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Bumi Manusia

This Earth Of Mankind

Novel byPramoedya Ananta Toer

Screenplay byJack Stone

FADE IN:

East Java, Indonesia.

Srabaya is Indonesia!s second"lar#est city, and t$e capitalo% t$e province o% East Java.

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E)T. P*+T *F S+A-AA " DA

T$e sn s$ines bri#$tly. Sea#lls %loat, sspended over cleara/re skies. Pelicans dip 0in# tips into t$e calm 0ater,casin# t$e sn!s rays to s$immer, and dance on t$e ocean!ssr%ace t$at!s as clear as t$e sky above.

T$e port o% Srabaya is an old to0n t$at!s srronded by abstlin# $arbor. 1any s$ips propelled by t$e 0ind, like t$etides t$at ebb, and %lo0, enter, and leave, 0$ile ot$ers loaddelicacies t$at ori#inate %rom t$e varios Spice Islands.T$ese e2otic pleasres represent bt a mere samplin# o% t$e#reat variety o% prodcts t$at sprin# %rom t$e abndant, and%ascinatin# %orei#n lands t$at %irst attracted t$e Eropeansto t$e East Indies.

Scattered alon# t$e docks are #oods %rom all parts o% Asia.T$ere are scienti%ic advancements, mac$inery, and prodcts%rom nearly every contry o% Erope, as 0ell as natralprodcts sc$ as rbber, co%%ee, s#ar, and minerals. T$ese#oods are $eadin# to Erope, or to spply t$e colonies t$at0ill soon %orm t$e nation o% Astralia.

Some s$ips carry o%% cattle, and ot$er prodcts %rom Java!se2ceedin#ly e2ploited dairy indstry. Dtc$ o%%icials,

bsinessmen, and adventrers %rom all over Erope move abott$e cro0ded docks. Some seek %ortne, 0$ile ot$ers 0ill endp in t$e Dtc$ 3olonial Army or in prison.

A Dtc$ 3aptain c$ecks $is car#o, as Arabs, Indos, Indians,and 3$inese immi#rants rs$ abot loadin# car#o. Every man is$alin# t0o or even t$ree sacks at a time across s$irtless,and sntanned s$olders.


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*N S3+EEN TE)T:

1IN4E, is an ei#$teen"year"old native Javanese, and t$e onlynative attendin# 5-S, an all Dtc$ 5i#$ Sc$ool. 5isadmittance to stdy in a Eropean environment is de to $isotstandin# sccess at primary sc$ool. 5o0ever, e6ally as

important is t$e stron# recommendation $e received %rom $is#rand%at$er, an important native o%%icial. Alt$o#$ 1inke!s#rand%at$er $as passed a0ay, $is $i#$ly re#arded positionsymboli/es an important element o% Javanese society, or, morespeci%ically, t$ose 0$o dominate, and mar#inali/e it.

1inke!s %at$er, 0$om $e only kno0s as t$e title o% Fat$er, isa %edal Java dele#ate. 3olonial po0ers 0ant no contact 0it$Java!s %edal rlers, so t$e imperialist economic %orces payt$em no $eed, bt t$ose o% t$e colonial state 0$o seek onlyto maniplate t$em, nderstand t$e importance o% edcatin# asmall select #rop, so as to ensre complete dominance overt$e contry, its people, its cltre, and its resorces.

5o0ever, as 1inke!s mot$er $as constantly reminded $im, aJavanese mst eventally come to terms 0it$ $is o0n identity.

END *N S3+EEN TE)T.

As t$e men on t$e docks #o abot t$eir dties, 1inke be#insto speak.

1IN4E 78.*.9All o% t$ese people carry abot aspectso% t$e li%e o% t$eir o0n contries, t$eirpolitics, and ideas o% reli#ion, t$eirp$ilosop$y o% li%e, morality, t$eirpredices, t$eir $atreds, and srely

t$eir ima#ination, and %oresi#$t. T$isdynamic environment is no small problem%or t$e #overnment o% t$e Dtc$ EastIndies, 0$ic$ presides over, and e2ploitsit, makin# one o% t$e smallest contrieso% Erope, 5olland, one o% its ric$est.In order to ac$ieve t$is, specialconditions mst e2ist %or it to contine.First, t$e maintenance o% an attitde o%acceptance on t$e part o% t$ose t$at arecoloni/ed as 0ell as t$ose t$at #overn.T$e coloni/ers! determination is t$at t$enatives, especially t$e toilin# classesmst %orever remain immersed in a cltreo% silence. T$is makes it easier to

e2ploit, and #ives t$ose t$at e2ploitt$eir rationale %or e2$ibitin# t$eir%eelin#s o% cltral arro#ance andsperiority.7pase9People sed to call me 1inke. 1y o0n name%or t$e time bein# I need not tell it.Not becase I!m cra/y %or mystery.7pase9In t$e be#innin#, I 0rote t$ese notes


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drin# a period o% mornin#. S$e 0as#one.

INT. 1IN4E!s +**1 " DA

1inke lays across t$e bed o% a room $e rents in a boardin#$ose.Scattered abot are books, and pa#es o% $is o0n 0ritin#s.5e!s starin# at, and e2aminin# t$e reslts o% one o% t$elatest tec$nolo#ical marvels. It is a p$oto#rap$ o% t$e Dtc$princess ;il$elmina. Sddenly, and 0it$ot annoncement,+*-E+T S+5*F brsts into 1inke!s room. +obert!s a sc$ool%riend, and like 1inke, $e!s a senior too. +obert is taller,and $is skin a s$ade li#$ter, as native, and Eropean bloodrns t$ro#$ $is veins.

+obert %inds 1inke croc$ed over t$e p$oto, and breaks ot inla#$ter, 0$ic$ pts 1inke in an embarrassed, and compromisedposition. +obert!s speakin# manner is even more impdent.

+*-E+T S+5*F*$o, yo p$ilo#ynist, lady"killer,crocodile< ;$at!s t$e #ood o% 0is$in# %ort$e moon=

1inke 0ants to toss +obert ot o% $is room, bt instead...

1IN4E*$, yo never kno0<

+*-E+T S+5*FFor#et $er. T$ere!s anot$er #oddess<+i#$t $ere in Srabaya. S$e!s beati%lbeyond comparison, easily e6al to t$ispictre yo!re so enamored 0it$.7+obert takes t$e p$oto %rom1inke!s $and9It!s only a pictre any0ay.

1IN4EFor me... bone strctre and bodyproportion mst be in per%ect $armony.And s$e mst $ave %ine, so%t skin. 1ykind o% 0oman mst also $ave eyes t$ats$ine and lips t$at...

+*-E+T S+5*F7mockin#9

...t$at are clever at 0$isperin#.

1IN4E3lever at 0$isperin#= or 0ords<

+*-E+T S+5*Fes, so 0$en s$e crses yo, yo 0on!tkno0 it.


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-onor, 1inke.

1IN4EBa va, Jean, I $ave a ne0 order %or yo.

JEAN 1A+AIS-onne<

1inke enters, and $ands Jean a dra0in# o% a sittin# room.Jean looks at it 0it$ #reat disdain.

1IN4E7s$r#s9It!s 0$at t$e cstomers 0ant.

C1aster 1inkeC comes a call %rom ne2t door. 1inke sticks $is$ead ot a 0indo0 to sees 1+S. TE>IN?A, $is landlord 0avin#at $im. 1inke smiles.

1IN4E 7cont!d97to Jean9I!m #oin#. S$e may be servin# cake<

1inke e2its only to %ind +obert Sr$o% standin# in $isdoor0ay.

E)T. JEAN 1A+AIS 5*1E " I11EDIATE>

+*-E+T S+5*FAyo, 0e!ll be #oin# no0.

At t$e %ront #ate stands a ne0 model b##y. T$e driver, and

elderly Javanese 3*A351AN 0aits.

E)T. 1IN4E!S 5*1E F+*NT ?ATE " I11EDIATE>

1inke and +obert climb aboard.

1IN4ET$e rent %or t$is carria#e srely mst bemore e2pensive t$an any ot$er=

T$e $orses be#an to pll a0ay.

+*-E+T S+5*FNo %oolin#, t$is is no ordinary b##y, noc$eap kretek. It!s even #ot sprin#s.7+obert bonces on $is seatcasin# t$e carria#e to bonceabot9Per$aps it!s t$e %irst o% its kind inSrabaya. I!ll bet t$e sprin#s cost moret$an t$e rest o% t$e b##y pt to#et$er.

1IN4E71inke nods in a#reement, a


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pase and t$en...9+ob, 0$ere are 0e #oin#=

+obert replies in an insolent, yet mysterios manner.

+*-E+T S+5*FA place to 0$ic$ everyone dreams o%receivin# an invitation. ;$y, yo say=;ell, becase o% t$e e26isite an#el t$atlives t$ere. And I!ve $ad t$e #ood lckto be invited by $er older brot$er.Nobody $as ever received an invitation,e2cept t$is one.75e points to $imsel% 0it$ $ist$mbs93oincidentally t$is an#el!s brot$er isalso named +obert. ;e met at a soccermatc$. And no0, I!m invited to eat bllcalves %or lnc$. T$at!s 0$at interestsme t$e most.

7$e #lances slyly at 1inke9

1IN4E-ll calves=

+*-E+T S+5*F8eal. To eat veal< -t, t$at!s my problemisn!t it= or problem...7$e makes a noise 0it$ $islips, $is eyes s$arplye2aminin# 1inke!s eyes9...is +obert!s yon#er sister. I 0ant tosee st $o0 %ar t$at ever c$armin#p$ilo#ynist manner #ets yo.

T$e steel %rame o% t$e b##y!s 0$eels rattle on as it #rindsalon# t$e stone road o% 4ran##an Street to -laran, in t$edirection o% ;onokromo.

+*-E+T S+5*F 7cont!d93ome, sin# veni, vidi, vici. I came, Isa0, I con6ered.

1inke is apparently annoyed.

1IN4E;$y don!t yo st take it all %oryorsel%= T$e veal, and t$is #oddess yo

keep talkin# abot.

+*-E+T S+5*FI= For me, only a #oddess 0it$ preEropean blood 0ill do.

1inke is really pertrbed no0.

1IN4ESo, t$is #oddess yo speak o%, and 0$om


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0e!re abot to visit, is an Indo #irl, ami2ed blood. +obert Sr$o%, s$old Iremind yo once a#ain, t$at yo!re anIndo as 0ell. 1st I remind yo t$at 0$enyor mot$er 0as abot to #ive birt$, yor$is %at$er rs$ed $er to Perak 5arbor,

and boarded t$e s$ip 8an 5eemskerck,0$ic$ 0as tied p in port at t$at time.And, s$e $ad yo t$ere, on t$e s$ip.-ein# born on a Dtc$ s$ip $as no le#alconse6ence 0$atever. o!re as Indo as Iam.

+obert i#nores 1inke!s snb, as $e doesn!t look pon $imsel%as an Indo.

+*-E+T S+5*FI!m Dtc$<

1IN4E

I nderstand per%ectly 0ell 0$y yocarry on in t$e illsion t$at yo!reDtc$. o strive %or a position, andsalary $i#$er t$an t$at o% an Indo, letalone a native.

T$e yello0 stone road contines to0ard ;onokromo. Neit$er1inke, or +obert notice t$e villa#e people 0alkin# to to0n,or t$e coronation decorations t$at are every0$ere.

5oses, dry %ields, 0et paddy %ields, and trees enclosed inbamboo lattice stretc$ alon# t$e road, as clmps o% %orest0as$ed 0it$ silver rays o% sns$ine, all %ly past bri#$tly.And %ar a0ay in t$e distance, indistinctly visible, are t$e

montains, standin# silent, like reclinin# ascetics trned tostone.

1IN4E 7cont!d9So, 0e!re o%% to a party dressed liket$is=

+*-E+T S+5*FNo, I told yo. I!m #oin# to eat, yo tocon6er.

1IN4E;$ere are 0e #oin#=

+*-E+T S+5*F7+obert points a$ead9Direct to tar#et.

1inke bo2es +obert!s s$older ot o% criosity.

1IN4E3ome on tell me


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Still, +obert 0ill not say. 1inke #lares at $im.

+*-E+T S+5*FDon!t make sc$ a sor %ace< I% yo proveyor virility.7$e smacks $is lips9

I!ll respect yo more t$an my o0nteac$er. 5o0ever, i% yo %ail, look ot,becase, %or t$e rest o% yor li%e yo!llbe t$e btt o% my okes. +emember t$at0ell.

1IN4Eo!re mockin# me.

+obert becomes serios.

+*-E+T S+5*FNo. *ne day yo!ll become a bpati.Per$aps yo!ll #et a re#ency 0$ere t$eland is arid. I!ll pray t$at yo #et a%ertile one. 5o0ever, i% t$is #oddess0ere to be beside yo as yor raden ay,all t$e bpatis o% Java 0old be in a$i#$ %ever becase o% t$eir envy.

1IN4E;$o said I 0ant to become a bpati=

+*-E+T S+5*F1e< And I s$all contine my edcation in5olland and become a la0yer. I!ll visityo 0it$ my 0i%e. Do yo kno0 t$e %irst6estion I ask o% yo=

1IN4EI!ve no intention o% ever becomin# abpati.

+*-E+T S+5*FFirst I!ll ask... 5ey, p$ilo#ynist, ladykiller, crocodile, 0$ere!s yor $arem=

1IN4EStop lookin# pon me as ncivili/ed.

+*-E+T S+5*F

Even a bpati, is bt a crocodile onland.

1IN4EI!ve no intention o% becomin# a bpati.

