- Oriane Congost: Remember your position, sister. Would Guilham du Mas approve of his wife galloping like a kitchen maid?
- Alais Pelletier Du Mas: I was hoping to see him before council began.
- Oriane Congost: Too late. Pity. I know you can hardly bear to spend a moment apart.
- Alais Pelletier Du Mas: I can't speak for my husband, but for my own part, that is true. I see no shame in it.
- Oriane Congost: Hmm. How much you love him. But be careful, Alais. Men are fickle. Their affections change.
- Alais Pelletier Du Mas: Guilham is not like that.
- Oriane Congost: [a bell tolls nearby] Let us go in together. I'm sure we're both eager to hear our country's fate.
- Viscount Trencavel: One year ago, His Holiness, Pope Innocent III, preached a crusade against what he called "the cancer of heresy". These pious and humble men, he said, were the enemies of God. I have recently received news that a northern host of more than 20,000 men was preparing to invade these free Christian lands. They are advancing south and may be with us in under a week. They are determined to persecute and destroy the Cathar people. I have heard that two of the most powerful barons of northern France are amongst their number. Guy D'evreux and the Fifth Earl of the Leicester, Simon de Montfort. But I promise you this: for as long as I rule, no man in the Languedoc will be condemned for his honest beliefs!
- Oriane Congost: [watching, hidden, with Alais] All this fuss over a ragged band of heretics. How much simpler would it be to have done with it and make a bonfire of them all.
- Alais Pelletier Du Mas: These people are my friends.
- Oriane Congost: Perhaps... but they will lead us to ruin.
- Languedoc Parfait: Guy D'Evreux, in the name of God, do what you will with me, but take mercy on these innocents.
- Guy D'Evreux: Hand me a bow.
- [he's handed a crossbow and arrow, and loads it]
- Guy D'Evreux: Get up off your knees.
- [as the Parfait stands, he takes aim, then shoots a female Perfect]
- Guy D'Evreux: There. There's your mercy.
- [to the soldiers with him]
- Guy D'Evreux: Kill the heretics. Make their priest watch.
- Alais Pelletier Du Mas: What about the book under your protection?
- Bertrand Pelletier: It's well hidden. When the time comes, if things go badly at Carcassona, I will tell you where. In the meantime, our only hope, I still have time to fulfill my obligations. But if I cannot, you must take my place.
- [giving a ring to her]
- Bertrand Pelletier: The labyrinth is a symbol of the grail. Now, this ring, keep it safe. The other guardians will know you by it. And when the time comes, they will tell you what to do.
- Alais Pelletier Du Mas: But why me, Father? Oriane is your eldest daughter. She has power and influence at court. Why not entrust this duty to her?
- Bertrand Pelletier: Oriane thinks too much of her own wealth and comfort. Only you possess the qualities needed for so great an undertaking.
- Alais Pelletier Du Mas: The Pope has established a new inquisition to persecute the Cathars. His informers are everywhere.
- Rixende: The Pope does not frighten me. I take my duty from God.
- Alais Pelletier Du Mas: Even so, it would be wise to worship in private, at least until the crusade is over.
- Rixende: I have never made a secret of my faith and never will. What will be, will be.
- Marie-Cecile: What are you doing here, Will?
- Will Franklyn: I thought I'd take you to lunch.
- Marie-Cecile: Mm. I haven't got time to eat.
- Will Franklyn: Food's optional.
- Oriane Congost: Do you have regrets, Guilhem?
- Guilhem du Mas: I've betrayed my marriage bed. Of course I have regrets.
- Oriane Congost: I mean about marrying my sister.
- Guilhem du Mas: Don't push me too far, Oriane.
- Oriane Congost: Must a widow live like a nun the rest of her life?
- Guilhem du Mas: There are other men who could satisfy your desires.
- Oriane Congost: And you have a wife who can indulge yours. And yet here we both are again. You can leave now. We both know you'll be back.
- Friar: Eradicate the Cathar heresy and you may yet be spared God's wrath, Lord Trencavel.
