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Ghali laments that he has been unable either to prevent the sentences or to mitigate them. Suleiman, disillusioned that the law does not deliver justice, resigns from the bar, despite a promise of advancement from the British establishment. Oates is distraught that his conduct has not been more effective. Violet visits his hotel room but is unable to console him.
In a dramatic finale, British troops, with Oates riding unhappily on the fringe of the main column, ride into Denshwai to carry out the sentences of the Court. Scenes of the floggings and executions are inter-cut with banal and bathetic exchanges between Cromer, who has returned to London, and Grey, the British Foreign Secretary. As Yasin delivers an impassioned appeal for Egyptian
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self-determination from the scaffold, Cromer reflects on the necessity for the punishments and turns down the offer of a cup of tea. As Yasin falls through the trapdoor of the scaffold, Grey tells Cromer that the King has been pleased to award him the Order of Merit. Fahmy, in Denshwai to pay his respects to his doomed father, is spotted by the police and only escapes with his life when Oates, in a covert gesture of brotherhood, encourages him to ride away from his father’s hanging on his (Oates’) horse.
After the executions, there seems to be the possibility that Oates and Violet will find sufficient in common to justify a life together. Violet asks an Oates’ shattered by his exposure to the moral ambiguity of these events, what he will do next. Oates shares with Violet his yearning for a life with simpler, plainer and cleaner issues. He asks Violet to marry him and come with him to Antarctica on a great expedition. Violet rejects this proposal and sadly they go their own ways.
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