T$e b##y enters ;onokromo district.

+*-E+T S+5*F7pointin# to $is le%t9


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>ook<

1inke sees a 3$inese"style $ose 0it$ a lar#e yard, 0ell keptand 0it$ a $ed#e srrondin# it. T$e %ront doors and 0indo0sare closed. T$e $ose is painted red all over, tacky, notattractive at all.

1IN4E-aba$ A$ Ton#!s pleasre palace.

+*-E+T S+5*F5a, yo $ave sc$ a 0ay 0it$ 0ords 1inke.It!s a brot$el.

T$e boys keep lookin# at A$ Ton#!s $ose as t$e b##ycontines to move past it.

+*-E+T S+5*F 7cont!d97in a serios demeanor9

4eep lookin# to t$e le%t. *ver t$ere...

For anot$er one $ndred and %i%ty meters past A$ Ton#!s$ose, a t0o"story timber strctre, 0it$ e2tensive #rondsappear. Standin# be$ind a 0ooden %ence is a lar#e si#n 0it$t$e 0ords, -oerderi -iten/or# A#ricltral 3ompany.

1IN4EAnyone 0$o!s ever lived kno0s t$at!s t$e$ome o% 5erman 1ellema.1ellema!s #rey, 0ooden"s$in#le roo% is already visible, even%rom 6ite a distance a0ay. nlike A$ Ton#!s, its doors and0indo0s stand 0ide open. 1ellema!s $ome $as no veranda. Inits place t$ere!s a broad, e2pansive a0nin# over$an#in#0ooden stairs, 0$ic$ are e6ally as 0ide. 1c$ 0ider t$an t$e%ront door.

+*-E+T S+5*FT$at!s all anyone kno0s o% $im.

1IN4E5o0 cold t$ey kno0 anyt$in# else= Noone!s ever sees $im.

+*-E+T S+5*F-t everyone kno0s $is 0i%e, Nyai*ntosoro$. T$ey call $er *ntosoro$becase t$ey can!t prononce -iten/or#.

Any0ay, I erred, 0$ic$ is a rare event,s$e!s not 1ellema!s 0i%e. S$e!s $isconcbine.

1IN4E1aybe so, bt everyone admires $er. S$ealso very beati%l.

+*-E+T S+5*F5o0 0old yo kno0= 5ave yo ever seen


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$er=

1IN4ENo, bt t$at!s 0$at everyone says.

T$e b##y sddenly trns to0ard t$e 1ellema $ome. 1inke sitsp startled, and looks over at +obert 0$o $as a sm# look on$is %ace.

1IN4E 7cont!d95ere=

+obert doesn!t ans0er, $e spits otside o% t$e b##y instead.

T$e b##y passes t$ro#$ t$e #ate, and t$e -oerderi-iten/or# si#n. It $eads directly to t$e %ront steps o% t$e1ellema estate. T$e $ome is #arded by a 1adrese %i#$ternamed DA+SA1, 0$o 0ears a lar#e mstac$e, $as a clenc$ed %istand carries a lar#e mac$ete. A %e0 o% Darsam!s men are

present as 0ell.

1IN4E 7cont!d9No one dares to call on t$is place.7#rabbin# +obert!s arm9+obert...

T$e b##y stops. 1inke s$tters. An Indo"Erasian yon# man,+*-E+T 1E>>E1A opens t$e %ront door, and 0alks do0n t$esteps. +obert is t$e son o% 5erman 1ellema, and Nyai.

+*-E+T 1E>>E1A5ey, +ob<

+obert 1ellema appears to be abot t$e same a#e as t$e t0oyon# men. 5e looks Eropean, e2cept $e $as bro0n skin. 5e!stall, 0ell bilt, and obviosly stron#.

+*-E+T S+5*F*$o, +ob< I bro#$t my %riend. o don!tmind, do yo=

+obert 1ellema doesn!t #reet 1inke becase $e!s a native, $e#lares at $im instead. 1inke looks over at Sr$o%, 0$o#rins. 1inke!s enterin# a ne0 rond o% t$is #ame. 5e #lancesat Darsam and 0ants to rn. 1inke!s certain $e!s #oin# to bee2pelled.

+*-E+T 1E>>E1A7to Sr$o%93ome on in.

As t$e t0o +oberts $ead p t$e steps, 1inke $esitantly%ollo0s. +obert 1ellema trns back and #lares at 1inke a#ain.1inke clearly %eels ncom%ortable. -t, sddenly, a beati%lyon#er #irl in a 0$ite #o0n, 0it$ 0$ite"skin, re%ined inmanner, and $avin# a Eropean %ace, yet $air and eyes o% anative appears at t$e door. T$is is obviosly t$e #irl


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Sr$o% $ad been speakin# o%, and $e!s ri#$t. Not only doess$e rival t$e 6een, s$e trimp$s over $er. T$is is ANNE>IES1E>>E1A, s$e!s +obert 1ellema!s yon#er sister. Annelies$olds ot $er $and to 1inke.

ANNE>IES

5ello, I!m Annelies.

INT. 1E>>E1A 5*1E F+*NT +**1 " A >ITT>E >ATE+

T$e %or yot$s sit on a rattan settee. +obert Sr$o% and+obert 1ellema are en#rossed in talk abot soccer. 1inke!seyes poke arond t$e lar#e room. 5e takes in t$e %rnitre,t$e ceilin#, t$e dan#lin# crystal candle c$andelier, t$e$an#in# #asli#$ts 0it$ t$eir copper pipin#, and a pictre o%Been Emma, 0$o $as st abdicated, $an#in# on t$e 0all in a$eavy 0ooden %rame. All t$e %rnis$in#s are e2pensive andmade by master cra%tsmen. T$e carpet nder t$e settee isdecorated 0it$ a Eropean moti%. 1inke!s 0anderin# eyes restpon Annelies!s %ace, 0$o!s already lookin# at $im.

ANNE>IESAre yo t$e 6iet type=

1inke $ardly dares to look at $er eyes. 5e smiles, bt6ickly #lances a0ay, continin# to take in t$e entiresrrondin#s.

1IN4ENo, it!s st t$at everyt$in# $ere is soincredibly beati%l.

ANNE>IES;$en yo introdced yorsel%, yo saidyor name 0as 1inke. ;$y do yo not stateyor %amily name=

1IN4EDo I really $ave to say=

ANNE>IES*% corse, ot$er0ise people 0ill t$inkyo!re not ackno0led#ed by yor %at$er.

1iN4EI don!t $ave a %amily name.

ANNE>IES*$<

T$ere!s an a0k0ard silence.

1IN4E7in a de%ensive tone9I!m not an Indo.


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ANNE>IES*$< No=

Sr$o% e2amines every part o% 1inke!s body t$at isn!tcovered. ;$en 1inke looks p $e sees +obert 1ellema lookin#at $im too. 1inke!s lips become a t$in, strai#$t line. For a

moment $is vision blrs, and all $e can see is Annelies!s0$ite #o0n, %aceless, and 0it$ot limbs.

ANNE>IES 77cont!d9T$ere!s not$in# 0ron# 0it$ bein# anative. ;$y 0old anyone t$ink ot$er0ise=

+obert 1ellema looks are directed at $is yon#er sister.Annelies, c$allen#es $im, lookin# $im strai#$t in t$e %ace.+obert 1ellema t$en looks a0ay.

ANNE>IES 7cont!d97more to +obert 1ellema t$an to1inke91y mot$er!s a native. S$e!s Javanese.7to 1inke9I don!t like talkin# abot soccer. >et!s#o some0$ere else.Annelies stands, t$en 1inke does too. S$e leads t$e 0ay, btt$e nervos 1inke bmps into a stand, almost knockin# over ane2pensive Eropean porcelain vase. 5e catc$es it st intime. -ot$ +oberts #lare at $im.

INT. PA+>*+ " I11EDIATE> F*>>*;IN?

Annelies, %ollo0ed by 1inke enters a back parlor, 0$ic$ iseven more smptosly %rnis$ed t$an t$e %ront room. 5ere,t$e 0alls are made %rom li#$t bro0n varnis$ed teak. In t$e

corner is a dinin# site, consistin# o% a table and si2c$airs. 3lose by are stairs leadin# to t$e second %loor.

Seein# 1inke!s eyes %i2ed pon a display cabinet t$at standsa#ainst a 0all, opposite t$e dinin# table, Annelies leads $imto it. In it is displayed art obects $e!s never seen be%ore.

ANNE>IESI don!t $ave t$e keys 0it$ me. -t,t$at!s t$e one I like best.

Annelies points to a small bron/e state.

ANNE>IES 7cont!d91ama says it!s an E#yptian empress. I%I!m not mistaken $er name is Ne%ertiti.

Ne2t to Ne%ertiti is a -alinese carvin# o% t$e East Javanesekin# Erlan##a, ridin# on t$e back o% t$e myt$ical #ardabird. nlike t$e ot$ers, it!s not made %rom sa0o$ 0ood, bto% a kind t$at 1inke $as never seen be%ore. *n t$e %irsts$el% t$ere!s a ro0 o% small ceramic masks, t$at $ave all


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manners o% animal %aces.

ANNE>IES 7cont!d9T$ese are masks %rom t$e story o% Sie o3$ie. 5ave yo $eard t$e story=

1IN4ENo, no I $aven!t.

ANNE>IESPer$aps I!ll tell it to yo one day.;old yo like t$at=

1IN4E8ery mc$ so.

ANNE>IES;ell, in order %or me to do t$at, yo!d$ave to visit a#ain.

T$ere!s a p$ono#rap$ on a table 0it$ a small 0$eel on eac$ o%its %or le#s. T$e lo0er section o% t$e p$ono#rap$ tablestores msic. T$e table itsel% is ornately carved.

ANNE>IES 7cont!d9Is +obert Sr$o% yor %riend=

1IN4Ees, 0e bot$ attend 5-S.

ANNE>IES1y brot$er!s very prod to $ave a %riend0$o attends 5-S. No0 I too can say I $ave

a %riend 0$o #oes to 5-S. o<Sddenly Annelies trns to0ard t$e back door and calls ot.

ANNE>IES 7cont!d970aivin# $er $and 0idely91ama< *ver $ere. ;e $ave #ests.

A native 0oman, NAI *NT*S*+*5, Annelies mot$er, enters t$e$ome. S$e!s 0earin# a traditional Javanese 0rap skirt, and a0$ite blose embellis$ed 0it$ e2pensive lace, per$aps %amosDtc$ lace made in Naarden. Nyai looks lovely and $er skin issmoot$, and li#$t"colored like t$at o% t$e lan#sat %rit. S$ealso 0ears black velvet slippers embroidered 0it$ silvert$read. 5er neat attire, mot$erly smile, and simple

adornments make a deep impression on 1inke.

NAIes, Annelies, 0$o is yor #est=

ANNE>IEST$is is 1inke, 5e!s an 5-S stdent<

NAI


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*$, is t$at so=

1inke $esitates o%%erin# $is $and to #reet $er. It!s Nyai 0$oo%%ers $er $and %irst. Dmb%onded 1inke clmsily accepts $er#rip. T$is is a Eropean %orm o% #reetin#, not native.

NAI 7cont!d9Annelies!s #est is my #est as 0ell. And$o0 s$all I address yo= Sinyo= -tyo!re not Indo. Are yo really an 5-Sstdent=

1IN4Ees, I am.

NAIImpressive. People call me Nyai*ntosoro$. o may call me 1ama i% yo0is$=

ANNE>IES7la#$in#9es, 1inke. 3all $er 1ama.

NAIAre yo t$e son o% a bpati=

1IN4ENo, ma!am.

NAIT$en yo mst be t$e son o% a pati$.

1IN4ENot t$e son o% a pati$ eit$er.

NAI8ery 0ell. Annelies, look a%ter $improperly, t$is #est o% yors.

ANNE>IES*% corse, 1ama.

Nyai 0alks p t$e steps to t$e second %loor, and 1inke can!ttake $is eyes o%% o% $er.

ANNE>IES 7cont!d9I!m #lad 1ama approves o% yo. o kno0,I!ve never $ad a #est be%ore. o!re t$e%irst one. People are a%raid to come$ere. Even my sc$ool %riends.

1IN4E;$ere do yo #o to sc$ool=

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o mean 0$ere did I #o to sc$ool. Iattended E>S, bt I didn!t %inis$.

1IN4E;$y didn!t yo contine=

T$ere!s a brie% and neasy silence.

ANNE>IEST$ere 0as an accident. Are yo 1slim=

1IN4E;$y=

ANNE>IES-ecase i% yo are, t$en yo don!t eatpork.

A 0ell #roomed 1AID enters t$e room, and serves c$ocolate

milk and cakes. T$e servant doesn!t enter crin#in# as s$e0old $ave be%ore a native master. S$e 0alks in and stands#apin# at 1inke in ama/ement.

ANNE>IES 7cont!d91y #est is 1slim. Tell t$e cook not tolet pork toc$ t$e ot$er %ood.

T$e maid ackno0led#es Annelies! statement and leaves.

ANNE>IES 7cont!d97Annelies trns to 1inke9Are yo al0ays so 6iet=

1IN4EDon!t yo kno0= +eally= It!s becase Inever dreamed I!d come %ace to %ace 0it$sc$ a beati%l #oddess.

Annelies #oes silent, only starin# at 1inke 0it$ $er lar#eeyes. 1inke no0 re#rets 0$at $e said.

ANNE>IES7$esitantly and slo0ly...9;$o do yo mean t$is #oddess=

1IN4E

o, o% corse.