- Viscount Trencavel: I will not betray a single one of my loyal subjects to persecution and death.
- Friar: You are young, Messire. Perhaps you should listen to older heads and wiser counsel.
- Viscount Trencavel: In your case, father, I fear age has brought only cruelty, not wisdom.
- Friar: I will pray that you yet discover the truth path to God, even if it be through blood and fire.
- Viscount Trencavel: I am a faithful servant of the Catholic Church, but this hatred of violence is not God's work. The Pope's crusade is about conquest, not faith.
- Bertrand Pelletier: Amen to that. It is our rich and fertile land the Northerns want. Religion is merely their excuse.
- Viscount Trencavel: [the friar leaves] We shouldn't have insulted him, Messire. But it was worth it for the look on his face.
- Viscount Trencavel: Du Mas, my friend. You seem troubled.
- Guilhem du Mas: Uh, forgive me, my, uh, thoughts are elsewhere.
- Viscount Trencavel: [seeing her down in the street] Go home to Alais. Take comfort in her arms. It's good to remind ourselves what we are fighting for.
- Paul Authie: Stealing ancient artifacts is a serious criminal offense.
- Alice Tanner: I know that.
- Paul Authie: So? Stop telling lies.
- Alice Tanner: I haven't lied.
- Paul Authie: You claim to have discovered a ring in the cave, but no ring has been found. No one else has seen this mysterious ring, so we have two options. Either you were mistaken, or you took it. Which is it?
- Alice Tanner: Why would I mention it at all if I was going to steal it? And Shelagh will back me up. Ask her.
- Paul Authie: She says she knows nothing of any ring.
- Alice Tanner: I told her all about it. She went into the cave herself.
- Paul Authie: She went into the cave?
- Alice Tanner: Yes, she did.
- Paul Authie: Your bag, please.
- Yves Biau: What?
- Paul Authie: [grabbing her purse before she can reach it, he empties the contents] Search her.
- Alice Tanner: You have no right to search me.
- Yves Biau: She's right. Let's go. Let's go!
- [leaving]
- Yves Biau: You shouldn't talk to her like that. You shouldn't even be here.
- Paul Authie: If I want your opinion, Biau, I'll ask for it. Remember who you really work for.
- Sajhe: I saw a chevalier arrive at the Chateu Comtal. Does that mean the crusaders are coming?
- Alais Pelletier Du Mas: Even if they are, Viscount Trencavel has vowed to protect his people, no matter what their fath.
- Bertrand Pelletier: How dare you be late for council?
- Guilhem du Mas: I'm not late.
- Bertrand Pelletier: If I say you're late, then you are late.
- Guilhem du Mas: Oh. I know why you hate me, my lord. You cannot stand the fact that your daughter loves another man more than you.
- Bertrand Pelletier: My daughter is young, and she sees only the fine, brave chevalier. But I know the arrogance and vanity of the real man.
- Simeon de Montfort: These are the devil's lands. It's the fires of hell that warm them.
- Guy D'Evreux: Perhaps God will grant us a cooling breeze, once we've burnt all the heretics.
- Simeon de Montfort: I'm glad you find heresy so amusing, D'Evreux. There are some of us who take our holy mission more seriously.
- Guy D'Evreux: No one has ever questioned my loyalty to the Pope and the Holy Mother Church. Why else would I join this crusade?
- Simeon de Montfort: For land. For power, perhaps.
- Guy D'Evreux: I already have enough land, and as for power, I am content to be your lordship's humble servant.
- Simeon de Montfort: Perhaps you can join me at prayer later.
- Guy D'Evreux: Nothing would give me greater pleasure.
- Simeon de Montfort: Good. I'll make honest Christians of these people, even if I have to kill every last one of them to do it.
- Marie-Cecile: Did you search the cave yourself?
- Paul Authie: Of course. But I wasn't the first in.
- Marie-Cecile: I hope you mean our contact in the police.
- Paul Authie: Not just Yves Biau. Shelagh O'Donnell. And there's the woman who discovered the cave, Alice Tanner. They all had the time and opportunity.
