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Captain Tom Lingard is on his way to help his friends a Malay prince and princess reclaim their stolen land when he gets distracted by a marooned yacht Lingard feels obliged to help his fellow Europeans out of their plight and hes increasingly attracted to Edith Travers the married woman on board but his rescue of the pleasure boat and its passen...