ANNE>IES7eyes opened 0ide, s$e trnsand s$ots to0ard t$e top o%t$e stairs91ama<7no response s$e trns ands$ots ot t$e back door9


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1ama<

1inke 0ants to rn. Nyai appears at t$e door. 1inke!s $eartraces.

NAI;$at!s t$e matter no0= Are yo ar#in#0it$ yor #est already=

ANNE>IESNo, 0e 0eren!t ar#in#.7complainin# in a s0eet,spoiled manner91ama...7pointin# $er %in#er at 1inke9Ima#ine, 1inke sayin# t$at I 0asbeati%l=

Nyai stares at 1inke. 5er $ead tilts a little. T$en s$e trnsand looks at $er da#$ter. Nyai places $er t0o $ands onAnnelies!s s$olders and 0$ispers...

NAII!ve o%ten told yo t$at yo!rebeati%l. And e2traordinarily beati%l.T$ere!s no dobt abot it. Sinyo is not0ron#.

ANNE>IES*$, 1ama<

Nyai sits ne2t to 1inke.

NAII!m #lad yo!ve come, Nyo. Annelies $asnever mi2ed properly like ot$er Indoc$ildren.

ANNE>IESI!m not an Indo. I don!t 0ant to be anIndo.

NAINyo, yo $eard it %or yorsel%, s$e!drat$er be a native. *$, bt yo lookcon%sed. Do yo sally compliment #irlsin t$is manner=

1IN4EI% a #irl is indeed beati%l, is t$ereanyt$in# 0ron# in statin# so. T$ere!s noone 0$o doesn!t like bein# complimented.I% someone is inslted becase o% acompliment, it!s a si#n o% a dis$onest$eart.

NAI


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5o0 do Eropean #irls at 5-S respond=

1IN4ET$ey say t$ank yo.

NAIAnnelies, say t$ank yo.

Annelies bls$es 0it$ embarrassment, and doesn!t sayanyt$in#.

NAI 7cont!d93ome on, say t$ank yo.7to 1inke9;ait< Say it a#ain, t$is compliment o%yors, so I can $ear it too<

1inke!s very embarrassed, and doesn!t kno0 $o0 to respond.

NAI 7cont!d9I!m not allo0ed to $ear t$is complimento% yors. All ri#$t.

Nyai stands, looks at t$e t0o o% t$em and leaves. Anneliesand 1inke!s eyes %ollo0 $er ntil s$e disappears %rom vie0.T$en, t$e $miliated 1inke looks at Annelies, 0$o bites $erlip and looks a0ay.

1IN4E 78.*.9;$at sort o% %amily is t$is= +obert 0it$$is %ri#$tenin# #lances. Annelies, soc$ild like. And Nyai *ntosoro$, so cleverat captrin# and sei/in# control.

Annelies places a record on t$e msic player, it be#ins toplay.

INT. DININ? +**1 " E8ENIN?

+obert 1ellema, Sr$o%, Annelies, and 1inke sit arond t$edinin# table. A yon# %emale SE+8ANT, stands near t$e doora0aitin# orders. T$ere!s more %ood t$an t$ey cold possiblyeat. T$e main dis$ is o% corse, veal.

Sr$o% sits alon# side $is %riend, and every no0 and t$en $elooks over at 1inke, and t$en Annelies. Annelies sits beside1inke and serves $im. 1ama sits at t$e $ead o% t$e table.1inke e2amines t$e position o% t$e spoons and %orks, t$e seo% t$e sop ladle and t$e knives, carvin# %orks, and also t$eelaborate dinner service. It!s all per%ect. T$e 0$ite steelkni%e seems to $ave been s$arpened not on stone, bt on asteel #rindin# 0$eel. T$ere are no scratc$es. T$e position o%t$e napkins, t$e %in#er bo0ls, and t$e #lasses in t$eirsilver cases cold not be %alted.

Nyai eats #race%lly. Sr$o%, #reedily as i% $e!s not seen%ood in several days. 1inke $esitates even t$o#$ $e!s very


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$n#ry. Annelies $ardly eats becase o% t$e attention s$epays to servin# 1inke.

Nyai stops eatin#, and so does 1inke, and Annelies. Sr$o%contines eatin# and seems to i#nore Nyai completely.

NAI7to 1inke9I read t$at ice can no0 be man%actred0it$ mac$inery.

1IN4EIt!s tre, at least accordin# to t$ene0spapers. It seems st aboteveryt$in# 0ill be made by man someday.

NAIEveryt$in#= I dobt t$at!s possible.

+*-E+T 1E>>E1A7to +obert Sr$o%9+ob, let!s #o otside. I!m %inis$ed.

T$e t0o +oberts stand, and leave 0it$ot sayin# a 0ord.

1IN4EFor#ive my %riend, 1ama.

Nyai smiles, nods to 1inke, and stands.

NAII% yo!ll e2cse me...

Nyai leaves too.

ANNE>IES1ama mst contine 0orkin#. I $ave 0orkto do as 0ell.

1IN4E;$at do yo do=

ANNE>IES;old yo like to see=

1IN4E

;$at abot my %riend=

Annelies stands.

ANNE>IES1y brot$er 0ill invite $im to #o $ntin#.5e al0ays $nts %or birds or s6irrelsa%ter lnc$. 3ome on, come alon# 0it$ me.


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1inke stands too, and once a#ain %ollo0s be$ind Annelies likea c$ild %ollo0in# $is mot$er.

INT. 1E>>E1A ESTATE " I11EDIATE> F*>>*;IN?

Passin# t$ro#$ t$e back door, Annelies and 1inke enter anarea containin# steel"$ooped 0ooden barrels. *n top o% t$elar#est one is a c$rnin# mac$ine. People 0ork 0it$ot makin#a sond. No0 and t$en 0ipin# t$eir %ore$eads 0it$ a 0$iteclot$. Eac$ 0ear a 0$ite $eadband, and 0$ite s$irts 0it$sleeves rolled p above t$eir elbo0s. Not all are men. Someare 0omen becase t$e batik kains can be seen belo0 t$eir0$ite s$irts. T$e 0oman also 0ear breast"clot$s, nder t$eircalico colored s$irts. *ne by one 1inke looks t$em over.T$ey only pay attention to $im %or a moment. Anneliesapproac$es eac$ in trn. T$ey #reet $er in si#n 0it$otspeakin#.

ANNE>IESo!re ama/ed to see 0omen 0orkin# aren!t

yo=

1inke nods.

ANNE>IES 7cont!d9T$ey!re 0earin# t$e same ni%orms as t$e0orkers in 5olland, bt $ere, 0e may only#ive t$em calico.

Annelies plls 1inke by t$e $and and leads $im ot into anopen area 0$ere prodce is dryin#.

E)T. 1E>>E1A ESTATE " I11EDIATE> F*>>*;IN?

Several 0orkers are trnin# soybeans, s$ckin# corn, peas,and peants. T$e 0orkers stop and #reet t$em by noddin# andli%tin# t$eir $ands. All 0ear bamboo %arm $ats. Anneliesclaps $er $ands and $olds p t0o %in#ers. A moment later ac$ild approac$es 0it$ t0o bamboo $ats. Annelies pt one on1inke!s $ead, and one $ersel% as 0ell.

Annelies and 1inke contine to 0alk several $ndred metersalon# a pat$ laid 0it$ river #ravel. Far o%% alon# t$e samepat$ 1inke can see t$e t0o +oberts, eac$ 0it$ a ri%le sln#over t$eir s$older.

1IN4E

;$at 0ork is it t$at yo do=

ANNE>IESEveryt$in#... e2cept t$e o%%ice 0ork.1ama does t$at $ersel%.

1IN4E;$at sort o% o%%ice 0ork does s$e do=

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Everyt$in#. Administration. T$e books,tradin#, correspondence, bankin#...

1inke stops in $is steps. Annelies also. 5e stares at $er indisbelie%. S$e plls at $is $and, and t$ey 0alk on to0ard aro0 o% cattle pens.

INT. 3*; PENS " I11EDIATE> F*>>*;IN?

1inke covers $is %ace in an attempt to block t$e stenc$ o%co0 dn# as t$ey enter t$e co0 pen. Annelies la#$s.

T$e ro0 o% pens are lon#. In eac$ one 0orkers are bsylookin# a%ter %eed and drink %or dairy co0s. >i%tin# p t$eed#e o% $er satin dress, Annelies approac$es several co0s andpats t$em on t$e %ore$ead. S$e talks to t$em in a 0$isper, asi% t$ey 0ere $er c$ildren. 1inke observes %rom t$e distance.Annelies $as an easy manner enterin# t$e pens and talkin#0it$ t$e animals, and in a satin #o0n at t$at<

5ere too t$ere are 0omen 0orkers. T$ey!re s0eepin#, rinsin#do0n t$e pen %loors, and scrbbin# t$em 0it$ lon#"$andledbrs$es. Annelies stops and be#ins 0$isperin# 0it$ a %emale0orker abot $er o0n a#e. T$ey bot$ #lance at 1inke, as i%s$arin# a secret. Anot$er yon# %emale 0orker, 1INE1 isleavin# t$e pen carryin# t0o empty /inc bckets. 5er %ace ispretty, and like t$e ot$ers s$e!s 0earin# a breast"clot$ andkain. S$e!s bare%oot, and 0et. 5er breasts are %irm and %ll,and by t$emselves attract attention. S$e bo0s, and #lances pat 1inke %rom nder $er %ore$ead, and smiles invitin#ly at$im.

1INE1?reetin#s, Sinyo< 3$eckin# p on t$in#s=

1IN4E$, yes.

Annelies approac$es.

ANNE>IES5o0 many bckets a day are yo #ettin#%rom yor co0s, Sis 1inem=

1INE1T$e sal, Non.

T$e #irl moves on.

ANNE>IES7appearin# impatient, andspeakin# to 1inke9I can still collect more milk t$an any o%t$em. >et!s #o to t$e %ields. 5o0 abott$e stables, do yo pre%er ridin#=

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+idin#= As in a $orse= o kno0 $o0 toride a $orse too=

ANNE>IES5o0 else cold I keep on top o% %ields aslar#e as t$ese=

E)T. 1E>>E1A FIE>DS " I11EDIATE> F*>>*;IN?

As t$ey step %rom t$e pens, lar#e, seemin#ly endless %ieldsappear be%ore t$em. T$ere are peants, corn, and all mannero% crops #ro0in# in neatly manicred ro0s.

ANNE>IEST$e land $ere is #ood. It can prodcet$ree metric tons dry 0ei#$t o% peantsper $ectare. I% 0e $adn!t proved itorselves people 0old never $avebelieved it. Even t$e leaves and stemsare #ood %or %ertili/er, and cattle%odder.

Annelies looks $ard at 1inke.

ANNE>IES 7cont!d9o!re not interested in any o% t$is areyo= T$en, let!s #o race t$e $orses.A#reed=

-e%ore 1inke can ans0er, s$e plls $im by t$e $and, dra##in#$im alon# as s$e rns.

INT. 5*+SE STA->E " A >ITT>E >ATE+

Annelies leads 1inke into a lar#e, broad stable t$at containscoac$es, carria#es, 0a#ons, and b##ies. Saddles, 0it$ allsorts o% stirrps, $an# alon# t$e interior 0alls. Seein#1inke!s ama/ement, Annelies points to a carria#e adorned 0it$s$inin# brass, and carbide li#$ts.

ANNE>IES5ave yo ever seen sc$ a beati%lb##y=

1IN4ENever, never $ave I.

1inke 0alks to0ard t$e carria#e, bt Annelies plls $im alon#a#ain, into a lon#, 0ide stable 0$ere t$ere are t$ree $orses.S$e approac$es a #ray"colored one, embraces its neck, and0$ispers somet$in# in its ear.

ANNE>IES7speakin# so%tly95er name is -a0k.


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Annelies strokes t$e $orse!s %ore$ead. T$en, in a seriosmanner, 0$ile continin# to embrace -a0k!s neck, s$e #lancesat 1inke, bt speakin# to t$e -a0k.

ANNE>IES 7cont!d9;e $ave a #est. 5is name is 1inke. It!s

not a Javanese name, nor Islamic, noteven 3$ristian. I ima#ine, it!s an alias.Do yo believe $is name is 1inke=

Speakin# like a $orse, Annelies said.

ANNE>IES 7cont!d9Na$<

*ne o% t$e ot$er $orses nays, and Annelies la#$s. S$e #oesto t$e ot$er t0o $orses and caresses t$em as 0ell.

ANNE>IES 7cont!d9

-a0k $as been #iven #reat love eversince s$e 0as small. 1ama 0old be an#ryi% I paid $er a visit and didn!t #ive $erany attention. o mst be #rate%l toeveryt$in# t$at #ives li%e, s$e says.

1IN4E;$y don!t yo believe my name is 1inke=It 0asn!t my idea to call me t$at. Itstarted 0$en I didn!t kno0 a 0ord o%Dtc$. 1r. +ooseboom, my %irst teac$er,0as al0ays cross 0it$ me. I cold neverans0er $is 6estions becase I didn!tnderstand 0$at $e 0as sayin#. So, I stsally ended p cryin#. I 0as stck in

t$e %irst class %or t0o years. I 0asseated bet0een t0o Dtc$ #irls, 0$o 0ereal0ays makin# troble and annoyin# me. *none occasion, one o% t$em pinc$ed myt$i#$ as $ard as s$e cold. I screamed inpain. 1r. +ooseboom!s eyes popped ot. 5eyelled CBiet, yo monk... 1inkee. Fromt$at day, everyone!s called me 1inke.

ANNE>IES;ell, 1inke is a better t$an monkey.