- Marie-Cecile: Then I suggest you find out which of them took it.
- Paul Authie: There's something else. Someone's been talking to the police about the Noublesso. I looked into it, and discovered our latest novice is a friend of Biau's. I had them followed. They've been meeting in secret. I think Biau double-crossed us. His loyalties are still with the authority.
- Marie-Cecile: Deal with the problem. And find what belongs to us, Paul. Nothing is more important.
- Yves Biau: I am Detective Yves Biau. This is Monsieur Paul Authie, a lawyer from Carcassonne. We have some questions. I understand you're not a professional archaeologist?
- Alice Tanner: I'm a teacher. Shelagh O'Donnell's an old friend. She invited me to join the dig for a few days.
- Yves Biau: So, you're on holiday.
- Alice Tanner: Uh, no, not exactly. A relative in Carcassonne left me a few things in her will, but I wanted to come here first.
- Paul Authie: What things?
- Alice Tanner: I don't know yet. I'm seeing the lawyer tomorrow.
- Paul Authie: Most people would be curious to discover their inheritance, yet you waste your time here first. Why?
- Alice Tanner: The lawyer's been away, and I don't consider my time here wasted.
- Paul Authie: Or is the truth that you have a particular reason for being here?
- Alice Tanner: If you must know, I've just had a really bad breakup with my boyfriend, and I wanted to get away for a while.
- Paul Authie: I am not interested in your personal life, Madamoiselle Tanner.
- Alice Tanner: Might I ask what your role is in this investigation, then?
- Paul Authie: No, you may not. Just answer my questions, please.
- Esclarmonde: I have nothing more to teach you.
- Alais Pelletier Du Mas: You are the greatest healer in Carcassona, Esclarmonde. I am merely your apprentice.
- Esclarmonde: The pupil has far outstripped her teacher.
- Alais Pelletier Du Mas: I cannot believe that.
- Viscount Trencavel: I assume work to dismantle the choir stalls in the cathedral has begun?
- Bertrand Pelletier: Yes. Bishop Rochefort is not pleased. He is unused to sleeping on a stone floor.
- Viscount Trencavel: The city's fortifications are more important than the bishop's comfort.
- Bertrand Pelletier: True.
- Viscount Trencavel: We need every piece of timber we can lay our hands on.
- Bertrand Pelletier: What is it? You can see I'm busy.
- Alais Pelletier Du Mas: You asked for me, Father.
- Bertrand Pelletier: No.
- Alais Pelletier Du Mas: [realizing] This is some game of Oriane's. I was with Esclarmonde.
- Bertrand Pelletier: The healer? And what of it?
- Alais Pelletier Du Mas: She is the sister Harif wrote to you about. The other guardian.
- Bertrand Pelletier: Are you certain?
- [she nods]
- Bertrand Pelletier: Right. I'll see her as soon as I can. Safety of the city comes first. If Carcassona is safe, the books are safe.
- Alais Pelletier Du Mas: What of Oriane? Can she be trusted?
- Bertrand Pelletier: She has no reason to betray us.
- Alais Pelletier Du Mas: Then you do not see the darkness in her heart?
- Oriane Congost: What is it you really make here, Esclarmonde de Servian? Potions and spells for the weak-minded? Women have been burned as witches for less.
- Esclarmonde: I'm a simple healer, Oriane. I use nature's way. That is all.
- Will Franklyn: So you don't know why this cop sent you here.
- Alice Tanner: No. Uh, he just told me that I should tell Madame de L'oradore everything I know about the cave.
- Will Franklyn: What cave?
- Alice Tanner: Doesn't matter. Look, I really don't know why I came. I-I thought she might know something, that's all.
- Will Franklyn: I mean, I can just call her right now. Even if she's in a meeting...
- Alice Tanner: No, no, no, there's no need. Just-just tell her I came by. But I should go. I've taken up enough of your time.
- Karen Fleury: Her will is perfectly straightforward. You can visit the house whenever you like.
- Alice Tanner: The house?
- Karen Fleury: Your aunt's house. Well, your house now. That was her legacy to you.
