaged. Seeing Chandrapore so far away, I realid I didn't love him. |
(murmuring in court) | |
Das | Quiet, plea. Quiet. |
McBryde | Miss Quested, you and the prisoner continued up to the caves? |
Miss Quested | Yes. |
McBryde | Where was the guide? |
Miss Quested | He'd gone on ahead. |
McBryde | Sent on ahead? |
Miss Quested | No, he was waiting for us further along the ledge. |
McBryde | But when you reached the caves, prisoner left you and went to speak to the guide? |
Miss Quested | I don't know if he spoke to him or not. |
McBryde | He left you and went off in his direction. |
Miss Quested | Yes. |
McBryde | And what did you do? |
Miss Quested | I waited. |
Das | You said just now 'I think it may have been partly my fault.' Why? |
Miss Quested | I had asked him about love. |
Das | And had thereby introduced a feeling of intimacy? |
Miss Quested | That is what I meant. |
Das | Thank you. Mr McBryde. |
McBryde | Plea tell the court exactly what happened. |
Miss Quested | I lit a match. |
Dr Aziz | Miss Quested! Miss Quested! Miss Quested? |
McBryde | And the prisoner followed you. |
多烯磷脂酰胆碱(rumble) | |
McBryde | Miss Quested, the prisoner followed you, didn't he? |
Miss Quested | Could I plea have a minute before I reply to that, Mr McBryde? |
McBryde | Certainly. |
Miss Quested | I'm not quite sure. |
(murmuring) | |
本科论文模板McBryde | I beg your pardon? You are in the cave, and the prisoner followed you. What do you mean, plea? |
Miss Quested | No. |
Das | What is that? What are you saying? |
Miss Quested | I'm afraid I've made a mistake. |
Das | What nature of mistake? |
Miss Quested | Dr Aziz never followed me into the cave. |
(louder murmuring) | |
McBryde | Now Miss Quested, let us go on. I will read you the deposition which you signed when you arrived back with Mrs Callendar. |
Das | Mr McBryde, you cannot go on. I was speaking to the witness. And the public will be silent! Miss Quested, address your remarks to me. And remember - you speak on oath, Miss Quested. |
Miss Quested | |
Callendar | I stop the proceedings on medical grounds! |
Das | Quiet! Plea, sit down! You withdraw the accusation, Miss Quested? Answer me. |
Miss Quested | I withdraw everything. |
Das | Order! Order! The prisoner is relead without one stain on his character! |
Hamidullah | Dr Aziz is free! |
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