1IN4ENot mc$<

ANNE>IESI like it. It %its yo.7pase9>et!s visit t$e villa#es. T$ere are %oron or land. All t$e %amily $eads 0ork%or s.

E)T. 1E>>E1A ESTATE " A >ITT>E >ATE+


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As 1inke and Annelies 0alk alon#, villa#ers #reet t$emkindly, callin# Annelies Non, or Noni.

1IN4E5o0 mc$ land do yo $ave=

ANNE>IES*ne $ndred and ei#$ty $ectares.

1IN4E*ne $ndred and ei#$ty=

Annelies stops. S$e!s listenin# intently.

ANNE>IESDid yo $ear t$at=

1IN4E;$at=

ANNE>IESAn ec$o<

1IN4Eo!re teasin# me no0. -t, really... oo0n $orses, and co0s and one $ndred andei#$ty $ectares...

ANNE>IESAnd paddy %ields.

1IN4E

And I sppose a %orest too.

ANNE>IES7pointin# o%% in t$e distanceto a lar#e 0ooded area9es, in %act. ;e do. T$at one over t$ere.

1IN4E;$at %or=

ANNE>IESFor %ire 0ood o% corse.

1IN4E

And I sppose yo also o0n montains= Andt$e sea. Tell me abot t$em too=

Annelies pinc$es 1inke.

ANNE>IESNo0, yo!re teasin# me.

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And volcanoes, no dobt, so yo can catc$t$eir %lames i% t$ey erpt.

ANNE>IESIiii$<7s$e pinc$es 1inke a#ain only

t$is time $arder9

T$ey come alon# a draina#e ditc$ and 1inke mps over it.Annelies picks p $er dress as $i#$ as s$e is able and mpsacross. 1inke catc$ers $er by t$e $and, and plls $er close,kissin# $er on t$e c$eek. S$e looks startled, $er eyes open0ide, and e2amines $im. 5e kisses $er a#ain.

1IN4ET$e most beati%l #irl I $ave ever met.or skins, so smoot$. Never $ave I seenskin as beati%l as yors.

Annelies doesn!t ans0er. S$e si#nals 0it$ $er $and t$at t$eys$old retrn $ome. T$ey 0alk silently %or 6ite some time.T$en 1inke notices t$at Annelies! %eet are bare.

1IN4E 7cont!d9or sandals $ave been le%t be$ind.

Annelies doesn!t care. S$e s$e doesn!t ans0er eit$er. S$edoesn!t even look back. Instead s$e increases $er pace.

1IN4E 7cont!d9Are yo an#ry at me=

S$e contines to 0alk in silence. T$e 1ellema $ome is visible

%rom %ar o%%, and $i#$ above t$e roo%s o% t$e ot$erstrctres. 1inke sddenly sees t$at Nyai is 0atc$in# t$em%rom an pstairs 0indo0. Annelies, contines 0alkin#, bt0it$ $er $ead do0n. S$e does not notice t$at $er mot$er!seyes %ollo0 t$em ntil t$e roo%s o% t$e %actory bildin#sblocked Nyai!s peerin# eyes.

INT. 1E>>E1A 5*1E F+*NT +**1 " A >ITT>E >ATE+

Annelies and 1inke enter, and sit on t$e %ront"parlor settee.Annelies sits 6ietly, leavin# %ro/en 1inke!s previos6estion. Sddenly Annelies leaps p and enters anot$er room.As 1inke sat alone, $e becomes more and more an2ios. To makematters 0orse, Darsam comes to t$e door and looks in. Darsam

looks at 1inke $ard, and t$en contines on.

Annelies retrned carryin# a lar#e paper bndle.

ANNE>IESIt!s late. T$at door is yor room.7pointin# to0ard t$e back atone o% t$e many doors95ere are sandals, a to0el, and paamas.7pointin# to anot$er door9


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o can bat$e in t$ere. I $ave 0ork todo.

-e%ore leavin#, s$e #oes to t$e bedroom door, opens it, andinvites 1inke to enter 0it$ot sayin# a 0ord. 1inke stands,and de%eated, $e 0alks to0ard t$e open door, trns and looks

at Annelies as i% to say, CI!m sorry.C ?ently Annelies ps$es$im into t$e room, $ands $im t$e bndle, and closes t$e door.

INT. 1IN4E!S ?EST +**1 " I11EDIATE> F*>>*;IN?

1inke trns to0ard t$e room and places t$e bndle on a tablenear t$e bed. 5e takes in t$e beaty o% t$e room, and t$entrns to0ards t$e bat$room, 0$ic$ is yet anot$er l2riose2perience a0aitin# $im.

INT. ?EST -AT5 " I11EDIATE> F*>>*;IN?

Never $as 1inke seen sc$ a lar#e, clean, and beati%l

bat$room. T$e 0alls are lined 0it$ t$ick mirrors. ;$erever$is eyes are directed, t$ey al0ays look back at $im. T$e%loor is made o% cream porcelain tiles.

T$e blis$ 0ater t$at 0as already a0aitin# $im in t$eporcelain"lined bat$tb calls ot %or $im to enter.

DISS*>8E:

INT. ?EST -AT5 " I11EDIATE> F*>>*;IN?

T$e clear 0ater 0as$es a0ay 1inke!s s0eat, %ear, and an2ietyas $e bat$s.

INT. PA+>*+ " SA1E E8ENIN?

1inke steps %rom $is #est room. 5is $air is 0et, and $iseyes immediately meet 1ama 0$o is apparently 0aitin# %or $im.S$e o%%ers $im a c$air 0it$ $er $and. ;it$ot sayin# a 0ord,$e sits do0n beside $er.

NAIIs Sinyo interested in bsiness=

1IN4EI!m already tryin# my $and at it.

NAI;$at sort o% bsiness=

1IN4EFrnitre. T$e latest styles %rom Erope.I visit t$e s$ips 0$en t$ey brin#ne0comers %rom Erope. I also #o to t$e$omes o% parents o% my sc$ool %riends.

NAI


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And sc$ool 0ork= o!re not bein# le%tbe$ind are yo=

1IN4ENever<

NAIInterestin#. T$ose 0$o endeavor areal0ays interestin#. Does Sinyo o0n $iso0n %rnitre 0orks$op= 5o0 manytradesmen=

1IN4EI $ave a partner. 5e!s a 0onder%lartist.

NAIDid yo come $ere today to sell s some%rnitre=

1IN4E-t i% yo %eel it!s necessary, I!llbrin# t$em anot$er time. Frnis$in#s, %ore2ample, as in t$e palaces o% Astria,France or En#land. +enaissance, baro6e,rococo, 8ictorian. -t, t$at 0as not myintention today at all.

NAI7lookin# strai#$t at 1inke9T$en tell me Nyo, 0$at e2actly 0as yorintention o% comin# $ere today=

1inke is once a#ain %orced into an ncom%ortable andcompromisin# sitation. -t, sddenly, do0n t$e stairsdescends Annelies, in a batik kain, and a traditional lacedkabaya blose. 5er san##l bn $airstyle is a bit $i#$,revealin# $er lon# 0$ite neck.

NAI 7cont!d9A$<

Annelies neck, arms, ears, and bosom are decorated 0it$ apattern o% #reen"0$ite emeralds, pearls, and diamonds.

1IN4Eo look more beati%l t$an Jaka Tarb!s

an#el in t$e le#ends o% -abad Tana$ Ja0i.

Annelies smiles nervosly as i% embarrassed. T$e adornmentss$e is 0earin# are indeed overdone, and %ar too e2trava#ant.-t, 1inke kno0s t$at s$e dressed in t$is manner st %or$im, and $e alone.

NAI70$isperin# to 1inke9S$e!s dressed p st %or yo.


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7trnin# $er attention toAnnelies9From 0$om did yo learn to dress, andadorn yorsel% in t$at manner=

ANNE>IES

A$, 1ama<

NAISinyo 0as ready to #o $ome. It!s%ortnate I stopped $im. *t$er0ise, $e0old $ave really missed ot on t$is.

ANNE>IES1ama<

NAI;ell, 0$at abot it, Nyo= 5ave yo%or#otten yor adopted Eropean cstom=

1IN4E;$at 0ords are appropriate %or beaty!sbeaty=

NAIes, %it to become 6een o% t$e Indies,isn!t s$e=

*tside a *N? -* li#$ts a #as lamps, and t$e sn be#ins toset.

1IN4Eo do look lovely Annelies, bt... I

t$ink I s$old be #oin# $ome. It!sstartin# to #et late.

-t, servants are preparin# t$e dinin# table, and at t$atmoment t$e t0o +oberts enter 0it$ t$eir #ns.

NAI7to t$e +oberts9o mst be $n#ry.

+*-E+T S+5*Fes, I am.

E)T. 1E>>E1A ESTATE " E8ENIN?

T$e back parlor li#$t, covered by a milk"0$ite #lass s$ade,s$ines dimly. From t$e 0indo0, Nyai, $er c$ildren, and t$eir#ests can be seen, all #at$ered at t$e dinin# table.

INT. DININ? +**1 " 3*NTIN*S

No one speaks as eyes move abot %rom plate to bo0l, and %rombo0l to dis$. Spoons, %orks, and knives clink as t$ey toc$


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plates. Nyai $as $ad prepared a most %antastic meal %or $er#ests.

1IN4EI!ve never been served sc$ a 0onder%lmeal. T$ank yo 1ama.

1inke kicks at +obert Sr$o% %rom nder t$e table. +obertlooks p at 1inke %rom $is plate, and #ives $im a $ard look.

+*-E+T S+5*F*$, yes. T$is meal is 0onder%l. T$ankyo very mc$.

T$e %ront door can be $eard openin#, 0it$ot a knock, orannoncement. A pendlm clock is t$e only ot$er sond. Nyaitrns $er $ead, and %ocses on t$e sond. 1inke looks p atNyai, 0$o is lookin# in a very concerned manner to0ard t$e%ront room. +obert 1ellema #lances in t$e same direction. 5iseyes s$ine 0it$ pleasre, and $is lips betray a satis%iedsmile. 1inke #lances at Annelies. 5er $ead tilts do0n0ard0it$ $er eyes raised $i#$, clearly s$e!s strainin# to $ear.1inke stops eatin#, spoon in midair and %ocses $is $earin#on t$e area be$ind me. Nyai $as already stopped eatin#.

S$oes can be $eard 0alkin#, deliberately scrapin# alon# t$e%loor. T$eir sond becomes clearer, closer. +obert Sr$o%stops pttin# %ood in $is mot$. 5e too pts t$e silver0aredo0n on $is plate. T$e dra##in# steps contine to movecloser, dro0nin# ot t$e tick"tock o% t$e pendlm clock.+obert 1ellema contines to eat as i% not$in# 0as ot o% t$eordinary.

Finally Annelies #lances be$ind. 5er eyes blink, startled.

5er spoon drops, and it clan# to t$e %loor. 1inke tries topick it p, bt a SE+8ANT ?I+> rns over #rabbin# at itinstead. T$e servant 6ickly moves a0ay 0it$ $er back to t$e0all.

Annelies stands to con%ront t$is person 0$o!s makin# everyonetense. 1inke places $is spoon and %ork on t$e plate and,%ollo0s Annelies!s e2ample. 5e stands and trns. Nyai also.

A s$ado0, splayed ot by t$e %ront"room lamps, #ro0s lon#erand lon#er. T$e dra##in# steps became clearer and clearer.Sddenly, a Eropean man emer#es tall, obese, too obese. 5isclot$es are rmpled and $is #rayis$"0$ite $air is a mess. 5elooks in t$e direction o% t$e dinner table, and stops %or a

moment. 5E+1AN 1E>>E1A stares strai#$t at 1inke as $econtines to 0alk to0ard t$e table, dra##in# $is %eet all t$e0$ile.

5erman 1ellema stops in %ront o% 1inke. 5is eyebro0s arebs$y, almost 0$ite, and $is %ace %ro/en like c$alk. For amoment 1inke!s eyes %all to 5erman 1ellema!s s$oes, 0$ic$ aredsty, and nlaced. 5is rmpled clot$es look loose, and 0orn.5is $air, ncombed and t$in, covers $is %ore$ead and ears.


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+obert 1ellema contines eatin#, looks p %or a moment andsays...

+*-E+T 1E>>E1A5ello, %at$er.

Bickly, 1inke li%ts $is eyes and o%%ers a %ei#ned #reetin#.As polite as possible...

1IN4E?ood evenin#, 1r. 1ellema.

5erman 1ellema #ro0ls ot a response...

5E+1AN 1E>>E1A7crdely and $eartless9;$o #ave yo permission to enter my $omeyo monkey<

Annelies $olds back sobbin#. Sr$o% pt $is s$oes intoaction and stands as 0ell. T$e o#re in %ront o% 1inke paysSr$o% no $eed. 1inke tries to stand %irm, bt $e be#ins totremble. T$e servant #irl races ot o% t$e dinin# room andinto t$e kitc$en.

5E+1AN 1E>>E1A 7cont!d9o t$ink becase yo t$ro0 on someEropean clot$es, mi2, and speak a littleDtc$ yo!re one o% s= o!re still amonkey.

NAI7s$otin#9

3lose yor mot$< 5e!s my #est.

5erman 1ellema!s eyes s$i%t to Nyai. Nyai points a cla0ed%in#er to a door.

NAI 7cont!d9I!ll not $ave t$is. Do I need to callDarsam=

T$e tall"%at man #ro0ls a#ain, and trns, dra##in# $is %eet,to a room t$at!s adacent to t$e one 1inke $ad previoslyoccpied. 1ellema trns to stare once more, and t$endisappears into t$e room.