- Alice Tanner: I was expecting a few family heirlooms, and, like, jewelry, maybe, but her house? Why me?
- Karen Fleury: You were her only living relative. Beyond that, I couldn't say.
- [giving her the keys]
- Karen Fleury: If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to call.
- Alice Tanner: I didn't expect to hear from you again.
- Will Franklyn: Listen, did you find your friend yet?
- Alice Tanner: No.
- Will Franklyn: Um... well, maybe I can help. I mean, to be honest, I could use someone to talk to.
- Alice Tanner: Okay. Sure. I'm in... I'm in Carcassonne.
- Will Franklyn: All right, just text me your address, and then, uh... I'll let you know when I'm on the way.
- Alice Tanner: Look, I should warn you that... something really weird is happening to me right now.
- Will Franklyn: I can do weird.
- Simeon: The book of numbers. Your father already has the book of words. Each of us according to our skills.
- Bertrand Pelletier: What of the book of potions? I thought that too was in your care.
- Simeon: It was collected by Harif's messenger, a wise and learned woman. I never learned her name.
- Bertrand Pelletier: Harif's letter did speak of a sister in Carcassona.
- Alais Pelletier Du Mas: Tell me more about Harif.
- Simeon: Harif is the navigator. He's responsible for preserving the secret of the grail. Years ago, in the Holy Land, he appointed us all to our tasks. He's the finest man I ever met. I know the book will be safe in your hands, Bertrand.
- Bertrand Pelletier: [standing to leave, they shake hands] Keep well, Simeon. I fear our enemies are close by.
- Bertrand Pelletier: We've ridden out and seen the Crusaders' line. They're two days' march away, maybe less. We must prepare for siege.
- Rixende: But at least you will return safely, Messire. If that doesn't prove God is on our side, what does?
- Bertrand Pelletier: Hmm. I must speak with you in private, Alais. You must meet my daughter later, Du Mas. I have business with her.
- Guilhem du Mas: What business?
- Bertrand Pelletier: It's none of your concern.
- Guilhem du Mas: Anything involving my wife is my concern.
- Alais Pelletier Du Mas: Forgive me.
- Guilhem du Mas: [insulted] Oh, I apologize. Your first loyalty has always been to your father.
- Guy D'Evreux: Where are the books, Simeon? Did you give them to Pelletier?
- [getting no answer]
- Guy D'Evreux: I will find the grail. Note that well before you die. Come, tell me where the books are.
- [again getting no answer]
- Guy D'Evreux: I'm going to flip this coin. If it's heads, I'm going to stab you. If it's tails, I'm going to flog you to death. Now, that's going to be very exhausting for me, and it's gonna be a damn sight more uncomfortable for you. But it's your choice. The whip or the blade. Or... you could tell me where the books are.
- [flipping the coin]
- Guy D'Evreux: Oh, dear. It's tails.
- Simeon: Tell me your name, sir. I'll pray for your soul.
- Paul Authie: Have you taken the ring?
- Shelagh O'Donnell: I told you, I never even saw it. It must have been Biau.
- Paul Authie: What about Alice Tanner?
- Shelagh O'Donnell: She has nothing to do with it. Why is Marie-Cecile doing this to me?
- Paul Authie: She doesn't even know you're here. But she thinks you have betrayed her.
- Shelagh O'Donnell: Why?
- Paul Authie: [shrugging] Do you know why I am here? Someone must stand against blasphemers.
- [taking out a set of torture tools]
- Paul Authie: Someone must take God's side.
- Paul Authie: You do not have to suffer, Shelagh. Hmm? Just tell me what I need to know.
- Shelagh O'Donnell: I'm telling you the truth. Biau took the ring. He was supposed to give it to Marie-Cecile.
- Paul Authie: So then why didn't he?
- Shelagh O'Donnell: I don't know! I don't know.
- Paul Authie: Why does this ring matter so much?
- Shelagh O'Donnell: Marie-Cecile thinks it's the key...
- Paul Authie: What?