+*-E+T 1E>>E1A+ob, let!s #o otside. It!s too $ot in$ere.

;it$ot anot$er 0ord bot$ +oberts %lee %rom t$e table, asAnnelies be#ins sobbin#.

NAI7to Annelies9


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-e 6iet, Ann.7to 1inke9For#ive s, 1inke. Please, sit do0n.

1inke, and Annelies sit do0n. Annelies covers $er %ace 0it$ asilk $andkerc$ie% tryin# not to 0eep. Nyai keeps $er eyes on

t$e door 0$ere 5erman 1ellema $as st entered.

NAI 7cont!d97still in a ra#e, and toAnnelies9No need to be as$amed in %ront o% Sinyo.And yo, Nyo, never %or#et t$is. I!m notas$amed. Sinyo s$oldn!t be eit$er. Ionce 0as $is %ait$%l nyai. And $e 0as abrilliant man. No0, $e can only s$ame $isdescendants.

Satis%ied, Nyai sits. -t, t$e look on $er %ace remains $ardand s$arp. No one resmes eatin#.

NAI 7cont!d9For#ive me t$at I mst o%%er a de%ense inmy $miliation. A%ter all, 0$at 0oldbecome o% all t$is=7s$e motions 0it$ $er $andre%errin# to all o% t$eseemin#ly beati%lsrrondin#s9;e!d be redced to destittion. It!s t$eEropeans 0$o $ave ta#$t me to act int$is manner. T$e Eropeans t$emselves.

Annelies be#ins cryin# a#ain. Nyai stands, and 0alks slo0ly

to0ard t$e 0indo0. From be$ind t$e door s$e plls a cord t$atends in a bnc$ o% tassels. A bell rin#s in t$e distance. T$eservant #irl 0$o vanis$ed pon t$e arrival o% 5erman 1ellemareappears.

NAI 7cont!d9Please, clear t$e table.7s$e trns $er attention to1inke9?o $ome Nyo. No0<

1IN4Ees, I s$old #o.

NAIAnn, yor #est is leavin#. ;ipe a0ayt$ose tears, and see $im $is 0ay.

ANNE>IESFor#ive s, 1inke. Please, %or#ive s.

1IN4ET$ere!s not$in# to %or#ive. I!ve $ad a0onder%l day 0it$ yo Annelies. T$ank


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yo, so mc$.

NAI;$en t$e $olidays arrive, come and spendsome time $ere, Nyo. Don!t $esitate.Not$in# like 0$at yo 0ere st sbected

to 0ill ever $appen a#ain. I promise yot$at.

1inke, not sre 0$at to say, says not$in#. 5e bo0s $is $ead.

NAI 7cont!d9Darsam 0ill escort yo in one o% orcarria#es.

Nyai sits back do0n. Soon, Darsam arrives in black s$irt andpants. 5is East Javanese destar $eadband sits atop $is $ead,and a s$ort mac$ete is %astened at $is 0aist. Darsam!s t$ickblack mstac$e is t0irled p $i#$.

NAI 7cont!d97to Darsam9See to it t$at t$is yon# man is escorted$ome sa%ely. Take or %inest dokar.

Darsam stands strai#$t, and silently looks at 1inke 0it$otblinkin#, as i% $e 0ants to memori/e t$e yon# man!s %ace.

NAI 7cont!d9T$e yon# master is my #est. 5e!sAnnelies!s #est. Take $im $ome. Don!tlet anyt$in# $appen on t$e 0ay, #ard $im0it$ yor very li%e i% needs be.

Darsam raises $is $and 0it$ot speakin#, bo0s $is $ead, andleaves. 1inke e2its as 0ell.

E)T. 1E>>E1A ESTATE F+*NT STEPS " NI?5T

1inke, 0alkin# do0n t$e steps, trns to Annelies 0$o!sstandin# at a 0indo0. S$e!s 0ipin# a0ay tears %rom $er %ace.

NAI7racin# do0n t$e steps to0ard1inke9;ait< Sinyo, Annelies is $appy t$at yocame to visit $er today. o, o% corse,

don!t $ave a lot o% time 0it$ yorstdies, and yor bsiness. I kno0 t$at.Even so, try to visit $er o%ten.

1IN4EI!ll srely t$ink abot it. T$ank yo %orsc$ a #eneros invitation.

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es, Nyo, t$ink abot it.

T$e dokar can be $eard comin# alon# beside t$e $ose. 1inkeand Nyai 0alk to t$e %ront o% t$e $ose, and %ind t$e t0o+oberts sittin# silently, lookin# ot into t$e darkness. T$ecarria#e stops in %ront o% t$e steps. Sr$o% and 1inke #o

do0n t$e remainin# steps, and board t$e carria#e.

1IN4E?ood ni#$t, and t$ank yo very mc$.

T$e carria#e be#ins to move.

NAIStop<

T$e carria#e stops.

NAI 7cont!d9

1inke, come do0n $ere.

;it$ot stoppin# to t$ink, 1inke climbs ot and approac$est$e steps. Nyai descends one.

NAI 7cont!d9Annelies told me, Nyo.7Sr$o% is 0atc$in#9Don!t be a%raid to ans0er trt$%lly. Isit tre, yo kissed my da#$ter= It istre=

1inke is silent, bt $is e2pression betrays $im. Nyai motions%or Annelies to come ot. S$e does, and stands ne2t to $er

mot$er.

NAI 7cont!d94iss Annelies in %ront o% me. So t$at Imay kno0 t$at my da#$ter isn!t lyin#.

1inke kisses Annelies on t$e c$eek.

NAI 7cont!d9I!m pleased t$at someone 0it$ yorc$aracter $as c$osen to kiss my da#$ter.No0, #o $ome.

1inke enters t$e carria#e, and $is eyes meet Sr$o% 0$o saysnot$in#. T$e carria#e rattles on0ard, #rindin# t$e pebbles int$e street, as t$e carria#e!s carbide li#$t splits open t$edarkness, and disappears ot o% vie0.

E)T. 1IN4E!S 5*1E F+*NT ?ATE " >ATE+ SA1E NI?5T

Darsam remains vi#ilant ntil 1inke makes $is 0ay to t$eTelin#a!s %ront door. +obert Sr$o% eyes 1inke as 0ell.1inke trns back to t$e carria#e and, t$e carria#e s0i%tly


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leaves, escortin# Sr$o% $ome. 1inke 0atc$es as t$e carria#econtines on.

INT. 1IN4E!S +**1 " A >ITT>E >ATE+

1inke doesn!t trn on t$e li#$t. 5e #oes strai#$t to bed andlies do0n. T$e #lo0 %rom a li#$t t$at!s otside o% $is roomre%lects onto $is %ace. T$e sonds o% celebration o% t$ecoronation contine some0$ere %ar o%%. 1inke closes $is eyesand 0$ispers...

1IN4EAnnelies. Annelies... Annelies<

FADE T* ->A34.

E)T. E>S S35**> " DA

Sc$ools ot %or t$e day. 3$ildren e2it in small #rops as

t$ey $ead $ome.

1A 1A+AIS, t$e %ive"year"old da#$ter o% Jean 1arais rnsot o% t$e bildin#, and p to 1inke 0$o!s 0earin# $is o0nsc$ool ni%orm. 5e carries books, and 0alks briskly. ;it$ota 0ord o% e2c$an#e, and 0it$ot breakin# stride, 1ay takes1inke!s $and as t$ey 0alk to#et$er.

1inke and 1ay reac$ t$e 1arais $ome. 1ay enters t$e #ate, as1inke contines on to t$e 0orks$op.

E)T. JEAN 1A+AIS ;*+4S5*P " A >ITT>E >ATE+

In t$e 0orks$op Jean!s absorbed in a dra0in#, and i#norin#1rs. Telin#a 0$o!s #ossipin# in $is ear.

1+S. TE>IN?Aon# 1aster< on# 1aster... *% corseon# 1aster likes t$e da#$ter.Everybody says Nyai!s da#$ter isabsoltely #or#eos. -t no one dares #ot$ere. No one dares< on# 1aster s$oldbe more catios. And yo kno0 0$at elsepeople say...

Jean looks over at 1inke as $e enters, and 1rs. Telin#aabrptly stops speakin#. Jean roles $is eyes, and s$akes $is$ead.

1IN4E7to 1rs. Telin#a9Annelies, $appens to be a very s0eet#irl.

1+S. TE>IN?A7interrptin#9Annelies= Is t$at $er name= *$, sc$ a


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lovely name, bt o$, sc$ a pity.

1IN4E1rs. Telin#a, do yo mind i% I $ave a %e00ords alone 0it$ 1r. 1arais= I... I $avesome bsiness to discss re#ardin# an

order.

1+S. TE>IN?Ao 0ant to #et rid o% me= I% yo 0ant to#et rid o% me st say so. Fine...Fine... I kno0 0$en I!m not 0anted.

1rs. Telin#a be#ins to leave, t$en trns to 1inke.

1+S. TE>IN?A 7cont!d9o don!t seem to mind my presence 0$en I$ave a %res$ made c$ocolate cake, or aicy lemon pie 0aitin# to be carved p.

T$ere!s no response as 1inke, and Jean stare at $er.

1+S. TE>IN?A 7cont!d9*k< I!m #oin#, I!m #oin#.7trnin# back to 1inke one lasttime9o 0ant to talk abot t$at nyai!sda#$ter Annelies, and don!t 0ant me tokno0 abot it. T$at!s it. Isn!t it=

T$ere!s response a#ain, as 1inke, and Jean contine to stareat $er.

1+S. TE>IN?A 7cont!d9*$...

Pertrbed, 1rs. Telin#a leaves. 1inke trns to Jean.

1IN4EJean, yo!re my oldest and dearest%riend. o!re also my partner inbsiness. So, I %eel it!s only propert$at I ask yo...

Jean interrpts 1inke by $andin# $im a %rnitre order si#nedby someone named A$ Ton#. 1inke inspects it.

1IN4E 7cont!d9A$ Ton#=

JEAN 1A+AISI sspect it!s t$e one 0$o o0ns t$ebrot$el ne2t to Nyai *ntosoro$!s. -t,t$e order!s %or Eropean %rnis$in#.


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Jean plays 0it$ $is pencil, as $e sketc$es.

1IN4EI need to interrpt yo. I!m sorry.

1inke sits on a c$air at t$e dra0in# table.

JEAN 1A+AISDo yo kno0 t$e meanin# o% si$irv=

Jean s$akes $is $ead no.

1IN4E?na"#na=

JEAN 1A+AISA$, black ma#ic. T$e A%ricans practiceit.

1IN4EI %eel like I!m nder a spell.

Jean pts $is pencil do0n on t$e dra0in# paper, and stares at1inke. T$en, $e calmly speaks...

JEAN 1A+AISo!re in troble. o!ve %allen in love.

1IN4ENo, I!m not in love. S$e!s certainlyattractive, and enc$antin#, bt in love=No<

JEAN 1A+AISo!re really in troble. It!s serios0$en yo can!t admit yo!ve %allen inlove. o 0ant to $ave $er, bt yo!rea%raid o% 0$at people 0ill say.7Jeans la#$s9Pay $eed to 0$at ot$er people t$ink. -t,only i% t$ey!re correct. I% t$ey!re0ron#, 0$y pay any $eed at all= A personmst kno0n 0$en to act stly, be#innin#,%irst o% all, 0it$ t$eir t$o#$ts, t$enin t$eir deeds. 5old o%% on d#in# t$at%amily. ?o and visit t$is Annelies t0o,or even t$ree more times. T$en yo!ll be

able to decide %or yorsel% i% t$is #irl,and $er %amily deserve t$e reptationt$at %ollo0s t$em.

1IN4Eo t$ink I s$old #o back=

JEAN 1A+AISI t$ink yo s$old %ind ot %or yorsel%.Any0ay, yo don!t need to c$ase a%ter ne0


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orders %or no0. >ook, t$ere are still%ive portraits t$at $ave to be %inis$ed.And t$is...7$e pats $is crrent sketc$9I!m #oin# to %inally paint somet$in# t$atI!ve been lon# dreamin# o% doin#.

1inke looks at t$e sketc$ t$at lays in %ront o% $im. It!s aNet$erlands Indies soldier 0earin# a bamboo $at and s0ord.T$e soldier is t$rstin# $is %oot do0n onto t$e stomac$ o% anAce$nese %i#$ter. T$e soldier is pressin# $is bayonet ontot$e black s$irt o% is victim, and %rom nder it emer#es t$ebreast o% a yon# 0oman. T$e eyes o% t$e 0oman are 0ide open.5er $air tmbles in bnc$es over %allen bamboo leaves. 5erle%t $and is resistin# as s$e tries to rise. 5er ri#$t $andpo0erlessly $olds a da##er.Above t$em bot$, like an mbrella, is a clster o% bamboobent do0n0ard by t$e po0er o% a stron# 0ind. It!s as i% onlyt$ose t0o are alive, one 0$o is to kill, and t$e ot$er 0$o isto be killed.

1IN4ET$is is vicios, Jean. o al0ays talkabot beaty. ;$ere!s t$e beaty in t$is=

JEAN 1A+AIST$is pictre!s very personal, notintended %or pblic display. Its beatyis in t$e memories it $olds.

Jean!s obviosly pained as $e stares at $is 0ork. 1inkenderstands.

1IN4E

o!re t$at soldier aren!t yo=

Jean trns a0ay, and slo0ly s$akes $is $ead yes.

1IN4E 7cont!d9o killed a 0oman=

Jean s$akes $is $ead yes, a#ain.

1IN4E 7cont!d9-t, I recall yo sayin# yo %reed $er=

JEAN 1A+AIS

es, I did.

1IN4ET$en s$e mst $ave been #rate%l=

JEAN 1A+AISS$e 0as not #rate%l. S$e demanded I kill$er, bt I cold not.

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at 1inke, bt at $is o0n past, 0$ic$ 0as no0 %ar beyond $isreac$.

JEAN 1A+AIS 7cont!d9>ater, $er yon#er brot$er snck into t$ecamp, and stabbed $er 0it$ a poison

tipped da##er. And as s$e laid dyin#, $e0as killed by t$e ot$er soldiers. And as$e died, $e s$oted to $ell 0it$ yoin%idels.

1IN4E;$y, did $e kill sister=

JEAN 1A+AIS5is sister srrendered. It simply 0as notacceptable.

1IN4ES$e 0as a prisoner=

JEAN 1A+AISAt %irst. T$en, no. -ecase s$e $ad ac$ild. 1y c$ild.

1IN4EA c$ild=

No0, $e nderstands.

1IN4E 7cont!d9Jean<

JEAN 1A+AISDon!t ever repeat t$is story to 1ay.

Sddenly 1inke, overcome by emotion rns %rom t$e 0orks$op.

INT. JEAN 1A+AIS 5*1E " I11EDIATE> F*>>*;IN?

T$e door to t$e $ome opens, and 1ay is %ast asleep on a0ooden divan. 1inke picks $er p, and kisses $er %ace a#ainand a#ain. Startled, 1ay looks p at 1inke. S$e doesn!t say a0ord.

1IN4E

1ay< 1ay<7$e picks $er p9

Jean appears at t$e door.

1IN4E 7cont!d9Jean, tell me it isn!t tre=

Jean, $is c$in no0 restin# on $is $and, #a/es ot o% t$e


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$ose, and into t$e distance. 5e doesn!t 0ant to ans0er.

1IN4E 7cont!d9o o%ten speak re#ardin# t$e love yostill $ave %or t$at 0oman. T$at!s 0$y yoadvise me to #o to Annelies. Isn!t it=

JEAN 1A+AIS>ove is beati%l. 8ery beati%l. -teven so, disaster eventally %ollo0s.-t, as it is 0it$ all navoidabledisasters, yo mst dare to %ace itsconse6ence.

1A;ill 0e #o %or a 0alk, Papa=

JEAN 1A+AIS7bri#$tly9;e 0ill #o %or a 0alk< -t, only a%teryo bat$e.

Jean leads 1ay into t$e bat$room, and pats $er on t$e bottomas s$e enters to take a bat$.

1IN4EJean, I!m not sre I love t$is #irl.

JEAN 1A+AIST$ere is no love t$at appears sddenly,becase love is a c$ild o% cltre, not astone dropped %rom $eaven. o mst testyor o0n $eart. It!s clear %rom 0$atyo!ve told me t$at $er mot$er is very%ond o% yo. Even only a%ter t$is %irstmeetin#. I don!t believe in black ma#ic.Per$aps it does e2ist, in simple %orms.o, yorsel% said t$is nyai mana#es aspectaclar operation. Someone like t$atisn!t #oin# to believe in sc$ t$in#seit$er. S$e!d believe in t$e stren#t$ o%one!s c$aracter.

1IN4ET$ank yo, Jean. ;old yo like to take1ay %or a 0alk t$is a%ternoon yorsel%=

JEAN 1A+AIS

It!s not time. People 0ill stare. *ne days$e!ll $ear someone say, look at t$ele#less %orei#ner, and $is mot$erlessc$ild< No, s$e mstn!t $ave $er solscarred by some nnecessary pain. T$eycome soon eno#$.

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paintin#. *ne t$at!s so po0er%l it!ll%orce France to ackno0led#e yor#reatness as an artist.

1ay enters t$e room, 0et $air, and ready %or a 0alk. S$etakes $er %at$er!s $and.

JEAN 1A+AIS1ay, I still $ave 0ork t$at mst be%inis$ed. I can!t #o 0it$ yo.

1ay %ro0ns.

JEAN 1A+AIS 7cont!d9Don!t %ro0n like t$at, darlin#. No0, #o0it$ ncle 1inke.

1inke takes 1ay by t$e $and and t$ey e2it t$e $ome.

E)T. JEAN!S F+*NT ?ATE " I11EDIATE> F*>>*;IN?

1inke trns back to see Jean, standin# in t$e t$res$old o%$is door0ay, smokin# a ci#arette, and starin# o%% in t$edistance.

FADE T* ->A34.

1IN4E 78.*.9Jean 1arais once stdied at t$e %amedSorbonne in Paris. 5o0ever, $e abandonedt$e lectres, and pored all $is solinto paintin# instead.

E)T. >ATIN BA+TE+ " NI?5T

1onta#e. A yon#er Jean 1arais 0it$ t0o le#s, in classic%renc$ style, barters 0it$ a torist 0$o!s interested inprc$asin# one o% Jean!s paintin#s.

1IN4E 78.*.95e lived in t$e >atin Barter, and $a0ked$is paintin#s on t$e street. 5is 0orkssold 0ell, bt never ca#$t t$e attentiono% society, or t$at o% t$e mostparticlar Parisian critics.

1onta#e. A yon#er Jean sits on a street corner 0orkin# on a0ood carvin#, as people 0$o are %ll o% li%e, and ener#ypass, stop, and 0atc$ $is e%%ortless 0ork. Jean occasionallylooks p, and o%%ers a 0ell practiced smile to t$e onlookers.

1IN4E 78.*.95al% a decade $ad passed. 5is spiritbecame restless.

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by Dtc$ o%%icers, in a lan#a#e $edidn!t nderstand, and 0as n0illin# tolearn.

1onta#e. A Dtc$ o%%icer screamin# commands to Jean, 0$o,0it$ emotionless %ace, and $ardness in $is eyes, eit$er

i#nores t$e o%%icer, or is incapable o% nderstandin#.

1IN4E 78.*.9As Jean 0atc$ed t$ose Ace$ 0arriors %i#$ta#ainst nmeasrable odds, $e be#an toadmire and love t$eir noble c$aracter.

JEAN 1A+AIS 78.*.9T$e Ace$nese $ad #reat ability. It 0asonly t$eir 0eapons t$at 0ere inade6ate.T$ey de%ended 0$at 0as ri#$t%lly t$eirs.T$ey 0ere mindless o% deat$. All o% t$em.Even t$e c$ildren< Even in de%eat, and%acin# deat$, t$ey %o#$t on. T$ose

mercenaries, soldiers o% debt, S0iss,?ermans, S0edes, -el#ians, +ssians,5n#arians, +omanians, Port#ese,Spaniards, Italians, and %rom almost allt$e nations o% Erope 0ere not$in# moret$an rbbis$ 0$o $ad been discarded %romt$eir o0n contries. T$ese 0ere t$ose 0$o$ad #iven p $ope, bandits on t$e rn,rnnin# %rom debts, or bankrptcy de to#amblin# or speclation, no0, mereadventrers all, stood 6ietly over t$esla#$ter o% t$e people o% Ace$.

1onta#e. Deat$ scenes o% villa#ers, and yon# %orei#nsoldiers, and t$e violence o% senselessness.

JEAN 1A+AIS 78.*.9T$ey %o#$t back 0it$ all t$eir abilitiesand 0it$ all t$eir inabilities as 0ell.Da##ers and spears de%eated a#ainstri%les and cannons.

1onta#e. A sea o% deat$, carna#e and destrction as t$esonds o% %i#$tin# 0anes.

Jean 0alks past a sea o% mercenaries, some in tears, some0onded, mostly in a state o% perpetal s$ock. -ot$ Ac$e0arriors, t$eir %amilies, and mercenaries litter t$e battle

/one. Jean tosses $is 0eaponry aside. A baby cries. Jeantrns to0ard it. T$e c$ild!s yon# mot$er, dressed in black,Jean!s 0oman, lays ne2t to it, dead. A boy not mc$ oldert$at $er lies dead ne2t to $er. Some o% t$e mercenaries trnto look at t$e c$ild as 0ell. Jean s$elters, t$en picks p,and cradles t$e in%ant 1A in $is arms. As $e be#ins to 0alka0ay, a yon# S*>DIE+ #ently toc$es Jean!s arm, $e too 0antsto $ave a look, and kno0 t$at t$e c$ild is 0ell. -t, Jeanstops, and stares almost madly, and pllin# a0ay %rom t$esoldier, a boy 0$o is barely ot o% $is teens.T$e yon# man takes one step back. Jean contines t$ro#$ t$e


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#ray smoke, t$at min#les 0it$ t$e t$ick $midity, and t$ein$manity.

S>*; 3+*SS FADE.

E)T. ->E S4 " DA

4ites t$at look like crabs %ltter in t$e 0ind.

1A>ook< p t$ere. 4ites. T$ey look likecrabs<

1IN4E3rabs don!t belon# in t$e sky, 1ay. T$eybelon# to t$e sea. >et!s #o $ome.

INT. JEAN 1A+AIS ;*+4S5*P " E8ENIN?Jean is croc$in# over $is dra0in# table. 5e looks p as

1inke and 1ay enter. 1ay approac$es $er %at$er.

1A;e say crab kites. T$ey 0ere above t$eclods.Jean nods attentively. 1inke moves closer to take a look att$e %inis$ed pictre o% 1ay!s mot$er, and t$e Dtc$ soldier.

JEAN 1A+AIS;ell, t$at!s 0onder%lly odd. 3rabs int$e clods.

1IN4EIt!s #ettin# late. I!m o%% %or $ome.

E)T. 1IN4E!S -*A+DIN? 5*SE " E8ENIN?

1inke climbs over t$e $ed#e into t$e %ront yard o% t$eboardin# $ose. 5e discovers Darsam 0aitin# %or $im, and$oldin# a letter in $is $and.

DA+SA1on# 1aster. Nyai a0aits yor reply.Darsam 0ill 0ait.

1inke takes t$e letter, opens it and be#ins to read.

NAI 78.*.9I $ope t$is letter %inds yo 0ell. I!ll#et strai#$t to t$e point. Annelies $ad%allen into daydreamin#.S$e doesn!t 0ant to eat, and mc$ o% $er0ork is #oin# n%inis$ed, or bein#incorrectly per%ormed. Sinyo, $o0#rate%l I 0old be i% yo 0old considermy di%%iclties. Annelies is t$e only$elper I can!t cont on. I cannot $andle


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takes $old o% 1inke!s $and, in a natral manner.

1IN4EI!ve been t$inkin# a lot abot yolately.

ANNE>IES7a#reein#9It!s tre<

1IN4E;$ere!s +obert=

ANNE>IES;$y ask t$at=

1inke senses somet$in#!s 0ron#.

1IN4E

;$ere!s yor %at$er=

ANNE>IESAre yo still a%raid o% $im= For#et t$at$orrible ni#$t. 5e!s rarely $ome. I% $eis, $e sleeps a 0$ile, t$en vanis$esa#ain. T$at!s 0$y 1ama and I look a%tereveryt$in#.

1IN4E;$ere does $e #o=

ANNE>IESNo one kno0s 0$ere $e #oes. And 0e never

ask eit$er. ;e never speak. T$is $as been#oin# on %or as lon# as I can remember.5e sed to be so kind. Every day $e %ondtime to play 0it$ s. T$en, sddenly, oneday 1ama came to sc$ool, and took mea0ay. I!ve never retrned. And %rom t$atday on, I!ve $ad to $elp 0it$ t$ebsiness.

1IN4E;as +obert also taken ot o% sc$ool=

ANNE>IESNo, $e 0asn!t. nlike I, $e didn!t 0ant

to remain in sc$ool, bt $e didn!t 0antto 0ork eit$er. No0, soccer, and $ntin#and $orseback ridin#, is all $e!sinterested in.

1IN4E;$y doesn!t $e $elp 0it$ t$e bsiness=

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0old be no #reater oy t$an to beEropean, and %or all natives to bo0 to$im. Alt$o#$ $e doesn!t 0ant to 0ork,$e!d like to control t$e bsiness. 5e!dlike everyone to 0ork %or $im, incldin#1ama and me. -t, s$e 0on!t bo0 to $im.

1IN4E5e looks on yo as a native too=

ANNE>IESI see $o0 $ard 1ama 0orks, and 0it$ no$elp %rom +obert or %at$er, and s$e!s anative, and my mot$er too. So, I!m nativeas 0ell. ;$y s$oldn!t I be=

1inke contines to listen.

1IN4E;$y are yo tellin# all o% yor %amilysecrets to me=

ANNE>IES;$o else 0old I tell= o!re my %irst#est ever. I!m ready to tell yoeveryt$in#. And yo mstn!t %eelrestrained eit$er.

Annelies $esitates, and t$en kisses 1inke on t$e c$eek.

ANNE>IES 7cont!d9I $ave 0ork to do.

Annelies leaves 1inke alone.

1inke toc$es $is c$eek 0$ere Annelies $as kissed $im. 5et$en listens to t$e sonds o% toil comin# %rom over t$e#arden 0all. 5e $ears t$e racket %rom t$e rice %actory, andt$e sonds o% t$e milk carts comin# and #oin#. 5e $ears t$eban#in#, and clatter o% t$e b%%alo carts as t$ey take t$in#sto and %rom t$e 0are$ose. 5e $ears t$e t$reatenin# pondin#as peants are separated %rom t$eir s$ells.5e especially notices t$e sonds o% 0orkers okin#, andla#$in# as t$ey toil.

1IN4E 78.*.9;$at a stran#e and mysterios 0orld I $ad

%allen into.