- Shelagh O'Donnell: [louder] Marie-Cecile thinks it's the key to the labyrinth. I don't know any more than that. I swear. I swear.
- Paul Authie: [cutting off her restraints, he gives her a passport-like booklet] You're going to call Marie-Cecile now and read her this, word for word. Be natural.
- Will Franklyn: So, what's going on with you?
- Alice Tanner: I'm having... an 800-year-old deja vu.
- Will Franklyn: Okay.
- Alice Tanner: I don't know. You probably think I'm mad.
- Will Franklyn: I don't think you're mad.
- Alice Tanner: I keep seeing this girl from the past. Sometimes she's in my dreams. Sometimes she's standing right in front of me. Earlier, I was in the church, and I saw her. She came towards me. She was looking at me straight in the eyes. She was upset, but... it-it felt like she was in danger. And it feels like maybe I am, too. I don't know. And this stuff with... with Biau, the policeman. The fact he was killed, and-and the visions. It feels like it's linked.
- Will Franklyn: [showing her a newspaper article] This guy was murdered yesterday.
- Alice Tanner: And?
- Will Franklyn: Marie-Cecile was one of the last people to see him alive. So if you're right about this cop, then that's two dead people in 24 hours with a direct connection to her.
- Alice Tanner: You really believe she's connected to this?
- Will Franklyn: She's been acting a little strange recently. And to be honest, I don't... I don't really know anything about her. And I need to find out.
- Oriane Congost: Tell me, Francois. You're familiar with the talk below stairs. What do the maids and servants say about me?
- Francois: Well, you are greatly respected there.
- Oriane Congost: There's no gossip about the circumstances of my birth? No rumors about my mother?
- Francois: None that I know of.
- Oriane Congost: Tell me the truth... or I will rip your tongue out. What have you heard?
- Francois: There is vile talk that Intendant Pelletier is not your father. It is tavern prattle, no more.
- Oriane Congost: A-And who is my true father?
- Francois: They say your mother whored herself with a passing ballad singer while Pelletier was in the Holy Land. The Intendant took her back for the sake of his honor. He could never love you, the living proof of his wife's sin. But there's not a word of truth in any of it.
- Oriane Congost: Do people laugh at me behind my back? A whore's daughter? The cuckoo in Pelletier's nest?
- Francois: But no-no one would dare.
- Oriane Congost: [he tries to put a hand of comfort on her shoulder] Leave me.
- [he turns to leave]
- Oriane Congost: Wait. Does my sister know?
- [without a verbal answer, he shakes his head]
- Marie-Cecile: Where is Shelagh?
- Paul Authie: I don't know. She... she's disappeared.
- Marie-Cecile: I know her. She wouldn't be stupid enough to steal from me.
- [inspecting a pin on his lapel]
- Marie-Cecile: This Catholic fixation of yours puzzles me.
- Paul Authie: My religion is my own affair.
- Marie-Cecile: Narrow religious beliefs have brought nothing but misery to humanity. Only the Noublesso has the vision to lead the human race. There's no place in our ranks for the enemies of the Enlightenment.
- Paul Authie: I assure you, my first loyalty is always to the Noublesso.
- Marie-Cecile: [touching his chest] Your heart is beating very fast.
- Paul Authie: Y-You are a very attractive woman, enough to make any man's heart race.
- Marie-Cecile: It isn't because you're lying? Find the ring and the books. I don't tolerate failure.
- Yves Biau: The cave has been found.
- Audric Baillard: Yes. I know.
- Yves Biau: There were two skeletons inside.
- Audric Baillard: And what else?
- Yves Biau: There was no sign of the books. I saw it for myself.
- Audric Baillard: And the ring?
- Yves Biau: I just sent it to you.
- Audric Baillard: Thank you, Yves. I promise you're doing the right thing.
- Yves Biau: I'm getting closer to the Noublesso. I have someone on the inside now.
- Audric Baillard: Be careful. Marie-Cecile de L'Oradore has friends everywhere, including high up in the police.