INT. 1IN4E!S ?EST +**1 " >ATE+

1inke enters t$e room, opens a notebook, and be#ins 0ritin#.T$ere!s a knock at t$e door.

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es=

Nyai opens t$e door, and enters.

NAI

I can!t tell yo $o0 $appy 0e are t$atyo $ave arrived. See, Annelies $as be#nto 0ork a#ain, $er liveliness $asretrned. Sinyo!s arrival is not only$elpin# or bsiness, bt moreimportantly, Annelies. For#ive my%rankness, bt s$e loves yo.

INT. PA+>*+ " >ATE+ SA1E NI?5T

1inke, Annelies, and Nyai are passin# a0ay t$e ni#$tlistenin# to Astrian 0alt/es on t$e p$ono#rap$. Nyai isreadin# a book, and Annelies, near 1inke.

1IN4EI!d like to tell yo abot a %riend o%mine. Is t$at all ri#$t=

Nyai pts do0n $er book and looks at 1inke.

1IN4E 7cont!d91y %riend, $is name is Jean 1arais. I!dlike yo to meet $im someday. 5e!s aFrenc$man. 5e!s my bsiness partner, anda #reat artist. 5e also $as a da#$ternamed, 1ay.

NAI

;$at o% t$e mot$er=

1IN4ET$e mot$er is dead.

ANNE>IES*$, t$at!s terrible. I can!t ima#ine li%e0it$ot a mot$er.

1IN4EJean once %o#$t a#ainst t$e Indonesiapeople in Ace$. *ne day $is platoonreceived orders to attack a villa#e at-lan# 4eeren. T$ey arrived at da0n, some

distance %rom t$e villa#e. T$e soldierslet o%% s$ots into t$e air to %ri#$tena0ay t$e villa#ers. ;$en t$ey arrived att$e villa#e it 0as empty. T$e platoonstarted destroyin# t$e $omes, andsmas$in# 0$atever t$ey cold. T$evilla#ers $ad become so impoveris$eddrin# t$e t0enty years o% 0ar, t$att$ere really 0asn!t anyt$in# t$e soldierscold take as sovenirs. 3orporal Telin#aordered all t$e $oses to be brned.


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Precisely at t$at moment, t$e Ace$nesecame into vie0. 1en and 0omen, likecolmns o% ants, all dressed in black,appeared ot o% no0$ere and attackedJean!s platoon. Telin#a!s soldiers ran%rom t$e villa#e, bt Jean #ot ca#$t in

a bamboo trap. A s$arp 0ooden spikepierced $is le#. T$e 0ooden spike 0asplled ot o% Jean!s le#, bt $e %ainted.T$ey all ran a0ay. Jean 0as lcky becaset0o soldiers carried $im a0ay as 0ell.5is le# became in%ected, and $e lost it.It 0as ct it o%% st above t$e knee.

NAIT$at!s a terrible story. -rin# t$e c$ildto visit someday, I!d like to meet $er.

ANNE>IESes, I!d too like to meet $er as 0ell.

1IN4E1ama, permit me to ask. ;$ic$ sc$ool didyo #radate %rom=

NAII!ve never been to sc$ool.

1IN4E5o0!s t$at possible= o speak, read, andeven 0rite in Dtc$.

NAI>i%e can #ive nearly anyt$in# to t$ose

0$o are 0illin# to receive.

1IN4EJean said t$at Ace$nese 0omen sed todescend into t$e battle%ield, ready todie beside t$eir men. So too in -ali. Inmy o0n place o% birt$, 0omen peasants0orked side by side 0it$ men in t$e paddy%ields. None o% t$em $ad any sc$oolin#,yet none o% t$em are like yo. o remindme o% a native stdent t$at attended mysc$ool. S$e!s t$e da#$ter o% t$e bpatio% Jan#lat. S$e!s t$e %irst native 0omanto 0rite in Dtc$. 5er 0ritin# $as even

been pblis$ed in ma#a/ines in -atavia.S$e 0as only seventeen at t$e time. 1anyo% t$e Eropean stdents denied t$eaccracy o% t$is. 5o0 0as it possiblet$at a native #irl cold 0rite andarticlate so clearly, let alone $avet$em pblis$ed in a sc$olarly ma#a/ine=

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can!t do. >et me ask yo t$is.

Nyai stands, and be#ins to e2it t$e room. S$e stops at t$edoor.

NAI 7cont!d93old yo bare t$e pain o% #ivin# birt$to a c$ild= I!ve yet to meet any man t$atcold 0it$stand t$at.

1inke %eels %oolis$.

NAI 7cont!d9?ood ni#$t. o are comin# alon# Anneliesare yo not=

ANNE>IESes, 1ama. ?ood ni#$t 1inke.

1IN4E?ood ni#$t.

Annelies stands, and as bot$ s$e and Nyai e2it t$e parlor...

1IN4E 78.*.9I cold not restrain my criosity, tokno0 0$o t$is e2traordinary person, t$isNyai *ntosoro$ really 0as.

INT. -AT5+**1 " >ATE+ SA1E NI?5T

Annelies is %inis$in# c$an#in# into $er ni#$tclot$es, and

brs$in# $er $air. S$e pts ot t$e candles, and e2its t$eroom.

INT. NAI!S -ED+**1 " I11EDIATE> F*>>*;IN?

Annelies c$ar#es into 1ama!s room 0it$ot knockin#. Nyai sitsat $er table readin#. Nyai looks p at Annelies, and closes$er book.

NAI;$y aren!t yo asleep yet=

ANNE>IESI 0ant to sleep 0it$ yo toni#$t.

NAIA #irl as old as yo, still 0antin# tosleep 0it$ $er mot$er=

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Nyai smiles, and #estres to0ard t$e bed.

NAI*ver t$ere<

Annelies mps into t$e bed like a little #irl. 1ama stands,locks t$e bedroom door, and plls do0n t$e mos6ito net, andt$en pts ot t$e candle. T$e pitc$ darkness o% t$e roomc$an#es to reveal so%t li#$tin# t$at #lo0s in t$ro#$ t$e0indo0.

ANNE>IES1ama, $ave yo ever been $appy=

NAIEven i% %or only a moment, everyone!sbeen $appy at some point in t$eir li%e.

ANNE>IES

Are yo $appy no0=

NAI;$at does it matter i% I!m $appy or not=All t$ere is no0 is 0orry. It!s yo I0orry abot t$e most. I don!t 0ant yo tos%%er t$e loneliness I s%%er t$ro#$,0it$ot ac6aintances, 0it$ot %riends,let alone any close %riends.Annelies, per$aps yo don!t %eel it, btI!ve been deliberately $ars$ 0it$ yo, sot$at in t$e %tre yo 0on!t $ave to bedependent on a man, i%, may it never$appen, t$at man trns ot to be likeyor %at$er.

ANNE>IES;$en did yo %eel $appiness= I mean, tre$appiness=

NAIT$ere 0ere many sc$ years. Do yoremember 0$en I came and took yo a0ay%rom sc$ool= T$at 0as 0$en everyt$in#c$an#ed, 0$en it all ended. o!re #ro0np no0, it!s time yo kno0 0$at really$appened. I!ve been meanin# to tell yo%or 6ite some time any0ay. So, t$is isas #ood as any. Are yo too tired to

$ear=

ANNE>IESI!m listenin#.

NAIor %at$er once said, a mot$er mst passon to $er da#$ter everyt$in# s$e!ll needto kno0. In t$ose days I respected every0ord t$at $e spoke. T$ey 0ere my beacon.


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T$en $e became t$e opposite o% everyt$in#$e $ad ever ta#$t me.

ANNE>IESPapa 0as a clever man=

NAINot only clever, bt kind. It 0as $e 0$ota#$t me abot %armin#, bsiness, andlookin# a%ter livestock. At %irst, $eta#$t me to speak 1alay, t$en to readand 0rite, a%ter t$at, Dtc$. T$en $eta#$t me to deal 0it$ t$e bank, la0yers,abot trade, everyt$in# t$at I!ve no0been teac$in# yo. 5e not only ta#$t me,bt patiently tested everyt$in# I learned%rom $im.

ANNE>IES;$y did $e c$an#e so mc$=

NAI5e became someone else, an animal t$atcoldn!t even reco#ni/e $is o0n c$ildren.5e lost all $is #oodness, $is cleverness,$is intelli#ence, $is skills. Somet$in#$appened. 5e 0as destroyed in an instant.

Nyai doesn!t contine $er story immediately.

NAI 7cont!d9At t$e time, I t$o#$t o% takin# $im to amental $ospital. -t, 0$at 0old peoplesay abot yo later= I% yor %at$er 0as

proven to be mad and nder cstodialcare, $is bsiness, $is 0ealt$, and $is%amily 0old be nder t$e control o% ane2ector appointed by a cort. or mama,bein# st a native, 0old $ave no ri#$tsover anyt$in#, even my o0n c$ildren. Allor backbreakin# e%%orts, even nevertakin# a $oliday 0old $ave been in vain.And #ivin# birt$ to yo, 0old $ave beenin vain as 0ell, becase t$e la0 0oldn!tackno0led#e my mot$er$ood, st becaseI!m a native, and not le#ally married. Doyo nderstand=

ANNE>IESI never kne0 t$e trobles yo %aced $adbeen so #reat.

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yor %ate t$en... No<

ANNE>IES-t 0$y 0old I s%%er=

NAIDon!t yo nderstand 0$at 0old $appen i%everybody kne0 yo 0ere t$e da#$ter o% aman 0$o 0as deemed le#ally insane=

Annelies $ides $er $ead in t$e crook o% $er mot$er!s arm.

ANNE>IES;ill I #o mad as 0ell=

NAI5is madness is not $ereditary. -t peoplemay not nderstand t$at.

ANNE>IES>et me look a%ter Papa. I!ll care %or$im.

NAI5e doesn!t kno0 yo.

ANNE>IES-t $e!s my papa.

NAIS$$$< Pity is only %or t$ose 0$o areconscios o% t$eir condition. T$e closeryo are to $im, t$e more yor li%e is

t$reatened by rin.

Annelies is %ri#$tened to $ear t$ese 0ords. T$ey bot$ #osilent.

ANNE>IESTell me $o0 is it t$at yo ended p 0it$Papa=

NAIAll ri#$t, bt don!t be s$ocked. o!re aspoiled c$ild compared to me 0$en I 0asyon#er.

DISS*>8E:

E)T. T>AN?AN 8I>>A?E " DAA yon# boy, PAI1AN and even yon#er #irl, SANI4E1 playamon#st ot$er villa#e c$ildren.

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di#nity %or t$is man 0$om $e o0ednot$in#. Tan -esar 4asa 0as a bac$elor,as 0as sally t$e case 0it$ ne0lyarrived Eropeans. People said my %at$eronce tried to o%%er $im a 0oman. T$istan not only reected t$e o%%er, bt

t$reatened to sack $im.

E)T. T>AN?AN 8I>>A?E SBA+E " DA

1onta#e. Sanikem!s %at$er, and 1*T5E+ bein# ridicled bylocal villa#ers on t$e street, and in t$e villa#e s$ops.

NAI 78.*.9A%ter t$at my %at$er became t$e obect o%pblic ridicle. 1y mot$er #re0 t$in and%rail as s$e 0as sbected to $rt%ltants. 1aybe $e!ll end p o%%erin# $iso0n da#$ter some 0old say. T$ey meantme<

INT. SANI4E1!S 35I>D5**D 5*1E " DA

Sanikem s0eeps t$e %loor. S$e $ears a noise at t$e %ront doorand immediately trns to it in obvios %ear.

NAI 78.*.9From t$en on I never dared leave t$e$ose. 1y eyes 0ere al0ays lookin# to t$e%ront room to see i% t$ere 0as a 0$iteskinned #est.

E)T. T>AN?AN 8I>>A?E SBA+E " DA

A Tayb Dance Festival is in pro#ress.

NAI 78.*.9nlike t$e ot$er Dtc$ men, Tan -esar4asa didn!t enoy participatin# in t$etayb dance %estivities.

INT. P+*TESTANT 35+35 " DA

4asa 7%ace nseen9, is sittin# in t$e pe0s o% a smallc$rc$, and listenin# to a preac$er!s sermon.

NAI 78.*.9Instead, every Snday $e 0ent toSidoardo %or devotions at t$e protestantc$rc$.


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mot$er are entertainin# #ests.

NAI 78.*.9;$en I trned t$irteen I 0as onlyac6ainted 0it$ t$e kitc$en, back parlor,and my room. All or lady #ests said I

0as beati%l, t$e %lo0er o% Tlan#an,t$e blossom o% Sidoardo. And i% I lookedat mysel% in t$e mirror, I %ond noreason not to a#ree 0it$ t$eir %lattery.1y mot$er, I never kne0 $er name, 0as apretty 0oman. 1y %at$er 0as $andsome too.Even t$o#$ people $ated $im, proposalso% marria#e to me came in o%ten. 5ere%sed all o% t$em. T$ere 0as no dobtt$at $e $ad special plans %or me.


Sanikem!s %at$er reects a marria#e proposal. 5er mot$er sits

silently near $er %at$er.

NAI 78.*.9-y t$e time I 0as %orteen, I 0as alreadyconsidered an old maid. -t, my %at$erand $e alone determined everyt$in#. ;$enit came to marria#e, a #irl never kne0be%ore$and 0$et$er $er $sband 0old beyon# or old. And once married, t$e #irl$ad to serve t$is man, 0$om s$e $ad nevermet be%ore, 0it$ all $er body and sol,and %or all $er li%e, ntil s$e died orntil $e became bored and #ot rid o% $er.T$e $sband cold be a criminal, adrnkard, or #ambler. No #irl 0old kno0ntil it 0as too late.