- Yves Biau: Listen, Audric. The woman who discovered the cave, her name is Alice Tanner. Grace's niece. I had to give her Marie-Cecile's name. They expect me to deliver her. If I don't, I blow my cover. But don't worry, she's under surveillance...
- [he's struck by a car]
- Audric Baillard: Yves? Yves, are you there?
- Will Franklyn: I came to Paris to write a new book. We met at a gallery, and she said I should hang in Toulouse for a while.
- Alice Tanner: And here you are.
- Will Franklyn: Here I am.
- Alice Tanner: Could I have read any of your books?
- Will Franklyn: That's "book," singular. And, uh, if you have, you'd be in a pretty exclusive club. It only sold 500 copies.
- Alice Tanner: That doesn't mean it isn't good.
- Will Franklyn: Thank you.
- Will Franklyn: They call 'em roads to Jerusalem. Catholic penitents would walk these labyrinths to the center, symbolizing a growing closeness to God. There's a famous labyrinth in Chartres cathedral. Apparently, it's rumored the Holy Grail is buried underneath.
- Alice Tanner: Well, has anyone ever looked?
- Will Franklyn: And risk finding out it's not there? No, that'd be bad for business.
- Yves Biau: Mademoiselle Tanner. This is the private address and phone number of Marie-Cecile de L'Oradore. She knows your friend Shelagh well. Tell her everything about the cave. She will explain. And don't trust anyone else. Not even the police.
- Esclarmonde: Hello, Alais.
- Alais Pelletier Du Mas: I've come to ask you a question.
- Esclarmonde: Ask me anything you like.
- Alais Pelletier Du Mas: Have you too received a letter from Harif?
- Esclarmonde: I don't know what you're talking about.
- Alais Pelletier Du Mas: I don't believe you. Who better than a healer to guard the book of potions?
- [Esclarmonde smiles]
- Alais Pelletier Du Mas: Why have you never told my father you were the other guardian?
- Esclarmonde: The fewer people knew, the safer the books.
- Alice Tanner: You might have warned me that archaeology is really, really boring.
- Shelagh O'Donnell: I did. You just weren't listening.
- Alice Tanner: Listen, Shelagh, I... I really don't know what I would have done without you.
- Shelagh O'Donnell: It's okay. You'd have done the same for me.
- Alice Tanner: No. I'd have given you a bottle of wine and put on "Bridget Jones".
- Shelagh O'Donnell: [laughing] What do you think we're doing tonight?
- Guilhem du Mas: I've been in the chapel, praying. But I do not think my words flew up to God. All I could think of... were the many wrongs I've done you. I beg your forgiveness for my coldness towards you.
- Alais Pelletier Du Mas: You look tired. You should sleep.
- Guilhem du Mas: I don't want to sleep.
- Alais Pelletier Du Mas: There's still time for things to be right between us.
- Shelagh O'Donnell: Marie-Cecile, it's Shelagh. I have the books and the ring. I want 20,000 euros. Meet me at the cave tomorrow at 6:00.
- Paul Authie: [gesturing to end the call, he takes the phone back] Well done. Good girl.
- Shelagh O'Donnell: [he packs up his tools and starts to leave] Will you let me go now?
- Paul Authie: No.
- [as he leaves, one of the guards outside goes in and shoots her]
- Alice Tanner: There was a pain in my side like I'd been stabbed. I-I saw the blood. There was... there was a fire. People screaming. And a woman. I... I felt like I knew her.
- Chris Brayling: You were hallucinating. You need to see a doctor when you get home.
- Shelagh O'Donnell: What the hell were you doing in there? Alice, suppose there'd been a tremor. You could have been trapped.
- Chris Brayling: This is what comes from having amateurs on a dig.
- Alice Tanner: [he leaves] He seems upset.
- Shelagh O'Donnell: Are you surprised? Alice, you've contaminated the site. And what the hell were you thinking? And the police are swarming all over the place.
- Alice Tanner: Police? Why?
- Shelagh O'Donnell: The bodies, Alice. The skeletons.
- Alice Tanner: I just picked up a ring, that was all.
- Shelagh O'Donnell: I didn't find any ring.