INT. SANI4E1!S 35I>D5**D 5*1E " NI?5T

Sanikem!s %at$er is bsy preparin# t$e $ome %or a special#est. TAN -ESA+ 4ASA, enters Sanikem!s $ome. S$e peekst$ro#$ $er bedroom door tryin# to #et a #limpse o% t$islar#e and loomin# %i#re 0$o 0as sittin# across %rom, andc$attin# 0it$ Sanikem!s %at$er.

NAI 78.*.9*ne ni#$t, Tan -esar 4asa, came to or$ome. 1y %at$er 0as rs$in# $ere and

t$ere #ivin# orders to mot$er and me todo t$is and t$at, and t$en cancelin# t$em0it$ still ot$er orders. 5e $ad me pt onmy best clot$es. I 0as indeed sspicios.

INT. SANI4E1!S 4IT35EN " NI?5T

Sanikem!s mot$er is 0eepin# in t$e corner o% t$e kitc$en.

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0ell, neatly, attractively.

Nearly %aintin#, Sanikem be#ins to carry ot $er %at$er!sorder. Sanikem!s mot$er is 0eepin# terribly no0, andcontines in $er protest, as t$e c$ild!s %at$er takes nonotice.

INT. SANI4E1!S 35I>D5**D -ED+**1 " I11EDIATE> F*>>*;IN?

Sanikem packs $er best clot$in#, si2 batiks in a bro0n, anddented metal sitcase, and carries t$e sitcase into t$elivin# room.

INT. SANI4E1!S 35I>D5**D 5*1E " NI?5T

Sddenly, a carria#e plls p at t$e %ront o% t$e $ome.

FAT5E+>ook at t$is $ome, Sanikem. From today

%or0ard it is no lon#er yors.

E)T. 8I>>A?E ST+EET " A >ITT>E >ATE+

Fat$er, t$e mot$er 0eepin#, and Sanikem, in a state o%disbelie% ride in t$e carria#e.

NAI 78.*.9I 0as as$amed, t$at man 0as not %it to bea %at$er. It 0as n%ortnate, bt I 0as$is da#$ter, and t$ere 0as not$in# Icold do abot t$e sitation at $and.Neit$er t$e tears nor t$e pleadin# 0ordso% my mot$er cold prevent t$e disaster

t$at 0as already nearly complete. I, 0$odidn!t yet nderstood t$e 0orld t$atsrronded me, didn!t even possess my o0nbody.

T$e carria#e stops in %ront o% Tan -esar 4asa!s stone$ose. T$e trio all #et do0n. T$e %at$er carries Sanikem!ssitcase, as s$e doesn!t even dare to look arond $er. 4asae2its, and Sanikem catc$es a #limpse, bt immediately looksdo0n0ard, and a0ay %rom $im. Tasa invites t$e %amily toenter.

NAI 78.*.9It became clear st $o0 bi# t$is man

really 0as. Per$aps t$ree times as $eavyas %at$er. 5is %ace 0as reddis$. 5is noseprotrded #reatly, eno#$ %or t$ree or%or Javanese noses. T$e skin on $is arms0as coarse like an i#ana!s skin, and it0as t$ick 0it$ yello0 $air. I #nas$ed myteet$, and bo0ed my $ead do0n %rt$er.5is arms 0ere as bi# as my le#s. T$is 0ast$e man t$at I 0old be srrendered to.


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INT. TAN -ESA+ 4ASA!S 5*1E " NI?5T

Fat$er and mot$er sit on a so%a. Sanikem in a c$air in t$e%ar corner. S$e cltc$es $er sitcase.4asa takes ot an envelope %rom $is pocket, and $ands it to%at$er. 5e also takes ot a piece o% paper. Fat$er pts $is

si#natre to it. Fat$er t$en opens t$e envelope, and contst0enty"%ive #ilders, representin# %at$er!s sale o% Sanikemto t$is man.

NAI 78.*.9T$e docment 0as a promise t$at my %at$er0old be made $ead cas$ier. A position $edesired, even more so t$an t$e love o%$is o0n da#$ter. T$is is t$e rital0$ereby a c$ild is sold into slavery byt$e $ands o% $er o0n %at$er. I kne0 t$att$ere 0old be no one able to take p mycase.

FAT5E+Sanikem, yo mst never leave t$is $osenless yo $ave t$e permission o% Tan-esar 4asa $imsel%. o may not retrnto or $ome 0it$ot $is permissioneit$er.

Saniken does not look p at $er %at$er as $e speaks t$ese0ords. Tears roll do0n $er %ace. Fat$er and mot$er stand, ande2it. T$e sond o% t$e carria#e pllin# a0ay is all t$at canbe $eard. Sanikem is le%t on t$e c$air, bat$in# in $er o0ntears, as s$e trembles in %ear.

>ookin# p, and t$ro#$ blrry tears Saniken %inally sees

t$is Tan -esar 4asa, 0$o #ently takes t$e sitcase %rom$er, and carries it into a room. 5e e2its t$e room andapproac$es $er. 5e plls $er $and, orderin# $er to stand.

TAN -ESA+ 4ASAStand.

Sanikem!s kain is soakin# 0it$ s0eat, and tears. 5er le#stremble terribly, as i% $er bones, and sine0s come loose %romt$eir oints. 4asa picks $er p as i% s$e 0ere an oldpillo0, and carries $er in $is arms into t$at room.

INT. SANI4E1!S +**1 " NI?5T

Tan -esar 4asa pts Sanikem do0n on a beati%l, clean bed,po0erlessly. S$e %aints.

FADE T* ->A34.


;$en Saniken opens $er eyes, s$e sees 4asa $as opened $ersitcase, and is pttin# $er clot$in# into a lar#e 0ardrobe


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o% %emale clot$in# t$at already e2ists.Tan 0ipes t$e sitcase 0it$ a clot$, and pts it inside t$ebottom section o% a set o% dra0ers, and closes it. Tan t$entrns to see t$at Sanikem is conscios.

TAN -ESA+ 4ASA

Don!t be a%raid.

Sanikem closes $er eyes ti#$tly. Tan picks $er p andcarries $er arond t$e room like an oversi/ed 0ooden doll. 5etakes no notice o% $er 0et kain. 5is lips toc$ $er c$eeksand $er lips. S$e can $ear $is breat$, 0$ic$ blo0s $ard into$er ears. S$e dares not cry. S$e dares not move. 5er 0$olebody is soaked in a cold s0eat. Finally, Tan stands Sanikemon t$e %loor tiles. 5e lets #o, and s$e nearly %aints a#ain.Tan catc$es $er 0$en $e sees t$at s$e!s slmped, and isabot to collapse a#ain. Tan picks Sanikem p, and $#s andkisses $er.

NAI 78.*.9

I can still remember $is 0ords, t$o#$ Ididn!t t$en nderstand t$em.

TAN -ESA+ 4ASA1y darlin#, my darlin# doll. 1y darlin#,darlin#.

Tan stands Sanikem p. S$e s0ays, and $e #ards $er 0it$ $is$and so s$e 0on!t %all a#ain. Sanikem %inally s0ays, %allin#$eadlon# onto t$e ed#e o% t$e bed, nconscios.

FADE T* ->A34.

E)T. TAN!S -AT5+**1 " SA1E NI?5T

Tan 0alks Sanikem to t$e back o% t$e $ose, 0$ere $er %at$er$ad toiled doin# labor. 5e!s takin# $er to t$e bat$room. ;it$si#ns, $e orders $er to bat$e, and to scrb 0it$ scentedsoap. Sanikem carries ot all o% Tan!s orders.

Tan 0aits %or Sanikem otside t$e bat$ $ose. S$e e2itssoakin# 0et. 5e $as a pair o% sandals in $is $ands, and ptst$em on $er %eet. T$ey!re very lar#e %or $er %eet.

NAI 78.*.9T$ose 0ere t$e %irst pair o% s$oes I $adever 0orn. 5e called t$em sandals. T$ey

0ere made o% leat$er, and very $eavy as Irecall.


Tan carries Sanikem to $er room, and sits $er in %ront o% amirror. 5e rbs $er $air 0it$ a to0el ntil it!s nearly dry.

NAI 78.*.9I 0old learn t$at clot$ is called a


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to0el. *ne o% t$e %irst 0ords t$at $eta#$t me.

Tan t$en pts scented oil on Sanikem!s $air, and be#ins tocomb it. 5e tries to set $er $air into a bn, bt can!t, sos$e does it $ersel%. Tan instrcts Sanikem to c$an#e

clot$es, and observes all $er movements.

NAI 78.*.9I %elt I no lon#er $ad a sol, like I 0asa s$ado0 pppet in t$e $ands o% t$emaster.

A%ter Sanikem %inis$es dressin#, Tan po0ders $er %ace. T$enpts a little lipstick on $er mot$. Ne2t $e calls to $is1AIDSE+8ANTS.

TAN -ESA+ 4ASA3ome<

T0o 1AID SE+8ANTS enter t$e room.

TAN -ESA+ 4ASA 7cont!d9>ook a%ter my nyai 0ell<

A%ter #ivin# t$e order to $is servants, Tan leaves. T$eytend to Sanikem, takin# trns makin# a %ss over $er.

NAI 78.*.9I 0as no0 a concbine. 5is carin# actionsdrove a0ay some o% my %ears. -t, t$oset0o 0omen babbled on, and on abot $o0lcky I 0as to be taken as a nyai. 1y

$eart 0is$ed to rn. -t %rom 0$om coldI seek protection= I didn!t dare. I 0asin t$e $ands o% someone very po0er%l,more po0er%l t$an my %at$er. 1orepo0er%l t$an all t$e natives inTlan#an.

DISS*>8E:


Sanikem sits bndled in t$e darkness o% t$e corner o% t$eroom. Sddenly, s$e $ears t$e sond o% %ootsteps approac$in#.S$e s$dders, as Tan enters t$e room.

NAI 78.*.9T$e lamp, 0$ic$ t$e servants $ad litearlier in t$e evenin#, t$re0 t$e li#$tonto $is clot$es, all 0$ite and da//lin#.5e came to me, and t$en picked me p, andlaid me do0n on t$e bed. I dared notbreat$e, a%raid t$at I mi#$t enra#e $im.


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FADE T* ->A34.

NAI 78.*.9I don!t kno0 $o0 lon# $e 0as 0it$ me. Ididn!t kno0 any o% 0$at 0as $appenin# tome. As soon as I re#ained consciosness,

I kne0 I 0as no lon#er t$e Sanikem o% t$eprevios day.

INT. NAI!S -ED+**1 " NI?5T

Nyai is sittin# in t$e corner o% t$e room, as s$e $ad 0$ens$e 0as co0erin# %rom Tan -esar 4asa. Annelies comes to$er, lies ne2t to $er, and lays $er $ead on $er mot$er!s lap.

NAI1y %at$er sold me like one mi#$t sell a$orse. T$e name o% Sanikem disappeared%orever. I 0old later learn t$at t$ename o% Tan -esar 4asa, 0as 5erman1ellema. or %at$er.7to Annelies9Are yo already asleep yet=

ANNE>IESNo, $o0 cold I=

NAII!m tellin# yo t$is becase yo mstmarry properly. 1y c$ild 0ill not be soldto anyone. I 0ill %i#$t to preserve t$edi#nity o% my c$ild t$at my mot$er 0asincapable o% de%endin#. >i%e as a nyai isvery di%%iclt. Jst a bo#$t slave,

0$ose only dty is to satis%y $er master.In everyt$in#< T$en, on t$e ot$er $and,s$e $as to be ready at any moment %or t$epossibility t$at $er master, $er tan,0ill become bored 0it$ $er, and kickedot onto t$e street, an otcast %romnative society, and n0anted by t$eEropeans.

Annelies is still intently listenin# to $er mot$er, and takes$old o% $er $and.

NAI 7cont!d95erman 1ellema cold retrn to t$e

Net$erlands at any moment, and %or#eteveryt$in# abot Tlan#an. Incldin# me.I prepared mysel% %or t$at eventality. Ilearned to be t$ri%ty, to save. ;it$in ayear I $ad saved more t$an a $ndred#ilders %rom t$e s$oppin# money $e #aveme. I% yor %at$er decided to #et rid o%me, I!d $ave eno#$ money to take toSrabaya and be#in to trade in 0$atever Idesired. Ever since $e arrived inTlan#an, $e kept dairy cattle %rom


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Astralia. I 0as ta#$t $o0 to look a%tert$em drin# t$e day, and in t$e evenin# I0as ta#$t to read and 0rite. Eventally0e moved to Srabaya. T$en $e bo#$t alar#e piece o% land in ;onokromo, orplace no0. T$e cattle 0ere moved $ere. At

t$at time I be#an to %eel $appy. 5eal0ays paid attention to me, asked myopinion, and invited me to discsseveryt$in#. ?radally I came to %eel I0as e6al to $im. Everyt$in# t$at I $adlearned drin# t$at year $ad restored mysel%"respect. -t, I readied mysel% to bedependent on no one. Fat$er visited, btI re%sed $im. 1y brot$er Paiman visitedas 0ell, bt it 0as al0ays t$e same, $e0old al0ays ask %or $elp. T$e last time$e came 0as to report t$at t$e companycas$ier $ad died in a c$olera epidemicalon# 0it$ all t$e ot$ers. I learned t$atmy mot$er $ad died earlier, 0$o kno0s o%

0$at.

Nyai stands and looks ot t$e 0indo0.

NAI 7cont!d9I be#an to nderstand t$at I 0as nolon#er dependent on yor %at$er. *n t$ec

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