- Alice Tanner: I dropped it.
- Shelagh O'Donnell: Where, exactly?
- Alice Tanner: I don't know.
- Shelagh O'Donnell: Try to think. It's important.
- Alice Tanner: I don't remember.
- Audric Baillard: [in a hand-written letter sent to her] By now, Alice, you will know something of the mysteries of the labyrinth. If you come, I will do my best to give you the answers you crave. I have waited for you so long, but only you can now decide your own fate. Perhaps your dreams are already leading you to me. I pray it is so.
- Viscount Trencavel: [as Crusaders lay siege to the castle] If this continues, Carcassona will be nothing more than rubble! We will strike swiftly, we will destroy the trebuchets, and be back through the gate before they even know it. We must teach these barbarians a lesson. We fight for our tradition! We fight for our honor! We fight!
- Alais Pelletier Du Mas: There's a body in the river. A Jew, I think.
- Pafait - Pelletier: You went down to the river without an escort?
- Alais Pelletier Du Mas: Oh, please, Father, listen to me. This man was still wearing fine clothes, jewelry... and there was something else. The thumb on his left hand had been cut off.
- Pafait - Pelletier: Take me to him now.
- Alais Pelletier Du Mas: [cut to the body being retrieved] You thought he might be someone you knew, didn't you?
- Pafait - Pelletier: Hmm. An old friend from my days in Chartres.
- Alais Pelletier Du Mas: But why would they cut off his thumb?
- Pafait - Pelletier: War is coming, Alais. It's time I told you the truth.
- Alais Pelletier Du Mas: What truth?
- Pafait - Pelletier: About a vow I made many years ago. Now, you're going to think I'm drunk or I've lost my wits, but you must believe me. I'm talking of the true history of the grail.
- Alais Pelletier Du Mas: The Holy Grail? The cup that Christ drank from the night of the Last Supper?
- Pafait - Pelletier: Well, the legend of the grail has its place in Christian tradition. The real story, the true story, is much older than that. See, the ancients possessed wisdom that has long since been lost to us, and the grail is the secret essence of that wisdom.
- Alais Pelletier Du Mas: What is that secret?
- Pafait - Pelletier: All you need to know for now is that many years ago, I was admitted to a secret brotherhood sworn to protect it. The wisdom of the grail is contained in three books, and I am in possession of one of them.
- Alais Pelletier Du Mas: You?
- Pafait - Pelletier: It was entrusted to me by a man named Harif. I met him in the Holy Land. He's without doubt the wisest man I've ever known.
- Alais Pelletier Du Mas: Where are the two remaining books?
- Pafait - Pelletier: Safely with the other guardians. I heard today from Harif that the three books are to be reunited and taken to a safe place in the mountain.
- Alais Pelletier Du Mas: The other guardians. Do you know who they are?
- Pafait - Pelletier: One of them. He's an old friend. Jew named Simeon.
- Alais Pelletier Du Mas: It was Simeon you thought to be found murdered in the river.
- Pafait - Pelletier: I was wrong, thank God. But I do believe an innocent man was mistaken for him. Somehow, our secret has been betrayed.
- Arnaud Domerque: God bless your holy endeavor...
- Guy D'Evreux: Do you think I care about this preposterous crusade? I have a much greater purpose. Now, who are you and what do you want?
- Arnaud Domerque: My name is Arnaud Domerque. I'm told Guy D'Evreux pays well for news of Intendant Pelletier. I saw him in the Jewish quarter in Carcassona with a man named Simeon of Bezier.
- Guy D'Evreux: Who is this Simeon?
- Arnaud Domerque: He's a bookbinder, a Jew, recently arrived in Carcassona.
- Guy D'Evreux: Tell me. Did Simeon bring three books with him, very, very old and precious?
- Arnaud Domerque: I didn't see any books.
- Guy D'Evreux: And who else knows of this?
- Arnaud Domerque: No, no, no, I've told no one, my lord.
- Guy D'Evreux: Good. Good.
- [wandering over to a servant]
- Guy D'Evreux: Drown him and find me this Jew.